Rebecca Pov

I was panicking, because naturally I couldn't find my bloody tampons, (pun not intended here), of course I couldn't find my tampons after 4 months of not needing them, (my period wasn't exactly regular ok, fucking sue me and my uterus), I was so busy panicking that I couldn't find tampons, I didn't hear Leo outside the bathroom door until he knocked, (I would be concerned too if I heard crying in the bathroom, so I don't blame him for being concerned about me here).

"Are you ok Sweetheart?"
"Um, no, no I'm not"
"Do you need to talk?"

I didn't really want to talk about needing tampons to Leo, but I wasn't going to get any by not saying that I needed some, and I had nothing to stop the flow other than the tissue that I shoved up my fanny, so I took a deep breath, (well, as good of a deep as I could in my panicking, crying state).

"I I I, um, I can't find my tampons and and I started, so so I'm like bleeding everywhere-"
"There should be tampons on the top shelf in the cupboard"
"Ok- Shit!, I can't bloody reach!"
"Can I come in?"
"Ok"

I let Leo in, because I wasn't going to attempt to climb, as my coordination was fucking awful, (well, it's still shit, but I also don't need to climb for tampons anymore), and my coordination plus slippy bathroom material equals serious damage to me, I did find it a little strange that there were tampons that I hadn't bought, (growing up Catholic meant that nobody talked about periods but especially not in front of a man), but I wasn't going to say anything if that meant that I had tampons, (and so I would stop crying as I wasn't bleeding out anymore).

"They're a bit old as I haven't needed them in a few years, but they should do for now until I can get to a shop tomorrow"
"What did you need tampons for?"

I thought that the answer might've been something like nosebleeds, as Donavon got them a fuckton when we were teenagers, (plus Levi's done it in an emergency so they kind of work for that, just not ideal), but that wasn't the answer, (not by a long shot), I'll get to that now.

"Shit, have I not told you?"
"Told me what?"
"That I'm, uh, Trans"
"Oh cool, that makes a lot more sense than having tampons for nosebleeds, oh thanks for the tampons"

Leo looked a little confused, though I suppose not making a big deal out of him being was probably weird considering that Margaret Thatcher's section 28 was still very much a thing and would be for another 7 years, but I guess my questioning of why things were probably helped with my viewpoint, don't quote me on that though as I'm just guessing.

"You're a lot calmer than I thought you'd be"
"Levi has 2 Dads, Opal's Dad sounds like a fucking Bastard, Jake just has his Dad who really acts like a mother would I suppose, you being Trans isn't all that weird to me, I also have a brother somewhere who's Trans, Rita kicked him out when she found out, huh, maybe I'm not at fault for her reactions"
"Alright, um, we'll continue on that last revaluation when you have a tampon in"
"Ok"

Anyway, I put the tampon in, (you don't need all the details there), and then washed my hands and all that jazz, I then went downstairs to continue talking to Leo, (he's surprisingly easy to talk to), he was sitting on the couch, so I sat next to him, (he's kind of cuddly, like a human teddy bear, don't tell him I said that though, he might take that the wrong way).

"Feel better?"
"Yeah"
"That's good Sweetheart"
"It also probably helps that I have realised that Rita kicking me out isn't my fault"
"That probably would do it yeah, if I knew me coming out would help with your realisation, I probably would've come out earlier"
"Coming out is hard, as people are too brainwashed to realise people don't choose who they are"
"You're really wise for your age"
"Having Rita as your mother will do that"

I didn't feel all that wise, especially not at the time, I don't know if that's because life had been hard on me or not, as I only know about what I got dealt, which was a shit hand before I knocked on the wrong front door, Leo's been a great parental figure for me, though I didn't say that at the time in case I jinxed everything and I would be left with nobody in my corner, (rationally I know that it does work like that, but teenage me wasn't always rational about shit).