#so uhhh i guess that's another thing to thank the 2012 doctor who tumblr roleplay community for

[kalkydra]

when my grandmother kicked me out my senior year i went to live with my slightly older friend and her older brother. i almost didn't graduate high school first because i was being bullied and then because after being kicked out i just had no drive to do the work for the one class left i needed to graduate. my friend's older brother put together a sticker chart where for every assignment i completed, i got a gold star, and we got chinese takeout when i filled up the chart because it meant i was able to graduate. he drove me almost an hour to and from school every single day, and every single morning as he was dropping me off he would say "in case nobody else tells you this today, i'm proud of you" before i got out of the car. the friend is out of my life forever so i'll probably never see her brother again, but straight up an adult telling me he was proud of me is the reason i didn't kill myself and personal feelings aside, i hope he knows that