For the Fans

Avi reflects on his anxiety about his art career and his confusing, growing attachment to Kyran, who he believes is only making content for the money. He attends a mandatory team dinner where Kyran avoids sitting with him. During the event, the coach praises Kyran, who in turn gives a public thank-you to his best friend, Guty, which makes Avi jealous. At the table, in front of Guty, Theo, and Lexi, Kyran becomes hostile toward Avi, accusing him of following him to Boston College and insisting no one wants him there.

Hurt, Avi returns to his dorm and drinks whiskey. Soon after, Kyran arrives, and Avi kisses him immediately. They film themselves having sex, during which Kyran stammers an apology and admits he is confused, though Avi cuts off his words with a kiss. Afterward, Kyran apologizes for his earlier hostility but insists on leaving right away, leaving Avi frustrated by his pattern of seeking intimacy and then quickly retreating.

Kyran reveals that he has been preparing for penetrative sex with Avi, researching how to perform better and giving himself an enema. He rationalizes his behavior as necessary for their OnlyFans account. Dreading the upcoming holiday, he travels home for Christmas break with Avi. Before they leave, Avi proposes making his OnlyFans a joint account for their collaborations and takes a photo of them kissing to announce the “merger.” While scrolling comments together, Kyran reads a religious user’s message threatening they will “burn in Hell for all eternity” (250), triggering a near-panic attack that he silently manages by tracing familiar street names along the lines of his palm.

At home, they are greeted by Avi’s mother, Hannah, and Kyran’s distant father, Tom. They learn of the family’s blended “Chrismakkah” tradition, which combines Christmas and Hanukkah. Later, in Kyran’s childhood bedroom, Avi shows him a sex toy sent by a fan. The two hold hands, and despite the risk of their parents being just downstairs, they begin to kiss.

In Kyran’s bedroom, Avi brings Kryan to orgasm during oral sex while they film part of the encounter. Later, at a tense family dinner, Kyran’s father pressures him to attend midnight mass, leading to a fight. Kyran storms out of the house into the snow without a coat. Avi follows, comforts him, and gives him his coat to wear.

That night, Kyran has a nightmare involving tactile memories of past abuse—a voice says “You know who you are” (269) and “This is you, Kyran. He made you this way” (269). Unable to sleep, Kyran goes to Avi’s room, where they have an intimate conversation about their dysfunctional families. The emotional connection leads to them having penetrative sex again, this time without filming, an act they repeat the next morning in the shower. After, Kyran shares a personal quirk: He traces the lines on his palm and imagines them as familiar streets.

Avi and Kyran cut their holiday break short and return to the dorms. Kyran surprises Avi with a date, renting an SUV to take him to the closed-for-winter Mendon Twin Drive-In, a place from his childhood. During the car ride, Kyran admits that his past hostility toward Avi was rooted in jealousy over Avi’s freedom to be himself. While watching Silence of the Lambs on a laptop, they discover overlapping taste in films. In the backseat of the car, their conversation turns sexual, then Avi takes the bottom role for the first time. The experience is emotionally overwhelming for Avi, who realizes he is falling in love with Kyran. Afterward, they make plans for Kyran to leave his own New Year’s Eve party to meet Avi for a midnight kiss.

Delayed by friends and public transit, Avi arrives at his dorm at 11:58 pm on New Year’s Eve and shares a midnight kiss with Kyran in the hallway. They spend the next 18 hours having sex in various sexual roles. However, their intimacy is ruined when a DoorDash delivery driver recognizes Avi from OnlyFans. Soon after, Frankie arrives to warn them that Avi’s friend Zeb discovered the account through a friend of his who sent him the link; when asked if that person goes to BC, Frankie deliberately does not answer. Panicked that his football career is in jeopardy, Kyran demands Avi immediately deactivate their Twitter and OnlyFans pages. Avi is devastated, feeling that Kyran is choosing his public image over their developing relationship. He complies and deletes the accounts, but as soon as they are gone, Kyran leaves, leaving Avi heartbroken.

The Eagles win their final playoff game against Ohio State, securing a spot in the Rose Bowl, after Kyran throws an 82-yard touchdown pass to Guty, a feat inspired by thoughts of Avi. After a week of silence between them, Kyran goes to Avi’s dorm to apologize. The door is opened by a half-naked man Kyran recognizes as Ash Holloway, the person his high school girlfriend cheated on him with. Ash, Avi’s new roommate, is friendly, but Kyran, overcome with jealousy, abruptly leaves after inviting them to a team victory party.

At the party, Kyran becomes intoxicated. He angrily tells Avi that their connection was always part of their show for OnlyFans. However, moments later, when he sees Ash kissing Avi, Kyran becomes jealous. He angrily attacks and yells at Ash until his teammates pull him away. Frankie finds Kyran and urges him to stop running from his feelings. He complies, texting Avi and admitting that he never “hated” him and calling him “baby.”

Avi wakes up on Frankie’s couch, having stayed there after the party, and rereads Kyran’s text. Frankie advises him to admit his love to Kyran and ask to be his boyfriend. boyfriend. Later, Avi is summoned to an urgent meeting with the dean of the college, Dean Perkins, who confronts him with a screenshot from his OnlyFans account. Avi is suspended pending an investigation into whether he produced pornography on campus. If the school finds proof, he and any collaborators will be expelled.

Back at Frankie’s, Zeb reveals that the suspension is already a campus rumor. He lays out the evidence strongly suggesting Kyran is Avi’s partner. Avi chooses to neither confirm nor deny it. Despite the threat of expulsion, Zeb insists on styling Avi in a designer suit for the team banquet that night, planning a dramatic entrance for him. Avi, terrified the investigation will expose Kyran, resolves to attend.