Meet Al. Al is an aspiring cartoonist. Al is insecure. Al has a mundane corporate job and a problematic boss. Al is a trans man who is secretly in love with his best friend Jesse, who happens to also be attending the same weeklong queer artist workshop as Al.

As Al nervously rides the “will they, won’t they” tension with a clueless and effervescent Jesse, another attending artist named Mason threatens to insert himself into the picture, leaving Al on the verge of crashing out. What Al has trouble articulating through words comes to vibrant life in his drawings. Al’s meek demeanor belies his hyperactive and raunchy interior monologue, interspersed on the screen, as he tries to connect the dots between his art and his feelings.

Trigger Warning: Sexual references, gender dysphoria/identity issues, romantic rejection, emotional distress