"You know what's funny?" Ty asked looking at his toes again as he pulled the ice away from his foot. "I don't think talking helps. It doesn't change that I feel like shit, and when...when I swing the other way you couldn't convince me the world was ending even if it was."

He closed his eyes as he dropped his head against the wall, breathing slowly. "Joining the Navy felt like the...best thing I'd ever done in a long time."