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Growing up Grian knew he was different, he was liked a lot, he had many friends. But he could never let them go, there was something about leaving or sharing something he cared about with others that he absolutely despised.
His friends would call him manipulative, toxic, obsessive, crazy, a psycho, but that didn't make sense. Grian is a good friend, and they just didn't cooperate with him, they rather leave him than put in effort in their friendship, Grian did not like that one bit.
So now that Grian had new friends, he quite enjoyed that they didn't always question him.
On Hermitcraft there's just a whole bunch of weirdos so we all just fit right in with each other.
This is how we find ourselves in the current situation.
In the red light of the basement in Grian's base are a whole bunch of film pictures of Scar and Mumbo.
A few locks of hair from each of them in a small bag.
Stolen things and anything that they'd given to Grian.
Grian as a desk in the basement, writing one of his many love letters that he'll never send to either of them.
See Grian has "loved" Scar and Mumbo since he first met them, it's been going on for a very long time.
When Grian first met Mumbo all this years ago, before he'd ever met Scar, he thought Mumbo would make an amazing friend and it seems that Mumbo thought the same thing.
But when Grian joined Hermitcraft and he got to spend more time with Mumbo his feelings towards him changed.
Suddenly it wasn't a beat friend, it was trying to hold his hand, it was always having to be touching him in some way
It was saying "I love you" under his breath while staring (stalking) at him.
But he always treated Mumbo with a lot of love, making sure he was taken care of, making sure he was comfortable with what he did with him.
But with Scar..it's a whole different story.
Scar and Grian met when Grian joined Hermitcraft, but they never really did anything together.
Grian always thought he was cute or hot at times but nothing other than that.
Well that all changed after 3'rd Life, when he and Scar teamed up and they were together romantically.
After that Grian knew he'd never let Scar go again, Scar was so amazing and a great partner, plus he'd done many intimate things with Scar during that time so there was no taking that back.
Grian and Scar in Hermitcraft have a very "toxic" relationship, nothing what they do to each other in itself is wrong or bad, it's just the way that Scar clearly likes when Grian is hurt so that he could be the one to help him.
Or how Grian loves when Scar kills him because it reminds him of 3'd Life and it makes him think that Scar loves him again.
So Grian does what he's doing now, he writes them love letters, he's got dozens of them neatly stored in some boxes down there.
Grian himself had always been obsessive, he knew that, he had attachment issues growing up and he still has them, he knows that he never likes to let go of something or someone he likes.
But when he got turned into a Watcher it made everything worse, because now Grian had the power to watch them whenever, he had some sort of superiority complex to some extent.
The other Watchers tried to help him through it before but nothing really ever worked.
He'd even requested help from the Beings, but he shouldn't have expected anything, they enjoy watching this kind of things.
They enjoyed chaos because they've given up on what they've created, well 'She' did, and he'd requested help from her.
She had just told Grian "it's apart of yourself, and frankly it's entertaining, just let it be I'm sure that you'll deal with it as you live"
Grian would never tell anyone out loud, but he hates it.
He hates the way he is, because he always ends up pushing the people he loves and cares away.
So that's why he learned to only show the parts that he came use to his advantage.
He make people like and enjoy his company and slowly let his other traits show, but by the time it's all out they're all used to him and think it's just how he is, which is true.
That's what he'd done with everyone on Hermitcraft, and we'll, he's still here no?
Grian heard footsteps upstairs
"Who's here?" Grian mumbled, he put the quill down and walked upstairs, locking the basement door as he asended the stairs.
As Grian walked to where he had heard the footsteps he saw that it was just Scar.
Scar had a camera and looked like he'd been caught.
"Scar?" He questioned him.
He smiled and waved at him gently "Hey G, how you doin'?"
He quickly regained himself and collected him.
Grian smiled back, stretching his wings "I'm doing fine..what's that camera for?"
He took a picture of Grian
"Pictures!" He proclaimed "you wanna be my model for today? I'm just trying to practice my photography."
Internally he was giggling 'aha, I'm his muse! Of course I am, I was always him muse, oh my Scar you always make me so happy' he buttered myself up internally
Grian nodded at him "yeah sure! I don't mind being a model"
He posed "these looks were made to be captured anyway~"
Scar laughed and took another picture.
They made their way to a nice open view on a cliff.
Grian smiled out, stretching his arms and wings out "ah, do you feel that Scar?" He looked over at Scar
Scar shook his head "no, what do you feel?"
Grian laughed "the warmth of the sun, the breeze coming in, it's the sound of freedom Scar, the anthem of life!"
Scar shook his head at him affectionately, Grian always got poetic when it came to nature- no, he got poetic about the sun a lot
Scar took the opportunity and took a picture of Grian in that pose, Scar loved taking pictures of Grian, especially when he was happy.
Or asleep in the morning, or getting ready for the day..
But that was besides the point.
The point is that Scar was able to take these beautiful pictures of his Grian, his lovely Grian.
Scar walked Grian home that night.
When Grian knew Scar was home he got his film camera out and headed for Scar's base.
Grian stared at Scar from his window
How gorgeous Scar was wasn't he?
Grian was glad that Scar was his..even if he didn't know it yet?