( i've been working on a cocktail called grounds for divorce )

[sufferably]

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[sufferably]

( mccoy looks wearily at the screen, eyes getting wider as he processes. it takes him a few moments, but he gets there. )

Are you in... any pain, at all?

[truesight]

Pain? No. Oh, no I feel fine. I'm just stressing out because Stiles is all weirded out, and rightly so I guess, but. I mean. What do people even do in this situation? I'm all for the idea that a person's gender shouldn't matter, but just being switched out of nowhere kind of makes it matter and- [ Rachel breathe ]

I don't know why I thought you'd be able to help me sort through this, but I hope you can.

I just- I need a game plan. Or something.

[sufferably]

It's just your body, right? You don't suddenly have memories of growing up as a boy, or something? Because that might be more complicated.

( he pauses, purses his lips. it's actually--dare he say it--a little fascinating. but he's more concerned with rachel not freaking out over it. )

If it is just a curse, it should wear off sooner rather than later.

And if Stiles has got any sense at all, he'll be supportive and not "weirded out."

[truesight]

Nope. I still feel like a girl, if that makes any sense. I almost put on a bra this morning, and I keep almost sitting down to-

Right, but. So, it's been a learning process.

And I think he's just mad about the timing, more than anything else. But he's weirded out, yeah. It's not fun.

[sufferably]

Right.

( he is not the person to be having this conversation with a teenager girl but he will rely on professionalism and get through this, somehow. )

Well, it ain't really his problem, is it? You're the one who has to deal with it. So he can suck it up and be supportive, and you can tell him I said so.

[truesight]

[ wow she almost goes so far as to correct him that well, Stiles does kind of have to deal with it since they spend about 75% of their time PDAing or snuggling or ..whatever, but. nope. no. going to keep that to herself ]

Can I really tell him you said that? In those words, exactly?

[sufferably]

( he doesn't want, or need, to know. )

Sure. Nothing I haven't told him before, just a new situation.

And I wouldn't worry to much, yourself. These things aren't permanent. Most likely.

[truesight]

Most likely.

[ a beat ]

You know what the weirdest part is? I don't actually hate being a guy. It's different, but this doesn't feel like some awful curse, if I don't let myself think about Stiles being uncomfortable with it.

Is that weird? I don't mind being a guy.

[sufferably]

It's only strange if you think it is. So if you're alright with it, it's probably not as big of a deal as anyone else might think.

Still, it's not the kinda thing that should happen without permission. Magic and curses or no.