Dysphoria (Mileven AU)

One

Tw: transphobia, self harm, smoking

It was a cold night. Mike was sitting in his room listening to music. He was trying to drown out his parents bickering.

"Michelle get down stairs to eat dinner now!" He heard his mother say from the kitchen dowstairs. "I'm coming," he said back to her.

Mike got out of bed and made his way downstairs. "There you are Michelle," Karen said. "I told you it's Mike," he replied.

"No your names is Michelle," she said," no daughter of mine will be a transgender," she countinued. His father could be heard jumping in the to the conversation,"Your mother's right Michelle now stop arguing," he said.

Mike was done with them so he grabbed his plate and went upstairs. He set his plate on his desk. He wasn't going to eat anyways.

He got bored and decided to sneak out. He climbed out his window and snuck out of the yard. He knew exactly where he was headed.

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He was now at a bridge he often went to. He hopped over the railing and sat down. He pulled a joint out of his pocket. He put the stick to his mouth and lit it. He took a few puffs and sat in silence.

Suddenly someone taps his shoulder from next to him. He jumps at this. "Sorry I didn't mean to scare you," a soft voice said. He turned around and noticed the brunette girl standing next to him. He couldn't help but notice how pretty she was.

He zoned out while staring at her. Until she suddenly said," why are you outside the railing of a bridge smoking?" "I always come to this bridge, it's my safe space," he replied,"and I smoke to take the pain away," he continued.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" She said. "Yeah sure," he replied. "Well you see, I'm- well- um- I'm transgender, and my parents don't support me, and already have so much body dysphoria already as it is, and they don't help at all," he said quietly. "Well if they won't be here for you then I will." She said. "Thank you," he said. "Your welcome," she replied.

"I don't ever think I got your name," he said. "My name's Eleanor, but you can call me El," she said. "I'm Mike," he said

Author's note:
First chapter of Dysphoria! If I made any mistakes please let me know! I hope you enjoyed the first chap!!

-Juno