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“Does it fit?” “Yeah…I-It fits…” They look in the mirror and a smile tugs at the corner of Ryan’s lips, tears start to prick their eyes and they choke back a sob. “Do you not like it? We can go find something else o-” “Tyler, no! I-It’s perfect.. Thank you..” They manage to speak, their voice was quiet.. even shy, and slowly make their way out of the bathroom, not even bothering to put on a shirt. There they were. Ryan Maxwell Stevens; originally known as Annabelle Marie, but then the name change processed and it became official the day before. Their once long blonde hair was cut down so it was short- buzzed on the sides and a curly mess on the top- and to top it off they now had— a chest binder. Their mom would freak out if she ever …show more content…

He’s seen them like this before, he needed to help them calm down and relax before it hit hard. Having an anxiety attack in a binder is not ideal considering the damages such as constricting the ribcage and therefore breathing which would lead to even worst things— overall, he needed them to stay calm enough to change out of the binder. “Hey, Ryan, go change for me quickly okay? Or just do it here, I’ll turn around so you can change here.” He added on quickly, pushing the clothes in their hands and turned around closing his eyes. He couldn’t let Ryan go to the bathroom because it would just get worst. Ryan reluctantly changed out of their binder and pulled on the sports bra and sweatshirt. They instantly pulled their sleeves over their hands and held them close to their body. Their turned their hands to fists, nails digging into their palms as their breathing started to get shallow. “T-Tyler, we can’t g-go back tomorrow. M-Mama w-would go ballistic! And dad- crap, Tyler this was a b-bad idea. Bad bad bad idea. W-Why did you let me cut my hair?! Oh go-” “Ryan! Calm down, okay, look at me. Look into my eyes.” Tyler cut Ryan’s rambling off and put his hands on their shoulders before slowly moving to take their hands in his own, unclenching their fists. Ryan slowly looked up in Tyler’s eyes and took a shaky breath, “Good. There you go, now, tomorrow

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