#thank god I didn't spend work money on this I'd be in serious trouble

[jellogram]

Obviously I am fully in support of the TTC employees but also if this strike happens and I cannot get to my rental car on time I will be losing out on an uncancellable trip which will cost me hundreds of dollars and mean I miss Orville Peck 🥲 so I'm not saying I know where the TTC overlords live but if they don't give into these demands by tomorrow morning I am going to kill them (proverbially)

[localcanadiancreature62]

Writing Prompt 3 - Dissociate

Ford is talking about his life together with his triangular husband who's also talking about his past in the living room,albeit a more sanitized version of it that leaves out the parts regarding the dimension destruction and anti 3D vision meds with the researcher not knowing that all of his childhood/teen memories are a mere fabrication made by Bill.

The genius then gets to the part about his past with Bill,only for him to stop midway into the conversation as he struggles to remember how they met due to the implanted memories and the real memories intertwining with each other which greatly confused the poor man to the point of him having another dissociative episode while on the verge of having a mental breakdown.

"And then Stanley beat up the one who stole my lunch money and won!. He didn't get into any trouble and he sustained few injuries." Ford says as he laughs merrily from the fun memory about his brother saving him from his childhood tormentors,with Bill laughing as well as his husband's joy is infectious. The triangle then thought of turning the genius' attention to be on him,as his egotistical desire for everything to be about him outweighs his desire to hear his husband talk about himself despite him enjoying the man ramble.

"That's a funny story,Fordsy. Anyway,how about the time when fate brought us together?. The moment we met. Can you tell me something about that?." Bill remarks as he urges his researcher husband to talk about the fabricated memory of them meeting at a Cipher worshipping shrine. "Of course,my dear muse. Let me think for a moment." Ford replied as he then thought in order to recall the memory,only for him to gasp in fear as he realized that nothing turned up in his mind when he tried to think about how he met his dear husband. The genius then looks at the ground with a horrified expression while he has his head in his hands,whimpering as Bill took a worried glance at him.

"H-Hey,Fordsy. What's gotten into you?." Bill asks in concern for his genius as he watches the man cry and whimper in fear from not remembering an important event in his own life while he puts a hand on the man's shoulder in order to comfort him. "I-I can't remember,Bill. I can't remember. Oh my god,I CAN'T REMEMBER!." Ford exclaims as he then kept crying as he tries to rip out a clump of his hair from being terrified and upset at the fact that his long term memory doesn't work anymore only for Bill to stop him from clawing at his own skull via grabbing him by the wrist.

"Ford!. Calm down. It's- It's okay,you're just having another episode. Don't worry about it." Bill says as he then hugs the crying genius as he does little circle motions on his back in order to calm him down,which surprisingly works as the man's heavy breathing slowly becomes more steady as he then stops crying. The triangle winces in guilt while je watches the researcher's breathing become stable as he knows that the constant memory erasures he does to prevent anything negative from happening to his genius is the cause of this,but it can't be helped as he can't fix it since it'll make him lose Ford. "Shh. It's okay,i'm here." Bill reassures as Ford hugs him back and looks at him while smiling.

"Thank you,my muse. I really needed that. These episodes are getting worse and worse everyday,why can't you fix them?." Ford questions as he kept hugging his triangular husband. "Because,i can't. Memories and a disorder as serious as yours is too difficult for me to handle. Even a near god like me can't do anything about it." Bill half lies,as it IS difficult for him although he could theoretically find a way around it but he just refuses to because he wants to keep Ford. "Well i guess it can't be helped. I think we should stay away from memories for now and just spend time together in silence,enjoy one another's company without any of that dissociation nonsense." Ford replied as he gave the isosceles a small smile. "I'd like that." Bill says as he then floated over to the couch while he lead his genius there as well as he held his hand,the two sitting together as they began to snuggle while not talking. Just enjoying one another's presence as they smiled at the other,being able to spend time together without any more memory or dissociation drama.