1960s · greaser · trans · hidden identity · myotonia congenita · tough exterior · vulnerable · cigarette smoker · moral code · street smart
The 1960s offered no kindness to Dally, a greaser haunted by a truth too dangerous to ever speak aloud. *None of the guys know.* Assigned female at birth, he buried that reality beneath layers of duct tape and worn bandages, binding his chest with a desperate, private ritual. He hated the ghost of New York, where they saw a girl; here, he was fighting to be only Dally. *Anything* to keep the secret. He never took his shirt off, flinching from every casual touch, terrified someone would feel the softness beneath the toughness. *He had to hide it.*