please enjoy my divergent pronoun and sexual orientation headcanons
it's extensive so i'll just go ahead and drop the page break so your timeline isn't clogged. also op who posted this same concept, thanks for the inspiration!!
tl;dr: they're mostly bi
Tris Prior: she/they, demisexual
Caleb Prior: he/him, gay but with some comphet
Natalie Prior: she/her, bisexual
Andrew Prior: he/him, bisexual
Tobias Eaton: he/they?? maybe??, bisexual but kinda repressed so female pref
Marcus Eaton: he/him, poster child of straight men
Evelyn Johnson-Eaton: she/her, bisexual with a female preference
Jeanine Matthews: she/her, lesbian but also kinda aro/ace
Johanna Reyes: all pronouns, pansexual
Jack Kang: he/him, gay
Max: he/him, straight
Will: he/they, bisexual
Christina: she/they, aggressively bisexual
Peter Hayes: he/him, bisexual
Al: he/him, bisexual (just as repressed as Four) also i'm getting ace vibes
Uriah: he/they, pansexual
Molly: she/her, lesbian with a splash of comphet in there
Nita: she/they, bisexual
Drew: he/him, gay
Zoe: she/they, pansexual
Matthew: he/him, straight
David: he/him, poster child of straight men outside chicago
Tori: they/she, lesbian
Eric: he/him, bisexual
Shauna: she/her, pansexual
Marlene: she/they, pansexual
Lynn: they/she, bisexual
Cara: she/her, lesbian (we are choosing to ignore her and matthew!)
Summary: Alexandria Eaton is the youngest child of Marcus Eaton. What will happen when she defects from Abnegation and decides to follow in her older brother’s footsteps. Can she make it through Dauntless initiation with her secret or will she find herself in the factionless? And what will happen when the most cold-hearted leader takes an interest in her?
Post Date: 05.10.21
Word count: 2.2k
Pairing: Eric Coulter x OC
Masterlist
DBU Masterlist
Warning: child abuse (just this first part)
Today is the day. The day that I get to start my new life away from this hell. It’s the day I take my aptitude test and tomorrow I can leave. Although I already know what I want, I’m still scared of the consequences of my actions. What is my father, Marcus, going to think of me? The factions, are they going to think something is wrong when the second child of the leader of Abnegation defects from her home Faction? I quickly try to get rid of these thoughts and start getting ready for the testing.
I get dressed in a long grey skirt and a tank top. I then put my caramel brown hair in a neat low bun and open the mirror. I check to see if I need to fix my bun and look at myself studying the blue and purple bruises on my arms in the mirror. I leave the mirror open a little longer than I should have, the next thing I know it’s slammed shut.
“Too long,” The raspy voice of my father says.
“Sorry,” I respond quietly.
“You know better, Alexandria,” he says as he grabs my wrist tightly and pulls me from the chair and onto the ground. I stay on the ground while he goes over to grab a belt, afraid of more consequences for fighting back. The next thing I know he’s punishing me for leaving the mirror open too long. All I could feel was pain shooting throughout my body, as he hits me from all angles on my already bruised skin.
“Now finish getting ready, it would be a shame if you were late, representing me and this faction.” He says, with one tight grab of my wrist pulling me up. He expects me to upkeep our reputation since my brother had left and regardless of what happens in our house, I’m not allowed to speak about it. Especially now that Erudite is trying to discredit Abnegation.
I then slowly slip on a loose long sleeve shirt, trying to ignore the pain. I grab my bag and go to meet my best friend, Beatrice Prior, and her brother, Caleb Prior, outside their house. I met her just after my brother had left and she is the closest thing to a real family, she had become my escape and my rock. We knew that no matter what faction we’d choose, we’d be happy for each other. After a few minutes of waiting they finally come outside.
“Hey Alexandria, you ready?” Beatrice says hugging me as I try not to wince.
“Ready as I’ll ever be, you guys?” I respond looking between her and her brother.
“I’m nervous,” Beatrice says.
“ Let me help you with that,” Caleb says, running over to an elderly woman to help her. I follow quickly behind and grab a few items.
“Beatrice, do you wanna get the other bags?” Caleb questions looking over at her.
After helping the elderly women we continue to walk to where the aptitude test is administered. I tune out most of the conversation Beatrice and Caleb are having. We finally arrived at the building and get in line behind the Abnegation doors. While we are waiting in line we hear a boy from Candor talking to a group of kids from Abnegation, although it doesn’t sound like a friendly one. I see the boy shove one of the kids from Abnegation and see Beatrice step forward slightly before Caleb stops her, “Beatrice...Don’t” She looks at me to see if I disagree with him, but I shake my head letting her know it would be a bad idea.
The next thing we hear is a train approaching, signaling that Dauntless has arrived. They’re yelling and shouting while they jump off the moving train. It makes me wonder if that train ever stops. A few moments later the doors open and we were put into rooms. There were kids from all of the five factions, Candor, Dauntless, Abnegation, Amity, and Erudite. Luckily I was in the same room with Beatrice and Caleb, I definitely felt way more comfortable with them.
“One hundred years ago, after the war, our founders created a system they believed would prevent future conflict and create lasting peace. Today, aptitude testing based on your personality will assign you to one of the factions. While it is our belief that choosing the faction indicated by your test is the best way to ensure success within the faction system, it is your right tomorrow at the choosing ceremony to choose any of the five factions, regardless of your test results. However, once the choice has been made, there will be no change permitted.” The woman in front of the room said.
We were then split into smaller groups to go into the testing rooms. Beatrice and Caleb went before me. When their group was done, I only saw Caleb walk back in and Beatrice was nowhere to be found. I was then called up to be tested. Once everyone in my group had gotten to the doors of their room they opened simultaneously. I walked in and I noticed that my test was being administered by a woman from Dauntless. It was no surprise since we can’t be tested by someone from our own faction.
“My name is Tori, have a seat.” She said sounding like she didn’t want to be here. I sit down in the metal chair. Although I’m wearing long clothing I still felt the coldness on my skin. It felt soothing to my bruised skin.
“You'll be offered a series of choices to test your aptitude for each faction until you get one result. 95% get the faction of their origin,” Tori says, explaining how the test works as I sit quietly, trying not to look at myself in the mirror-like walls. She hands me a small glass of blue liquid and gestures for me to drink it. I don’t hesitate to drink it, wanting the test to be over as soon as possible.
I close my eyes and when I open them I find myself in the same room except Tori isn’t there. I got up from the seat and looked around and found two pedestals. One with a knife. The other with a large piece of meat.
“Choose” I hear my own voice say. I study both items but soon enough they both disappear and I hear a dog bark from my right side. I try to calm the dog, but I didn’t have any success. I then think that dogs can sense fear. I calmed my breathing and sat on the ground to get to the dog’s level. The next thing I know the aggressive dog becomes a puppy, I give him a little scratch behind the ear.
I then hear a little girl point out the dog, but when I turn back the puppy had turned back into the aggressive dog it once was. The dog starts to chase the little girl. I run after them and get in between the little girl and the dog. When the dog had jumped onto me, I wake up suddenly from the simulation.
“Shit, not again” I hear Tori whisper. I look at her with a confused look.
“What happened?” I ask her as she guides me to the door.
“Your test results were inconclusive. They were Dauntless, Abnegation, and Erudite. You can’t tell anyone. I manually entered Abnegation as your results” she explains to me in a hushed voice.
“Wait what does that mean?” I question.
“You’re Divergent, you don’t fit in just one faction.” She says and then opens the door and pushes me out.
For the rest of the day, I sat in silence, and not looking forward to going home. I walked with Caleb back to Abnegation since the serum had made Beatrice sick and she left early. I came home to my father sitting in the living room drinking a beer.
“How did the test go?” He asks even though I knew he didn’t genuinely care.
“Fine,” I respond quickly.
“Regardless of your results, you know what faction to choose if you know what’s best for you,” He says as he finishes his beer.
“I know,” I say as I sit across from him knowing this conversation won’t end quickly.
“You know, maybe I should take some precautions. In case you do leave,” Marcus says and he grabs my wrist and drags me to a chair in the dining room. He sits me down and tells me not to move unless I want more consequences.
He rolls up my sleeves, high enough so no one else would notice the marks he leaves. As I look at a few of the previous scars he’s left, he breaks the beer bottle he had just finished against the table making me flinch at the noise of the glass breaking. He picks up a small sharp piece and digs it into my left arm. I let out a small yelp, which causes him to put his hand over my mouth and shove another piece of glass into my leg. He drags it down my leg, it rips my skirt, letting blood bleed into the fabric. I try to keep myself from being audible as my eyes start to tear up from trying to stay silent.
“This is for your brother leaving and for you if you leave too. If you tell anyone about this, just know what will be waiting the next time I see you.” He says menacingly, leaving me sitting teary-eyed with glass stuck in me.
I slowly take out the glass he left in my leg and arm. And clean it up as soon as possible. I head to bed, not caring that I’m still in my bloody clothes. I just can’t wait to leave, regardless of the repercussions. The next morning I was sore after my punishment from the night before making it hard for me to get up and walk. I hear a knock on my door and go to open it.
“We’re leaving in 30 minutes. You better be ready by then. And get rid of those clothes,” Marcus says and walks away.
I change out of my bloody clothes and into a similar set of clothes. I hate the Abnegation dress code. I finish getting ready and wait in the living room for my father. We walk together with the Prior family to the Choosing Ceremony. Beatrice, Caleb, and I walk in silence while our parents talk a bit about their jobs and old family memories. I hate how my father acts all happy and makes us look like we’re a perfect family, it disgusts me how people buy it.
We make it to the choosing ceremony and are sat down next to the Prior Family. A woman from Erudite, Jeannie Matthews, had the honor of the opening speech this year. After her speech, my father went up to call the names of the kids participating in the choosing ceremony. A few kids stayed in their home faction while others left, you could hear the upset parents in the crowd.
Next up was Caleb, he chose Erudite. It was a complete surprise knowing that they have been trying to take control of the government and discredit Abnegation. Then it was Beatrice's turn, she was up there for some time, I could tell that she was struggling to choose what faction to pick. At the last moment, she let her blood drop over the hot coals, which signifies Dauntless. Roars erupted from their side of the room.
A few more kids went up before I heard my father call my name. I slowly got up out of my seat and made my way to the stage. I saw the look in my father's eyes telling me to stay where I am or else. But I didn’t let that scare me. I picked up the knife and cut the palm of my hand, thinking about what happened the previous night. Before I could even process anything, I quickly put my hand over the burning coals and squeezed my hand to let my blood drop as fast as possible. “Dauntless” I hear my father’s voice boom through the auditorium and a few quiet gasps from the crowd. I knew I had made a bad choice for Abnegation, almost confirming for Erudite that Abnegation is not worthy of being the governing faction now that all four children of leaders had left. But I didn’t care, there was nothing good left for me in Abnegation except Beatrice and she had chosen to leave and join Dauntless as well, all I could think about was getting away from him.
I look slightly up and see the face of my father looking like he wants to murder me. I quickly pick up a pad and cover the cut on my hand and make my way to the Dauntless side as they cheered for another one of their newest members. They had opened a seat next to Beatrice for me. I sit down trying to feel relieved that my father can no longer hurt me but I can see him glaring at me from across the room. I was anxious for the ceremony to be over so I can never see his face again.
A/N: Here is the first part of DBU! There isn’t going to be a set schedule for this series, but I will try to update as often as possible. I already have the second part written and that will probably go up later this week. Also, the age for this series is 18, for choosing ceremony (just makes sense), and it will be based on the movies solely. I'm not sure how far i'll go into this series, but i will at least complete the first movie. Please lmk what you think and if you want to be added to the taglist! Thanks for reading!
“Tobias.” Marcus called out, and you could see Tobias visibly stiffen beside you. You sucked in a sharp breath, well aware of the abuse Marcus put Tobias through and the fear it had instilled in Tobias. Marcus’ eyes flickered onto you, a smile spreading across his lips that lacked warmth and made your insides slither. “You must be y/n. I’ve heard about you. It’s so nice to finally meet you.”
“Stay back.” Tobias growled as Marcus stepped closer, and Tobias almost instinctively jumped in front of you, his expression hardening as he gulped. Like hell was he about to let his father near you, especially now that you were pregnant with his child. He wouldn’t let any harm near you, even if it make facing one of his greatest fears.
Evelyn Johnson was 17 when she had Tobias. Marcus Eaton was 34.
This one is based on the movie, I admit. However, while not explicitly stated, I think this one could hold some truth. Let’s take a look at Evelyn.
She looks young, right? The actor may be 50, but god damn she does not look it. If I personally had to guess, I would say mid-thirties. Okay, sure, Abnegation seems like the kind of faction where having young parents isn’t a big deal. After all, with Christianity being relatively common there, it seems likely that young adults are getting married and having children early. Now let’s look at Marcus.
Now he, he looks way older. We’re talking 50s here. Why does he look way older than Evelyn, potentially old enough to be her father, even? That’s because when they met, he was twice her age.
Marcus, as an Abnegation leader, probably was more focused on his career than having a child, at least at first. Eventually, he realized he’d like to leave some sort of legacy. Then, he met Evelyn, a transfer from Erudite, and he was enamored by her. Whether she fell for him back or felt pressured because he was a leader is debatable, but they quickly married after she was initiated.
I know this theory isn’t watertight or anything, and I mostly thought of it because of the movie casting. Then again, most of the casting is terrible when it comes to side characters, and considering Evelyn was supposed to be Latina, this may not be the most relevant theory/headcanon.
