#dadclipse is not happy with clippie

[fosermi]

Teehee

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There was something so visceral about seeing one's younger self. Especially for Eclipse and when it was himself was in so much pain.

He had never been the most stable of people. Black Doom had seen to that, especially after they had been destroyed. For a long time, he thought Shadow had wanted him dead, so he had thought to protect the Dark arms, he would need kill Shadow first.

The two of them had fought for a long time, gone at each other over and over. It had taken a long time, but they had finally made up. And then grown closer together, learning how to be brothers, how to truly care for each other.

It had taken lots of years, but Eclipse and Shadow were finally at a good point. They knew how to protect each other, how to tease without hurting the others. Most importantly, they were friends as well as close brothers.

But their younger selves were not. They still quarreled, still didn't know how to act like good brothers.

It was difficult for Eclipse to see, because he knew part of the reason was Clippy and his attitude.

The younger Eclipse, Clippy was young and brash. He said whatever popped into his mind, he didn't know boundaries or limits yet. He would push and poke at others around him, not realizing when he was going to far.

And then suffered the consequences when he did.

Such after hours of annoying Silver and Silver told him that he wished he was gone. That had hurt Clippy a lot, first sending him into a rage. If Eclipse hadn't been there, he might have hurt someone.

And then ending in tears. So many tears.

Eclipse remembered what it was like, trying to adjust to a new role in life. Feeling intense amounts of self loathing. Eclipse had always been his own self-serving prophecy. Drive others away before they could tell you to leave.

He wanted to be loved, he wanted it so badly. But he also was full of bad habits that got in his own way. Sometimes it was almost amusing how much Eclipse's own worst enemy was always himself.

Almost.

It was practically a part of who he was at this. For the longest time, Eclipse had worried that people, especially his brother secretly hated him and wanted him to leave. It took years of reassurance until those fears had left.

Clippy had not had that, he was young and literal and afraid of losing the fragile life he had.

Eclipse had spent years unlearning those habits. And now, he was being forced to look at them once again. Life was funny that way. Just when he thought he was over something, it was time to watch his much younger self wrestle with the same lessons he had dealt with.

Most importantly, Eclipse was a dad, it was almost impossible for him not to jump back into parent mode to try and help. Especially when it came to his younger self and how much this child was hurting. Life had dealt him some hard cards.

He would help, the best he could. But in the end, this was the lesson that Clippy had to learn all on his own. No one else could do it for him.

And more importantly, Clippy would have to decide if he would take the lesson to heart or not. Eclipse had always been quite stubborn, sometimes he had to wrestle with a painful lesson a few times before it stuck.

Eclipse just clutched the crying child to his chest and rocked him. There would be a lot of conflict resolution in both his and Silver's future about this.

AMES

AMES PLEASE

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY

LET THE BOIS BE HAPPY