▁his ▁father ▁greatly ▁disapp ro ves ▁of ▁hom osex ual ity . ▁He ▁becomes ▁a ▁t utor ▁for ▁children ▁with ▁reading ▁and ▁language ▁dis orders ▁at ▁the ▁community ▁center , ▁and ▁often ▁reads ▁to ▁his ▁students . ▁ ▁After ▁an ▁incident ▁during ▁a ▁reading ▁session , ▁he ▁is ▁moved ▁to ▁another ▁class ▁where ▁he ▁meets ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁named ▁Gor an . ▁ ▁Thom ▁mistakes ▁Gor an ▁for ▁a ▁student ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁strong ▁acc ent , ▁accident ally ▁off ending ▁him . ▁ ▁It ▁turns ▁out ▁that ▁actually ▁Gor an ▁is ▁the ▁person ▁who ▁started ▁the ▁reading ▁program ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁before . ▁ ▁During ▁a ▁basketball ▁game , ▁Thom ▁recogn izes ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁players ▁from ▁the ▁oppos ing ▁team ▁as ▁Gor an . ▁ ▁Thom ▁is ▁thrown ▁off ▁his ▁game ▁and ▁Gor an ▁ends ▁up ▁breaking ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁legs . ▁Str ang ely , ▁Thom ▁he als ▁Gor an ' s ▁injury ▁by ▁touch ing ▁his ▁leg ▁over ▁the ▁comp ound ▁f ract ure . ▁He ▁has ▁he aled ▁others ▁before , ▁but ▁does ▁not ▁fully ▁understand ▁his ▁ability . ▁Appar ently ▁no ▁one ▁not ices ▁what ▁he ▁has ▁done ▁for ▁Gor an , ▁and ▁when ▁the ▁game ▁res umes , ▁another ▁player ▁calls ▁Thom ▁a ▁f ag got ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁everyone . ▁After wards , ▁Thom ▁has ▁a ▁se iz ure , ▁which ▁is ▁most ▁likely ▁related ▁to ▁stress ▁created ▁by ▁absor bing ▁Gor an ' s ▁inj uries , ▁and ▁his ▁fear s ▁about ▁his ▁father