How far will a man go to prove he's a man when he's not sure what that means anymore?

Avery is caught in the middle: grieving his homeboy Skate, fronting for his girl, and dodging the truth that haunts him. On the outside, he's got the swagger of a straight Black man with something to prove. But inside, he's struggling with a different reality—one he thought he left buried.

When he crosses paths with Dre—a sharp-tongued, confident cross-dresser who sees through the front—Avery is pushed into a raw, intimate confrontation with himself. What starts as teasing turns into something deeper, and Avery finds the cracks in his own performance widening.

This streetwise, provocative short story peels back the layers of masculinity, pride, and hidden longing.

If you liked My Manhood Is Very Important to Me, then Antoine's Double Trouble goes even deeper—unpacking the same raw questions: What does it mean to be a man? And what happens when the mask slips for good?