Oh, lord. This one is hard. The aftermath of what they did to him. The sliding tumble of the shards of his damaged mind. (He’s just a kid!!!) The door opens and he is huddled in a corner, terrified. (Cait Scott, did you see your son in that corner? Did you feel anything? You justified, didn’t you, told yourself lies.) Defiance, all he had left. So on the edge of ending being the only escape.
And Charlie, holding him. Too late, Charlie. (But he came now, and that isn’t nothing.)
Gah. This one destroys me. It is, of course, gorgeous and perfect in tone and everything else, but lord what they did to him.
Little wonder he turns into a basket case when you push him far enough and then stick him somewhere triggering, honestly. Scotty's actually pretty damn functional considering what he's been through in his life, but it also definitely does explain some of his later quirks even after he's pretty damn okay. (And also somewhat how he stops being, too.)
I don't honestly know what Cait thought. I think she would have felt guilty? But also probably defensive. I think she figured probably it was necessary, but she wasn't going to hold the line on it when both her brothers come asking where their nephew is. And then after this, she just-- kind of tries to paper over it. And, exhausted and heartbroken, he just lets her, until he's standing in the kitchen looking at her knives. And even after that, I think sometimes he was existing only a breath at a time.
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