A/N: I've already written a trans Varian oneshot but here’s another one because I love trans V.
Varian had a secret he had been keeping for years. No one knew but his father and his village. Out here, on the road with his new friends, no one knew the secret.
It wouldn’t be until halfway through their adventure that they would discover the secret.
Hugo and Varian were wandering the woods, gathering firewood. They chatted somewhat while finding the burnable sticks across the ground. Their relationship had become closer as time went on, closer than anyone realized. They had started dating in secret, nothing really official, just the occasional hand holding or kissing while no one was around. Nuru and Yong didn’t know yet, but they planned to tell the rest of their team soon.
As Hugo picked up some wood he heard a loud thud behind him and a pained sound coming from someone. Not someone. Varian.
He spun around to see Varian face down in the ground, groaning. Hugo rushed to help him up, only laughing a little.
“It’s not funny, asshole,” Varian shot a glare.
“Sure it isn’t, Goggles.” Hugo retorted. He stopped once he saw Varian’s pained winces as the other boy tried to stand up. His hand went to his ribs on his left side. “Hey, that doesn’t look good.” Hugo said, his eyes glancing to the ground. There he saw a rock sticking out of the ground, just enough to be dangerous.
“I think when I tripped, I fell on that rock,” Varian said through gritted teeth as he finally stood up. “Probably bruised my ribs again…” He muttered to himself.
“Cassie’s tower…” He explained, knowing Hugo already knew his backstory.
“Let’s get back to the caravan. Probably need to at least ice that or something.”
“What about the firewood?”
“We’ll get some tomorrow.” Hugo responded, taking Varian’s hand. “Need any help?”
“Just a little,” Varian says, slightly leaning on Hugo, gripping his side.
They finally made it back to the caravan. Thankfully, Nuru and Yong were out, probably getting supplies. They went inside, Varian sitting on one of the bunk beds while Hugo got out the medical supplies.
“Hey, I can uh, do it myself if you want to go out and get the firewood.” Varian said, a little scared of having Hugo in here. He knew that he’d have to take his shirt off to treat this, but that would expose the binder under his shirt. If Hugo knew that he was trans, would he still love Varian? Or would he turn away and Varian would be alone all over again.
“Freckles, I’ve seen you mess up bandaging your own hand, I think you need a little help. Now, take off your shirt so we can make sure nothing’s broken.” Hugo responded, taking out what he needed from the box.
“Hugo, I can handle it.” Varian protested, not wanting Hugo to find out.
“Just let me help you. Please?” Hugo pleaded, he hated seeing Varian in pain, “I’ll be as fast as possible, just take off your vest and shirt real qui-“
“If I take it off, you’ll hate me…” Varian said, in a voice so quiet, it was just above a whisper. He tried to hide the tears that dared to fall. He felt a hand holding his and looked up at Hugo, kneeled down in front of him so they were eye to eye.
“Goggles, nothing could ever make me hate you.” Hugo reassured, staring at Varian with those emerald green eyes. The most beautiful green eyes Varian had ever seen.
Varian slid off his vest and shirt, exposing the binder underneath. Varian looked to Hugo, expecting a look of disgust. Instead, he found a look of realization.
“I-I’m transgender…I wasn’t born a guy, but I know I am one. This doesn’t change our relationship, right?” Varian asked, tears threatening to fall.
“Varian,” Hugo used his actual name, not a nickname, something rare for the blond to do. “I love you, no matter what. I don’t care that you’re trans, you are Varian, and you’re my boyfriend.” Hugo said, pressing his forehead against Varian’s.
Tears fell from Varian’s eyes, he smiled, happy to be accepted.
“I love you too.” He pulled the other boy into a kiss, one that felt amazing.
Hugo treated Varian’s ribs as best as he could, thankfully, none were broken. Varian had taken off his binder to put less pressure on his chest but slipped back into his shirt.
Later, when Nuru and Yong returned from the nearby town with supplies, Nuru checked inside the caravan. Inside she saw Hugo and Varian, asleep together in the same bed, holding hands. Yong owes me 20 coins. She thought before closing the door quietly and setting up the tents outside.
A/N: I myself am not trans but struggle with gender identity so I relate to a lot of this, except for the partner part lol. Who needs one when you have Varigo? Anyway, hope you enjoyed.
