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“BREAKING NEWS EVERYONE—” the radio played in the background as a young blonde boy sat down at a table, he was drinking coke as he looked at the can with a frown. his eyes were blank and filled with nothing but a pit of darkness, he blinked getting out of his thoughts, he took a sip of the can before finishing it.
tommy got out of the kitchen looking at his living room with a stare, he sighed coughing slightly at the dust. 'I'll clean tomorrow' he shrugged his shoulders before walking out of his apartment, tommy was getting used to living alone and it was different, after the arrest of dream he started living a civilian life.
no longer known as phoenix, no longer known as one of the most powerful sidekicks, no longer known as the beloved sidekick of administrator. he was just tommy now, a young adult kid who was new to living in district 16, a bright young soul. a person who has a life and who has a lot to live for, but that's just his character. not him.
he looked to the side of the slightly busy streets, he spotted his favorite cafe smiling brightly for real this time. 'puffy & niki's bakery' the letters in a pinkish red color, it was probably one of his favorites. tommy crossed the street bumping into a few people along the way, he opened the door the bell chiming it say he was here.
"oh, tommy! your here for your order, right?" a sweet gentle voice called out looking at the golden haired boy, a lady with slight dual colored hair called out to tommy. "niki! yes I am, I hope they weren't to hard to make." niki smiled saying it wasn't a big deal, tommy gave her a small smile passing some money to her.
"tommy, don't leave yet, I have something for you. free of charge!" another lady appeared she was taller than niki, it was obvious she was a hybrid as well. her hair was fluffy white some fade of color here and there. puffy gave tommy a grin passing a box with sweets along with tommy's order. "you didn't have to puffy.." tommy was shy as he looked at the things in hand, puffy responded by leaning over the counter and ruffling tommy's hair.
"i wanted to, now get along before your late for whatever your doing." puffy said crossing her arms like a mother, tommy rolled his eyes sticking out his tongue. he ran away before he could hear the scolding puffy was yelling about, before he could hear niki giggling about them both.
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"realistically speaking, big Q. I think I'm very much right about this, since big man innit is always right." tommy said in a matter of fact way, staring at the man besides him, quackity sighed shaking his head.
"darling, siren is definitely not better than me, if anything his trash, and I stand by that fucking statement." the king of cards rolled his eyes, although he seemed unkind it was obvious he wasn't meaning to appear rude.
"says the 'king of cards', yet you call yourself ace..I don't get you sometimes, and why do you call that hero siren?" the younger boy tilted his head, obviously curious and confused. he didn't understand why that hero of all people was called, well siren.
"first of all, ace is my card, and second of all the reason I call him siren is because of what hybrid he is. although I'm not supposed to give that information out, so be quiet about it." ace laughed slightly, his eyes going slightly dark.
"who would have the thought number three hero, is a fucking fish." tommy shrugged making a slight disgusted face, ace had a big smirk on his face, his eyes were light and more relaxed now.
"tubs should be coming soon, along with karl and sap." ace said as he took off his mask throwing it on the floor, he was messy after all. tommy smiled getting happy after hearing sapnap and tubbo were coming, he grabbed the mask placing it in a drawer somewhere.
"sapnap is coming, really?" although he was questioning quackity's word he was hyper and excited, he really loved the older man. he was like his brother or dad, although tommy had alot of people that felt like that.
"yes he is, it's been since he got arrested since you seen him right? I called him for you, and karl came along since tubbo and him are staying together. until I get the whole, situation figured out."
"his still bothering you? why doesn't he piss off already." tommy was annoyed, he crossed his arms pouting. "tubbo is his son, but still the kid still is under my protection and he doesn't want that asshole." quackity's ranting died down when the door opened.
"spitfire, where are you!" a loud shout came from the entrance as tommy immediately turned that way, he dived towards the door tackling the black haired man, tommy felt arms around his back as he was held tightly and close.
"sap..I missed you so much, fucking asshole." tommy was a big man he wasn't crying, okay maybe he was tearing up. he was grumbling into sapnap's chest as he was picked up, sapnap plopped on the couch with tommy slightly on his lap. but mostly on his side.
"I haven't seen him so clingy before, is this normal?" karl questioned as he looked at tubbo and quackity, tubbo nodded his head aggressively and quackity shrugged. "I think it's normal, his clingy sometimes with me." quackity explained as tubbo said something about tommy being a duckling.
"I haven't seen him for awhile, just wait until he sees george that's gonna be hell. XD will have a field day cleaning up that mess." the blaze hybrid laughed as he leaned closer to tommy's touch, tommy enjoying the warmth he was feeling.
"isn't XD that guy foolish works with?" tubbo looked at his father, quackity nodded "more like works under, he built a statue of that man." he shuddered with a disgusted look on his face, karl smiled but nodding along.
"XD has a slight obsession with george, don't know why sleeping beauty hasn't told me." sapnap made a mocking voice when he said 'sleeping beauty' rolling his eyes, karl sat on the other side of sapnap leading on his shoulder.
"when I visited george I saw a man standing in front of his sleeping face, thought it was his lover or something so I left." tubbo spoke as if it was a traumatic experience, sapnap sighed. "that would be XD, his creepy like that."
"gogy should file a registration order, honestly man that's creepy." tommy scrunched up his face in disgust, "well I feel like george hasn't tell me, or us because he doesn't even know himself." sapnap said as he looked at the group.
"that's mostly likely true, george is always asleep due to his power— I feel like he doesn't even know his getting watched." quackity nodded in agreement towards karl's words, with how much the hero sleeps it's unlikely he knows about his little stalker.
"shit— I have to head out, big man sam is probably expecting me to get there early." tommy stood up, smiling at the group as they yelled 'goodbyes' and such.
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"tommy, it's good seeing you here already, by the way boss stopped by and left you a gift in the back. I'll see you tomorrow!" sam gave tommy a quick hug as he quickly left the bar, tommy sighed as he left to put on his uniform.
a smile on his face as he finished putting his clothes on, seeing a box addressed to him. 'happy early birthday - big boss q (+ karl, sap, ranboo, tubbo.)' tommy's mood switched from happy to disappointed, his birthday wasn't a great memory for him.
he opened the box, his blue eyes shining brightly as he saw what was in it— a dark purple bracelet with designs of crowns on it, was the first one he saw along with a few more. a bright yellow bracelet with little bees on it was the next one he saw next. (he almost cried when he saw the initials of his two closest friends on it.)
three other bracelets were in the same area, a dark blue bracelet with what looked like a poker chip on it, was the next one he saw. a bright fiery orange bracelet with flames on it— was the next one he saw. the last one was a bright purple bracelet with clocks on it was next. (he did cry when he saw the initials of his fatherly figures on the bracelets.)
tommy quicky slide the bee bracelet and the crown bracelet on his right arm, and other three on his left arm. rushing to the front when he heard the door open— busy was practically slow so only now he could hear the door, sadly most times it's so crowded.
"hello sir, what can I get you?" tommy kept a positive professional smile on his face as he looked at the men in front of him, a short ram hybrid was the first person who spoke. "whiskey for me, make it actually good." the ram hybrid spoke harshly, a nasty aura around the man.
"aperol spritz please, and thank you." a fox hybrid spoke next, his ears twitching slightly above his head. "plain old vodka for me." the tall ass fish hybrid said next, a fake looking smile on his face.
"coming right up, but I need to see your ID" tommy looked at the fox hybrid, along with the fish man. (the ram was clearly old enough..he looked fucking 50.) they both showed their ID to him— apparently the fox was named fundy, but that's better then being a fish named fucking wilbur.
"good to go, I'll have your drinks ready in a fast second!" tommy smiled as the men took both their ID and left to sit down, this was definitely going to be a long day..
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tommy threw himself on his bed, he just arrived home at around 4:30AM— unlucky he had the night shift and someone was running late so he couldn't clock out. at least he can get some overtime money from big Q, with some begging of course.
"what do I have to do tomorrow.." he sighed, ever since he started being a normal person it was taking a toll on him. he kept on making his own hours higher to avoid being at home bored out his mind.
honestly, he wished he could go back to being a hero. but that life was over, phoenix was nothing without administrator. he needed his mentor and boss, he couldn't be alone. that was something he made sure of, tommy would never be a hero again..
but what if he didn't want to be a hero? being a hero is great but, what if..he became a villain, it didn't sound bad— it can't be that hard..right?
THIS PLAN WON'T FAIL.