Feathered - DSMP Tangled AU

Welcome home, son

They stared at each other silently for a few moments. It was probably shocking to see two kids wearing pajamas standing outside of your office. Quackity rushed forward and motioned Tommy and Tubbo backwards. "What are you two doing here? I thought Techno was taking you to your room" Tubbo's eyes never left the President's. His eyes studied the man, noting the way his hair framed his face the same way Tubbo's did. And the way his ears had the same little speckle pattern on them. "Quackity?" The older ram hybrid question. Quackity turned to his fiancé and shrugged "They came with Prince Technoblade, business partners he said."

Schlatt hummed and stepped forward looking down at the compass in the boy's hand. "I think your compass is broken kiddo" he reached out and picked it up to get a closer look. A jolt of warmth ran through Tubbo when the man's, his supposed father's, hand brushed against his slightly. "North is not-" he stopped speaking when the compass needle turned suddenly. Towards Tubbo. He frowned "Definitely broken"

Schlatt glanced at Tubbo again and then tossed the compass to the blonde. Tommy scrambled to catch it. "Following a broken compass is a waste of time" the ram slipped his thumbs into his pant's belt loops. "It's not broken dickhead" Tommy snapped while waving the compass around in his hand. Quackity looked like he was about to say something, probably complain about Tommy calling his fiancé a dickhead, but Tommy cut him off.  "It's magic"

The two adults looked unconvinced. "Look" Tommy insisted shoving the compass back to the other boy. "Take it Tubbo" Schlatt's and Quackity's eyes both widen. Schlatt took a small step forward reaching his hand out slightly to Tubbo but freezed when the younger ram hybrid flinched back. A worried look appeared in his eyes. "Your name is Tubbo?" The older ram hybrid asked hesitantly. As if afraid to hear the answer. After a moment Tubbo nodded. "The compass points towards your family" Tommy supplied.

All four pairs of eyes locked on the compass in Tubbo's hands. It pointed towards Schlatt again. Schlatt and Tubbo looked at eachother and tears filled Tubbo's eyes. A sense of realization hit them all at once. "Dad?" He whispered quietly. The President fell onto his knees in front of Tubbo and grabbed the boy's upper arms gently. "Tubbo-" he said just as quite as Tubbo's whisper. Both words held so much power in the situation but were spoken so carefully. So hesitantly as if the ram hybrids were afraid saying it wrong could result losing the other.

Schlatt's eyes scanned Tubbo up and down before settling on the boy's face again. "Tubbo, son" he breathed out and cupped his face gently between his hands. "Dad" Tubbo repeated, though this time he practically sobbed the word. Schlatt moved his hands from Tubbo's face and pulled the boy into his arms. Tubbo had sunk to his knees to fit comfortably in the arms of the President. Schlatt's head rested on top of his.

Tubbo realized he fell into the arms of someone who was practically a stranger yet he couldn't find himself to care. One look at the man's welcoming arms and he melted into the touch. His head buried into his dad's chest, and hand on the back of his head. He couldn't stop the tears and small hiccuping sobs that shook his whole body. If Schlatt minded he didn't say anything.

He pulled away from the hug and Schlatt cupped his face with his hands again. Tubbo took a few deep breaths to try to calm down. Affection he desperately craved for so long was finally given to him and he didn't know how to react. Technoblade rounded the corner, took one look at the scene before him, and sighed. "I leave you alone for 5 minutes-"

They went into Schlatt's office and the President explained everything to Tubbo, apparently, Dream had been lying. Tubbo wasn't left in a box, he wasn't left anywhere. Tubbo went out to play in the garden with the bees one day and disappeared. The guard that was meant to be watching him was found dead, his wound indicated it was a quick and quiet death. Other than that there was not a single trace of where Tubbo had gone.