Puhpandas had a great idea recently (glitchtrapped Tony.) And I wanted to take a stab at the concept.
More specifically at the "What happens after." bit. Hint- Tony gets lost and ends up back near his old house.
Under a readmore because it could be triggering if you've been physically assaulted before. There's feelings in this that could touch on nerves.
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He'd traced his steps, along a familiar road. Now he stood on the street, facing his old house. He felt all dazed, and confused.
Why?
Everything hurt- his back, his stomach, his neck, his arms. And something bad had happened to him. His head ached, but not nearly as much as his heart ached.
'... Because it's not my home, it's their home, and I'm wanted no more…'
He couldn't go home. Because it wasn't his home anymore. It was someone else's now. He couldn't remember how to get to his Grandma's from here. He couldn't remember a lot of things.
(He didn't want to remember.)
What had happened? He'd gone to the pizzaplex? Gregory had been there?
Did someone jump me on the way home?
He knew what really happened. But he couldn't believe it- didn't believe it- it hurt too much- He could feel something poking around inside his mind. Something he'd been trying to ignore.
He didn't cry. Or sob. He just hurt.
Get out of my head get out of my head get out of my head-
He was on the swings suddenly, in the park that sat down between their street, and the next street over. He hummed a song absent-mindedly. One of those old songs that Grandma would play on her old record player. A song that his Mom sometimes sang along to.
I'm missing time? Did I got abducted by aliens?
Ellis would laugh with him about it next week, when they'd meet up at school again.
They used to play here a lot, when they were in elementary school together. Pretending the playground was a pirate ship. That the floor was a crocodile infested river- so you'd have to jump from circle to circle, never landing on the soft blue floor. Making the merry-go-round spin so fast, that they both would get thrown off it after a dizzy spell, and collapse to the ground laughing and carrying on-
It just made his heart ache more. His brain pounding against his skull.
He kicked his legs uselessly. He wasn't swinging. Not really. Just sitting. Just trying not to be still. He wasn't going anywhere.
The playground didn't have any lights that stayed on at night. It wasn't that kind of playground, where you'd need to worry about teens going there and doing bad things in the dark. This was a good part of town. Nothing bad could happen here.
The only lights were distant street lamps, and the starlight filtering down.
What time is it?
Tony had a watch. Had a watch- it was missing now. So was his entry pass to the pizzaplex.
Did someone mug me?
He also had a different shirt than he'd worn to school- a Bonnie longsleeve? Hadn't they stopped selling these? Where did he get it?
Did someone… reverse mug me??
The sun was starting to rise in the distance. He could understand why they'd given him a new shirt- his old one. That had... gotten stained, hadn't it?
How long have I been here?
His arms and belly felt weird. He lifted his shirt and sleeves to look at them. Well... He wasn't gonna stain his new shirt, at least. He stopped looking- it just made him feel queasy.
Lights were coming on in the houses, one by one. He could see a light on over at Ellis's house, through the back yard.
He could go there. And they could have breakfast together. They could pretend they'd had a sleepover together, like old times. Ellis could loan him a sleeping bag. A watch. A new head. And nothing bad would have happened to him and there would be nothing weird poking around in his head and his heart would stop aching and-
And Ellis's Mom was there. Standing in front of him.
How long has she been there?
He started a little, nearly falling backwards before clutching the chains tighter.
"Tony- It's okay. It's Olivia, do you remember me?" She had her hands in front of her, in a way that should probably have been calming.
He caught his breath, and felt panic start to ease out of him. He nodded. And she seemed to relax a little, too.
"Oh, good. Sweetie- listen. I've rang your Mom. She's on her way now. And so are the police. Okay?" She looked at him intently, and kneeled down in front of him. While he kicked his legs and stared off into the distant sky. The stars were going out.
"Tony? Did you hear me?"
"Um. Yes. Sorry Mrs Martinez."
He couldn't look at her. This is so embarrassing. Having to be picked up by his Mom like this. Had he and Ellis broken another vase trying to play skip rope indoors? That was a silly thing to do, Tony. You know better-
He could feel her eyes looking through him.
"Do you… want to talk about it, sweetie?"
He shook his head frantically, and choked out "No- no- no-"
"Hey, sweetie. It's okay. You're okay now. Everyone was so worried about you…"
Why?
She looked at him so pitifully. Had he said that out loud?
A car pulled up, on his old street. A familiar car. Mom's car.
And she was there. So quick, he'd barely seen her race up to him. He thought she'd grab him, and swing him around in a spinney-hug. She used to do that, when he was little.
Instead she stopped next to Mrs Martinez. It looked like she'd been crying earlier. She was still crying.
His head kept hurting. Pounding in a rhythm now. He couldn't take it much longer-
She couldn't get any words out. Mouth gaping open like a fish's would. But he could get the message- What happened to you?
He went to answer, but felt… sleepy. Really sleepy. He was gonna fall off this swing any second-
But he didn't fall. Instead he heard his voice talking to his Mom. It sounded strange to him. Like he was listening underwater…
"Mom, I… I lost track of time at the pizzaplex. It got dark, and someone h-hurt me when I was walking home… please don't be mad…"
He went to sleep as Mom pulled his imposter into a hug.
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"is it that hard? can you just like . . . stop liking me?"
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[vernon]: he blinks at you owlishly, letting the slap of your words linger in the little space between you and him. the air is thick and you find your throat constricting with each ticking second.
"i-i don't think that's it works?" he asks more than he states. he is monotonous as ever, but the flick of panic across his features suggest that he's worried - because he is. he doesn't want to stop liking you.
. . . .
[wonwoo]: his prolonged silence is deafening - you're starting to think would've been better if he just threw his glass of ice water at you. he inhales sharply, nodding as he comes to a conclusion in his own mind. wonwoo finally looks up at you and gives you a small smile.
"it is hard," he answers you firmly, followed by a gentle chortle. he stuffs his hands into his pants pockets. "but is that what you really want? because something tells me it's not."
. . . .
[mingyu]: "no!" he runs his hand angrily through his hair, huffing out a breath, blowing at his short bangs. hand perched on his hips, his head snaps back at you, holding your gaze with a sharp look. "no," he repeats, calmer and more defeated. he takes a step towards you. when you take a step back, it pains him.
"please don't push me away," he begs. "not now."
. . . .
[jeonghan]: "you're insane, truly," he presses the space in between his brows and shakes his head. "fucking insane! if i could, i would have a long time ago and i wouldn't even be telling you this!"
"then . . . th-then, why didn't you tell me sooner?" you challenge.
he holds his hands out dramatically, expressing that he's free of guilt. "i was?" he scoffs, flabbergasted, "you think i ask just anyone to go to lego land with me? i gave you an extra helping of pork belly that night too!"
"that was you expressing your love- i mean, interest in me!?"
jeonghan points at you. "you said it, i didn't."
"i didn't say anything-"
"love," he cuts you off early. "i'm in love you and you know it better than anyone in this damn room."
. . . .
[lee chan]: "w-what?" he's not sure he heard you right. "what?"
"s-stop," you mutter and wave your hand ambiguously in his direction, "your feelings and stuff."
he winces back and then rolls his eyes. he's disappointed, but not at all surprised. "you're so dumb."
"hey!"
. . . .
[soonyoung]: he pauses, lips crumpling into an obvious frown. the fire in his eyes dim; a sad look overtakes his dark orbs and it makes your heartache.
"take it back," he says quietly, but firmly.
you only stare him down, willing him to leave you in all your feelings that sprung out of its can like a jack-in-the-box.
when you don't reply, he says a little louder this time, "take it back." he exhales shakily, "y-you don't mean that. you can't."
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There’s something about Cybertronian feelings the same emotions that humans do that hits hard.
There’s such drastic differences between Cybertronian kind and human kind. Size is one, biology is another. Cybertronians can do so many more things that humans can’t, and I’m certain you could say the same thing for humans.
But despite the differences in the two species, there are also such strong similarities.
They both built societies, have social hierarchies, cultures, etc.
And even if it is less normalized for Cybertronian kind in some cases, they can also feel the same range of emotions that humans can.
So imagine a human with a bot they barely know yet. They’re completely unaware of how similar they are despite being two vastly different alien species. The bot is sat high above, the human slowly and cautiously approaching their legs as they come closer to investigate a strange sound they heard from this direction. Surely it couldn’t have been the bot making that sound, right? Because it sounded way too much like—
Then, the human looks up to the bot’s face, and sees they’re crying.
Streams of lubricant are rolling down their cheeks, their face contorted and wrinkled into distress. The bot wasn’t even trying to hold it in at this point, who knows how long they were going for by now. Soft little hiccups stumble through their voice box, their whole frame shaking and quivering as the futilely wipe at the endless flow of lubricant pouring down their optics.
The human is shocked. They had no idea these robots could feel sad, much less cry. They felt like they had just invaded a very private moment…
And yet, rather than try to sneak away, the human hesitantly reaches a hand out to the mech’s pede. Slowly, they place their hand atop it, gently rubbing and trying to reassure the big bot as much as they could with their comparatively tiny body.
The bot is startled, looking around in a panic and quickly raising their pedes, only to finally bring their gaze downwards and lock eyes with the human.
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