(Warning: this post discusses Homophobia/general Queerphobia, and negative stereotypes of LGBTQ+ people.)
'Watching David watching him and not really knowing if he was only picturing David there, or if David actually was there.'
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If you've faffed around the nerd part of the Internet, or the bookish part of the Internet, or the Queer part of the Internet, (amongst others, I'm sure,) you'll know that it's spooky season, i.e. October leading up to Halloween 👻
A lot of Queer people love horror and/or all things Gothic. I mean LOVE it.
Even if, as a genre, it's always had a somewhat love/hate relationship with us, painting us as either villain or deserving victim in more shameful stereotypes than I have the energy to go into here.
And even that was often a coding (i.e. implied,) rather than explicitly Queer characters.