Day 8, now that I've got some spare time. I just found out after 5 years of driving what I hate to drive in... dense fog. It made me think of how the gents of the 141 crew may help you when you're anxious and can't get out of the situation causing it, so they try to help you through it.
• Price would speak in a low, soothing tone. He'd let you grab onto his shirt, jacket, hand, whatever you need. His low murmurs in your ear as he tries to keep your focus.
"Just keep doing what you're doing, this will be over soon enough, okay? Not much longer now."
• Ghost would likely be less warm, and likely try the basic methods before even considering anything else. Encouragement to breathe doesn't help, and neither does telling you you'll be okay (obv). He watches for a moment, seemingly weighing options in his head before reaching out a hand to you. It's what you needed apparently, as you take his hand and focus on how he begins rhythmically tapping against your knuckles.
"Don't mention this to anyone, got it?"
"No one would believe me anyway, Lt."
• Soap would be willing to do whatever is necessary to help you. He'd talk to you, or let you ramble. He'd let you squeeze his hand as hard as you needed, not complaining once.
"I'm sorry, I'm probably hurting you."
"Not at all, keep at it til you feel better."
• Gaz is a sweet one, he tries to prevent the issue from arising in the first place, and if he can't, he'll try and distract you from the issue at hand. Cracking jokes, tapping your hands, your leg, your face. He'd get close to you and whisper jokes, a grin already on his face.
"Hey, hey, what’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a tricycle and a well-dressed man on a bicycle? Attire."
"Good God Garrick..."
• Alejandro would be by your side until you felt better. If you needed him to just be a presence, not even to hold onto or talk to, he'd offer. You could try to shoo him away, but he'd tilt his head at you and give you a knowing look.
"You sure about that? Not just trying to tough it out?"
"....no."
• Rudy would hate to see you in a situation he couldn't prevent or make better, but he'd try to gently soothe your nerves. You know he's trying to help, but occasionally he makes it a little worse by talking too much or attempting to try and distract you.
"Rudy, I know you're trying to help and I appreciate it so much, but please don't try singing to me right now."
"Agh, my heart cant take such critiques."
• König would be sweet as hell, but not know what to say. He'd be trying to comfort you, but his words come out jumbled as he thinks too many phrases at once and tries to voice them in the same manner. Honestly, him being there even when he hates social interaction, and trying to help is enough.
"My apologies, I've never been good at this kind of thing..."
"You're doing better than you realize honestly. Thank you."
Sorry for it being so late. This was written in bursts when I had a few moments. I decided I wanted to bring König into the party now haha.
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Gray and Graysons
One of the Bats has a secret. Something they never told to the others.
They were so very young but they have memories of a sibling, so small and tiny. They remember the burst of warmth they had in their heart when they held the tiny baby for just a moment.
But they weren’t allowed to keep them, their family couldn’t raise them. Money was tight, just enough for three but not for four, despite their shows always bringing in a crowd it was getting harder and harder for the world to be wowed by them in the new age and their sibling was too small and tiny and needed to be cared in a single place than for them to be on the road. Their lifestyle was not good for his tiny sibling apparently.
They had to watch as their parents gave his sibling away to people in suits, them promising to give his baby brother to a loving family when they find a ‘home’ for him. He watched his parents try to be strong only for his mother to break down once the car left down the road, his father holding her and apologizing, the rest of the circus troupe all silently coming over to give the heartbroken family condolences.
Richard ‘Dick’ Grayson had tears running down his face when he last saw his baby brother.
A brother he got to name before he had to be given away.
Daniel ‘Danny’ Grayson.
-x-x-
Dick never told the others. If anyone dug deep into his past they might find his brother’s birth records maybe, if someone got around to digitizing the paperwork for him but given the fact he was placed in the US childcare systems just a few days after his birth and the fact that Dick was still pretty young they most likely believed he didn’t remember his baby brother now. Not after so many years.
But they were wrong, Dick remembers. And he kept the secret close to his heart and memories.
And the only physical evidence he had was a single picture of him holding his brother, a smile on his tiny face towards their father who had taken the photo of them together. When he had lost his parents, lost most of the things that connected him to them, to his past in the circus that had been his whole life, had been taken from him in Gotham’s ruthless childcare system, he held on tight to the picture in secret. Hid it away from anyone trying to rip it from him, hid it from Bruce when the man took him in days later, hid it from Alfred despite how gentle the butler was towards him. He couldn’t, wouldn’t risk losing his photo at the time, he hadn’t trusted anyone and by the time he did he didn’t have the heart to reveal it.
So yes, the existence of his baby brother Danny was his most guarded and best kept secret.
So that’s why Dick, as Nightwing, nearly died from a heart attack when leaving a Justice League meeting he spotted a familiar face among one of the new engineers working in the Watchtower.
It was like seeing a young version of himself. Only, Dick could see that the young man was more than a copy of him, so much more than a clone. He held many traces of John Grayson but also had a bit more of Mary Grayson than Dick did. Small details that Dick foggely remembers taking note when he had held his baby brother.
“Hey, hurry up with that report Gray!” Shouted the head engineer from down the hall, his hand beckoning the young adult to come over.
“Coming! And boss, I told you Danny is fine!” Danny shouted back before hurriedly leaving a stunned Nightwing.
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TOH should’ve had an episode where Willow and Luz go on a sweet and motivating adventure and help each ither with their lingering self esteem issues from being ‘late bloomers’ and reaffirm their strengths with the B plot being Hunter, Gus and Amity going absolutely feral attempting to get a good grade in adventuring and nearly killing each other and themselves in the ultimate burnt out gifted kid quest
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