"I don't know how I'd define myself," he says, because he's thought about it for a while. Had to, after what happened with Scotty, after his idiotic crush on Jim all through the Academy and after, not to mention the healthy appreciation he's got for other beautiful men. "Mostly straight? 60-40?" he assumes, even though the split is probably closer to 75-25.

He shrugs, digging out his phone to pull up the image of the girl he'd taken. "That's her," he says. "Pretty, smart, and good company. But we didn't hit it off at all."