For the Fans

Kyran surprises Avi by creating a private “prom” in a decorated storage room, complete with napkin boutonnieres. They share their first slow dance, an experience Avi missed in high school. During the dance, they both confess they are in love with each other before having an intimate encounter in a corner of the room.

Later, they travel to Pasadena, where they meet Kyran’s estranged older sister, Bridget, for dinner. Feeling a new confidence, Kyran kisses Avi in public for the first time. Bridget is unsurprised, revealing she had long suspected they were a couple. However, when Bridget implies she has long known Kyran struggled with his identity, Kyran is triggered and suffers a panic attack. Avi follows him to the restroom to comfort him. Kyran accepts Avi’s support but does not reveal the details of his underlying trauma.

Avi and Bridget watch the Rose Bowl from the stands as Kyran leads the BC Eagles to a dramatic victory. During halftime, Bridget describes Kyran as a once-carefree boy who became withdrawn and expresses guilt over not protecting him.

After the game, in their hotel room, Avi presses a reluctant Bridget for the full story. Bridget reveals that, when Kyran was 12, he was sexually abused by their family’s priest, Father McAdams. She explains that Tom initially refused to believe Kyran and prioritized his faith and reputation over his son. When other children came forward, the family reached an out-of-court settlement with the archdiocese, requiring nondisclosure. Bridget also reveals that Father McAdams later died by suicide, leaving a note saying only “I’m sorry”—an end she finds unsatisfying. The subsequent denial and secrecy tore the family apart, prompting Bridget to leave home. As a devastated Avi struggles to process this information, he receives an excited text from Kyran, who is celebrating the win and wants to meet at the after-party. Avi resolves to hide his shock and be there for him.

At the victory party, buoyed by the win and his love for Avi, Kyran makes a bold decision. He publicly comes out to his teammates, their families, and Coach Matthews by introducing Avi as his boyfriend and kissing him in the middle of the room.

Later, in Avi’s hotel room, their celebration is cut short when Kyran receives a text from Bridget apologizing for telling Avi his secret. Realizing Avi knows the truth about his abuse, Kyran becomes defensive and withdrawn, consumed by the fear that Avi now sees him as “broken.” Avi desperately reassures Kyran that his past changes nothing and that he loves him unconditionally. They have passionate sex, but Kyran remains unsettled, and the revelation creates a new, unspoken tension between them.

Avi wakes to find Kyran gone from their hotel room. After a panicked search with Guty, they discover Kyran has taken all his belongings. On the flight home, Guty receives a destructive text from Kyran, who reveals he has moved out of their dorm and is leaving school for a while to deal with personal matters. Landing in Boston, Avi learns from his mother that Kyran dropped his things at their house but disappeared without saying where he was going.

At the house, Avi comes out as bisexual to his supportive mother and confesses his relationship with Kyran. His mother reveals surprising news of her own: She is divorcing Tom due to his secrecy, which includes a trust containing over a million dollars in Kyran’s name—and Tom’s apparent attempts to get Kyran to sign it over to him. Avi explains Kyran’s departure is tied to a past trauma involving the church, which Tom helped cover up. After an emotional breakdown about the injustice, Avi is comforted by his mother, whose words strengthen his resolve to never give up on Kyran and to wait for his return.

Kyran provides his explanation of why sexuality is not a choice, tracing back to a moment at age 11 when a casual physical interaction with his football teammate Cody produced an undeniable emotional response. Despite being raised in a strict Catholic household and genuinely trying to conform to its expectations, Kyran recognized from that point onward that he was attracted to boys. He accepted this privately while anticipating that his parents would reject it, but before he could grow into that self-awareness, Father McAdams, a parish priest who had been grooming him, sexually abused him at church camp when he was 12. When Kyran disclosed the abuse to his father, he was not believed. The combination of the assault, his father’s denial, and his family’s subsequent deterioration forced Kyran to bury his identity entirely, constructing a false persona built around heterosexuality, athletic status, and social control.

In the present, Kyran has left Boston College, rented a Mercedes SUV deliberately similar to the one he used on a meaningful outing with Avi, and spent weeks on the road in deliberate isolation. During that time he contacted the RAINN hotline and began regular therapy sessions with a counselor named Anna in the Berkshires, working through his trauma for the first time. He resists contacting Avi throughout this period, wanting his recovery to be self-driven rather than dependent on Avi’s validation. He does, however, briefly check Avi’s Instagram, sees a post signaling loneliness, and sends him a single reassuring text before going dark again. One night, Kyran has a nightmare that renders a partial sensory memory of the abuse without graphic detail, confirming its severity and its persistence.

After approximately five weeks, Kyran returns to Boston and arranges a lunch confrontation with both parents. He tells his mother she failed him through absence and emotional neglect—calling out her past advice to “move on” as a betrayal—and he forces his father to say aloud, explicitly, that Father McAdams sexually abused him, an acknowledgment his father had never previously made. Both parents express remorse, and Kyran closes the meeting by coming out to them as gay and declaring that he is in love with Avi.

Outside the restaurant, Tom follows him, embraces him, and delivers a sincere apology. In that conversation his father also reveals that Hannah—Avi’s mother and Tom’s wife—has left him and that they are divorcing, confirming what Avi’s mother had already told Avi. Tom then drives Kyran to Frankie’s apartment and tells him he accepts both his son’s sexuality and his relationship with Avi.

At Frankie’s, Kyran learns Avi is not present and is subletting an apartment in Brighton with his mother. After Kyran delivers an unguarded declaration of love to Avi’s friends, Micah provides the address and Frankie sends him off. The chapter ends with Kyran leaving to find Avi, as he has prepared himself to return to Avi without reservation.

Five weeks after Kyran’s departure, Avi is miserable, having quit smoking weed and moved in with his mother. He is overwhelmed by his feelings and messages from their old fans. His hope is renewed when he discovers Kyran has changed his public Instagram handle to “His_Baby” and posted a lengthy, heartfelt declaration of love for him. Just as Avi is about to give in to his stress, Kyran suddenly appears at his door. Kyran explains that he left to work on himself—including therapy with his counselor Anna—so he could be with Avi as his true self, without making Avi feel responsible for fixing him. They have an immediate and passionate reunion, deciding to film one last video for their fans to announce they are back together. Afterward, Kyran discovers dozens of sketches Avi made of him while he was gone. Fully reconciled, Kyran apologizes for his past fear, and Avi reaffirms he would have waited “forever.” The chapter ends with the two of them back together and Avi preparing to show Kyran something.

Overjoyed by Kyran’s return, Avi takes him to see a surprise: A massive public mural he painted that is filled with personal details about their relationship. A delighted Kyran is openly affectionate with Avi in public for the first time, and they happily agree to move in together. Later, they share their most intimate truths. Kyran reveals he has known he is gay since he was around 11, and his abuser manipulated him by using this knowledge against him. He explains his past relationships with women were a performance to hide his identity. Avi confides that his own queer awakening began the first time he saw Kyran four years prior. Kyran also shares that his father is trying to improve, partly because he was moved by learning Kyran is in love with Avi.

Three months later, Kyran and Avi are in a loving relationship and have become a successful social media couple. After briefly reinstating their OnlyFans account to earn money, they transitioned to creating popular, non-explicit content on other platforms, which allows Avi to focus on his art full-time. The biggest change is Kyran being drafted into the NFL as a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. They are now finalizing plans to move to Philadelphia together. For the past few months, they have lived with Kyran’s father, enabling Kyran to successfully repair their strained relationship. Finding closure from his past, Kyran donates his settlement money, splitting it equally between three charities—RAINN, the Trevor Project, and the It Gets Better Project—dedicated to helping abuse survivors and LGBTQ+ youth. The couple is happy and excited to start their new life together.

Six months later, Avi and Kyran live together in Philadelphia, where Kyran is now playing for the NFL. Avi throws a lavish surprise party for Kyran’s 20th birthday, flying in all their friends for the occasion. Kyran arrives with a black eye, which he says was accidental—the result of an elbow from first-string quarterback Jalen Payne during practice—though Avi is unconvinced. Despite Avi’s concern over the new rivalry, Kyran is thrilled with the celebration. In a private moment, Avi gives Kyran his birthday gifts: a scrapbook documenting their relationship journey and a new tattoo of Kyran’s name over his heart. The epilogue ends with the couple rejoining their friends, happy, successful, and reaffirming their love for each other.

Kyran and his boyfriend Avi go grocery shopping, where Avi’s playful antics lead him to crash their shopping cart into a cereal display. An employee named Trent recognizes Kyran, a famous football player, from Instagram and excitedly asks for a selfie with the couple. After the fan leaves, Avi continues to be overly affectionate with Kyran, who asks him to stop so they can finish shopping. Avi playfully declares he won’t touch Kyran again unless he “asks nicely,” then walks away. This initiates a chase through the produce aisle, which draws the attention of other shoppers. Kyran eventually catches Avi, playfully pinning him against a wall of lettuce. They share a kiss just as the automatic vegetable misters spray them both with water, leaving them laughing and soaked.