Random mcyt oneshots (mainly SBI)

Dad

TW: Abuse, toxic parent, Jschlatt being a dad, manipulation, mentions of alcoholism/slight alcohol abuse, young Tubbo, panic attacks, Tubbo's firework death, and Jschlatt's heart attack, injury description, someone just give Tubbo a goddamn hug and give Jschlatt a small partial hug ig.

For context, Ranboo and Tubbo did know each other before the firework bit, but Ranboo didn't know anyone else.
Also autistic Michael because I said so. He's only mentioned but whatever.

Tubbo sat on the floor curled up next to the couch and under the side table facing the wall. His arms hugged his legs against him, hiding his face and sobbing gently.

He was too young to understand what had just happened.

His father had hit him; hard.

He tentatively put his hand on his cheek and winced in pain. He put his head back on his legs and kept crying. He didn't know why he was crying; it didn't hurt that much. Maybe it was the shock and the confusion of it all. He was young, scared and confused. All he had done was accidentally break a lamp, not even an important one.

"Tubbo..?" his father called. Tubbo's eyes widened at he hugged his legs closer, moving closer to the wall.

"Tubbo there you are.." his dad said, slowly and carefully scooping him up from under the table. He hugged him tightly and began go wipe his tears away.

Tubbo gripped his dad's blue jumper in his hands and cried into it.
"I'm sorry Tubbo, I didn't mean to do it. I was just stressed and I- I don't know why I did it. How about we go out and get you something yeah?"

And so they went out and got Tubbo some toys.

And it never changed.

Even years later his dad would abuse him, and then pretend like it was an accident and do something nice for him.

By his teens, Tubbo knew it wasn't normal. Tommy, Wilbur and Techno had never mentioned anything, and looked shocked if Tubbo mentioned how his dad would hurt him.

Sometimes it's normal, Tubbo knew this, but to the extent that Tubbo had it surely couldn't be, it surely wasn't. I mean every time something went wrong, even if Tubbo wasn't to blame, his dad would hit, kick, push or just hurt him in any way, then make up for it like it took the pain and fear away from him.

Tubbo didn't want presents. All he wanted was a hug, and the promise that it wouldn't happen again. He wanted his dad to look after him, and bandage his scars instead of leaving Tubbo to do it himself. He wanted his dad to be proud of him, he wanted his dad to stop being in control of Tubbo.

Tubbo started to stay at home less and less, hanging out with friends more, desperately trying to cut his dad off, as per Tommy's advice. Then he met Phil.

He hadn't met his friends parents before. He was amazed at how nice parents can actually be. He didn't need to sort himself out if he got hurt, he didn't have to make his own food, and they respected his boundaries. His dad never did that. He'd overshare everything about Tubbo and constantly go through his stuff.

Tubbo would flinch if anyone tried to touch him. Not just from abuse, he just wasn't good with physical contact, never had been.

"Maybe I'm overreacting.." Tubbo say to Tommy one day. They were sat on a bench somewhere. "Maybe dad isn't bad, maybe it's because I don't like physical interaction and it's just my brain making it worse than it seems-"

"Hey!" Tommy said, clicking twice, "Ya hear that?"
"Hear what-"
"You! That's an unhealthy mindset to be in bee boy."
"...bee boy..?" Tubbo was confused. He honestly had no idea where that came from.
"...yes..you like bees..and nature..and everything that I don't like."
"Tommy- you're scared of bees- that's- that's why you don't like them-"
"I am not scared of bees."
"..."
"..."