#deeptrashwitch

[welldonekhushi]

*arrives carrying a flower bouquet and giving it to you* Just passing by to say hello and give you a gift! 💐💐

*accepts the bouquet of flowers* Thank you so much love, I appreciate it! (⁠｡⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠｡⁠)

[snootlestheangel]

The "my oc wants to have a play date with your oc, if that's okay" thing

Except its all the Shadow Company ocs being the chaos gremlins they are

In other words, I desperately want to write something that focuses on Shadow Company doing their job but like all the characters are ocs from the COD community. I just feel like it's necessary to have something that unites all the Shadow ocs like they're supposed to be.

I mean, they're all ocs of the same organization and we're just supposed to pretend they wouldn't interact?

We're just supposed to pretend that my boy Truck isn't known by all the Shadow ocs as "old man"?

We're just supposed to pretend Meerkat (@stuffireadandenjoy 's shadow oc) isn't encouraging my pretty boy Flash to do something stupid??

I want my boy Woody to lose his shit laughing as @deeptrashwitch 's ocs beat mine in the Shadow Olympics

I want @cod-dump 's big boy Moose to watch in confusion and mild fear as @midnight193 's boy Star and my boy Flash do their shenanigans

I want to see all the Shadow ocs together like they should be. I want all our Shadow ocs to have complicated interpersonal relationships like they would if they were real teammates/coworkers. I want to know which ocs would find Ness attractive and which are terrified of the base cryptid.

I just want to see our Shadow Company

And if I have to be the one to do it, then so be it. I don't know what 'it' is but that's not the point

[mutantthedark]

Tagged by @hookhearted @deeptrashwitch and @justasmolbard (If I missed someone let me know--) INNOCENT OR GUILTY - HALIA "SIGMA" CONNORS 𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮? Innocent. 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬? Innocent. 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧? Innocent. 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞? Guilty. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱? Guilty. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐱? Innocent. 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? Guilty. 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞? Innocent. 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥? Innocent. 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠? Innocent. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭? Guilty. 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞? Guilty. 𝐒𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐨𝐩? Guilty. 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭? Innocent. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫? Guilty. 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧? Guilty. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝? Innocent. 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝? innocent. 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝/𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐲? Innocent. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝? Innocent. 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐭? Innocent. 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐤𝐞? Innocent. 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭? Innocent. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞/𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨? Innocent. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨? Guilty. 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭? Guilty. 𝐑𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞? Innocent. 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫? Guilty. 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬? Innocent. 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬? Guilty. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭? Innocent. 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐱? Innocent. 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭? Guilty. 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞? Innocent. 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦? Innocent. 𝐀 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞? Innocent. 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝? Guilty. 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝? Guilty. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞? Innocent. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫? Guilty. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞? Innocent. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫? Guilty. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫? Innocent. 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞? Guilty. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞? Innocent. 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝? Innocent. 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝? Guilty. 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲? Innocent.

[islandtarochips]

Hi querida! For the ship ask game

3, 14 and 15

And for you 💐

AAAAAWWWWW! Thank you, I’ll GLADLY accept this beautiful flowers you just gave!🤭💐

And I’ll answer your questions for Tiala and Gaz!

3. Are they into PDA? Who initiates most?

Gaz. I’m SURE he’s into it and he’s not ashamed of it. Tiala…not so much.

She sometimes feels embarrassed to show it. Which it gives Gaz a GREAT advantage. But he’ll respect her boundaries whenever she said stop. He’ll stop. And buy some things to say he was sorry for going too far.

14. Who falls asleep during a movie?

None of them though. Except that Tiala will be sleeping if she’s watching something BORING or during the LONG talking conversation scenes. (Mostly the Doctor Who series that Gaz was DYING to show her but she’s slowly into it)

And she will have to let Gaz explain to her of what happened either when she wakes up or after the movies.

15. Who's the first to cry during movies that don't seem sad?

Mmmm….I wanted to say Gaz but he seems more mature than crying during the movies that don’t seem sad.

Even Tiala.

And if they both saw someone crying during the movie that ISN’T sad. They’ll just judge their emotion right there and then.

The ask

Ok! That’s about it! Thank you for the ask @deeptrashwitch I don’t mind to have some more to do this! Love you pele!😚❤️

[midnight193]

Spread positivity around 💖💖 tag the mutuals you apreciate and say a good thing about them 💙💙 paste this on other askboxes and let's make someone's day better 🤩🤩

WOOOOOO LETS GO

@nicelyspicey you my bestie and just deal with my brain rot <3

@carry-on-my-wayward-gays I like the stuff on your blog, it's fun

@mike-like-t-scream I have fun brain rotting over our ocs, especially your boy Moose :D

@snootlestheangel love your ocs and love being little chaos gremlins with each other

@deeptrashwitch love the blog and I have a blast answering your asks

[welldonekhushi]

Just passing to say hi! Hi Khushi!

Aah, sorry for the late response! But hey there! 😍

[welldonekhushi]

♥️ love train! send this to all the blogs you love! don’t forget to spread the love! ♥️

A very, very thanks to you! You're really sweet omg 😭✨

[welldonekhushi]

Squeeeeeeeeeze!!! You've been given a hug! Send this to all the people who you think deserve a hug. Let the hugging begin! ♥

Thank you so much, love! You're too sweet! (⁠✿⁠^⁠‿⁠^⁠)

[welldonekhushi]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! Once you are given this award you're supposed to paste it in the asks of 8 people you adore! Absolutely no pressure but. It's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out <3

Ahhh thank you, love!! (⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠)⁠.⁠｡⁠*⁠♡

[welldonekhushi]

Get attacked!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL AND TALENTED🌈✨ 💜

[welldonekhushi]

Hi again! Sorry, It's just that I like so much your OC <3

So, how do you relax after a mission, Captain? Maybe a meal or something

And, if you could be a mythical creature, what would you be? (Definitely not related to a story of mine~)

Love you kushi ❤️

Ask game!

"I just have a good, hot cup of tea to soothe myself after a mission. No distractions, no stress, just relax. Helps to clear the mind, and makes me work more efficiently. This is why I prefer tea to open my mind, let it be after a mission, or for stress relief."

And for your second question, if I had to be a mythical creature, I'd be a vampire, or a fairy!

[welldonekhushi]

Hi! This is for the ask game!

Does the Captain have an interesting/silly story about his basic he can share?

And how do you think he would work with my oc Captain Marchant? (Feel free to ignore if you don't want to answer)

Ask game!

"A silly story I have? Hm.. *rubs his hair* I think I have a memory of me back in my younger days, when I used to play with my friends and suddenly, I got knocked out by a ball that we were playing with. I was injured badly and Aayi immediately took me to the doctor." Arjun continued.

Aayi asked if my headache worsened but my main fear was if I was going to lose my memory. Cause I used to see cartoons which slammed their head with something and suddenly they became clueless of where they are, or turned into a different person. But, Aayi laughed and told me this is never possible and later on I was cured with the injury. It tells kids are small creatures, who slowly get to know how reality works, and I was someone on the next level. He chuckles and sighs, but then maintains composure, back to his straight face. "So yes.. this is a memory I can recall you about."

"And they ask if you wanted to work with their OC or not?" I asked.

"I won't mind working with anybody, they only should have that determination to fight for the right and for their nation. Besides, I will make sure if the person standing in front of me is really passionate about the mission or not because.. I don't like carelessness." He groaned.

"And a fun fact, they're a Captain like you!"

Arjun folded his arms and leaned back on the chair. "Then that's more of a relief. Two sane minds meet together. Maybe we can work if they're ready for it as well."

[snootlestheangel]

I've been debating something for Of Earthly Things @stuffireadandenjoy @deeptrashwitch

I kinda want Gaz to accidentally find out Ghost is in fact actually the guardian

Like Gaz and Simon are working together on something and Gaz says something Ghost doesn't understand. Gaz is confused why Ghost didn't understand

"Unless you aren't human, you should've understood that."

Ghost: *blinks in cryptid*

Gaz: *just pissed because of fucking course he's right about the new guy but also that no ones gonna believe him* Are you fucking serious? Let me guess, shape-shifter?

Ghost: No? I mean, I normally look very different.

Gaz: Are you the- there's no way you're the guardian, right?

Ghost: 0.0

Gaz: -_- fuck you

Gaz just proceeds to never tell anyone after the first 3 times he gets shut down by the others. He just gives up, but every time Ghost does anything the others brush off as him being autistic, Gaz just stares at him like Simon is the camera from The Office

Ghost: *hands Soap a bone from one of his skeletons and tells him it's a guardian courting gesture to offer bones from their previous forms*

Soap: Aw! That's so sweet! *completely not understanding*

Gaz, staring at Ghost: -_-

[snootlestheangel]

This post has me thinking about Simon Riley and his mum again, but also him and his brother. Just the Riley family in general, really. This may not be the most accurate in terms of the timeline from the comics and stuff but I don't care, I'm tired, I need this, please let me have this

*tagging @stuffireadandenjoy and @deeptrashwitch just cause ;)*

Simon who has spent his whole life being a shield for his little brother. Simon who has always been told to keep an eye out for Tommy. Simon who has always stepped in the way of his father's wrath for his brother.

Simon who, as he got older, started stepping in the way of their father to keep his mother safe. Simon who has always been self-sacrificing. It's just always been a part of who he is. His mother watched him grow just knowing this man will one day walk willingly into his grave if it means his family gets to know peace for once.

Once he became a teenager, he learned how to disassociate. He learned how to shut off that part of him that led to emotional outbursts like his father was so prone to. He learned how to express everything he felt with an almost robotic nature. He was just barely thirteen years old when he became bitter. Just barely a teen when he became so indifferent to his feelings and emotions.

But his mother had always called him her "gentle boy". She saw him become disassociated and detached from the fatally human side of himself. She saw him take every hit with the same blank expression. She saw his amber eyes become haunted.

But she knew the truth. She knew he did this all to protect them. To protect Tommy. To protect her. His mother. He never should have gotten to that point. She saw that he was not "sweet" like Tommy. Tommy would tell her he loved her, would bring her little flowers he found on his way home.

Simon never did.

But Simon would quietly slip into the bathroom after one of his father's rampages with a wet towel and a glass of ice water. He wouldn't say a word as he gently dabbed at his mother's cuts. He would quietly whisper to her to drink the water to calm herself. She would watch as he would quietly pick up all the pieces of broken glass, all the overturned furniture. She'd watch as he'd gently tuck his brother into bed before crawling into his.

And so, his mum knew he was "gentle". That despite his newfound bitterness and detached manner, he was still her "gentle Simon".

But she also saw the change in him when he came home from the military. When he came home and quite literally threw the monster out of their home. When he helped her pack all her stuff and move across the city. She watched him as she had all those years; quietly picking up the pieces with a low voice and gentle hands. So far unlike his father, so far detached from the man she once claimed to love.

But Simon didn't stop there. Because he always took care of his mum and brother. Never just one or the other, always both.

And she watched him drag his brother into rehab, watched him stay by Tommy's side as he got clean. She watched Simon take on so many jobs, so many responsibilities all in the name of gently picking up the pieces and putting their broken family back together.

Mum's gentle giant.

So when she saw him in that hospital bed, nearly unrecognizable from the layers of bandages and the swollen bruises, the dark circles and bloodshot look of his eyes, it nearly broke her.

Nearly.

But when she looked into his eyes, his soft brown eyes, she knew she couldn't break. That for the first time in a long time, Simon was crying.

Her gentle giant, her little soldier, her guardian, in tears and lying almost dead in a hospital bed.

The doctor had told her he's going to struggle to speak for a while until the Glasgow smile heals. But they also told her he would have a hard time writing and moving his arms with all the damage from the numerous deep gashes in his arms and chest. So she had expected to see him in his usual disassociated state, expected to look into his eyes only to realize her Simon never came home.

But here she was, standing and shaking as she watches her fierce son break. But here she is, listening to his hoarse, broken voice do its best to call for "Mum".

And so she sat at his side for as long as he was awake, and even stayed to watch him sleep. To be his mother. To keep him safe and cared for like she should have been doing for all those years. Yet all those years, it had been the reverse.

She hated herself, but knew Simon would fight tooth and nail to prove her wrong. To prove that she was a good mother, that she had done her best in the circumstances she had been trapped in. Simon who would argue she was the best mother he could ever ask for because she had always been there. Had stayed and fought every day for him and his brother. Because she was always there to hold him when he needed it most.

Simon's recovery was a bitch to get through. He struggled with letting Tommy, Beth, and his mum take care of him. He had spent what felt like his whole life taking care of them, providing and fighting. And now he was practically bed-ridden, borderline useless as he healed.

Some days were easier than others. And some days Simon struggled to communicate what he needed, what he was feeling. And he would get frustrated, which would cause flare-ups of pain, which would make him angry. But he hated getting angry, hated the way he would huff and gesture when he couldn't find the words. He knew it was frustrating for his family; they shouldn't have to deal with this.

Simon expected pity. But he never got it.

Instead he got his mum soothing him with soft whispers and gentle hands. He got his mum quietly begging him to let her take care of him like she's supposed to; she's still his mum after all.

Instead he got Tommy being the strong one. Instead he got his little brother taking the time to pay Simon back for all those years of being the tough one.

His mother couldn't look at him without feeling guilty. Without knowing he had suffered and there was nothing she could do to magically fix it all, and it hurt. Here was her gentle, self-sacrificing boy laying here in pain and so dependent on her.

But his brother looked at him like he hung the stars. To Tommy, Simon was a hero. To Tommy, Simon was the one that literally shielded him from being beaten by their own father. Simon was the one that quite literally found him near death in a drug house and dragged him out and to rehab.

To Tommy, here was a man that should be dead and buried. Yet here he was. Breathing, bleeding. To Tommy, this was something Simon needed. Simon needed a point where he was cared for, to be repaid for all the things he had done for him and Mum.

The Riley boys have never been ones for tears, especially Simon. In fact, prior to all of this mess, Tommy could count on one hand all the times he had seen his older brother cry.

But now, in so much pain, physically and emotionally, mentally drained and tortured outside of their understanding, Simon was prone to tears. And Tommy could see this hurt Simon, made him uncomfortable and made the war he waged with himself so much worse. But to Tommy, he didn't mind. To Tommy, this was just proof that under all that bitterness, all the shoved down and bottled up emotions, his savior brother was still human.

There were only a few times Tommy cried during Simon's recovery. The first being when he saw Simon in the hospital, bandaged head held between their mother's soft hands.

The second was one Simon had gotten up and made himself a cup of tea and sat back down without any assistance, without showing any sign of unbearable pain or tearing any stitches.

The third was when they were enjoying a quiet Sunday evening as a family. They had Scooby-Doo on for Joseph, it being one of the toddler's favorite shows for some reason Tommy and Beth couldn't quite figure out. The episode playing had the gang running from a mummy, and Tommy could see the clear discomfort on his brother's still bandaged face as the monster appeared on the screen. Tommy could see tears well up in Simon's eyes as Joseph looked back at him from his seat on the floor, pointing at the screen.

Beth hadn't noticed the turmoil Simon was experiencing, and had explained that the creature was a mummy and the monster. Joseph's little face turned into a pout as he stood up and walked over to where his uncle was laying on the couch, unable to move much due to being sore from physical therapy. And Joseph reached out with his little hands and put them gently on his uncle's face.

"But he not monster." And at that moment, Beth and Tommy understood what the little tyke was trying to say: that Uncle Simon looks like the character on the screen, and that he didn't think a mummy was all that scary.

And to Simon, the pure innocent love from his nephew was all he needed. He motioned to Joseph to sit with him, and soon the two had fallen asleep together on the couch, Simon's arm wrapped around his nephew and his head resting on the little boy's.

That made Tommy cry hard enough he needed to step outside for some fresh air. He cried because there was his brother he shouldn't have anymore (Simon should be dead) with a son he never should have had (Tommy should have died in that drug house).

But they were both there, all of them alive and together, because Simon Riley was too stubborn, to committed to his family to let any of them die without first knowing what real love felt like.

So as much as Mum Riley would always call Simon her gentle giant, there would be Tommy calling him a stubborn bastard.

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