![]() ![]() ![]() Diego is a question mark in Henry’s complicated life. Their hookups make Henry feel marginally less alone, but fill him with shame and self-loathing, something that no queer teen really needs help with.Įnter Diego Vega–the new kid who befriends Henry in spite of himself. Outside of their trysts, Marcus bullies Henry like everyone else. Because of this, he has earned the nickname “space boy.” Space Boy hooks up with Marcus, who is everything that Henry isn’t–popular, athletic, and deeply closeted. He is, predictably, not well liked or popular because unfortunately when the sluggers return him to Earth, he is often found wandering naked on the outskirts of town. No sweat, right? Except…why on Earth (pun totally intended) would Henry save a planet on which he and everyone he loves is suffering so greatly from such a wide range of various tortures?Īt school, things are also pretty crappy. So, you can imagine the strain it puts on him when the aliens (who Henry affectionally nicknames “the sluggers”) who have been occasionally abducting him give him the option of saving the world or letting it be destroyed. His interactions with his family are strained by his mother’s exhaustion from working two jobs and his brother’s impending teen fatherhood. He’s grieving for his boyfriend, who committed suicide last year. ‘We are the Ants’ by Shaun David Hutchinson ![]()
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