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2020-09-06
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Defining "Home"

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"Wilbur?" A soft voice called into the dark room, just loud enough to pull him from his light sleep. "Are you awake?"

It was Toby, the boy had trouble sleeping every now and then, and Wilbur didn't blame him for having trouble sleeping tonight considering the circumstances.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm up." Wilbur responded, rubbing the sleep and grogginess from his eyes. A quick glance to the alarm clock on the side table showed that it was only 2:24 in the morning. Toby quietly shuffled into room. The moon light streaming in from the window barely lit up his small frame and his trademark blue blanket that had been worn to bits wrapped around his shoulders. He looked so young.

"It's-it's been so long." Toby's voice cracked, Wilbur could've sworn he heard a sniffle too. It wasn't rare for Toby to cry, he was the most sensitive out of the trio, but that didn't stop the pang that hit Wilbur's heart.

"Hey, you're alright, come here." Wilbur took the younger boy into his arms, "been so long since what?"

"Since we've had a home."

Chapter 1: NOT A CHAPTER - Get to know the story line!

Chapter Text

Here's my story line! 

Wilbur, Tommy, and Toby!-

  • Wilbur, Tommy, and Toby are all brothers!
  • Wilbur is 17
  • He's tall, around 6'5" and he has dark brown hair

  • Tommy and Toby are 14 (they're twins)
  • Tommy is taller than Toby, standing about 6'3" while Toby is stuck at 5'5"

  • But while Toby sticks out because of his height, Tommy's the only blonde of the family

  • (It's really the only way to tell them apart)

  • Tommy is 6 minutes older than Toby, that's very important (or at least he says it is)
  • They've been in the foster system for a while now

  • Bouncing group home to group home

  • Never really staying in one place for too long
  • They all had to grow up pretty fast because of it

  • Wilbur the most, finally taking on a parental role at the age of 15

  • He hates thinking of how short Tommy and Toby's childhoods must've seemed to them
  • Toby has a blue blanket that he takes everywhere with him

  • It's absolutely worn to shreds but he won't let anyone near it

  • He even gets anxious just washing it

  • Tommy on the other had has a red stuffed bear

  • It doesn't really have a name, everyone just called it "Tommy's Bear" or "Red Bear"
  • The blanket and bear are the only comfort items the younger boys have

  • Wilbur decided he is in no place to take those from them or decide when they're too old for them
  • Wilbur insists the second he turns 18 he'll adopt them and they can finally live a happy life

  • Since they're all utterly terrified of being separated

  • It's so bad Tommy and Toby have severe separation anxiety 

  • Toby is definitely the softy out of the twins, he's always been very sensitive
  • Even though Tommy is just as sensitive, he'd rather not let it show
  • Wilbur isn't as attached to the younger two as they are to him
  • But he'd give his life protecting those boys

  • Tommy likes to think he's tougher than Wilbur, Physically, Mentally, and Emotionally.

  • He doesn't really know how to prove it, so he picks fights a lot

  • Someone's picking on Toby? that's a fight. Someone talking bad about Wilbur? That's a fight. Someone talking bad about him? that's a fight. Someone looks at him the wrong way? That's a fight.
  • They rarely get physical because Will is always disappointed when they get that far
  • Tommy's really just trying to get attention, as much as he hates to say it

  • Toby has severe dyslexia so a lot of time is spent tutoring him or working on reading

  • Nothing's ever really been wrong with Tommy

  • At least not that he knows of...

  • Wilbur's oblivious obviously, but that'll be addressed later :)

Clay and George!-

  • Clay and George have been best friends since before high school
  • Everyone weekend was spent at either's house

  • They were basically attached at the hip

  • They even got voted "Cutest Couple That Never Was" in the year book

  • Only finally realizing their love for each other at the end senior year
  • They ended up going to the same college together

  • Even buying their own apartment together

  • Everything had been going perfectly, they had graduated, gotten jobs, moved into a house with two extra bedroom

  • Then they realized they wanted kids

  • Which is kind of hard to do when you're both boys... 

  • That's why they decided to adopt!

  • Clay wanted to adopt young

  • But George wanted to adopt older

  • The older they get, the less of a chance of fostering or adoption they had

  • And George wanted to make sure everyone got an equal chance for a home, no matter their age

Eret!-

  • Eret shows up later in this story
  • He's 16

  • A year older than the twins

  • He's lived in this town his whole life
  • He's kind of an outcast
  • it's not that he's done anything wrong

  • Kids are just mean sometimes,

  • He has two moms, sometimes he wears dresses, he likes both boys and girls

  • And some kids don't like that

  • But he ends up becoming very close friends with Toby!