#crossdressing?

So! Steve has just been cast in the part of Dr Frank-n-furter, and he really did NOT expect to get this far, but he isn’t too worried. He had been while working up to the audition, because he had Zero experience in theatre, like, even less than most people because he’d never even BEEN to a stage show until his Adoptive Gay Parents took him and Robin with them to a midnight showing.

But the audition has passed! Steve has the part! Rehearsals start soon, but he knows the songs, he’s got his lines, and he’s sussed the fact that in order to pull off the part of Insane Sexy Alien Transvestite Doctor, all he really needs to do is walk into the room like he knows he’s the sexiest person in it which, hey! Finally a good use for the EXACT skill set he spent all of high school honing.

And then the casting director hands him a pair of platform heels and a case of makeup and tells him to get practicing.

Naturally, Steve calls Robin, freaking out down the phone about ending up looking like a clown with broken ankles, “fuck this was such a bad idea I’m gonna ruin the entire show for everyone help”

To which Robin replies, “Why the hell do you think I’m going to be able to help? I can barely walk straight in sneakers and I own three (3) items of makeup, all of which were gifts from distant aunts.”

“For gods sake Robin I need moral support GET OVER HERE”

Needless to say, it takes some work. Steve is not an artist, and makeup turns out to be incredibly easy to Mess Up. He spends multiple hours hunched over his bathroom sink swearing while Robin lounges on his bed offering unhelpful advice without looking up from her magazine, and cackling at him when he suddenly realises that he has makeup but not makeup REMOVER. His skin may never recover, honestly.

And then there’s the heels for Dr Frank’s costume. The first time Steve puts them one and tries to walk, he almost gives himself (another) concussion. There’s a whole different centre of balance to walking in heels, but Steve is an ATHLETE goddamn it, he is GOING to master the Sexy Strut™️ if it’s the last thing he does.

And, after a week of wearing his borrowed platforms around the house while he does chores and trying to mimic the hip sway that he’s always enjoyed seeing girls do, master it he does.

This is Slate's disguise!!