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Tommy stumbled into an alleyway, his right leg dipping as he tried to walk, a knife embedded deep, the handle sticking out of it. Blood was dripping down his skin and his forehead had been busted open as well.
“ Toms, are you there? Come in? ”
“Yeah, I’m here Wil”
His voice is strained as he tries to speak through the blood loss and his words are slurred. He doesn’t quite hear the panic in Wilbur’s voice, nor the urgency in Techno’s as he asks for his location.
Fortunately, they had had a command installed earlier in the week, a vocal command to activate location broadcasting to their private signal. It could be set off by any one of them and Wilbur did this quickly, when he realised Tommy wasn’t answering.
“ Hey, sundrop, can you hear us? ”
He makes a small noise of confirmation, sounding more and more tired by the second.
“ Okay, we’re on our way. We’ll be there as quick as possible, but for now, I’m gonna need you to stay awake, Toms ”
“Mmm, don’ wnna, Wlby”
“Theseus, c’mon, stay awake for us bud. I know it’s hard, but you’ve got to keep your eyes open, kid”
Techno’s voice was comforting in his ear, the deep, monotone blocking out the noise of anything else. Tommy focused on it.
“Techn’”
“I’m here, kid”
“Wh’re are ya’?”
“We’re nearly there, honey, I promise”
“M‘kay”
“You awake over there, sweetheart?”
“Mhm..”
“Good.”
“W‘lby?”
“ Yeah, Toms? ”
“I l’ve you”
“ I know, Toms ”
“‘nd you, too Tech’”
“We know, kiddo, we love you too”
His eyes drooped shut as he tried to keep them open. He saw a glimpse of bright red as Techno rounded the corner into the alleyway. He let out a short sigh as he allowed his eyes to close, knowing his brothers were there. He was safe.
He blacked out.
When he awoke, the lights were dim and yellowed, light blue walls surrounded all sides and the beeping of a heart monitor could be heard. Sitting at his side, Wilbur and Techno had both fallen asleep, they looked worried even as their minds were shut off.
About a minute later, a person in a white lab coat walked in. Tommy knew they weren’t a doctor, they probably just had access to health potions, but they looked the part anyways.
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m okay”
His voice was scratchy as he replied. It hurt.
“Probably need some water though”
“Alright, I’ll get that for you. You should probably wake your friends though. They’ll want to know you woke up.”
“Okay”
The person walked out and Tommy turned to his brothers. He reached out with his left hand, poking Wilbur’s face to wake him up.
“ Huh!? “
The sudden awareness prompted Wil to throw his hands up as soon as he awoke, standing so quickly that he lost his balance and fell flat onto the floor.
“ Shit! ”
Tommy cackled loudly at the display, despite the movement being painful.
“ You little bitch! ”
“Man, you should’ve seen your face!”
The laughter continued, even as Techno (who had woken up as soon as Wilbur moved even an inch ) began to fuss over Tommy’s injuries, checking his bandages were still fine.
“Theseus”
‘Shit’
“Yeah?”
“What the fuck were you thinking?”
“That I would have been fine?”
“ Really?”
“It was four vs one, how in the hell could you have thought that that would have gone well!?”
“Well, you know, I’m a big man, yeah?”
Tommy winced as Techno brought his hand up to rub his nose bridge, letting out a long sigh. Tommy flinched back as he then brought his hand towards him. He pulled away.
“Tommy?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m not going to hurt you, Tommy”
“Ok”
He still looked hesitant as Techno then brought his hand back up towards him. He closed his eyes as it got closer to his face. His hair was ruffled.
‘Oh’
He leaned into the touch, the warmth familiar as claws scratched gently as his scalp, and the knots in his hair were untangled carefully by skilled fingers.
“ Sunshine, you know we wouldn’t hurt you ever, right? No matter what? ”
Tommy halted in his comfort and opened his eyes again, the small smile that had appeared on his face earlier was now replaced by hesitance, his mouth opening and closing as he tried to think of what to say to that. He stared at Wilbur’s saddened expression. Did he know that?
“I- I don’t-“
That seemed answer enough for Wilbur though as his hope seemed to leave his features, a saddened look passed over his face instead. Tommy was pulled into a hug.
“ Toms. You know we love you, right? ”
“ You are the best thing that has ever happened to us and we love you more than anything in the world, okay? We would never willingly hurt you in any way shape or form. You could have died today and we sat by your hospital bed until you woke up, no matter how tired we got. We dropped everything to come help you, do you understand me? Everything. ”
Techno jumped in.
“You mean the world to us, starlight. We would never, ever try to cause you harm, no matter what you do, okay? No matter what happens, never.”
Wilbur held him tighter, as Tommy latched onto him back. A warmth crept in behind him, and a body pressed against his back as Techno joined the embrace.
“ We love you, Toms, now you say it ”
“I love you guys, too”
“ No, say that we love you ”
“But-“
“ But nothing, we love you and you have to know it, now say it ”
Wil smiled smugly as he said that and Tommy looked to Techno for help, all he got was a raised eyebrow and a slight smirk.
“Fineeeee. You love me.”
His voice was quiet as he said it and a slight blush covering his cheeks and up his ears.
“ What was that, we couldn’t hear you, starshine ”
“Fuck off, I said it”
“Well, we don’t know that, you were so quiet”
Techno’s voice had a slight tilt to it, you could hear his smirk as he spoke. Tommy frowned and buried his face in Wilbur’s shoulder in a poor attempt to hide his growing embarrassment.
“You love me.”
He said it a little louder this time, but still not nearly loud enough for the twins.
“C’mon, Toms, we all know you can be louder than that”
Tommy whined.
“I’ve said it twice now, c’mon”
“ No, no, sweetheart, you’ve misunderstood. You’ve whispered it twice now. ”
He pulled his head up from Wilbur’s shoulder, a pout on his face as he looked at both Wilbur and Techno, their faces filled with fondness as well as smugness.
“You love me!”
He shouted it this time, right in their ears, but they didn’t care, he was their little brother.
“You love me. You love me. You love me!”
“ Damn right we do, so much, Toms. ”
“So, so much.”