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The past year had been hell, the near constant torture driving him closer and closer to the end his brother had experienced. At first Tommy swore he wouldn't end up like Wilbur but as the pain increased he slowly felt himself wishing he had died alongside Will, that the explosion that wiped out their home had taken him with it. Tommy was in despair, he had no future, his brother dead, his father in denial and his oldest brother wanting him dead. But tommy couldn't even judge technoblade, of course he wants tommy dead! Everyone wanted Tommy dead… even Tommy himself. That's why Tommy stood in the snow, a block of tnt in hand and staring at his remaining brother's house. You see like Wilbur Tommy was a coward. He had stared at the lava, or the cliff edge many times but he just couldn't do it himself. The funny part is when Wilbur pulled the same bullshit Tommy was pissed at his cowardice, they faced wave after wave of battle head on but Wilbur was too scared to kill himself? He just had to drag everything they loved into it as well? But here Tommy stood, too afraid to do it himself and once again following in his brother's footsteps. Technoblade hated him, technoblade would do what Tommy was too much of a pussy to do himself.
“Tommy” a gruff voice sounded from behind him causing tommy to jump and turn around
“What do you think you're doing?” he asked
Tommy knew what he was doing, for the first time on this server he was doing something good, sure it was still selfish but it was good.
“I've come to fix the server,” he decided. In order for his plan to work he needed techno mad.
“By what I assume is blowing up my house? Have you really thought this through tommy?” he asked in that condescending tone that always pissed him off as a kid, made him feel like an idiot. However for the first time ever he agreed, he was a fucking idiot.
“I can't reveal all my secrets now, can I? Why don't you just go inside. Read a book or make some soup.” he suggests “pet your hounds.”
Tommy was playing with fire and he knew it but the sudden shift in technoblades expresion just helped remind him how protective of his animals he was. Techno pulled out his axe and looked at Tommy's merger frame. Techno stood tall with glittering netherite armor and the axe of peace in his hand, tommy was hunched in on himself with skin showing obvious signs of hypothermia with torn clothes, a worn out pair of leather boots and a single block of tnt, he did have a wooden sword but as with the rest of his stuff was worn and damaged. If they battled it was clear who would win.
“Go home tommy. We both know this won't end well for you” techno said, a glare firmly in place on his face.
“I cant blade. Today one of us died. You or me.” Tommy says and for the first time in a hot minute, he smiles. The same kind of ‘not all there’ smile Wilbur had when begging their father to kill him.
“Maybe if i'm dying anyway i can finally show you what it's like having your home destroyed and your pets killed.”
Technoblade physically recoiled at Tommy’s actions, this wasn't like him, this was like wilbur. Tommy then turned back to the house, leaving his back exposed like he was asking to be killed at this moment. But that would come later. Suddenly the young boy started walking towards technos house, tnt in hand, and technoblade panicked. On one hand he was concerned for his younger brother but on the other hand he couldn't just let Tommy blow up his house.
“Tommy stop! Tommy don't make me hurt you” he tried to command but it was met with silence as he finally reached the house.
Definitely Tommy placed the block down and grabbed some flint and stole from his inventory. Suddenly technoblade charged him, grabbing the flint and steal from his hands and chucking it behind them before pinning tommy to the side of his house with a blade to his neck
“Just what the hell do you think you're playing at tommy? Do you need attention that bad? Do you think doing this will get you back in the good books at l’manburg? Because that ship has sailed tommy, no one gives a shit anymore” he growled
Tommy knows no one gives a shit. Tubbo burned his compass, ranboo never visited anymore, niki and jack both wanted him dead, fundy hasn't looked at him the same since wilbur and quakity just didn't care anymore. Care is a finite resource and Tommy had used it up on his selfish decisions long ago. He had nothing to keep him here.
Tommy leaned forward despite the blade to his neck, cutting it slightly and causing blood to run down.
“Do it blade! If you don't, I'll keep trying, I'll blow everything up if it's the last thing I do! So either you kill me or say goodbye to your shit.'' Tommy says, grinning ear to ear and trying to push further into the axe at his neck before getting roughly shoved back again.
Ever since a kid technoblade gave Tommy whatever he wanted, whether that be a second golden apple or a piece of cake before dinner, tommys older brothers loved to shower him with gifts. But for the first time ever as his brother made a damaned he couldn't do it.
“Kill me blade! I know you want to, so do it! Time ticks forward in an endless cycle and this is our fucking destany” he cackled like it was all just a joke, god technoblade wished it was all a joke as he stared into tommys unfocused, dull gray eyes.
“I tried fighting destiny blade, i did, i said i would be better than him” tears were now accompanying the smile.
“Him? Who is ‘him’ tommy?” techno asked unsure.
“Wilbur. I said I'd be better. But I cant blade. So let me fix it” he said and technos heart dropped. Tommy didn't care about blowing up his house, he was just here to kill himself.
The day Wilbur lost his last life they also lost their father. Once a devoted son technoblade would follow phil to the ends of the earth then off if he so desired but wilbur was his twin. Seeing his fathers blade pierce his twin's body had sent him off. When they returned to technoblades house He had yelled at Phil as soon as the doors closed but Phil didn't respond, did not defend himself. He vowed he would be like his father, he would keep his family safe. But he had failed. Tommy was exiled by a known abuser and instead of going to check on him he went to laugh at him. Hell he told Tommy to die at one point because he was mad. And now he was actually considering ending his baby brother's life all because he didn't know what else to do with the damaged boy.
No wonder Tommy thought he'd kill him.
But he wont. Suddenly techno remembers the potions in his inventory and reaches to grab the slowness one, he pulls it out and uncorks it and goes to give it to Tommy who thrashes around in an attempt to stop him. Techno has to drop his axe so Tommy doesn't hurt himself further and just grab the frail child in his arms.
“Cmon tommy, just drink it” he says gruffly to which tommy thrashes harder.
Tommy knows what happens with potions, poison kills you slowly and painfully, harming is at least quick but leaves nasty scars, healing just means he’ll be hurt worse later and any other potion is just dream doing another experiment on him. So he thrashed harder
“NO!” he screamed, attempting to maybe bite dream but only succeeding in opening his mouth just wide enough for dream to get the potion in his mouth. He tried to spit it out but a hand was over his mouth far too quick. Suddenly he was dizzy and felt too weak to keep fighting
As Tommy slumped in technoblades, the older man finally let out a sigh of relief. He picked Tommy up and brought him into his house, he wasn't going to let him die. Techno wasn't going to be phil and tommy will never be wilbur. Techno is going to fix this.