Literature
Ten Tales of AU Ka and Jordan
01. Tears
Jordan had always been told that men don't cry. It wasn't even that boys didn't cry, there was never a point when he was allowed to be a boy. From the moment he met his father, though the title was used loosely and could be easily exchanged for "sperm donor", he was admonished for not acting like a man. So no matter what the others said to him, no matter how many times they insulted his mother, the only person who had ever shown him any love, and no matter how often they smacked him around just for the fun of it, Jordan wouldn't let himself cry.
But sometimes when he was in his room late at night while his family was busy tendi