"Great. Well, hop in the back seat and I'll wait a bit to see if there are any stragglers."

He hops into the backseat and tries to ignore the way his mind is screaming at him and holds onto Lev's hand. 

Lev rests his head on Marlo's shoulder and squeezes his hand and tries not to contemplate how many muscles Ron Parker has.

Why are all gay men so hot?

"I have water, gum, and snacks if you want some. Either of you guys have music preferences?"

Okay. Lev, he can focus on Lev and that'll be fine, he puts a hand on Lev's hair. 

"I like pop but it's hard to tell how much of that is that I don't actually hear it very often." 

"We can listen to pop!"

The singer in this song is in a nightclub, or possibly in bed, but either way she very much wants to have sex with you. 

"What are your names?"

"I'm Marlo, this is Lev." 

"Looks like no stragglers today," Ron says, and turns on the car.

"What is 'ex-ex-gay camp'?"

"Mostly a joke," Ron says. "I just-- try to give you kids a space where you can be yourself and get the things you need and have some time to think about what you want for yourself, not what your parents or teachers or Chris want for you. Sometimes the kid needs an STI test, or to see a doctor, or hormones, or clothes they feel okay in. Sometimes they need to talk to a real adult gay person. Sometimes they need to be alone with their friends or boyfriends or girlfriends. Sometimes they just need to eat a big bowl of popcorn and watch Veggie Tales until they feel okay." He pauses. "They pretty much always need cookies."

...he doesn't ask how Ron knows Christine. 

"I'm not sure we know. What we need." He holds Lev a little bit closer. 

"That's okay. Worst case scenario, you get to have some cookies." 

"I liked 'time alone with my boyfriend,' if I had to pick one," Lev says quietly.

"Time alone with my boyfriend it is, then." He pauses, then kisses the side of Lev's head. 

"You two are cute."

Lev kisses him softly on the lips.

Marlo kisses him back, adjusts the way he's holding him. "Lev is cute." 

"I think actually you're the cute one."

A kiss on the mouth and then on the forehead and then on the nose. "I still can't believe you don't know how cute you are." 

"I'm not cute. I'm ugly. I'm glad you disagree but I'm right actually."

"You have the best smile and you make the best sounds and you're adorable." 

"I love you."

He kind of thinks Marlo is biased and is going to change his mind as soon as he's ever kissed someone else, but.

"I love you." 

He is definitely biased but he is also correct. 

Eventually they will be at Ron's house. 

"Why don't you guys hang out in the library while I get the cookies ready?"