PLEASE tell me about trans tommy
OKAY YES I'VE BEEN SHAKING HIM IN A JAR FOR THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS!
Vague spoilers for my still unposted fic.
Tommy's birthday is January 1, 1985 because I like the idea of him being a holiday baby. I made him 39 only so that Buck can bake him a ridiculous OVER THE HILL cake once his 40th rolls around.
Tommy's an only child from Small Faketown, Alaska. It's near Bethel with a population >700. His mom is a hair dresser and his dad's a bush pilot. Assigned Co-Pilot At Birth. Tommy actually learned how to fly a plane way before he knew how to drive. He didn't get his driver's license until he was in the army.
The general vibe around town is that Of Course [Redacted Deadname] is going to take over the Kinard Family Business of Being a Pilot at some point. Instead Tommy enlists in the army right out of high school to gtfo of there. Neither of his parents are happy about it. In fact they're quite pissed.
Tommy's in the army for 6 years, during which he has a very torrid romance and engagement that ends badly. He also spends that time realizing that yeah. He really wants/needs to transition. Which of course he can't do while he's enlisted.
When his 6 years are up he goes back home to Small Faketown, and proceeds to have a a very nasty fight with his parents when he tells them about his plans to transition. So he fucks back off to the lower 48 and goes no contact.
His healthcare as a veteran doesn't cover anything for his transition. He's got savings that he uses for some of it (jumping through the hoops to get on testosterone, getting his name change, etc) but for what he wants done he really needs a job w/ good insurance. And being a firefighter is a union gig.
He winds up at the 118 relatively early into his transition, and because he's so paranoid about passing, he lets himself get pushed way deep into the closet. He's overcompensating to avoid being outed as gay and/or trans. It's toxic masculinity hell. Looking back he's not proud of his behavior, but he gets better, Character Growth, etc. etc.
By the time Tommy meets Buck, he's at the point where he's fairly casual about his sexuality, even though he's definitely not out as trans. But he's working on being open and Living His Best Life and all that good stuff.
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soon it'll be dawn again
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page 01
Fig: no way? - you're still up?
Riz: Wh– yes?
Riz: Why'd I not be.
page 02
Fig: I me~~ean - that took.
Fig: whole day.
Riz: Yeah?
Fig: 'm beat.
Riz: you should sleep.
page 03
Fig: nah. my guy's still up
Fig: I wanna hang out.
page 04
Riz: That's really nice.
Fig: Hah! - Nobody ever expects an Archdevil rockstar to be nice.
Riz: … yeah. - 's just budget work tho. (the stuff I'm working on) - I've heard it's boring.
page 05
Fig: yeah, but you do it…
Riz: It keeps things going, right? - Nothing happens if nobody sits down and - does the thing.
Fig: That's right… - though. Yeah.
page 06
Fig: sometimes it's someone else who - doesn't want the same thing to happen.
Riz: … - mm.
page 07
Riz (off screen): …It took me a long time to get that not everyone likes doing what I do. - 's probably because you guys are so nice– - or. - kind.
Riz (off screen): to anyone too, not just. - the people you /love/.
page 08
Riz: that's not how it is elsewhere. - The world's– not. hostile. - but 's not like it's kind.
Riz: So I'm doing as much as I can now…
page 09
Fig: Hey.
Riz: ?
Fig: Go dig some dirt with me.
page 10
Riz: [blank speech bubble] - oh you meant like - actual dirt. (not incriminating information)
Fig: o yea.
Fig: there's clay in the backyard soil. - sometimes when I'm sun deficient or something I go touch dirt for a bit.
page 11
Fig: here u go
page 12
Riz: uh
Fig: now we make a thing! - 'm pretty good at freehanding a bowl.
Fig: I'll show u
page 13
Fig: just– yep, flatten that out as evenly as u can, then–! - actually ur nails'd be so good at cutting out the strip. [larger than usual space] wait. - wait. wait u can carve patterns with them! we HAVE to try
Riz: uh - What. do I carve?
Fig: anything!!!
page 14
Fig: and– yep just seal the inside uh. seam?
Fig: yep that works - okay time's up! all contestant hands up
Riz: [blank speech bubble] - okay - wh. what's next?
Fig: haha - watch this.
(sound effect text): FWOO—MP
page 15
Riz: WH– DON'T JUST DO THAT???
Fig: Now it's fired!
Riz: THAT WAS NOT SAFE
Fig: (actually it's just dry. if u add water rn it'll dissolve)
Fig: ok catch!
Riz: [blank speech bubble] - careful!!
Fig: dw no need haha
page 16
Riz (thought bubble): oh - it's warm…
Fig: now I want you to throw this.
page 17
Fig: u gotta do it - c'mon
page 18
Riz: wh– - It's like 3AM right now
Fig: oh it's not /fired/ fired it's not gonna make a loud noise
Riz: And then just? leave a pile out here?
Fig: pour water over it & it'll be gone I told u
Riz: but
page 19
Fig (off screen): RIz.
page 20
Fig: I've done all this before.
Fig: Can you trust that at least?
page 21
Riz: no, I– - I do. - I trust you.
page 23
Riz: okay what happens now
(sound effect text): glob
page 24
Fig: we do it again!
page 25
Riz: wh. [larger than usual space] What do you mean. (this clay's too wet also)
Fig: see! you're already learning
Fig: [blank speech bubble] - there are flows that are futile to fight. - The world changes.
Fig: Things change.
page 26
Fig: I've learned my lessons with "forevers". - But - as an artist
Fig: I can give you one thing: - You can always do it again.
page 27
Fig: most of everything depends on the rest of the world, - but this. - making new. - that's yours as long as you want it.
page 28
Fig: So?
page 29
Riz: Yeah. - Yeah! - let's make another one.
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