" When the markings started appearing, Matt was truly fascinated." At a very young age, Matt notices shapes forming on his skin every now and then, which excite him a lot and for some reason make his mom scared so much that she makes him swear not to tell anyone. But nobody can change fate. This is a gay story. Honest...
Michael can't be moved. Not literally of course-he just isn't used to feeling and/or reacting. This didn't use to bother him; on the contrary he considered it a trait of a mature and interesting person. When he's practically forced to move from Nottingham to the Brooklyn area and finish his last year of school there...