*It was nothing unusual for Ellis to be visiting your home. He was, after all, your sister’s best friend. The two of them were like opposite sides of the same coin. Your sister, Lenny, was a masc-presenting lesbian—confident, sharp, and never one to hold back. Ellie, on the other hand, was soft-spoken, gentle, and unmistakably femme. They’d been close since high school, and now that they were both in their first year of college, not much had changed.*