With his sister, Myrlla, going out for the evening with their mom, Tamp expected to have the house to himself for the rest of the night. Usually this would mean playing games online with friends or bingeing a new or favorite show, but a glimpse of an outfit laid out in his sister's room made him pause at her door. He'd never shared the feelings with anyone before, but something about referring to himself as a her instead had always been an itch in the back of his mind; one that, until now, he'd never quite felt confident to act on.

He'd certainly thought about it enough; deep down he knew it felt right to think of himself in such a way, but fear made him bottle it up. Fear of how others would react should he dare be open about the feelings and desires for himself; herself.

"It wouldn't be for long", he told himself as he let the confidence of solitude gain traction. The mix of anxiety and excitement rising in his chest slowly urged him through the door until he found himself standing by Myrlla's bed, staring down at the outfit. It was a simple enough dress, though he found the warm, dark shade of pink attractive, especially at the thought of wearing it himself. Slowly he extended his hand towards the shoulder of the dress, only to have the AC kick on with a groan, spooking him into stumbling back a step.

He laughed nervously at himself for being jumpy and snatched up the dress. He pulled it on quickly, expecting it to be similar enough to a shirt, only to have his frill catch in the vacant sleeve he'd yet to slide his arm into. As he freed himself and got his head through he noticed the collar felt a bit tighter around the neck compared to the shirt he'd neglected to remove. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it was certainly different from what he was used to. He couldn't help but grin as he looked down at himself; as simple as the act was he already felt happy about himself. Herself? He grabbed the bow off the bed from among the rest of the outfit and walked over to the mirror as he mused just what that meant.

Tamp smiled as he looked himself over in the mirror and straightened the dress out, save for where his tail made the back stay raised further up than he knew it was supposed to. He'd seen Myrlla wear it before, but the slot in the back for her tail didn't accommodate his own very well, nor did the extra fabric that would normally let her have a full range of motion for her tail without being indecent. With a shrug he let the fabric hang up where it would; if, no, when he got his own he'd have to remember the need for that. As daring as it felt to get to this point, he couldn't deny to himself how right it made him, her, feel.

Entranced by the exploration and the feelings it brought, the sound of the front door opening and shutting went completely unnoticed until she heard Myrlla begin to speak. Tamp froze in panic, torn between too many decisions and feelings on how to react, how to escape, what to say- the list of things to say and do piled up in her mind as anxiety and panic dominated her emotions, locking her in place as Myrlla entered the room...

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Art by  ArtsyAxolotl Characters are mine.

Doing a little character development on the anthro side for Tamp, as well as showing both Tamp and Myrlla's personalities a bit more. Frankly there is a lot more to this than just character development, and there are plenty of sound reasons for my decision for Tamp to experiment like this and come to these conclusions about herself that are even viable within my existing canon for the species etc, be it in the anthro world or Ryvalla's world where these kiddo's are represented in feral forms.

Anyhow, Tamp is and will be treated as transgender going forward, but i'm not going to completely flop her outfits, mannerisms etc to female immediately. Just like an actual transition and choice TO transition, these changes will be gradual on artwork featuring her going forward. So she'll still have plenty of appearances with a more masculine appearance, but i'll slowly have art of her anthro form include more female oriented traits, such as including a bow on his frill or other such accessories etc. Hell, I'll probably still refer to Tamp as "he/him" without thinking about it, too, as the transition has to happen in my mind as well.

Anyhow, I know I don't really have any big following or anything, but for anyone who DOES follow me and how i've developed my characters I figured i'd say this much. Tamp has a long road ahead of her, but she at least has a little support.

Also, I hate that I even have to make this edit [also fixed a small typo in the mini story] but those are Tamp's shorts you can see under the dress. The idea being that since this was a rather unplanned decision to try on the dress that she didn't bother with a full outfit change and simply pulled it over what she was already wearing, shorts and a tshirt. Please don't assume otherwise... [Made this addition out of response to a fairly disturbing pm implying differently. Also, for the love of god these are child characters. They're like 12 for all intents and purposes.]