“I’m gay.” How many times do I have to say this in front of a mirror before I can say it to people?!
Connor is the quaterback on his high school football team, he has been the school's golden boy for so as long as he has been there. Putting up a front is what he's best at, so what happens when the star has a secret, will he tell people? Will someone expose it? And how will he react when it eventually comes out? Will he not care what others think, or will he abandon the one he loves and continue his starship?
Because, really, how important is reputation and popularity matter to Connor?