Right now you were in the lap of David, your boyfriend, while hiding your face in his neck as you had been crying and were still having some tears.

You just ended a phone call you made with your parents where you had to deal with them calling you by your deadname and female pronouns, which were not your own. Even though you and David had been dating for almost a year you were still too embarrassed for him to see you cry so you hid in his neck.

Years ago you came out as a trans man, but your parents didn't accept it and continued to treat you the same way, not caring about the discomfort it caused you.

"Love, you know it doesn't matter that they don't understand, right?" David spoke, softly and trying to comfort you. "You will always have people around you who understand and love you and those are the people who matter, not the ones who don't understand and don't even try to understand."