Alder Heights College Tom and Lex

Tom waived away the apology "No sorry needed" He smiled. Tom was not one to hold confusion against someone. He was quite awkward enough himself in conversation. "If you change your mind let me know and I'll get you some"

Reassuring her had helped calm his concern over his grade. Glancing around Tom saw many a crooked and unlevel painting so everyone would be marked down if he was.

Alexis asking him about the art kept him from thinking too long about that so he didn't panic about it. "The pieces are all focused around Love, my partner inspired a lot of the art here though some of it was started before we got together" He didn't admit to Rory being his partner but the fact that he featured prominently probably hinted as to who his partner was. Toms instincts were always to avoid expressly stating that he was gay. He didn't really deny it or lie about it but where he could he avoided revealing it.