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What’s in a name?
Trigger Warnings: Deadname used by muse, potential to cause gender dysphoria. What’s in a name? “We aren’t out here calling butterflies caterpillars with wings so there’s no reason to call me that.” Cara, Cara Jane. Ethan hated it. The sound of that name was like acid and poison rising to the surface. It was the echo of memories and expressions of a time when he was seen as she and he wanted to die. But she didn’t die, she evolved. He was starting to embrace the past. The photos were no longer a trigger and he didn’t jump whenever someone on the Tube shouted it at another passenger. “I was Cara... now I’m Ethan.” He spoke the words softly to himself in the quiet of his bedroom. She didn’t die, she evolved. Table of Contents Inspiration
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