casaposa: <user name="proverbially"> (i become more powerful)
caesar 'spicy boy' zeppeli ([personal profile] casaposa) wrote 2021-05-16 11:04 pm (UTC)

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[He remembers the day with a vivid clarity.

Someone noticed the grimy children holed up in their family home, hungry and dirty after days, weeks, months of getting by on scraps.

He remembers because it wasn't long after he heard those wayward comments outside the door that people came-the police, some sort of official. They split them up in that moment, Caesar proving with his fiery temper that he had to be moved a different orphanage. One that resembled a juvenile hall more than a home.

He knew then that the likelihood of seeing his family again was miniscule. Small. A speck of hope he never bothered to cling to. One he disowned the second he escaped that 'orphanage' and disowned his family name.

He never expected to see the words big brother directed his way. Never thought anything like that would pass through someone's mind because his family wasn't here and-

He never thought someone could be a part of that family again. Thought it was a self-bestowed punishment for his ignorance as a child.

It hits hard. His eyes flash over the screen again and again and-

Again and again.

It feels too surreal, but-
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