#sorry for the rant hdfvjhvdbsbk

[totaleclipse573]

Terios moves in with his brothers and the rest of the team dark (they REALLY need a bigger apartment, lmao)

In the first few days, he breaks a cup accidentally. what happens?

Ohhhhh the angst. THE ANGST THAT COMES WITH THIS.

(I'd like to at least mention : cw for a slight mention of child abuse in one part. Just in case, you know?)

I've actually thought a bit about what it was like for him the first few days of living with Team Dark, being free from Doleon and the comet for the first time. If this were to happen?

He PANICS. BADLY. Apologizing like crazy, immediately rushing to try and fix it. Wouldn't be surprised if he ended up accidentally getting cuts on his hands/gloves trying to do so. He's shaking, he's holding back from crying as much as he can.

It's not the cup breaking specifically that causes this though. It's the mistake itself. Making that mistake.

And the worst part? He doesn’t really care that it hurts him. He WON’T STOP unless someone either somehow calms him down or just forces him away from the pieces. He expects punishment for the simplest of mistakes. He can’t EVER make mistakes. But maybe he can fix them before bad things happen? That's a mentality he still carries.

Yeah, he could get told its fine, it was just an accident, no problem, but he won't really believe it. This is not fine. He can't just mess up like that. He's expecting some kind of new claw marking on his arm or face. To be grabbed and shouted at, told he's pathetic and useless, as he should. He's supposed to get hurt.

But...that isn't happening. Is that not how this works? Since when was just...talking to him an option? Apparently, this was just a small accident, no one's upset with him. No, that's just how Shadow looks.

It's strange...but Terios much prefers this. Once he can get past the leftover panic, he feels...okay. In a surprisingly but genuinely positive way.