Holden felt his face heat up, knowing that he was blushing and he hated himself for it. He gave Felix a shove and rolled his eyes, trying to breathe past it so he could focus at the shy boy. A shy and awkward boy dating Sirius Black of all people. Oh boy, that could only end well. "There's a few that are out, but only in safe positions, higher up. As you say, sometimes it's just-- Safer. To hide."

Which he clearly wasn't doing, running this bookstore. And wearing quite a few telling badges on his black button up shirt. "This book about gay history, I can recommend that. It's a fun read, for something academic. I also like these, but I would, wouldn't I? I studied psychology." And they had a lot of those books. "Don't worry, none of them have nonsense like 'it's just a phase' or how it's a disorder. We are what we are. That's it."