#shroud the spider
shut up, look at tommy adorable son
MY BOY.
SHROUD THE SPIDER
//Today’s lore hurt, But hey Finally got Motivation to post today!
Tomorrow? who knows, might post some osmp stuff I made awhile ago.
btw this isn’t canon in the babysitter au cause most of my ideas for it are just flat out shenanigans, This is just a “if I decided to follow currant canon” route
Story undercut (Because there are a lot of frames for this comic I wanted to draw but couldn’t)
A few timid knocks on the door was the first thing to be heard through the house.
It’d already been a….eventful, day for Tommy, and he very much was not in the mood to be dealing with any one else.
“Shroud, go hid in the other room. now.” Tommy whispered quietly, the small Spider-hybrid simply nodded, Squeezing the small pig stuffie in his arms before running to the safety of the other room.
Tommy smiled a bit when he remembered making the stuffed toy–along with a matching spider plush–for the boys when he first started babysitting Micheal, granted Micheal did end up with a more colorfulvocabulary after Tommy accidentally pricked his finger one too many times…but after they were done the two were barely seen without them.
Knock knock
‘Shit right, Still gotta deal with that…’ Tommy sighed before taking a shield out of his inventory and heading towards the door, Keeping a free hand open incase he needed to grab Shroud and escape quickly.
He walked towards the door cautiously and opened it.
“Who’s there?! I swear dream if it’s you I’ll fuckin-”
Greyish blue eyes met with a warm magenta.
“Tubbo? wha-”
‘What is he doing here?’
‘Did he see Ghostboo too…?’
‘DOES TUBBO HAVE A OWL HOUSE SKIN NOW?? HELLO??’
‘Bee boy is sadge :< ‘
‘Where’s Micheal?’
‘Ah yes, Chat’s being reliable as always’ Tommy thought sarcastically ignoring the now offeneded calls of ‘meaninnit’ bouncing through his head. instead choosing to focusing on his Friend, who now that he’s actually looking at him, looks to be very much in distress.
“Techno Came by Snowchester today… Ranboo. Ranboo’s gone Tommy”
Tommy stayed silent, mostly out of guilt. He Encountered Ghostboo Shortly after his confrontation with Dre-
He Hung out with him for a short bit, and he seemed so…Different than Ranboo, and while it was funny in some moments it just felt…Wrong in some way.
it never fully hit Tommy until that moment that the Ranboo that they knew, was probably suffering a miserable hell in Limbo, he was so busy trying to figure out what the fuck happened to him that he… oh what kind of fucking hell is that place putting him through right now…
“…a-and with Micheal disappearing as well, I just…”
“wait what?”
“Me and… I- there was a mix up with work schedules, we both were at work and we thought the other was at home… We came back Home to egg shells everywhere in Micheals room and some of his plushies were missing… ”
Guilt weighed on The Blonde’s shoulders as he listened, he can barely remember what he was doing around that time, he just thought when Ranboo and Tubbo didn’t respond to his messages about the next time when he’s babysitting the little Gremlin, that they were just spending more time with him, since Tommy barely saw them around Las nevadas nor at Paradise anymore… never checking up on them in Snowchester because he was glad Micheal was supposedly getting more time with his parents again…
he should’ve checked up on them… he should’ve-
“I- I know that we haven’t talked in awhile but… Can I stay with you guys for the night?”
Tubbo asked, his voice sounding as if it would break if he were left alone once again.
Tommy just simply threw his free arm around the shorter as he pulled in into a hug–which was a bit uncomfortable given Tommy was still holding a shield–But right now it didn’t matter.
“Tubbo you don’t need to ask, You’re alwayswelcome here…Now come on, you can distract Shroud while I make some bread…”
“Sounds good… and Tommy?”
“Hm?”
“Do you think…We’ll find a way to fix this?”
Tubbo asks as he grabs a quilt from a nearby chest, at the same Moment Shroud cautiously returns hearing the familar voice and excitedly goes over to Tubbo.
“We always do Bigman…”
And for now they leave it at that, shortly moving on to small random topics, Most of it coming from Shroud who seems to serve as a good distraction to both of the boys with his imaginative ramblings.
They’ll talk about a course of action in the morning, right now, they’re just processing with everything that’s been thrown at them today. Tommy with his new mission to possibly find a way to help Ranboo- well Ghostboo now… And Tubbo Formulating numerous theory’s and plans to find out where his missing son is.
Unbeknownest to the Duo that in the current moment, both Micheal and his Stone- Ghostly Father are in good hands.
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Okay I love the idea of C!Tommy taking care of hybrid shroud as much as the next guy…
But can we just imagine how funny it would be if Shroud was just a normal Mob spider? but everyone THINKS he’s a shapeshifter.
Like imagine Sometimes Shroud can be seen wearing one of Tommy’s old shirts, with the addition of a few shirt holes for his other arms. Others think it’s because he doesn’t like being in his human for in public. while in reality Shroud is just an anxious spider and has comfort shirts when he goes outside. (Kind of how dogs have sometimes have ‘thunder shirts’ or anxiety vests)
The reason why shroud is anxious being that overworld spiders don’t attack during the day because they are scared of people since they can’t hide in the shadows as well as they could at night, making it harder for them to attack first and easier for them to be killed.
But when Shroud met Tommy he was just taken in on sight so he’s not as scared of the outside when walking around with him (mostly will be seen hanging on his arm or on his back tho.)
Or someone would point out that Shroud seems to intelligent for a normal spider, but it’s just Tommy teaching him tricks (since y’know he doesn’t want his emotional support spider and friend to die)
Tommy doesn’t confirm nor deny the theory since he’s afraid that if the idea of Shroud possibly being human is out of the realm of possibility it would put his pet in danger. Since y’know a majority of his pets tend to get killed…
But really it’d just be a funny idea because while I like the idea of Tommy having to be the responsible parental/brother figure for once, but I just like the idea of Tommy having an emotional support spider even more TvT
//they got mcPuffys’ afterwards
Small headcanons
-shroud sees Tommy as more of a “You’re like my older brother, but take care of me like a dad” so instead of Dad Shroud calls Tommy either by his name or Mimi
-Micheal’s favorite burger is from McPuffy’s (much to Tubbo and Ranboo’s heartbreak)
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Okay fuck it,
AU where Tommy just doesn’t pick a side and goes on a Babysitter arc
//Full AU description under keep reading.
This is basically an AU where Tommy doesn’t pick a side between paradise and Las Nevadas and stays neutral.
After a bit he sees Michael gets left behind a bit since Tubbo and Ranboo are both working for opposite sides and are a bit distant towards each other so they don’t go to Snowchester often. (in fear they run into each other) So he basically just goes “alright guess I’ll just babysit him while they sort their shit out”
So during moments where paradise and Las Nevadas have their meetings. Tommy just takes Michael (and shroud since he’s a kid in this au) to the pool so they can have fun or to “”Kidnap”” Charlie for a bit so they can get some burgers at the burger van.
Just fun little outdoor activities
Tommy just wants to make sure Michael isn’t negatively affected by how his parents are going through a bit of a war against each other.
Michael was worried at first, he knows his parents still love him but he wishes they would all hangout in the same room at least, but he enjoys the distraction and likes hanging out with his uncle and Shroud.
Shroud’s just happy that they get to spend some time outside with “His older brother that’s sort of his dad”, and Michael. (and the other kids when they come by as well)
Bonus: after awhile Tommy just sort of ends up babysitting Yogurt, Foolish junior and Finley on days where Fundy and Foolish can’t take care of them. (since by this point Tommy proved with Michael and shroud he’s capable of taking care of kids) Michelle also shows up also along with Puffy (who comes to help out with babysitting when she can)
I mostly made this to combat the pain from recent lore so hope you guys like this little idea.
(If anyone wants to give suggestions/headcanons for what I can draw for this au ask box is always open)
Spiders can’t generally hear, can they?
anyway c!tommy hasn’t been in the lore because he’s too busy hanging out with shroud cc!tommy told me himself ^_^
