god this HURTS bc tbh i don’t think he ever stops thinking of elise and jake as his mom and dad, even after he finds out the truth
And it’s never going to stop making Tru ache around the edges because she just loves her son so fucking much and she tried so hard to be good enough for him and his sisters, but she knew she wasn’t good for him when he was a child and it’s all pain.
Wil and Casey
Willow loved Casey to pieces when she was a baby and tried really hard to keep her from seeing “mommy being sad” but it didn’t really help because she was a child trying to take care of a baby. But when Val would get really bad, Willow would hide in a closet with Casey because she had made a blanket fort in her closet with daddy before daddy stopped waking up
Wil and Ozzy
Willow broke Ozzy’s arm when he was ten. She didn’t mean to do it, she didn’t realize it was her little brother that had grabbed onto her. She had learned to react to being startled with violence and she felt so fucking terrible about it after.
Wil and Farah
Willow is almost Casey level of indifferent to Farah. She honestly sort of resents her youngest sister for being so well adjusted and undamaged compared to herself. It’s more of a jealousy thing than anything else though because Farah got a real childhood where she and Casey did not.
Despite how much Stryker hates Izzy, he absolutely loves Lin. He especially liked taking Lin everywhere when he was a kid because he honestly enjoyed seeing that kid happy. Whenever Tru was getting really bad and Lin needed to be out of the house, Stryker would volunteer and take him to fun places like the zoo, carnivals, parks, etc.
The first time Lin called Elise “momma”, Tru sobbed. She knew it was for the best that he didn’t see her as his mom, but goddamn it broke her heart. It still aches a little every time Lin calls Elise mom, but she ignores it because this was her choice. She just loves her son so much that she always wanted better for him than she was able to give, no matter how much it devastates her.
Xander already feels kind of protective over Jayne. Like, enough so to have given the boy some of his own damn feathers and that’s just…NOT something he’s supposed to do. It doesn’t help that Lux had scared him. He wants to get to know him better too, but mostly he just wants to keep Jayne safe.
Ava would have probably picked Warren over Eden had they been more romantically inclined in the past. Warren fits her type to a goddamn T and she’s always just been comfortable around it, it was always easy to be around him. So Jack made a pretty good cover for her just flat out wanting Warren around more.
All the while, Bailey had been mostly silent, watching the exchange and paying attention to every small physical and pheromonal cue. Not that that helped ease his anxiety any, and he had to stifle a small growl in response to the way Jeff spoke to Zeke.
To an outside observer, Bailey’s loyalties might seem misplaced, but Zeke had more or less saved his life and treated him better than anyone else ever had, so it was far easier to trust him over someone he didn’t know, despite his sisters insistence.
Cadi stared at Bailey, a pleading look in her eyes, practically begging him to trust Jeff even a little. Sure, Jeff usually reeked of blood and violence and the fear of others, but he had saved her from absolute hell.
“Your father was letting her handler sell video footage of her abuse from the time she was still a child. His too,” Jeff finally added, his voice a lot calmer, almost void of emotion as he nodded toward Bailey. “So I took her phone, but off her hand, and burned her alive. I have the names of everyone that touched either one of those kids and they will die for it. I’m getting the rest of those kids out, one way or another, kid.”
Klepto stalker, lol
Most of my muses are sitting here like “Sera, why did you agree to MARRY that man????” xD
Chance also had a habit of just sort of hanging out in Sera’s room when she was in high school. When no one else was around, he used to just lie in her bed or go through her shit and had a bit of habit of taking small things here and there. A hair tie, a piece of jewelry, small stuff she might not notice at first. He kept them all hidden from Oona because he knew she would be pissed, but he had always been a little obsessive when it came to Sera. It wasn’t until she was closer to 18 did he steal anything clothing related and that was stuff taken directly from the laundry
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