Soooo we at work had our christmas dinner yesterday evening.

I am autistic and i got kinda overwhelmed. My favorite coworker (who has autism as well) notices it and tells me to come with him because hes kinda overwhelmed as well.
We go outside and talk a while. We planned for a longer time already for me to join his DnD circle (why i wanted to come out to him anyways because id like to go out as the real me and not as Redacted )
and before i could say anything he said something along the lines of "they accept trans people as well" and i was like "oh so you have trans people in your group?"
he: "technically yeah but i dont think they are aware that im trans"
my face was in shock. i needed to ask if hes mtf and he said no ftm. my face was in even bigger shock because he is fully passing. mind you were the same young age of 21.

in response to that i tried to say: "Yeah this is probably a good time to te-" he cut me off instead and said: "(deadname) its obvious that youre trans" (he didnt know my real name yet so its okay. and at work nobody knows and im male presenting and not on hrt yet) so..... idk how he knew but he apologized later for overwhelming me even more in the most adorable way. but im very glad to have a coworker that understands my struggles and is a safe person.

uh yeah i apologize for this long text and all writing errors but im still pretty overwhelmed and i needed to share