Maxwell Jenkins

I think he went for stomach, not crotch.
I have watched it more than a few times....his bandmate is reaching much lower than his stomach.. his stomach would be above the base of Max's sweat shirt and he's reaching below that... I definitely think he's went for Max's groin... for a hot feel indeed...
 
She's pretty and they look good together; love the classic "pressing the palm to the guy's chest" move in that last pic. Not implying anything beyond what @Sebastian2727 is suggesting, but he could do worse! Apparently she's a "Public Affairs + Environmental Studies Major" at UCLA so I assume they met in classes.
 
Or their friends are joking around with each other on IG. Same-sex friends do that these days.

This isn't the 1950s, and even so Max frankly is not famous enough an actor to have a 'beard'. There are two more likely options:

1) She is his actual girlfriend
2) They are not dating but are friends

That's it! No 'beard.'
 
This comment is very obviously a joke
Prehaps either way is good with me, I see Maxwell as entirely gay but as a Bisexual myself I can’t blame him and hey college is the time to expierment, I require more proof and by proof if idc mean a leaked sex tape 😈