Jules is, he realizes, even cooler than he originally thought. Not because she’s trans, but because she’s just upfront about it and she puts it out there and she’s giving him a chance to figure out what he feels about it, too.

And Eddie thinks he needs to honour that by properly considering it.

“I’m not not into it,” he says, after thinking some. “I mean, you’re cool and you’re like, really hot, and I’ve had, y’know, a thing with a dude or two. Which I know isn’t what you’re telling me,” he adds in a rush. “It‘s just…”

He gestures at himself. “Not totally the small town American guy from the eighties. Promise.”