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The first time he realizes he lacks autonomy he doesn’t know what the word means. Timothy Drake is six years old, and his mother dresses him up in a too tight suit. Her nails drag through his hair, forcing it into something presentable. And he spends the next four hours smiling and charming the elite at a Gala.
It is not a particularly harsh punishment, not an utter violation of who he is, but that doesn’t matter. Because Tim will look back on that night four, six, ten years later and all he will remember is having a near panic attack in the car because the suit hurt, because it was too tight and rough, and people were touching his hair and pinching his cheeks and he hated it, and they wouldn’t stop and -
His mother had cupped his face, her fingernails digging into his baby fat, and she told him to shut his mouth and bear it.
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(Or Tim has a more complicated relationship with his autonomy, consent and gender. Not much changes.)
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