Oneshots

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Rewrite No. 1 -- Enjoy :)

Tommy & Wilbur & Dream

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Tommy was staring at his screen unmoving. He didn't know what to do. He didn't know what he was doing brushing off Wilbur when all he wanted to do was help. He really should have let him help. He didn't want to let it all get to him, but there was no way you could read thousands of messages talking bad about you and not take at least a bit of it to heart.

Let's go back, and I'll tell you what happened.

Wilbur watched his screen, moderating chat. He knew Tommy liked to keep his reputation so he did his best to keep anything that would jeopardize it off his screen. He knew the actual moderators tried, but every once and a while they would miss something and it would set Tommy off. That's where most of his outbursts come from. After a while, things in chat seemed to start to be too much for the mods, even with Wilbur there. Tommy did his best to ignore it, but you can only take so much.

After the stream had ended Wilbur called Tommy just to have a chat with the boy. The two sat there for a couple of hours before Wilbur finally decided to bring up the stream.
"Tommy, what's up man?" Tommy grunted confused so Wilbur continued.
"Have you done anything out of the ordinary lately?" Tommy huffed.
"No." Wilbur sighed seeing that he wasn't going to get much from the boy as he usually exploded in words when he was asked a question.

Wilbur let the conversation die and the two sat in a comfortable silence once more. After a couple of hours, Tommy left to go to bed. Wilbur sighed once the blonde had left the call. He knew it was taking a toll on the boy, even if he wouldn't admit it.

The next stream Tommy did wasn't any better. It started off normal like always, but about thirty minutes in, there was one message that sparked the thousands. Wil was there again and decided he had had enough. He messaged Tommy to end, he wanted to talk to the boy.

Tommy ended his stream and called Wilbur. They both turned on their cameras like always and Wilbur immediately started to talk.
"Tommy you can't just let them do this to you." Tommy huffed.
"I know that Wil. Don't you think I know that?! What am I supposed to do about it? I haven't done anything wrong lately, I don't even know why they're doing it!" Wilbur sighed.
"Well at least listen to me now, no matter what they think of you, my opinion of you won't change. And I know for a fact that no one else close to you will think any different." Tommy's eyes started to water. This is why Wil is his best friend.

Tommy thanked the 25-year-old and left the call. Tommy valued Wil's opinion, but not as much as he values Clay's. Tommy and Clay had the occasional public interaction, but behind the cameras, the two were always on call; whether they were discussing the youtube algorithm, views, money, or just being brotherly, you could never get them alone.

So when Tommy got the notification from discord that Clay had pinged him, he immediately called the Floridian. The two sat on call, today being one of the rare days where they sat in silence. It always seemed as though the two had something to talk about, so these days were rare. The two didn't talk, they didn't laugh, they didn't work, they just enjoyed the presence of the other. Eventually, the two got off the call, Tommy needing sleep and Clay having to record, but they valued the time they spent together.

The morning after when Tommy woke up, it was to very loud pinging coming from his computer. He supposes he should have probably turned it off last night but it was too late now. He got out of his comfy bed to see what was going on. Apparently, Quackity wanted to film a live mod video and wanted Tommy to participate.

Tommy agreed as long as he was allowed to stream it as well, he didn't feel up to recording anything today but he still needed content, so this was perfect. Tommy joined the discord call with Quackity, Wilbur, and Ph1LzA. Once they got ready everyone who was streaming started their streams.

Clay watched as his little brother played with their friends. Wilbur had messaged him the day before asking if he could mod Tommy's chat while he was in the recording and Clay had agreed. He didn't understand why Tommy needed an extra mod until he was actually modding Tommy's chat.

He sat there for a while banning people and hoping Tommy wasn't focusing on chat until it became apparent that he was. Clay sighed and messaged the boy to apologize to their friends and end his stream. Tommy was reluctant but eventually, he did and Clay called him immediately after.

The two sat in silence for a good while before Clay talked. Tommy started to enjoy the silence, only to be startled when the older did start to speak.
"Tommy, what's going on with chat? Are you ok?" Clay asked softly. Tommy sighed with tears in his eyes, 'that was fast' he thought to himself.
"I don't know. And I was kinda hoping you wouldn't notice it." Clay's brow furrowed.
"Well, why not?" Tommy didn't respond.

The two lapsed into silence for a while. Clay was beginning to think he wouldn't get an answer but at last, Tommy sighed.
"I didn't do anything, they just started being mean. I was hoping you wouldn't see it because, you know, I look up to you, and I didn't want you to think I was weak because I couldn't deal with some stupid haters."Clay's eyes widened.
"Tommy thousands of people cyber-bullying you is not 'some haters', that is thousands of people sending you hate messages, ones that I know get to you. And I'm not here to say that you're weak, or anything like that, I'm here to tell you to ask for help when you need it. I'm always gonna be here to help you and I never want you to be in trouble or sad or hurting. You need to know that you've got support, even when people are telling you otherwise. I promise you that much."

Tommy was definitely crying now."Thank you, Clay, thank you." Clay smiled sadly."Of course Toms, you're my little brother, I'd never let you go through this stuff alone. I promise."

This is the first chapter that I have re-written. I wrote it a while ago, but I thought I wanted to rewrite a couple at a time before releasing them, but it's taking longer for me to do so than I thought -- with school and all. I hope you enjoy :) - Alex