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    “We missed you,” Ranboo said.
    Tommy scoffed and turned his head away.
    “Tubbo made it pretty sure he didn’t miss me.”
    “He does,” Ranboo said. “He did.”
    “Then why all- all-” Tommy waved his hands around.
    “Because he missed you.”
    Tommy sighed, and rewrapped his arms so the hands wound around his elbows.
    “I’m thinking I maybe shouldn’t have come back,” he said.
    “Why?”
    Tommy shrugged.
    “Because my best friends have a whole life without me. Because my family has grown without me. Because my nephew never knew me. Because I wasn’t there. And now- now it’s too late.” He buried his hands in his hair, fingers tangling through loosening curls. “Now it’s too late, and I can’t- I can’t fix anything.”

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    Five years ago, give or take, Tommy's older brother killed himself. Five years later, he goes back home and tries to pick up the pieces.

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