First, there was a girl named Alex and a boy named Etienne, skipping school for the first time. Then, Etienne made a choice, and they both discovered something neither expected to find. Grappling with this new revelation about herself, Alex is visited by someone, a glimmer of her future, who provides her with some key perspective about what’s to come, and what has already occurred. Can Alex find the strength of self to face her friends and family and claim her destiny?

Adapted from the short story, "First/Then," by Sam Heyman, published in Hashtag Queer: LGBTQ+ Creative Anthology, Volume 1 (Qommunicate, 2017)