Solangelo Oneshots

Transgender and Gay! What a Bargain!

TW: transphobic speech
WPOV
"I hate you." Nico sneered at me. "You disgusting girl."
His words stung. "Well, um, I'm a boy, I'm just a transgender boy. It's only an adjective, like tall or blond or freckled or nervous or...." I didn't get to finish my sentence, as he cut me off.
"Or worthless. I thought I loved you. I guess I was wrong. I'm going to tell everyone, and everyone will hate you. Bye, girl." And he left the cabin.

"Will, wake up!!!" Adam, half-brother, was shaking me. "It's time to take everyone to breakfast." I got up and dressed before taking them to the dining pavilion. I saw Nico sitting at the big three table with Jason. He looked at me and smiled, but I was still upset about the dream I had, so I looked away. I knew it wasn't fair, Nico didn't actually say those things. When my siblings ate breakfast, I thought about my dream. How I woke up and thought 'it was all a dream.' Ugh. How cliche. And I know cliche. My father is Apollo, god of cliches. Also the sun and healing and stuff, but right now I'm focusing on the cliches.

I was so immersed in the magical (note the sarcasm) world of cliches, I didn't notice Nico walking over to me until he kissed me, snapping me back into reality. "Hey Sunshine. Do you want to come over to my cabin later?" He ignored my siblings' giggling and slid onto the bench next to me. "Hazel gave me some Mythomagic cards and I was wondering if you wanted to sort through them with me." Oh my gods he's cute. "Um... Yeah! Of course! And I have something to tell you! Later. At your cabin." His smile fell. "Sure. See you then." And he walked back to Jason, who was making weird cow sounds. Gods, Jason.

~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Skip~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We were in Nico's cabin, sitting on the floor with a small pile of mythomagic cards in between us. Nico grinned smugly and put down a hydra card. "Who's the anemic loser now?" When I didn't laugh at the joke, he grew concerned. "Will, what's going on? You've been acting really weird." I guess I'd been acting weird. I got disarmed at sword practice, dipped a French fry in my lemonade at lunch, and didn't make a single good shot in archery.
"Well, um, I, uh, you see, I..."
"Will. I just want to know what's going on. I promise I won't be mad." But I knew he would be. He was raised in the 20's for god's sakes! But I can't keep this to myself forever. "I'm transgender." He looks at me strangely. "Is that it? Not to invalidate your concerns, but is that all you're worried about? I know that already."
I felt mixed feelings. I was happy that Nico accepted me but I was confused that he knew.
"How?"
"How did I know? You never let anyone see you without a shirt and you have a miniature trans pride flag in your healer bag. "
This was all true. "And," he added, "I felt your binder through your shirt when we were making out on my bed. It looks like you need cuddles. Come here." So we cuddled for a few hours before he fell asleep.