[Steve doesn't get defensive, although he knows some men might]

Just him. I didn't even realize it until I kissed him on that mistletoe curse day.

[It isn't said with a tone that says I'm not a faggot but rather just matter-of-factly]

I haven't liked many dames, either, though. Rachel Schwartz - she lived in our tenement, she used to come out without her face on in the morning and get coffee with me, but she had a sweetheart. I liked her. A couple of others, but they never paid any attention to me. And Peggy, of course. She was here that day everyone came to visit.