It's adrenaline, not prom sex.

“The room went dark and, after a moment, Grace whispered that she loved me, soun…”

“Unrequited love," I'd say. He'd look at me sideways in that cunning way he did …”

“With his back to us, Sean tugs the halter from the mare's head. She kicks out, …”

“Not all. Some of them he probably lectured to death.”