MS Ethereal Excerpts: Comfort
One from the Magiverse today! Brienne is a trans girl and has a great rapport with the eccentric alchemist who supplies her potions -- I wrote this scene to showcase that small part of her routine and worldbuild a little of the normalisation of being trans in this world!
“Brienne, welcome in my dear!” The alchemist, Barnaby, was an eccentric old man who had worked here for as long as Bri could remember. She had fond memories of coming here with dad for her prescription medication and getting a sweet treat or three when she was younger, and in all those years his crooked posture and warm smile that crinkled his eyes had always been a source of comfort for her. “The usual today?” “You make it sound like I’m coming for a drink,” she laughed, “But yes, this month’s estrogen supply, please.” “You drink it, do you not?” He chuckled, peering over the counter with bright blue eyes as he bent down to retrieve her prescription, “Can’t believe it’s been almost a year since you first asked for this.” “I can,” she laughed, taking the bottle concealed in a brown paper bag from him with a grimace, “The taste never gets better.”
-from House of Magi, Draft 2