Simon Spier and Bram Greenfeld, the school's newest (and undeniably cutest) couple, are madly and hopelessly in love. But Atlanta, Georgia is not exactly the best place to be gay. All they want to do is make out and--gasp-- hold hands in public, without any comments or judgments or self consciousness. After all, why is straight the default? Why is it only acceptable for straight couples to swallow each other? Told from the perspective of Simon Spier, demolisher of Oreos.