This is a classic case of the deeply closeted bad boy trying to rekindle a covert gay relationship that he had with the artsy Blaze during high school. I imagine he pleaded with Blaze to meet that night in the hopes of a hook-up, and when Blaze resisted his entreaties, the bad boy went into a rage. Woodward apparently came from an affluent, though fundamentalist, family and repressed his orientation until it reached a breaking point.