Prompt:
Levity lay on the chilling, scattered tiles of the town square, gazing at the stars. They had nowhere to go now. Their father had kicked them out for having a mind of their own. For not wanting to be a man. Or a woman for that matter. How stupid. The old guy didn't understand Levi, not really. Levi decided to stop thinking about their father. He didn't deserve to plague Levi's thoughts. What Levity decided to think about instead was where to go, how to feed themself, and to not to die. Those were major issues now. Their father? Not so much.
"Oi! You! Move along!" a voice yelled at Levity.
Levi looked to the voice only to see police people.
"C'mon, stop loiterin'!" one said.
"I don't have anywhere to go, my dad kicked me out," Levi mumbled.
"What's that? Speak up, boy!" they instructed him.
'Boy'. That hurt Levi. They didn't want to be a boy. Not mentioning this, Levi replied, "I said, my dad kicked me out. I don't have anywhere to go. I don't have anyone that is willing to take care of me."
"What about back to your house? Eh?" they asked Levity.
Levi was picked up off the ground and escorted back to their house, only to be rejected by their father once more. The police put Levity into the jail cell for the night, too lazy to deal with them. Levity was too old for an orphanage, so they put him an old folks home. No, the police joked about that to Levity, and found it even more hilarious because of Levity's name. A joke in a serious situation. The place he would go? Not as lovely.
The military. They would provide Levi with food, housing, and a sense of mind that maybe Levity's father would be proud of. Sure, Levi would be risking their life for a country that they hated, but it was better than loitering in the middle of a dark street. At least, that's what the police said.Levity didn't appreciate the military, on the way to Levity's first assignment, border patrol, Levi jumped off midway. That wasn't going to be their life.
Levi discovered that they town was almost perfect. It celebrated all forms of art and self expression. There were murals everywhere. People were very open about what they identified as. Girls loved girls and guys loved guys and people thought of themselves as all different sorts of things. Levity got a job as the news anchor there, found a home. Levi was payed 5,000 dollars a day and lived in a penthouse by the sea. They adopted a unicorn and ate rainbows for breakfast. One day they were even promoted to be the lead singer of their favorite band! Their life got better and better!
Sorry for that display of
Levity. When Levi jumped out of the truck to their assignment, they hit their head and went into a coma for a while. When they woke up, they were really disappointed by the real world. It took a lot out of them. Levity never learned about the LGBTQ+ community and their support for Agenders. Levi gave in to binary terms and had a "regular family" but they never were really content again. And secretly they still identified as Agender. If only they lived in a more accepting society, they could have had a better life.(568 words)
