[ Severus lets her anxiety roll over him and away, not getting caught up in him anywhere. He watches her face, looking into her (green, of course, always) eyes while she talks. He follows the coil of tension through her shoulders, her hands.
All right. He gets it, now. ]
That sort of thing [ he begins slowly, ] does happen in our world. Being arseholes about it, I mean. It's seen as sort of weird in some circles, not really talked about, but not awful. Some people end up more bothered by it than others. I know muggles are worse about it.
[ So that's his lack of 'You're gay?!' reaction explained. The more he thinks about it the more he thinks, well, it is a pretty unexpected reveal, but only because he's never stopped to consider who else she might be with in any specifics. Would he have thought about men, women, both? Hm. ]
It doesn't bother me.
[ He's got enough other shit to hate people for, there's just no room for homophobia in him. He thinks he'd have to care a whole lot more about sex, and he just doesn't. ]
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All right. He gets it, now. ]
That sort of thing [ he begins slowly, ] does happen in our world. Being arseholes about it, I mean. It's seen as sort of weird in some circles, not really talked about, but not awful. Some people end up more bothered by it than others. I know muggles are worse about it.
[ So that's his lack of 'You're gay?!' reaction explained. The more he thinks about it the more he thinks, well, it is a pretty unexpected reveal, but only because he's never stopped to consider who else she might be with in any specifics. Would he have thought about men, women, both? Hm. ]
It doesn't bother me.
[ He's got enough other shit to hate people for, there's just no room for homophobia in him. He thinks he'd have to care a whole lot more about sex, and he just doesn't. ]