How do you scream if you're being silent?

MQM is retreating into being as quiet as possible while still screaming about the injustice committed against Simon and how it's just business as usual. And I don't know if I can write in that style. In that manner. In any way.

I think the story wants to say No matter how low key you live your life, there are people out there who will hate you and hurt you just for being who you are.

Thing is, there's nothing new about that idea. But it seems to be making its way into Simon's life. He's always lived quietly, even when being involved with Doyle. He took everything silently...until he quietly got up and left.

Then when Doyle is dying from an illness brought on by AIDs, he quietly makes certain the man is dead. There are other ways he stays quiet but still comes across as hard or mean or just plain unmovable. It's how he survived into his seventies.

So now he runs up against someone willing to kill him...because Simon refuses to back down and let him lie.

Jesus Christ, what kind of story am I writing?