Title: Realizations
Author: Leela (leela_cat)
Characters: Tommy
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Author's notes: Written for glam_100, prompt #017: Separation. Many thanks to florida_minxie for the preread.


Tommy rarely watches himself. Not when he's alone in the dark, curled up in bed with the lights off, using headphones so Mike can't hear him. And never when he's off in his own world.

Tonight, though, it's like an addiction. He keeps replaying the end of the YouTube video from Ellen, can't stop examining the pictures Ashley tweeted.

The proof's right there in front of him. Undeniable.

And now that he's seen himself, really seen himself, Pandora's box is open. He can't go back, can't recreate the separation between who he wants to be and who — what — he is.