Chapter Text
After signing the contract things have noticeably changed. The very small faint lines of wrinkles on Tommy’s face disappeared, he stopped growing taller, his voice never got deeper, any form of aging was now gone.
He discovered quickly it was because of the contract. One small line in the conditions Phil had written was that Tommy could not die by aging. Meaning that he could not die by old age. Tommy could die if he killed himself, someone killed him, or an illness.
Any attempts to kill himself were futile though, Phil could just bring him back from the dead with a wave of his finger. Phil is the Angel of Death after all, he could keep Tommy alive even if he killed himself thousands of times. So that meant Tommy was now stuck with the three obsessive gods for forever.
Another thing that had changed was that he was now allowed out of his tower to roam around, with the supervision of one of the gods of course. The only places he really went were his old garden, library, dining room, and the throne room on occasion. Moments of bliss would come and go quickly considering that now he was never alone.
Wilbur would accompany him to his garden with his guitar, playing soft sounds while Tommy worked around trying to make it look beautiful. Sometimes he would just lay in the grass with Wilbur while he sang, the music luring him into whatever Wilbur wanted. He lost count of how many times he’s fallen asleep in there.
Techno would stay with him in the library by the fireplace. Tommy usually sat on the floor looking through books with no real amusement, Techno would read silently enjoying the serenity of the two. On occasion, Techno would read to Tommy as Tommy would intently listen, loving every detail of a story he’s heard a thousand times.
Phil would be in the throne room during meetings while Tommy was there. He usually sat on the steps just mindless playing the hem of his shirt, or he would sit in one of his brother's thrones with his legs thrown over the side to have some comfort. Phil would always smile at him softly or give him reassuring pats to him during the meetings.
In the dining room they were all together. It took awhile for Tommy to start eating again without defiance, even though the contract was signed, Tommy was still Tommy. So for the first couple of days of finally being out of his tower, he would only eat a quarter of his plate. The three gods never really ate, they usually had drinks and chatted at dinner time. They also watched Tommy intently the whole time to make sure he was eating.
A contract was signed binding him here for forever.
He has nowhere else to go too.
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“Hey Dad?” Tommy spoke out avoiding the haze of the man from the throne in front of him. A meeting had just finished between one of guardian angels and Phil about the mortals' doings with temples, Tommy listened to the whole conversation finding it quite interesting. Even though Phil was on his throne staring down at Tommy who was sitting on the steps leading up to the throne, a deep tense atmosphere flowed in. “I was wondering if I could possibly see Tubbo? It’s been awhile since the festival and I just wanted to see him.”
He whispered out, feeling the intense gaze of his eyes on his body.
Tommy was still not used to calling Phil dad, his habit of hitting him whenever he disobeyed never seemed to leave, in fact the hits got harder every time Tommy wouldn’t refer to him as his father. Tommy didn’t like being hit.
“I could possibly allow you to see him.” Phil said,
“You’ve been rather good recently. I’ll try and see if Eret, Niki, and Ranboo are fine with it.” He finished, he only stared at Tommy who kept his gaze on the floor from where he sat criss cross. Phil would much rather Tommy look at him and ask, you win some and lose he supposed. With a heavy sigh he lifted himself up and stalked towards Tommy, with gentle hands he lifted up Tommy and set him on his feet. “Now come on, we should probably get you something to eat.” Phil’s wing enclosed Tommy to his side and his arm around Tommy’s back to make sure he was even closer as they walked towards the dining room.
Tommy only walked silently the whole way there, it was undeniable how scared he felt from asking such a simple question. It made his skin crawl even at the faintest touch, he really avoided touch at all times with the three. Every movement, every touch, was just new ways to remind him he was trapped evermore.
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He got to see Tubbo within the next two days, he practically tackled him as soon as Tommy saw him. They fell on the floor from the impact and just held each other till Ranboo ushered them up. Their arms never left each other, holding each other as if the other was a lifeline.
“Theseus, you could’ve gotten yourself hurt.” Techno scolded, all the gods eyes being on the two mortals. Tommy visibly tense up, Techno’s punishments were the worst. Techno would make him lightheaded and weak all day, Tommy would also cough up blood, bleed from his eyes, or just simply pass out. So whenever Techno scolded Tommy, he would get terrified.
“I’m sorry. I was just excited Big T. I didn’t mean harm.” Tommy whispered out, he felt Tubbo give him a reassuring squeeze. Techno only looked at the two and sighed, he waved his hand, which meant that he’ll let this one time slide. Tommy let out a small sigh then turned to Tubbo and a huge toothy grin plastered his face. Tubbo returned to same smile.
Tommy quickly scurried off with Tubbo to his garden to play about. The gods watched as they went, Ranboo went with them to watch over them to make sure nothing bad would happen.
“Seems like Thesues is back to normal.” Niki said, a small smile gracing her face. Eret nodded along with Niki’s statement. “It’s nice to have him back. It made Tubbo dreadful not to have him around.” She sighed out, remembering how they had to wrestle Tubbo into his room after the festival. Tubbo would scream about wanting to be left out, eventually they just made Ranboo teleport him into his room. It broke their hearts to see their Tubbo like that, it only made them wish Tommy a speedy recovery from being away for so long.
“You wouldn’t believe the lengths we had to go too, to get him back to himself. Some parts of his disobedience is in there, but we shut it down rather quickly.” Phil said with an exasperated fatherly voice, one would use to describe a tired father. “I swear, he’s to head strong for his own good.” He finished off looking in the direction of the mortals, faintly seeing the light from the garden shining on the floor.
“Yeah! We got him to sign a contract though. He won’t be leaving anytime soon. We made perfectly sure of that.” Wilbur said with a creepy smile painting his face, it made Eret and Niki look away nervously. They really couldn’t blame the three though, they had a contract with Tubbo themselves to make sure he stayed alive for eternity. “It’s nice to see him having some fun though, he’s been very quiet recently.”
Techno gave a small noise of agreement. Eret chuckled a bit, “Well i'm glad he’s getting back to himself back again. I'm sure him and Tubbo will have fun today, they have Ranboo watching over them right now.” They said with a small smile, though you couldn’t see him considering they were trapped under his dark shades.
Phil gave a small nod,
“Now may I treat you to some tea?”
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Ranboo was sat in a chair slightly dozing off while watching the mortals who were playing a game of chess on the grass.
“How’s everything around your godly castle.” Tommy retorted sarcastically, Tubbo let out a small giggle. He moved his pawn as Tommy moved his knight, the game was very intense.
“Oh you know, same old same old. They upped security when you returned, the three of them are scared I might pull something to come see you. My throat hurt from all the yelling I did.” Tubbo whispered lightly trying his best not to wake Ranboo. Tommy only laughed a bit.
“Yeah, I heard a guardian angel mention something about security getting increased on your end. It happened during one of Phil’s meetings.” Tommy responded in the same whispering tone. Tubbo only smirked as he made his queen on the board claiming checkmate. It made Tommy grumble about losing and him to explode in a fit of giggles.
Eventually his laughing stopped as he watched Tommy intently,
“Do you regret it? Do you regret leaving?” Tubbo spoke out watching Tommy look at him in the eyes with a twinge of sorrow. Tommy sighed and glanced around the garden and closed his eyes,
“Honestly, no. Those two years were the best two years of my life. I regret getting caught, letting them continue to hurt innocent people, I regret leaving you, It’s just a lot to think about.” Tommy said with a sad smile, he opened his eyes and looked back at Tubbo who shared the same smile. “I miss them a lot. I wish I could’ve done something to save them.”
Tubbo knew he was referring to the boys he had met briefly at the festival, he has never seen Tommy look free.
“As morbid as it sounds, I’m glad you’re back”
“Yeah, me too Tubbo. Me too.”