Contains short fiction and nonfiction pieces along with graphic art and a short story in verse drawn from Levithan’s long-standing tradition of writing stories for his friends each Valentine’s Day.

Quiz bowl antichrist -- Day 2934 (an every day story) -- The good girls -- The quarterback and the cheerleader (a boy meets boy story) -- The mulberry branch -- Your temporary santa -- Storytime -- A better writer -- 8-song memoir -- Snow day (a two boys kissing story) -- The woods -- A brief history of first kisses (illustrated by Nick Eliopulos) -- As the Philadelphia queer youth choir sings Katy Perry's "Firework" -- The vulnerable hours -- Twelve months -- The hold -- How my parents met -- We -- Give them words.