RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist#WritingPride Day 12: Are your queer characters out to their families?
In the current WIP, for reasons discussed in my day 11 answer that discusses this same character, it doesn't matter what his preferences are, nor would his family care.
His family would care (if that were a story point) that he's a bad attitude bully, and would be very unhappy to learn that's he's now a gangster mostly useful to the mob because he'll do the scut jobs. In fact, he admits he's estranged from them. Though he's the least of the three antagonists, he's also a troubled youth who in his badness is still (marginally) empathetic such that when he finally hooks up with his high school crush, readers ought find a warm spot in their heart for him. Albeit tiny and small. But definitely there.
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