Agender Fitz Headcanons
Fitz had always known they were biologically male and that, according to their father, meant they had to act a certain way
Fitz had never been able to act that way, much to their father’s disapproval
Fitz had never really understood what it meant to be a man, or even what it meant to be a woman
They didn’t feel like either
They just felt like Fitz
They didn’t really get to begin exploring their gender identity until after they’d graduated from the Academy
They’d been assigned to Sci-Ops, to work under a Level Three agent who identified as genderfluid and used ze/zir pronouns
It had taken Fitz almost four months to get up the courage to talk to zir about zirs gender
What they learned changed their life
Fitz began identifying as agender and using they/them pronouns
They decided to stick with the name Fitz, since as a surname, it was already gender-neutral
They started attending meet-ups with other LGBTQIA+ SHIELD Agents zir introduced them too
They came out to Simmons and Mum
Mum had accepted them right away. Of course she did. She always did.
Simmons was accepting too, but also went straight into research mode, which made Fitz feel a bit like one of Simmons’ lab specimens.
Fitz didn’t change much about their appearance. They’d never really felt much dysphoria about their body, so they didn’t feel the need to look any different in that way. They’d always preferred to dress in patterns and soft jumpers and cardigans
They went to their first Pride event the following summer with their friends from the meet-ups
They bought a button with their gender and pronouns and wore it every day for a year and a half until one day they didn’t fully pin it onto their cardigan and it fell and broke
By then, they were comfortable correcting others’ assumptions of their gender and pronouns, so while they were sad at the loss of the button, they also realized that they no longer needed it