Proko shrugs one shoulder. "Yeah, I mean. I guess. We talked about some options, you know? Like going on T and all, and-- and getting rid of some things."

His fingers brush low over his belly. Sometimes he thinks everything else can wait, as long as he can get rid of all that, as long as he doesn't have to be afraid of the one thing happening that he can't handle, or having to wake up another morning and think about tampons.

He'd stopped taking hormone blockers a year ago, when he kind of got cut off from the family funds. He hadn't really said anything about it to Jiang or Kav until he had to: his period had come back, and he kind of lost his shit.

"What do you think?" he asked, looking up at Jiang.