Azu
Azu asked Josh Lanyon:

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Josh Lanyon All of Sam's close friendships were formed in his youth in Wyoming. I'm not sure Sam would consider Petty a friend. He would not confide anything particularly sensitive or important to him, for example.

That said, he undoubtedly cared more for Petty than his other casual sexual partners. It's possible that in time--had Jason not come along--he might have developed deeper feelings for him.

I would guess that Petty has had an active social and sexual life. He had special feelings for Sam, no doubt, but Sam would not have been his first love--or his last.

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