#I wrote a thing explaining how Floyd and Branch originally ran away from home the night their brothers fought

[starfyhero2]

I Can't Take It Anymore (Youngest Runaways AU)

John Dory was the first to storm into the pod, with the others following. Floyd dragged his feet as he already began to hear the three eldest brothers began to argue about their performance.

"See what happens when you don't follow my lead?" the eldest brother ranted as Spruce glared daggers right behind him.

"Dude, that is exactly what happens when we follow your lead!" he immediately hissed back at him.

Baby Branch looked at the developing argument with growing concern and fear in his eyes as Floyd inched over next to his side.

"Yeah, dude! This used to be fun! Now it's all about being perfect," Clay joined in at some point.

The youngest siblings stared in shock when Spruce suddenly declared that he was quitting the band, tearing off his purple vest.

As the two other older brothers began to argue with more intensity, Floyd glanced over to Branch and saw the fear and heartbreak in his eyes.

Now, Floyd was not only the sensitive one of the group, but also the peacekeeper and mediator. He knew that he should have spoken up right there, but after seeing Branch's eyes, something in him snapped as he made a decision. Neither of them should have to tolerate this fighting anymore.

He crouched to Bitty B's level and looked him in the eyes.

"Branch, we need to leave," the redhead held his shoulders, not realizing that there was fear showing in his eyes.

"...Huh?"

Before the trolling realized what was happening, Floyd scooped him up into his arms and held him tight as he bolted past the other brothers and out of the pod.

JD, Spruce and Clay immediately stopped fighting and tried to run after the redhead in confusion.

"FLOYD! PLEASE WAIT!" JD tried to call out to him, now sounding more distressed as the other two brothers pleaded for the redhead to stop.

"Don't look back," Floyd kept on repeating in his head as tears fell from his face.

Branch, who was pressed against the older brother's chest, began to cry as he didn't understand anything that was happening except that Floyd was very upset and also crying.

After turning a few more corners as the chase continued down the Troll Tree, the pair lost their pursuers as Floyd hopped into a hidden entrance on the ground floor, leading to a small underground hideout he made a while ago to escape from the world.

As the pair hushed down under the hatch door, they could hear the faint screams of their older brothers.

But Floyd knew that they could never go back.