Billy is trans masc and, admittedly, a bit of a geek. One day he goes to a local comic con and meets a handsome artist there who draws wonderful and diverse comic book characters.<br><br>Billy is instantly smitten, but he's far too shy to ask Scott out on a date, so instead he asks Scott if he'd want to collaborate on a new comic book with him.<br><br>Because that will be easier than a date, right?

Billy's Geeky Quest

I love that idea!Scott sent back. I could use my water-colors and make it all swirly and colorful.


He didn’t usually share his ideas with anyone else. Anonymously posting his fan-fiction online wasn’t the same as sharing a half-baked idea with a person and waiting for a reaction in real time.


Would each character have a different way of doing it?Scott asked.


Sure, they could, Billy replied. Everyone’s different, and it’d be more interesting that way. Maybe the colors all have different meanings too, and some are more powerful than others? The explosions of power, or color, or whatever they do, can symbolize their height of passion?


Billy was starting to feel a bit flushed having this conversation.


He wondered if Scott felt the same, or if he was only thinking about the comic.


Probably the latter, knowing Billy’s luck, and he had no way of knowing because obviously he couldn’t see Scott over WhatsApp.


Chapter 6