#Platonic Tarty

[tuiyla]

I agree with you re Tartie. Much better as friends. And it felt incredibly lazy forcing them together at the end. Why can’t they be single?

It's such a "we don't know what else to do with them" move. I hate it when stories feel the need to leave everyone with a love interest, it reinforces such archaic ideals of what a happy ending is. I think Tartie's happy ending would have been becoming a platonic power duo. Or, if they had to get back together at least have more of a buildup than a single scene in A Wedding suggesting they'd settle for each other if no one else came along. Come on, that's just sad.

Again, I don't have anything huge against them as a couple and deffo not against the people supporting Tartie as a romantic ship. And I also understand Jenna and Kevin themselves pushed for a Tartie endgame. I just think it falls very flat.

[lumen-tellus]

thinking about those old longfics that i rambled about in the tags that ive dropped but still really, really want to write.......................... yknow, i honest to god dont know when ill ever actually write them so maybe i Should just drop some notes on what was supposed to happen in them lmao lmao

(and it will help if i do end up coming back to them to fully write out some day. lol. maybe. probably. i hope loooool)

a room by the ocean

-> endgoal is for Yumeno and Ouma to say "sayonara biches!!" to the town they're staying in currently and move to some other place. a titular room by the ocean.

how do we get there tho? god i wish i knew man beats me

-> also along the way, Friendship(TM) happens!!!!!!!!

-> and some backstory stuff; how both of their "past selves" aka pre-show attitudes and circumstances still linger and affect them:

Yumeno coping with her history as being the child of two former show participants, essentially repeating history with herself and both sympathizing and rejecting her mother.

Ouma having to deal with the semi-clashing personality he has now and deciding who exactly he wants to be, and by extension, what he wants his life to be now in light of everything past and present.

-> ofc some conflict in the form of asshole reporters and fans finding out and following after them like creeps + both yumeno and ouma were still fans of the show once upon a time even if they both really detest it now, so trying to deal with that in perhaps each other is going to be a whole rip fiasco in some sense (also theyre like, living reminders of the show just by being next to each other so lmao for them).

-> i WILL get my saiouma happening here too. also just in general friendshippy with the trio will happen somewhere!!!!!!

genometrics

-> oh yeah i also had a platonic shirogane-ouma spaceship au fic that i forgot about too. whoops

-> i have even less of an idea how i was supposed to make them friends but that was the endgoal of the fic lmaooooo

-> fic would be loosely structured like its source inspiration - a genometrics/cosmosphere dive, except without the whack brain surrealism lol. it's real life, and each chapter would "progress" their friendship much like progressing a level.

-> probably another place where i would slip in worldbuilding for the au lmao lmao

home, riding home

-> i said time travel mystery fic ft. zhongli and tartaglia but its not time travel and tartie isnt childe either

-> anyway im just going to drop the reveal lmao: the tartie is tonitoni

wow gasp shock woooooowww who couldve eveeeeeer guessed that The tonitoni writer is actually writing the suspiciously teenaged girl tartaglia to actually be tonitoni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /sarcasm

-> also zhongli didnt time travel, he timelined traveled - he wakes up in a timeline/alternate history teyvat thats lagging behind just a bit temporally, where the tartie is tonitoni and where the rite of descension has yet to take place.

to specific, he wakes up in the body of his other self there

he doesnt realise this bc well it's his exact same body + he mistakes the potent geo energies within him - which is actually the soul of his other self, forced into slumber bc of the timeline jumping antics - for his gnosis

-> the other funny mystery beat i was going for - tonitoni has the gnosis. she just grabbed it right out of her zhongli in a petulant, violently arguing fit by accident and the sheer, sudden force of taking it from him rendered him briefly unconscious.

she panicked tho and thought she killed him tho lmao rip tonitoni is such a funny little silly meowmeow <3

anyway bc of this, she basically yelled at the leylines to grab his soul before it disappears into the ether - and bc she wasnt thinking straight, she didnt notice that he isnt really dead and his soul hasnt moved on from the material plane

the leylines also meanly did not correct her on this, mostly bc thats not really their job, and simply dutifully complied with her garbled command to go grab a zhongli from the leylines. hey, conveniently, theres a zhongli in a domain close to the leylines in another timeline, that should do!

so yeah this technically means she also knows zhongli is rex lapis and not just a regular consultant at this point, which goes halfway unnoticed bc half the time theyre in public anyway so she cant actually go around addressing him as an archon lol

-> besides all this plot, there was gonna be a fair bit of chara rumination!!

it would heavily feature zhongli debating his future post-archonhood, what he wants to do in life and what he wants from life both. primarily the grappling of moving on from centuries of duty to a more self-centered, human existence.

on tonitoni's side, it would be the exploration of a friendly, almost mentor-like, almost parental relationship between her and zhongli.

-> childe will show up eventually and oh boy hes going to look at tonitoni and it will immediately become a disaster im tellinggggg you

also there will be chili endgame. there will be. that is the point of retirement u old noodle!!!!!!!!!!

-> fic ending is that tonitoni uses her free tree privileges to send zhongli and childe back after all the mysteries are sorted out (and just in time for the rite and the farce of a plan to proceed) ft. some emotional moments bc tonitoni is going to be super intensely staring at her brother in the head the whole time otherwise lol

sun in retrograde

-> aka noah "celestia" ebalon gets a field trip in retrospection at how much his childhood sucked ASS!!!!!! ft. worldbuilding

celestia gets to happily hate on his shitty parents, encourage his younger self to be more confident, and feel both appreciative and sad with more mature nuance over his brother

he will also ruminate a fair bit on how the past is like and what it will become from here on, knowing what he does from the future and the secret things going on (like the machinations of the cult of henir and such)

the worldbuilding will focus on magic systems, family dynamics, and elrianode nobility and customs

-> as for the actual plot-to-plot beats: good question!!!!!!!!!

well i know he'll stick around in the manor as a supposed expert magic tutor for harque, probably - celestia thinks this is both incredibly funny and also kinda whack honest to god

harque is also probs just going to wave him off like "i can tell you're not that interested like sure i'll take some tips but please do as you like ^^"

which celestia btw happily accepts so he can research how to go back to his own time and also maybe not worry too much about fucking up the timelines with his own meddling. epitome of "whatever happens will happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" in his head as he psyches himself through his research

he takes breaks in between of course though, accompanying harque or his younger self - who he definitely imparts more actual magical teaching to - and bonding with them, while internally musing about the outsider pov of seeing his own childhood self and brother with fresh eyes.

clamor btw is going to take one look at younger noah and be like "i understand so much about why you were like That now. also im going to squish his cheeks even more"

also at some point younger noah falls sick and misty shows up to care for him and celestia is simultaneously "idc my revenge plot was a whole life/timeline ago" and "you canNot be standing in front of me and pretend that you dont know whats up heLLO?!?!?!?!?!??" inside his head, which is otherwise politely smiling at her.

also "misty is an ebalon cousin" hc in full force here; shes from a branch family of the ebalons, i swear if the game canon itself doesnt prove me right i KNOW im right anyway SOMEWHERE

the final plot-plot beat is that harque figures out what celestia's magic research is really about (time travel) and while he doesnt press for anything from him (probably), he does comment about how such magic might help him actually win the nominations for moon master - this gets celestia thinking about the pendant trinket, and how he doesnt know where harque actually got the thing nor figured out how to supposedly use its magic anyway.

which leads to celestia being the one to craft the pendant and hand it over to harque, along with potentially cryptic words hinting at the future to come. maybe idk itd funny tho. (it'd also be funny if harque lowkey figures out who celestia actually is after this but lmao dont look at me)

ofc the ending has celestia eventually use his reversed time travel spell to go back to his own time, where hes like "well that sure was something!" sits there for a while just staring at the ceiling, then is like "hey, clamor, do you want to investigate henir's order? im suddenly realising that theres some loose ends i never figured out" and heading to elrianode for their delayed meetup with the ESP in the demon world lol maybeeee

[slugpostage]

the latest headcanons for my faves only

tj and cyrus are both gays that can't sit in chairs, however, tj has given up trying to learn and just opts to sit on the floor

tj is the little spoon

amber loves natasha bedingfield

marty tried going vegan, but only lasted four hours

jonah helped marty bleach his hair.

amber almost convinced cyrus to get his ears pierced with her. almost. (surprisingly, jonah was the one to talk him out of it)

marty accidentally became a tik tok e-boy after mocking a thirst trap

marty makes playlists for all of his friends

marty finds out jonah has never had a macaron before, and brings him a box. turns out, jonah is allergic to almond and had to go to the hospital.

the dumbass trio played hide and seek in a walmart. they got kicked out.

marty accidentally shoplifted a pack of cards, and tj had to deal with him violently sobbing in his parked car for twenty minutes before deciding to walk him back in. they let him keep the cards.

amber paints tj's nails

and finally,

every sunday, the dumbass trio + amber play minecraft at amber and tj's house.

[jcforsapphics]

Andi Mack characters as stuff I heard in school

Amber: *point at TJ's notebook* what is that word?

TJ: that's 'that' in capital letters

Amber: that's not a 't', that's an 'i', sweetie

TJ:

TJ: shit, I wrote 'ihai' instead of 'that'!

-

Marty: I know how the trans flag look like.

Buffy: you know how the trans flag look like?

Marty: *nods*

Buffy: why do you know how the trans flag look like?

Marty: ... I just do.

-

Buffy: are you kidding me?! That was a great idea! I almost voted for it myself before I remembered it was my idea.

-

Jonah: I want to draw the bisexual flag

Andi: why the hell do you want to draw the bisexual flag?

Jonah: ... Reasons.

-

Amber: so tell me about the show you're watching.

Cyrus: there's a girl, and she have a mother.

-

TJ: what's the name of the summer camp you went to? I might go there as well

Cyrus: gayland.

-

Andi: I don't think letting TJ and Marty work together is a good idea.

Buffy: it's not. It's really not.

-

Marty: *two sits away from TJ* I miss you so much!

TJ: I can't believe they won't let us be together!

-

Andi: I want to have a girlfriend by the end of this year. I mean, I go to art school! You don't go to art school if you're straight!

-

Cyrus: I made you a sandwich.

TJ: what? Why did you made me a sandwich?

Cyrus: you never eat at school and I was worried.

-

Cyrus: b- but he's a vampire, and he's soft and I love him!

Buffy: he's a vampire! He drinks people blood, how is he soft?!

-

Amber (teacher): what is that in your hands? It's not a phone, is it?

TJ: actually, it is

Amber:

Amber: I gave you a way out, you wasted it

-

Buffy: what are you wearing?

Amber: pants.

Buffy: those are not pants. Those are boxers.

Amber: but they're long so technically, they're pants

-

Amber (teacher): who here thinks they're smart and have a future?

TJ: *put his hand up together with the rest of the class*

Amber, to TJ: put it down.

-

Andi: want to hear Simon Lewis entire life story?

Amber: please no.

-

Andi: you're in art school! You're not supposed to put your art inside a closet!

-

Cyrus: so Simon Lewis-

TJ: wait, his name is Simon Lewis? Like, he have two first names?

Cyrus:

Cyrus: yes.

-

Amber: you know, this two girls from my class went to pride parade.

TJ: why couldn't they take me?

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Andi: my teacher is totally gay, he likes art!

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Cyrus: I got married.

Marty: ok, so that means you're gay.

-

Buffy: I can feel my iq getting lower just by standing in this class.

-

Amber: wait, so are you team delena or stelena?

TJ: delena

Amber: good.

-

Gus: that poster look like one of the Percy Jackson movies

Amber: we don't talk about them in this household.

-

Cyrus: I feel so alone, being the only one in this school who read this book and watched the show.

Amber: Andi watch Shadowhunters

Cyrus: Andi watch Shadowhunters?!

-

Cyrus: so what happened here?

Jonah: so basically-

Walker, mouthing behind him: don't.

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Buffy: we honestly need cameras in this classroom, it's basically a zoo

-

TJ: were you the one that told me what was the most efficient way to cut myself?

Amber: no. No I wasn't.

-

Cyrus: oh no! I can't find my pe class! We're usually in the gym, but they weren't there when I checked! Oh well, I guess I have to go to the library or something like that now.

Gus: actually, they're in the basketball field! I can take you there!

Cyrus: nope. No idea where they can possibly be. Gotta go to the library.

[heart-eyes-kippen]

bro...tj buying a trans pride pin and adding it to the collection of pins on his denim jacket after marty comes out to him...and buying marty one too...

[anarcoqueer1994]

You Deserve Better (Chapter 3)

*A Muffy and Marty heavy of my Trans!TJ and Trans!Marty fanfiction. Features some Tyrus and platonic Tarty.*

Couple additional notes, there are some unsupportive parents in this chapter. I based some of it on my own experience. Also it is never okay to purposely dead name a person. And as always, you are valid if you pass, don't pass, or dont want to pass. You matter.

"Mara!"

A voice calls from downstairs. It gets no response.

"Mara!" 

The voice calls again. The sound of that name in the air fills the space with poison. It makes the air feel heavy. It is hard to breathe all of a sudden.

"Jesus Christ! Mara if I have to come up there, you are not going to like it."

Crash. Books tumble to the ground off the dresser.

The sound of feet climbing the stairs come next. Those feet belong to the voice. They make their way to a bedroom door. They push open the door to find a person shaking in anger surrounded by books littering the floor.

"Mara, I know you heard me."

"It's Marty, mom." He says defyingly.

"We are not doing this again. Knock it off. I need your help downstairs." She says in an exasperated voice.

"With what?' He spits back, trying to keep it together long enough to fight back the tears forming in his eyes.

"Well after you clean up your little temper tantrum, I need you to wash the dishes while I run to the store. I want to finish dinner before your dad gets home."

"I don't have a dad." Marty says behind gritted teeth.

"Now you stop that. Don't be so dramatic.'

"He won't even look at me anymore."

"That's only because he wants you to stop playing dress up and using these fake voices and go back to being his daughter. He just wants you to show a little respect for yourself and the way God made you." His mother says in a 'sympathetic' voice. 

"I am showing myself respect, mom. I am being true to me."

"Whatever, I'm not getting into this with you again today." She says as she turns to walk out.

As she walks out, Marty yells out the door to her. "That's right, walk away! But you can't avoid this forever!" He slams his door shut and sinks to the ground. He lets the tears stream down his cheek unchecked. It shouldn't hurt this bad to be himself but it does.

Honestly all he wants to do is call Buffy and hear her voice… but he can't. He can't because calling her would involve him telling her why he was upset. The problem with that is he hasn't come out to her yet. In fact the only person who knows is his new friend, TJ. It shocks him that TJ has become one of his best friends but given the fact that TJ is also trans, it helps him not feel alone in this.

Thinking about it, he couldn't believe how much his life had changed in this past month. He was finally dating, Buffy Driscoll, the girl he never gave up feelings for. Buffy was the best thing to happen in his life. Sure she was pretty, but God she was so much more. She was funny, smart, a hell of an athlete, and just as competitive as he was, if not more. Buffy was not perfect, sometimes she lost her head(i.e. the shoe incident or trying to run a marathon on no training) but who is? All he knows is that she is perfect for him.

Then why can't  he bring himself to just tell her the one thing she does not know about him? She would understand. She wouldn't care, he can almost guarantee himself but...what if she did? What if Buffy does care that he is a trans guy? 

He thinks about calling TJ to vent but remembers that his friend had planned a big date with Cyrus today. He doesn't want to ruin that. So he does the only thing he can think of to chase these feelings away. He gets up, changes into his running clothes and leaves his house. From there, he just goes. He doesn't know where he is running to, but it doesn't matter as long as he keeps going.

After what must have been an hour, his phone rings in his pocket causing him to come to a halt. He expects to see his mother on the caller ID, having come back from the store and realizing he wasn't there. To his relief though, it is not. Its Buffy instead, he smiles to himself, almost forgetting his bad feelings, if only for a moment.

"Buff-ay" He says in a goofy voice as he answers.

"Mart-ay" She replies. "What are you doing right now?"

"Not much, running, that's it."

"Wanna grab dinner with me then? Cyrus is out with TJ and Andi is hanging out with Amber and Jonah."

"Are you asking me on a date,  Driscoll?" He jokes.

"In your dreams." She teases back. "Anyhow, see you at The Spoon in 20?"

"Yea, I'll be there." As he hangs up, he can't help himself not to smile. Even though they are finally dating, he likes that they can still joke around like that. Honestly he doesn't know how he got so lucky.

********

Twenty minutes later, he finds himself in the diner walking towards the table that Buffy is sitting at. He smiles as he meets her eyes.

"Hey" he says as he takes a seat next to her.

"Hey, yourself." Her smile mirrors his. "How was your run?"

"Good, I guess."

"You should've texted me, I would have ran with you."

Marty smirks. "You know, didn't  want you to feel bad when you couldn't keep up."

"You mean, you didn't want to feel bad when you were eating my dust." She laughs. God he loves that laugh.

"But really, I just needed to get out of the house, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing."

"Another fight with your mom?"

"Yea, I guess."

"What do you guys even fight about all the time?"

"You know how it is, just normal parent-kid stuff." He likes trying to smooth over the topic.

"Are you sure?" She pushes.

"Yea.' He says quietly before switching his tone. "Let's eat, I'm starving!"

Buffy doesn't want to drop the subject but knows pushing won't help. She makes a mental note to bring it up later. 

After a while, Marty's phone buzzes in his pocket. He pulls it out to find a message from his mother. 

Where the hell are you? This isn't funny. For the record, I noticed you didn't do anything I asked.

Marty rolls his eyes and throws his phone on to the table. Buffy gives him a look demanding what is going on.

"It is just my mom. I didn't quite tell her that I was leaving. " Marty rubs the back of his head.

"So you should be getting back." Buffy says in a matter of fact tone.

"I guess. I'm going to be dead when I get their though. So you better say your goodbyes." He tries to joke.

She punches his shoulder playfully before giving a small kiss on the cheek. "Don't worry, I'm sure you all will work through whatever is happening."

He gives her a weak smile and just nods. He doesn't quite believe that is true. "I should get going."

"Want me to walk you home?"

"Nah, Buffy. It's okay. Thanks."

"Okay, call if you need anything?"

"Of course." He says as he stands up.

"One more thing" Buffy says softly. "You do know I am here no matter what? So if you ever wanna talk about the bad stuff you have going on with your parents, I'm here."

He can't help but beam at her words. Maybe he will tell her, but not tonight. "Thank you…you have a good night Driscoll." 

**********

Buffy sits a bit longer at The Spoon. She doesn't quite understand what can be going on with Marty's parents. Whatever it is though, she knows it has to be more than "normal teen stuff." She wishes that she could help more. She just doesn't know how.

When she finally goes to leave 20 minutes later, she notices that Marty left his phone at the table. She picks it up and slides it into her pocket. She decides that she will just drop it off to him. So she heads out of the diner and heads towards his house. Buffy has only been there once, awhile back, when his parents weren't there. He has always been weird about introducing any of his friends (or girlfriend apparently) to his parents.

When she arrives at his house, she knocks on the door and waits. She would of called him ahead of time but, you know, she has his phone. A short brunette woman who appears to be in her late 30s answers the door. She guesses this must be his mom.

"Hi, can I help you?" The woman asks politely.

"Yea, actually, um I'm Buffy. I am Marty's girlfriend. We were hanging out and he left his phone." 

The woman rolls her eyes and Buffy worries she said something wrong. Oh god, she thinks, what if he has not told his mom he has a girlfriend. What his mom says next though surprises her.

The woman turns behind her and yells "Mara! Get down here now."

Mara? Who's Mara? Does Marty have some secret sister she doesn't know about. As a matter of fact, she remembers a Mara at school in the 6th grade but she didn't come back in the seventh grade or eighth grade. She doesn't have much time to think about it because she notices Marty bounding down the steps. He isn't looking up so he doesn't see her. Then she hears him say "Its Marty, mom." As those words leave his mouth, he looks up and sees Buffy.

"What...what...are you doing here, Buffy?" It sounds like he is having trouble breathing. 

Before Buffy can answer, his mom speaks. "This nice young lady was bringing you your phone. But then she let me know you have her twisted up in this stupid game you are playing, Mara."

"Stop calling me that!" Marty says, focusing on his mom because he isn't brave enough to look at Buffy.

"That is your name! Just because you are playing dress up and pretending to be a boy, doesn't change who you really are."

Suddenly it clicks to Buffy what is going on. Marty is trans and his mom just outed him to her. She feels terrible and feels like she should say something. She clears her throat and says "I don't mean to be disrespectful but apparently you don't care about that ma'am so I'm going to continue anyhow. Marty is the best guy I know and you aren't being very nice to him at all. I don't  think you are a nice person. I don't like the way you treat him." Marty smiles to himself. She really is the most amazing person.

His mother turns away from Marty to face Buffy again. "Watch your tone with me." She snaps back at the teenager at the door.

Marty's voice comes from behind his mom. "Don't talk to her like that." 

"She has no right to talk to me like that. Especially since all I was doing was telling the truth, Mara."

"Stop calling me that."

"That is your name!"

"No it is not and you know it!" Marty is shaking now in anger as Buffy looks on.

His mother's voice is tinged with annoyance as she speaks in a calmly. "I don't want to talk about this, I think you're friend should go home and you should go to your room."

"You never want to talk about this!" The boy steps closer. "You never want to talk about the reason dad barely speaks anymore and hides out in your room. You never want to talk about why I don't have friends here. And you never want to talk about the fact that you have a son! But we are going to talk about it! We are going to talk about me." 

His mom interrupts him. "You will listen here. I work too hard for this family for you to talk to me like that."

"Oh you work too hard?! Well I worked harder! I tried harder than you to stomp this out and not make it a problem! I tried not to bother my family with my problems. " He starts shaking slightly. Buffy pushes past his mother to stand next to him and squeeze his hand. He continues. "But then I couldn't anymore, mom. It hurt too much. So I did what I could to feel better about myself. I started dressing and presenting in a way that felt right. I was happy and everyone at school just saw a boy but you and dad couldn't accept that. Dad just stopped talking to me and you live in this delusional place in your head where this isn't happening. But it is happening. Why can't you be okay with this? Why don't you care about me being happy?" His voice was smaller now.

"Because it's wrong, and you know that. Do you want to be some freak?"

"Mom...that's not true. You don't really think I am a freak, do you?" He asks as Buffy keeps squeezing his hand.

His mother clears her throat. "I think you should leave...Mara." 

"Don't you care about me…"

"I told you to leave. I will call over to your aunt's and you will stay there."

"You know what? Don't bother." He pulls Buffy's hand with him as he pushes past his mother without another word and leaves, slamming the door behind him.

They walk in silence for a while, with Marty holding onto Buffy's hand like he would die if they let go. When they are far enough away from his home, Buffy whispers "You know you didn't deserve any of that, right?"

Marty stays silent, not able to look at her. She continues, "I mean it. I wish your parents would see what I see when I look at you."

"Which is?" He manages to barely push those words past his teeth.

Buffy stops and moves in front of him so she can look him in the eyes. "I see someone who is funny, and smart, an amazing runner, a person who will do anything for the people he cares about. I see one of the best guys I have ever met."

"Buffy ...I'm so sorry I lied to you. I should have known you would have been so supportive." He says, taking both her hand in his.

"Don't be sorry, you have to do this own your own time. Just know, I got your back, always." She smiles at him.

He mirrors back her expression. She asks "Do you want me to text my mom to see if you crash on our couch tonight?" 

"Nah, I'm pretty sure your mom wouldn't be happy with a guy staying the night, but thanks. If you give me my phone back though, I think I know someone I can call.

"Oh yeah, sorry. Here." She hands him his phone. He quickly shoots TJ a text.

Yo, can I stay at your house for a few days?

Let me ask my mom. Why?

My mom kicked me out. I'll explain more later.

My mom said yes. See you in a bit. 

Marty turns back to his girlfriend. "TJ's parents are going to let me stay over."

"I still don't understand how you two became so close." She says as they start walking  again, heading to TJ's.

"He kind of found out about me and has been really supportive." He doesn't go into specifics because saying  more would out TJ. That is not his right.

Buffy can sense that there is more but gets the hint not to push. As they walk, they intertwine pinkies. They don't say much. That's okay though because her still being there even after everything, is enough.

********

After a while, they reach TJ's house. They walk up to see the boy with sitting on a porch swing, resting his head against his boyfriend's shoulder. Marty thinks it's kind of cute to see the taller boy slouching to rest his head on Cyrus. Then a thought crosses his mind as he and Buffy step into view of boys on the porch.

"Oh god, you guys had your date day today and I am crushing it."

Cyrus smiles at him from the chair. "Actually  I was just telling TJ I have to head home. It's late and now that my mom knows we are dating, sleepovers are a no-no." He laughs. He kisses TJ's cheek and pulls away. TJ groans in pretend annoyance, before pulling Cyrus in for one more kiss. 

"Bye Underdog." TJ gives a dopey smile.

"Bye Teej…" He returns with the same lovestruck look.

Marty and Buffy make fake gagging noise almost in unison. It makes them both smile.

Cyrus eventually smiles towards Buffy. "Wanna walk home together?" Buffy nods before giving Marty a hug goodbye. She whispers "Text me tomorrow, okay?" Marty nods before the two friends head out towards their homes.

Marty joins TJ on the porch and takes a seat. He clears his throat.

"So uh, Buffy knows." Marty says softly.

"That's great man, you told her?"

"Not exactly, she came over to drop off my phone. I had left it at the diner. My mom answered the door and kind of outed me. But Buffy didn't care, you know? She even stood up to my mom for me. So it made me feel, you know good."

"I told you Buffy really cared about you, didn't I?" TJ gives a smug grin.

"Yea you did, man. I just felt so strong with her there, like a better person. So I stood up to my mom. Unfortunately that got me kicked out, but it was worth it. I mean I shouldn't have to stay with people hate such a big part of me."

"You're right. And tomorrow my mom said we will help you figure it out, okay? But tonight, just relax."

They sit quietly for a while just enjoying the night air. But TJ breaks the quiet. "So like does Buffy know that I know you're are trans?"

"Yea but don't worry I did not tell her you are trans too."

[thinkinaboutambris]

Headcanon: Marty and TJ go to concerts together when in high school all the time

[27emailsicantsend]

IF TJ AND MARTY DON’T HAVE A SCENE IN THE FINALE FINALLY MEETING EACH OTHER, I SWEAR—

[martyandbuffy]

platonic tarty rights

[quackitten]

can we have some platonic tarty in the Andi Mack finale?

[tuiyla]

what do you think about tartie?

As a couple? I quite like them platonically but I don't think they should have gotten back together. I liked that they settled into a good friendship by season 5 and felt it unnecessary to bring them back together at the end as a sort of pair-the-spares moment. Maybe that's because I quite liked Tike or because I just prefer it when characters are allowed to be single. Glee never did do friendships all that well and Tartie could have been a good example of exes who stayed friends.

But also, given how little they were each given narratively even their friendship is mostly founded on Jenna and Kevin being such good friends irl, rather than anything they truly developed on-screen. They barely interacted after Tike became a stable couple and in season 4 Tina only really hung out with Blaine. So there's deffo more that could have been done there and then just keeping that friendship until the very end.

They're alright as a couple, too, in season 1, I just don't like when Artie starts having an attitude and being shitty to Tina. Wildebrams was by far his best ship, partly because he just seemed to lose much of the sexist vibe he developed back when with Tina.

[theresnourieandme]

perhaps I started writing a oneshot for the first day of the andi mack appreciation week

any mutuals (or not) who wants a dt?

[slugpostage]

it's up !!

marty's solo project pretzel sticks is up now!

summary: Despite his nickname, Marty “The Party” isn’t actually the type of guy that likes to party. In fact, he’s straight-up not having a good time.

it's perfect timing, too, because today is the one month anniversary of muffy :o)

ooh! and, here's his indie playlist

[jcforsapphics]

TARTY RIGHTS

We got one more episode left, please give us some tarty friendship in the final

[randomsmilingpotatoes]

if it wasn’t already obvious who my favourite characters are, literally every single one of my favourite andi mack friendships have at least one of tj buffy or cyrus in it lol

[anarcoqueer1994]

Trans Platonic Tarty chapter 5(I really should have a better title)

So this chapter is mainly Tyrus focused with hints of some Marty stuff for the next chapter. Hope you like it! As always you are still valid whether you pass, don't pass, or don't want to. Your gender or lack there of and how you express it is completely your choice. <3

Forgot to add in Trigger warning for minor transphobic and homophobic language.

They were sitting on the bench in Cyrus' backyard just holding onto each other, not saying a word. To Cyrus it seems like they have been there for an eternity. Seeing TJ this hurt made time go so slow. In actuality, it had only been a few hours, but it was getting late, judging by the setting sun. It was also getting colder out. Cyrus noticed the other boy shiver a little. Plus Cyrus' own hands were freezing.

"Teej?" Cyrus' voice was barely a whisper. 

TJ lifts his head slightly from the spot on Cyrus' shoulder it had been it resting on. The blonde is thankful that Cyrus doesn't move his arm from around his waist. "Yea Cy?" His voice sound hoarse and broken.

"Wanna head in? We can resume this on the couch? You are shivering and my hands kind hurt from the cold."

"Yeah…" TJ replies, almost like he is in auto drive. Cyrus frowns a little. Yesterday TJ had made him feel better but now Cyrus couldn't return the favor. He didn't know how to take a way the weight bearing down on his boyfriend. 

Cyrus stood up first and seen TJ's face drop even more with the loss of contact. He reaches out his hand to the taller boy in response, which TJ took immediately as he got up. They walked into the empty house (Leslie and Todd were at some conference and wouldn't be home until late tonight).

 "Wanna go sit down and I will make us some hot chocolate, yeah?" The shorter boy questions.

TJ looks away without releasing Cyrus' hand. "If it is alright with you, I wouldn't mind just staying next to you. I'll help make it."

"Yeah, of course, baby." Cyrus tries to put on his most encouraging smile, hoping to take away some of the heavy thoughts swirling in boyfriend's head. Cyrus honestly had never seen TJ this clingy before. But he has also never seen TJ look so defeated before. Today the world really showed Cyrus how cruel people could be. Worse than that, their cruelty had been directed at TJ, the person Cyrus loved most in this world. 

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The day started off positively. TJ had this cute idea of wearing shirts like the Born This Way episode of Glee. Cyrus was so proud of TJ when he saw his shirt. He was coming out as trans. He knew this was a big step for him. His shirt also left Cyrus blushing when he read the part about him being in love with Cyrus Goodman. He just couldn't believe how amazing his boyfriend really was. 

Their friends had all been so supportive too. All of them had been amazing to TJ and made him feel great before he walked through those school doors. But the moment the group walked in, Cyrus saw fear flicker in his boyfriend's eyes. Cyrus could tell he was having second thoughts. 

Cyrus took his hand and whispered, "It is going to be okay." He gave his boyfriend a small smile and the fear seemed to melt away. Cyrus really believed it was going to be okay. Shadyside is pretty liberal. What he didn't account for was the fact that sometimes other kids can just be mean.

As the group walked the hallway, they separated to head to their respective first periods. Luckily, TJ and Cyrus shared the same class, so they walked hand in hand through the crowded hallways together. At first, no one seemed to notice the shirts. That is until Kira spotted them. 

Kira had been so terrible to Cyrus yesterday at the market. So when she started towards them, Cyrus began to panic, worried she was going to humiliate him again. It didn't even cross her mind that she could come after TJ, though. He couldn't picture anyone wanting to hurt him. But that is what she did.

She steps across from the couple. In a voice loud enough to draw attention to them, she says, "Oh? You are trans? Are you telling me, you want to be a girl? Being gay isn't enough for you?"

TJ takes a deep breath, trying to stay calm as more students begin to stare. He counters very politely. "No, for your information, I am a trans-guy."

"I see." She says coldly. "You are only pretending to be a boy. You should  be proud, you really had everyone fooled. You should of kept it that way. Now everyone knows you are a freak."

Before Cyrus knew what he was doing, he felt his body move forward, getting right in Kira's face. He couldn't care less anymore if she was a jerk to him, but no one is going to be mean to his not-so-scary-basketball-guy. His voice comes out louder than intended. "Don't call him that! He is not a freak, he is the best person in my life. And TJ isn't pretending to be anything, he has always been a boy." 

Kira gives an amused smile but before she could talk, a voice from the crowd calls out to her, "Yea Kira, just like you have always been a bitch." Cyrus couldn't help but smile. He recognizes that voice; Buffy. He sees her cut through the crowd, Marty in tow, and stand next to them.

"Isn't that cute?" Kira taunts, looking past Cyrus, to the green eyed athlete. "Your friends are idiots TJ. You really have them believing that you are worth standing up. But a year ago, you were a terrible person. I may not have gone here but I have heard enough stories. Your gender isn't the only thing you are faking. People don't change. You aren't a good person, no matter what they tell you…" TJ looks like that cut him deep. He looks to the ground, trying to hold himself together. The crowd of kids watching has grown quite large. A few snickers can be heard throughout the group, but fir the most part there is silence.

As she opens her mouth to continue, Cyrus cuts her off. He practically yells, "That is enough, Kira! Don't talk to him like that!" His words don't even seem to phase her.

"You hear that TJ, your faggot boyfriend is standing up for you, isn't that sweet?"  Cyrus' eyes dart to the ground. All those terrible feelings from the other day come flooding in. Everyone around is silent now. Cyrus doesn't dare to make eye contact with anyone.

 But suddenly he feels TJ's arm around his shoulders. "Never call him that again." Cyrus risks looking over at TJ, and just like that he feels better. TJ loves him no matter how hurtful Kira is. TJ was giving her the most intense death stare Cyrus has ever seen. What he doesn't  see is Buffy mirroring TJ's look behind her. Marty is looking at the ground.

Kira, seemingly not getting the hint, continues, "But that's what he is. What you both are actually. He is a faggot and you are a tranny." Marty cringes slightly hearing that word but tries not to make obvious. Buffy, TJ, and Cyrus all lock eyes with her but it was Buffy that gets to her first.

It all happened so fast. Buffy barely remembers what happened. All she knows is Marty is now holding her back. Her knuckles are sore and Kira is on her ass nursing a bloody nose. When Kira stands up to retaliate, Dr. Metcalf walks into view. He orders all the students to get to class except for Buffy, Marty, Kira, Cyrus, and TJ. They had to follow him to his office.

Once there, they had to go and meet with him one by one so he could figure out the situation. Marty went in first, leaving the rest of them in awkward silence in the reception area. Cyrus sits between Buffy and TJ, fingers intertwined with blonde's.  He knows Kira's words are still fresh in TJ's head. He isn't even upset anymore about what she said to him because TJ will always take precedence in his mind.  

He glances over at Buffy, who gives him a small smile. Cyrus mouths "Thank you." Most of the time he feels that violence is not the answer but it felt so good to see Buffy sock Kira.  If anyone deserves it, she did. He turns his attention back to the jock, just studying his face. He takes in the sad eyes. They scream of pain and embarrassment. Cyrus knows that TJ is mulling over the bully's words. Cyrus whispers "I love you Teej…" He prays to whatever forces are out there that that will take away some of the venom Kira has pulsing through TJ's head.

Meanwhile, Kira apparently doesn't know when to stop. She had been standing against the wall, across from them. She says in a soft but cocky voice. "I meant what I said out there. You aren't a good person. They gave you a second chance, right? These friends of yours, your boyfriend. But do you really think you deserved it? Because you didn't and sooner or later, they will all realize it."

Cyrus squeezes TJ's hand reassuringly. He doesn't know how Kira knew exactly what to say to  cut someone down. He looks at her. "I told you to not talk to him like that."

"Like I care what you say. What are you going to do about it?" She smirks.

"If you aren't careful, you will have more than a broken nose." Buffy spits from beside Cyrus. Kira surprisingly stops talking. Buffy smiles in triumph.

Meanwhile, Marty comes shooting out of Metcalf's office. He looks upset. He briefly gave a passing glance at Buffy as he walked past her before heading out to the hall. She can't even go after him because she has to do her meeting.

After almost an hour, the principal has finally spoken to all of the kids. In the end, Buffy ended up with a two day in-school suspension starting tomorrow for punching Kira, and Kira got a week for harassment and discrimination. She complained that she was the victim, but Metcalf didn't seem to care. Buffy could tell he was on her side (though he could never say that.)

It was at lunch that the entire group meets back up. Marty takes a seat next to Buffy. He is tense and quiet. TJ and Cyrus seem just as tense as Cyrus wraps his arm around TJ, pulling  him so close their shoulders touch. It is what TJ needs right now. Buffy is left to fill in Andi and Jonah on what happened. Of course, they heard whispers in the hall of the incident but it was nice to have Buffy fill in the blanks.

"I hate Kira." Andi declares before looking over at Cyrus and TJ. "I am so sorry, guys."

"Don't apologize, you don't control what she does." Cyrus gives her a little smile.

Jonah chimes in, "Has anything else happened to either of you today?"

"People already knew I was gay since, you know, we haven't really been hiding it. So besides Kira, no one has said anything to me...but TJ has had it worse." Cyrua looks over at TJ, seeing if he wants to say more.

TJ looks around at his friends, the usual light in his green eyes seem to have dimmed. He takes a shaky breath. "A lot of people keep asking really personal questions. Some mean well and are trying to learn while some are just trying to be shitty for no reason." He looks down as he continues. "But the worst part of today was that some of my teammates came up and told me they didn't want to play with...with a tranny." When that word pushes past his teeth into the air, he notices Marty cringe out of the corner of his eye. He pushes on with his train of thought. "They must be following Kira's lead, you know? Who even uses that word anymore? Anyhow… um...then coach came to me right before I came in here for lunch and told me I can no longer use the guys locker room. According to him, a few of the guys felt uncomfortable. I don't even go in with the other guys, I always waited until everyone was gone to change. But now suddenly I can't use it at all. And obviously I can't go in the girls either, I mean he said I could but, not going  to happen. Look at me, I don't belong in a girl's locker room. So I am basically being blacklisted off the team. Like not officially but I don't know if I have the guts to show up where no one wants me there. I just…' his voice trails off as Cyrus just hold him tight.

Suddenly the whole table shakes under the pressure of someone pounding down their fists. They look, it was Marty. "This just isn't fair. They can't do that!" Cyrus, Andi, and Jonah are surprised to see the runner so worked up, but Buffy and TJ get it. The boy continues, "I just don't know why it is so hard for trans people to just be themselves! Who does it actually affect? No one is getting hurt. TJ and…" he stops himself and looks away. He feels Buffy squeeze his shoulder comfortingly. 

Everyone stays quiet until Marty speaks again, directing it at TJ this time. "I'm a coward, man. That's why I stormed out of Metcalf's office. Here you are taking all this bullshit for coming out and all I could put on this shirt was "Parent Issues?" And then I watched as Kira humiliated you. Cyrus and Buffy, jumped to your defense but I said nothing because part of me was worried that if I spoke, somehow she would know my secret too. I'm supposed to be your best friend, the person who understands what you are going through the most." Slowly, the three who didn't know about Marty were beginning to get it. Marty is trans.

"You shouldn't have to come out if you don't want too. It is a deeply personal decision. It's okay, you know that right?" TJ speaks, forgetting his hurt for a moment. 

"No it is not." He pushes his tray away.  :I'm suddenly not hungry." He gets up and walks away. Buffy goes after him.

They pass the rest of lunch in an awkward tension, no one quite knowing what to say. TJ was still holding onto Cyrus like his life depended on it. The remainder of the school day was more of the same. Cyrus and TJ had no afternoon classes together so TJ had to endure the prying stares alone. 

At the end of the day, Cyrus met him by his locker. Cyrus always met him by his locker after school. TJ has basketball practice today and Cyrus usually sits in, and watches. Cyrus knows that today is different though. He bites his bottom lip, looking up at TJ to say something.

"I'm skipping practice today…" 

"Teej, you never miss a practice." Cyrus replies while taking taking TJ's hand. 

"Well there is a first time for everything. I just can't  today." It feels like it is hard to breathe. TJ barely recognizes his own choked voice.

"Okay. Wanna just come back to my house?" 

"Yea...I would like that.

***************

That is how they ended up here, on Cyrus' living room couch. Barely touched cups of hot chocolate sit on the coffee table. TJ has his face buried into Cyrus chest, as the brunette's arm rest over TJ's shoulder.The position is a little uncomfortable on the narrow couch, but TJ doesn't seem to mind

After a long time sitting in silence, Cyrus swears it feels like his shirt is wet where TJ's face is. Then he hears a stifled whimper. "Teej?" He whispers.

"I'm fine…" A broken voice answers without looking up at Cyrus.

Cyrus frowns slightly. He can tell his boyfriend had been crying. "I said the same thing yesterday and we both know I was lying." His voice is soft and understanding.

"Kira was right." TJ says into Cyrus' shirt. "I am not a good person."

"What are you talking about?" Cyrus whispers.

"Think about it Cy. I am reckless and dumb a lot of the times. Like there is that stupid basketball thing. I should've thought about that before coming out. I fucked myself. Then I didn't even think about what spot I was putting Marty in by coming out. I didn't think about his feelings." More tears hit Cyrus' shirt. TJ's breathing is irregular and he is choking back sobs but he keeps on. "Muffin, up until a year ago, I was as mean as Kira is. Some of the kids at school still act scared when they see me, like it's an instinct. I did that. I'm the one that made them scared of me. I didn't deserve a second chance."

"TJ...no. I am sorry but you are wrong." Cyrus says soothingly. "I believe that most people deserve a second chance, including you. You are nothing like Kira. There are plenty of "mean" kids who are so much more, once you take the time to see it. Like Amber. Like you. But there are some people who are just mean. Kira fits in that category. She likes to hurt people and that's it. But you have put so much work into showing the world how good you can be. "

"But Cyrus…" TJ begins to protest before being cut off.

"No, you are going to listen to me. TJ, what you did today was so brave...and you did it for me. You are so selfless. You wanted me to feel loved right?" 

The blonde awkwardly nods his head against TJ's chest. "Of course, because  you are loved."

"Exactly. And so are you. I love you so much for so many reasons. You are not forcing anything on Marty and he knows that. Secondly, you didn't  deserve what happened to you. Kira is literally the WORST. Those players on your team are just cowards who want to wear you down because they can't see how amazing you are. And your coach was wrong to take their side. I hate that they said those kids said that stuff to you." Cyrus sounds genuinely angry for a moment before taking a deep breath and continuing. "Please know, you did nothing wrong today...and as for the kids who are still scared  of you? Just keep being a good person, they will come around. I did. So did Buffy and everyone else that loves you as their friend." Cyrus' arm is holding TJ against him, threatening to never let go.

TJ lifts his head slightly so he can actually look at his boyfriend's face. "I don't know how you do it."

"Do what?" Cyrus replied, taking in the glassy, red puffy eyes looking up at him. The soft greens still managed to shine through tear sore eyes.

"You know just the right things to say to make me feel better, no matter what I am going through. That's why I didn't want to leave your side today. I am sorry if I was clingy. It is just…"

"Just what, Teej?" Cyrus pushes him gently to go on.

"Okay, so uh, this is going to sound dumb, so stay with me. You know when you are lifting like a really heavy box or something, how it is easier if you had someone else to help you? Like you can carry if alone but you don't want to. That's kind of how I felt today. Everything was so heavy and I know it is selfish but I needed your help to carry it." He looks away, slightly embarrassed by what he said.

"That wasn't selfish...I am your boyfriend. Kind of part of the deal. I will always be there to help you carry anything that is too heavy…" He quickly adds "Emotion wise, of course. This body was not made to care actual heavy boxes, that is a Buffy thing." He laughs and for the first time all day, he hears TJ laugh too.

"Cyrus?" TJ asks after a moment.

"Yea?"

"Thank you…" That's the only thing that leaves his mouth before putting his head back down against Cyrus. They stay like that for a while, in a comfortable silence.

Okay I know I wanted this to be my last chapter but I wanna do some Trans!Marty things so I lied

Tag list: Sorry if I forget anyone, I am not doing the best today and I got overwhelmed. So lmk if I forgot you. I wi add you on <3. @abg-blah @kippens-a-goodman @purplefacey @thefaeriemagic3 @tyrus-is-everything