"Oh," he breathes, more than a little stunned. "You never said," he continues after a moment, his eyes flicking back up to meet Cougar's after they'd drifted down while he was turning this new information over in his head. "You never even searched for gay porn or anything!" he accuses, his voice picking up a little more steam as the knowledge that Cougar likes guys too settles in. "I've seen all of your search history, even the deleted stuff — and trust me, you do not want to know the stuff Clay googles on his down time — and there was nothing!"

Not that it should matter, anyway. Cougar liking men too doesn't change anything, except in all the ways that it does.

The puppy, hearing Jake raise his voice, joins in with little yipping barks that Jake ignores for the moment.

"I wouldn't have told anyone. You could have told me."