A/n: my fellow trans bitches I know y'all get gender envy from these boys. So this one's for you.

It seems like Adrien had a million secrets. He was cat noir, he was mega bi, and he was trans. Yep, you heard that right. But not the way you think, see he wasn't a trans woman, but a trans man. He was one of very very few lucky cases where he knew super young, and had an accepting mother. His father? Less accepting... but Emilie was the boss of the household up until her death, and Adrien, he was her miracle baby. She'd do anything for him. So when toddler Adrien, who wasn't yet a public figure starting trying to steal his dads clothes, played the boy character in video games and cried when being called girl, Emilie knew something was up.

A doctors trip later just to be sure and it was exactly as she thought, gender dysphoria. But that didn't matter to her, if Adrien was a boy then that was that. She didn't care what her baby was, she was just happy to finally have a child. And hey, Adrien is a gender neutral name anyway. So after some stern words to Gabriel, she convinced him to go along with letting their child be their true self. The one condition? The public couldn't know.

Emilie only agreed to that because she wanted Adrien to come out on his own terms when he was older and could understand better. So on life went, but now she had a son. She kept his hair short, switched pronouns, comforted him though the bad dysphoria days, swapped out his wardrobe with boy clothes. Little kids are androgynous as it is, so a simple style and pronoun change was enough to satisfy little Adrien.

By the time he was old enough to become a public figure, Emilie was glad she decided to keep her child's baby and toddler years out of the spotlight. She in initially did it because she wanted him to develop normally, the added bonus now was the fact no one knew Adrien was born a girl. No one but his family, who kept it secret. As Adrien approached puberty, Emilie started to look into blockers. This was also when she started to get sick, but she wasn't giving up on her baby just yet.

Some more stern words to Gabriel, and Adrien was on blockers by age 12. They worked as intended, no periods, no feminine curves, no acne. Ever so slight chest growth, but it wasn't noticeable under a shirt. Adrien still wanted that slight curve gone though, which would come in due time. As he grew more, it just seemed to the public as though he was a 'late bloomer' as one would say, since his voice didn't drop and he didn't get that usual teen boy growth spurt.

But everything halted when Emilie died. Not only because it was hard on the family, but because Gabriel was never into the idea of letting Adrien transition. He couldn't stop it now, the public knew Adrien as a boy so he had to stay that way. But Gabriel often dismissed his sons dysphoria, rejected the idea of Testosterone, deliberately avoided gendered language so he could not admit his son was a boy but he couldn't say he was a girl either. That'd raise eyebrows to the public. Nathalie was the saint Adrien needed in the years post Emilie's death. She was the one that comforted him and argued with Gabriel on his behalf.

And by 16, thanks to Nathalie technically being one of his legal guardians. He was able to finally get that sweet, sweet testosterone. And fuck, did that make him a whole new person. So much happier with the deeper voice, sharper features, even the annoying addition of sweating way easier was nice because it meant he was finally going through the RIGHT puberty. Male puberty. People noticed how he started to get happier too, he still had his gloomy days but overall he seemed so much brighter.

He didn't mind all the 'late bloomer' and 'look who finally hit puberty' jokes his fiends made, because in a way it was all true. He was just glad he finally felt right, that Testosterone was exactly what he needed, he could live a liiittle longer with the ever so light chest, but he thanked his mum every day for getting him on blockers when she did, because otherwise he'd be DYING of both dysphoria and majorly sweating in a binder. He was lucky, very lucky that his chest wasn't noticeable. And when it was, under tighter clothes, trans tape could fix it.

Things were finally looking up, despite his fathers bullshit. And he knew his mother would be so, so proud of him. Nathalie reminded him of that every day. He could even be out as Cat Noir with no repercussions because no one knew who Cat Noir really was. He often debated on weather or not to come out publicly as Adrien when he was 18 and away from his dad. On one hand it'd be nice to not have such a big secret and to be a good role model to younger generations of trans people. But on the other hand- transphobia. Being out publicly is always a risk unfortunately. He still had time to think about it though, he could continue to ponder.

The problem came up when he found himself in an undeniable 'will they, won't they' with Luka. If he was going to date anyone, his partner would have to know. It'd be quite the shock if things got spicy one day and surprise! No dick! Well... small, slightly different one. Testosterone does a lot to your body.

Even though deep down he knew Luka would be chill, because not only was he openly Bi, he was literally an Angel on earth that boy. There was still fear inside Adrien, blame Gabriel. He always drilled into his head that no one could know. It'd 'be a bad image for the company' and 'trans people get mocked and harassed all the time' which, even though some of those statements were true, it certainly didn't help Adrien's anxiety.

But he needed to do it. If he wanted to date this guy, he needed to.

"Ok, you're being all nervous. What's wrong?" Luka asked, closing the door behind him.

Adrien pulled in his sleeves, anxious. He'd asked Luka to speak in private before the band showed up, and the musician could tell something was up.

"Well... look. What exactly are we?" Adrien asked.

Luka had a feeling this would come up sooner or later.

"Well... whatever you want. I know how your dad is. And well, if we can't be anything because it's not safe I understand. I'm all for any outcome as long as we're in each other's lives. I care for you, deeply. So I'm giving you the final call" Luka explained.

"I mean, I want to be something with you. I do, I really do. I just... if we are then you need to know something... something kind of big" Adrien replied.

Luka gave him a smile, and his shoulders a comforting squeeze, sensing his anxieties.

"You could literally tell me we need to hide a body, and I'd do it. Anything for you, Adrien" He said.

"I... I'm-" Adrien began, but the words caught in his throat.

"It's ok Adrien. Seriously I won't judge you for anything, I... I love you too much for that"

Adrien still couldn't find the words, they were just stuck in his throat. He practically shook with fear, all the words his father had told him about keeping it a secret rang in his head. So if he couldn't say it, he'd show it. Taking a breath, he pulled his shirt up. Underneath it binding tape was stuck to his skin to hide the very slight, but still dysphoria inducing curve of his chest. For a moment Luka looked confused, but it clicked and rather than disgust or shock, it was amazement on his face.

"Oh- OH! Wait holy shit you pass well, I literally never even- I totally thought you were a cis guy all these years" Luka said.

"You has no idea how much gender euphoria you just gave me-" Adrien sighed in relief.

"Seriously I had no idea, you're not clockable AT ALL, if that's what you're worried about. Hang on isn't your dad an asshole? How did-"

"It was mum, before she died. I knew very young and she was the one to get everything rolling on transitioning, then Nathalie took over. She had me on blockers, thank fucking god if I'd have ended up with a planet sized chest I think I'd literally die..."

Somehow Luka had a feeling Emilie was behind it, from everything he'd ever heard about her, he knew she was an absolute saint. And Nathalie taking over? No surprises there either. It's how the hell Emilie and Gabriel even ended up married he wondered, how could Emilie stand to be around someone like Gabriel?

"Ahh that's why you had baby voice up until earlier this year" Luka snickered.

"Thank gods for T, I gave a cool sexy voice now" Adrien snickered back.

"You've been so much happier too, I've noticed that the past 8 or so months you've been... like a whole new person. You're smiling more, you're more outgoing, you're wearing more 'you' clothes. It's great to see, I've been meaning to tell you that. I'm proud of you Adrien, you're really glowing nowadays"

Adrien smiled, sighing in relief that Luka was cool about everything. Even though deep down he knew Luka would be the best person to tell. He pulled Luka into a hug, one the taller boy gladly accepted and gave him a loving squeeze.

"And just so you know, I literally can't even feel your chest right now it's super flat" Luka added.

"Thank gods, I've always been anxious about hugging people" Adrien chuckled.

"You're secret safe with me ok? Im just glad you trust me enough to tell me. And dude, I'm Bi. I couldn't care less what you are, you're cute and that's all that matters"

Feeling his cheeks heat up, Adrien only smiled brighter. Luka broke the hug, only to replace it with a kiss, one that Adrien was secretly hoping would happen when he planned to tell Luka everything today. The kiss made Adrien's already fluttering heart soar. He was practically in heaven.

"Feels like kissing a boy to me, my gay ass would know" Luka teased.

"You know when I first started liking you I wasn't sure if it was a crush or gender envy. Honestly, probably a bit of both. But if I had any doubts about liking boys, I definitely wouldn't anymore thanks to you" Adrien replied.

Luka cupped his cheeks, tilting Adrien's head to look up at him better.

"My pretty boy" he smiled.

"That's gay" Adrien joked.

"I'm gay"

"Me too, and trans but you know... that can stay between us for now"