Jeff pulled Wes aside, making sure there was no one around. "Can we talk?"
"You figured it out." It wasn't a question.
He nodded. "First off, you know if doesn't change my opinion of you, right?"
"Yeah." Despite that, he still looked nervous.
"So, if you're out as gay, and dating David... Why haven't you come out as nonbinary yet?"
Wes sighed, looking down. "It's complicated. I mean, it's one thing to say 'hey, I'm attracted to guys' and everyone's like 'oh okay' but it's another thing to say 'hey, I'm not a guy, so I'm going to change my pronouns and you're going to have to remember.' I mean, I go to an all-boys boarding school. What at the odds that I'd stay here, that people would let me if they knew I wasn't a guy?"
Jeff hesitated. He hadn't thought of most of that. "First off, it's not selfish to change your name or pronouns. I mean, when I started going by Jeff everyone had to remember that and switch over, and now they're all used to it and it's almost unheard of to call me Jeffrey."
"That's different."
"How so?
Wes didn't have an answer to that.
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