Now thirty minutes later, Jen’s car remains parked on the quiet suburban street, engine on and the Killers’ Hot Fuss playing at low volume. Both Jen and Sloane indicate strong unironic attachment to this album, though its queer undertones go over their heads. (Observation Team would like to point out the gender-fluid themes in “Somebody Told Me” and the bisexual rage in “Andy, You’re a Star.”) Jen seems to process the evening like a breakup; says her chest feels like it might cave in. Yet it is not a breakup. She and Sloane are just friends. (Observation Team notes background noise: “It was
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