Alcuin shrugged a bit as he ran a finger over the rim of his glass again, looking slightly uncomfortable. "I met a man last week. He asked if I wanted to have a drink. A date. It seemed so awfully... normal. I haven't done a lot of that. So I said yes. Only - well, it was clear very quickly that he did not have much interest in me. He wanted sex. Which just wasn't what I was expecting, and when I decided to leave - " He looked down at his glass. "He got mean. It's okay, it isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened, won't be the last I imagine."