#implied abuse

spiky backstory bc i never posted it let’s go

Spiky wasn’t quite sure what he was.

Well, some might say, a porcupine.

But what porcupine could set fires? 

So Spiky wondered.

Unti, one day, there was a person. A person who would sit next to him and attempt to pet him, even with all his spikes. A person who would play with matches. A person who named him.

Then, he became a partner in crime. 

The first thing about being a partner in crime, Spiky realized, was that he was never alone anymore.

In the Before, he would sleep wherever he could find. Alleys, gutters, roofs.

In the After, he could go home- Before, he hadn’t even known what home meant.

And there was always that person- xe would talk to him, constantly filling up the space with an abundance of chatter and warmth.

He hadn’t even realized it Before, but he had never felt warmth.

This person was warmth. Xe was the campfire, crackling and laughing and so, so, wonderful. 

And one day, xe was gone.

Spiky- he couldn’t think his name without flinching, that was what xe called him- went back to Before.

And then xe was back, but xe was different.

Xe had a scar over xyr left eye.

Xe looked… sad.

When Spiky sparked, xe flinched.

He curled up alone that night.

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When Spiky went back to the person a few days later- maybe he was being selfish, but he hadn’t wanted to see xem still sad- xe was smiling. Happy, (xe was smiling!) Spiky curled up next to xem, watching xem play with not-matches. 

He deflated a bit- xe didn’t want fire xe didn’t want fire xe didn’t want him- but stayed curled up next to xem.

The next day, it was still not-matches. 

The day after that, it was still not-matches. 

The next day, it was a glowing thing that looked like matches, but wasn’t- Spiky had tested it. And maybe broken it.

But it was okay, because the person laughed, and the next day, it was matches.

Spiky let out his sparks.

dennikez:

the scariest thing about having an unreliable memory is like?? was it really as bad as i remember it being ?? what if i deserved it??? what if it was my fault the whole time?? i don’t know!! i can’t remember!!!!!

One day we shall feast on fish together in the Drowned God’s watery halls.

for-the-love-of-nsfwhump:

CW: CHARACTER DEATH (NOT A MAIN), VERY MILD GORE, KIDNAPPING, REFERENCED/IMPLIED ABUSE, DEHUMANIZING LANGUAGE, BETRAYAL

@amonthofwhump Mafia Madness: Kidnapping (sorta)

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Wickham didn’t realize he’d been kidnapped until day four of their vacation when Tyr is forced to put a gun to the head of the man his parents had sent to retrieve him. They’d worked really hard to keep him ignorant and comfortable and satisfied. Suggesting a vacation hadn’t been difficult. Keeping it from Malcolm and Charlotte has been easy. Wickham was more than happy to be out of the hustle of the glittering New York city skyline and away from the noise of its taxis and scam artists. He was even more excited to be out from under his parents’ thumbs.

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