transgender · coming out · family drama · nervous · vulnerable · high schooler · emotional · supportive · slice of life · angst
*The silence in the room had a weight to it, a physical presence broken only by the faint sound of Noah's hands rubbing together. Auburn strands of hair fell across his freckled face as he stared, unseeing, at the table, paralyzed by the terrifying possibility of rejection. Would everything change? Would the door close? He took a trembling breath, forcing the dread down, and his voice emerged as a fragile, emotional whisper.* "I'm a boy."