Confessions (TTTE humanized AU)
It was a normal day on the Railway of the Island of Sodor. Everyone was working in their respective places, giving their best to prove how useful they are.
But the calm wasn’t meant to last that day, again.
“Have you seen my hat... my coat and MY ENGINE?”, somebody was screaming on the platform, desperately. It was one of the Scottish twins, he didn’t have something that could make it easy to recognize him, neither the number of the locomotive he drave nor the pin with his name.
Thomas was about to leave the station but he got off his engine and came closer to talk to the other engine driver.
“Your engine is still in the shed, Donald”, he tried to calm him down.
“I'm Douglas!!!”, the red haired driver said.
“Wait, if you are Douglas, the one who came here earlier was…”
“My brother took my stuff?!”, Douglas exclaimed, he couldn’t believe it. Although the Scottish twins were known for “impersonating one another” in the early days to get away from problems, they didn’t do that anymore as a condition to stay in the Island. “Where is he?!!! WHY HE DID THAT?”
“Calm down, calm down, Douglas”, Thomas didn’t know what else to say, “He just left with the Engine Number 10 to Brendam for a train of goods”
“Can you take me there?”
“I am sorry, I have to leave with my passengers now”, Thomas said, “Just take Donald’s engine, it’s exactly the same as yours!”, he went back to his engine and finally left the station.
Douglas didn’t have another choice, he would have to take Donald’s engine and look for him.
Douglas found Donald next to a water tank, so he stopped the engine and walked across the rails.
“You better have a good explanation of why you are impersonating me!!!”, Douglas screamed, completely furious.
“Douggie, I can explain…”, Donald jumped off the Engine Number 10 and Douglas could see that his twin brother was wearing his hat and his coat, as he suspected.
“You better! We promised not to do this anymore at work!”
“I was going to pretend to be you in order to invite Emily to go out... with you.”, explained Donald.
“YOU WHAT???”, Douglas couldn’t believe what he just heard.
“Yeah! Duck, Oliver and I had been talking about how you daydream with Emily all the time since she arrived at the Island and also the fact that you never talk to her about your feelings…”, Donald continued, “So we came up with this idea of me impersonating you and talking to her when we cross paths in Knapford…”
“And Duck and Oliver thought this was a good idea?!”, Douglas exclaimed
“They didn't oppose it so…”
“I can't believe this, my own brother and my friends see me even as incapable of talking to the person I like…”, this time, Douglas seemed to be talking with himself.
“Douggie, we don't think you are incapable, you are just... Ehmmm…”, Donald wasn’t able to find the words to explain what he meant.
“Please don't say anything, your eyes are telling me all the things you think about me”, Douglas interrupted him,”And give me my stuff back, your locomotive is on the other side”
“...Fine”, Donald realized that he went too far this time.
“You are just like mother and father”, Douglas added in a whisper before putting his hat on.
Although the rest of the day transcurred normally, Douglas couldn’t stop thinking about what happened. After the last delivery of goods he had to do, he stopped on an alternate railway close to Knapford and sat on the grass. He knew that Donald was about to put his locomotive in the shed at that moment and didn’t want to coincide with him.
“I can't believe it, I can't believe it…”, he was still talking to himself, Donald’s plan didn’t want to leave him alone and it was about to drive him mad.
“Hello, Douglas!”, the red haired driver heard a voice and looked up.
It was Emily.
“Emily!!!”, Douglas exclaimed, “What are you doing here?”
“I saw your engine on this alternative rail and I thought you were out of steam or needed a hand to go back to the sheds”, Emily said, “Is everything alright?”
Douglas just sighed: “Yes, everything is fine”
“That doesn’t sound like it's true.”
Emily sat next to Douglas and he sighed again, staring at the grass.
“I am just kind of crossed with my brother.”, Douglas explained.
“What happened again?”, Emily knew that Donald and Douglas argued a lot while working but always got back together at the end of the day. Brothers always fight, it’s like a Law of Nature.
“It's just that... Donald tried to impersonate me today.”
“You two did that a lot while working in Scotland, I can’t forget that”, said Emily.
“Yes, I know. We used to do that to get away from trouble before but this time it was to ask someone I have a crush on to have a date with me.”, Douglas continued staring at the grass.
“Oh, that's upsetting and a little… disturbing.”
“It is, that’s why I am so cross with him.”, Douglas kept talking, “I hate the fact that Donald sees me unable to do things by myself and that Duck and Oliver agreed with his plan. He believes I am his little brother rather than his twin and that he must help me in every single thing I wanna do in my life. Our parents might have put that on his mind while we grew up, they always saw me as the weaker twin or something”.
“He really crossed the line by thinking I am even incapable of asking you to be my girlfriend”, he thought aloud this time.
“...Me?!”, Emily was surprised by hearing the last part of Douglas’s sentence.
“Oh, LORD.”, Douglas covered his mouth with both hands for a second.
“Yes, Emily, I have a crush on you.”, Douglas finally confessed what he hid for a long time, “You know that both Donald and I saw you as a mentor, even as a big sister when we worked together in Scotland.”, he paused, “Although... I eventually developed more feelings for you and they came back when you moved here... I really like you!”, he felt his face was on fire.
“Awww, Douglas... I like you too but I'm not interested in romantic relationships right now.”, Emily said and now she was the one who was staring at the grass and the little flowers they had around.
“I thought you and Henry used to be…”
“ Oh, that was like five years ago, I am just not interested in romance as I thought I was…”, she said, “I need to feel very connected to someone before even thinking about a relationship with them, It’s kind of difficult to explain sometimes.”
“I think I understand what you mean, Emy”, Douglas commented with a little smile drawn on his face.
“We can go out as friends, though, and then see where this takes us, what do you think?” Emily immediately suggested as she hugged Douglas and put her right hand on his shoulder.
“That'll be wonderful!”, Douglas answered cheerfully.
“Now come on!”, she stood up and offered a hand to him, “Let's go back to the sheds before it gets darker…”
The next day.
“Morning, brother”, said Douglas when he saw Donald drinking a cup of tea at the platform before going to the shed for his respective engine. He was wearing his coat and hat with his respective Number 9.
“Douggie! I am so sorry about what happened yesterday, I wanted to apologize but I didn’t find you…”, Donald started to talk.
“It’s okay, Donnie, apologies accepted.”
“No, I really went far this time…”
"I am so glad you finally accepted you were wrong on something", Douglas sipped his tea, "By the way, I finally confessed to Emily what I feel for her."
"AND???"
Douglas told Donald about the conversation he had with Emily yesterday.
"So... no matter who it was, Emily would have rejected you anyway", concluded Donald, feeling even sillier for his absurd plan.
"It wasn't precisely a rejection, brother, she's just not interested in romance right now.", repeated Douglas, "We are gonna go out as friends and see if we can go further."
"Oh, I see."
"The important thing is that I told her what I feel, that's the real achievement for me", Douglas continued talking, "Look, Donald, I know you have good intentions but please don't do this again. I am conscious that there are things I can't do without your help but that doesn't mean I am completely useless."
"My dear brother, I never saw you as useless or incapable of doing things on your own", Donald said, "I think I just can't tell apart whether you need an extra hand or not…"
"If I need you, I will always tell you, okay, Donnie? And if you need me, tell me, we are brothers after all"
"Okay! You are right", added Donald and smiled.
"You agreed with me twice and it's not even 8 am, that's another big achievement!", joked Douglas.
"Oh, shut up, Douggie!", Donald said and they both laughed.
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Trans Bruce Wayne? Male to female? Like she loves wearing Martha Wayne's dresses.
Anon you're speaking my language???
Bryce grew up watching her Mama get all dolled up for galas and always connected with that in a way that people say boys shouldn't. Listen Thomas and Martha were definitely the type of parents that didn't care abt gender norms and would let their kid dress however they want. Thomas probably rocked a few dresses in his time.
So Bryce tells them that she feels more like a girl than a boy? They're so accommodating. They get her whatever she needs. The surgery, the drugs, the clothes (but she prefers to wear Martha's too big dresses). Alfred switches from Young Master to Young Madam. It would hit even harder when Thomas and Martha die because those were two of the three people who truly understood her. And now they're gone.
After they die, people feel a bit more comfortable bringing up her 'changes' to her face. Alfred is right by her side but she did have some uncomfortable moments with people. Thomas and Martha definitely protected her from a lot of the media attention and stares.
She still becomes The Bat. I can see her going by Batman to protect her identity even more but also sticking with gender neutral The Bat. People can't tell if The Bat is man or woman which elevates the cryptid vibe she's going for.
The day Martha's dresses fit her perfectly is a bittersweet day. All Bryce has ever wanted is to wear her Mama's dresses properly and now that she can, her Mama isn't there anymore. She sobs into Alfred's arms that day but after that, wears Martha's dresses with pride.
By the time she adopts Dick, she passes so well that he doesn't know she's trans. And it just kind of never comes up? He calls her Mama (which she cries at) or B and that's what all the other kids end up doing. There's some LoA magic/tech involved in Talia giving birth to Damian. He shows up at the manor and upon finding out that Batman is actually a woman, he's impressed.
They find out when the batfam decide to dye their suits for Gotham's Pride Parade and Bryce's suit is the trans flag and her cape is the demiromantic flag. There was a lot of screaming that day.
Jason tries but he just can't fight his Mama, no matter how angry he is at her for not killing the Joker. He spends some time away from the manor but after a lot of talks, screaming, tears and hugs, he comes around. He is also very protective over his Mama, I won't accept otherwise (they all are tbh)
Also let her be tiny?? 5'2, buff Bryce Wayne picking her 6ft+ sons up easily. A tabloid got a picture of Bryce holding Dick up after an attack at the museum by The Riddler. She's in a pretty floral dress, with pink pumps and soot all over her face and her muscled arms covered in blood and scratches. The internet went insane.
Bryce Wayne: *exists*
Gothamites: mommy- sorry mommy- i mean mommy-
Also rip the batkids cause Bryce mothers all their friends too. Shit hits the fan when Jason nearly strangles Garfield cause Bryce gave him a forehead kiss to check if he had a fever.
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