Schwab wrote the short story that would become the eponymous series, and she tells Tudum, “A memorable first for me… the first time that I realized that I wasn’t straight.” The author, who also is an executive producer on First Kill, explains, “I thought I was straight until I was, like, 26 and was just bad at it. Schwab, memorable firsts aren’t just the foundation for Jules and Cal’s love story, they’re the inspiration for it. Star-crossed though they might be, the Netflix series follows Jules and Cal as they experience many firsts together: their first kiss, their first argument and even their first grisly murders.įor V.E. First Kill tells the story of high school students Juliette and Calliope - a legacy vampire and a monster hunter, respectively, who fall in love, even though their families work desperately to keep them apart.