It is the first day of Pride Month in New York City. Felix Love and his best friend Ezra Patel are 17-year-olds attending summer programming at their school, St. Catherine’s. Felix hopes to raise his grades and get into his dream college, Brown University. Ezra lives alone in an apartment his parents pay for and doesn’t plan on going to college.

On the train to school, Felix sees “R+J=4EVA” scrawled on the train and wonders, “What does it feel like, to love someone so much that you’re willing to publicly bare your heart and soul with a black Sharpie? My name is Felix love, but I’ve never actually been in love” (2). Felix, who has undergone gender-affirming surgery, is wearing a shirt that bears his top surgery scars. Upon noticing an old man who is staring at them, Ezra and Felix touch one another to make him uncomfortable. The old man says they would get along with his gay grandson.

Felix and Ezra are late for their group project with fellow classmates Declan, Leah, and Marisol. Their project is a fashion shoot directed by Felix’s enemy,

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