honestly i think if it werent still weirdly important to me that al be like. A guy who explored + thought about gender + realized he was still cis despite being/feeling very Gender in many directions (ykwim) i wouldve made him nonbinary already...he'd still be he/him as i genuinely cant see him being comfortable with any other set.

But idk the nonbinarism can definitely still happen considering he (+ other ocs) has/have already evolved a lot and can always evolve more. Like it could go either way, his reasons for ""staying"" cis cld easily be the reasons he "realizes" he's nb ykwim? Just like how Real People all have their reasons. + him being nb would actually still fit my being a sucker for having pairs that are Opposites in multiple ways in the same way him being cis is atm etc