Alex spent his adult years in California, so he's pretty familiar with most sexual terms. The different sexualities as well. The reason that he would never have considered it for Neil, though, is that--

Neil responded to him that first night. Keeps responding in increasingly positive ways. Even last night, he--

"Maybe I'm not understanding," he wonders. "Is that even possible? You--and your body--respond to me positively. You've, um, finished without me touching you a few times, and you even wanted sex last night. You don't seem like a person who wants nothing of sex at all. Plus you seem to like this," he adds, squeezing Neil once, indicating the holding. "Wouldn't you not like physical contact as much? As well as dating and being with someone."