Grian Oneshots

153 ~ Mimics [Angst]

TW: War; Death; KoV; Sexual assault; Implied victim blaming; S@m;

Requested: No.

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Mimics.

The fallen race of shapeshifters.

The last race to fall to the Watchers before they were pushed back to their realm. That was hundreds of years ago, so the fact Grian exists is surprising. Grian is the last Mimic known, though only two of the Hermits know - Mumbo and Xisuma.

Grian had been frozen during the war, as a child, and the spell had finally shattered when Mumbo had found and touched the crystal. Grian was unconscious, and had been frozen when mimicking the Watchers.

Mumbo got his parents, and Grian woke up in cuffs. He was extremely confused, but shifted to the form of a bird to escape the cuffs. It was at that moment a doctor entered and testing Grian. G was taken in by Mumbo's family, while the doctors made sure there wouldn't be any sicknesses transmitted and finding answers to other questions.

Grian wasn't okay with the constant tests, but he enjoyed being around Mumbo. Mostly he didn't enjoy the tests because they made him pick a form and stick to it, whereas with Mumbo, Mumbo would encourage Grian's shapeshifting and would bring biology books to the mimic so Grian could shift between more forms.

At 13 - roughly as he'd been 9 when he was frozen and he hadn't aged - he was able to attend Mumbo's school as his adopted brother. He would go through tests during school breaks, but he began to be more like the humans he mimicked.

A laboratory in Japan wanted to run some tests on Grian, and with Grian wanting to visit other countries anyway, he was sent there. Except after a few months the laboratory stopped scheduling tests and Grian remained in Japan. When he returned, Grian had PTSD and hardly shifted. He finally told Mumbo, and Mumbo promised that it would never happen again.

Grian began shifting only when he needed a break or during bad days, but he always stayed by Mumbo's side. Even after extensive therapy, Grian stuck by Mumbo. He soon realized he liked Mumbo, and even after becoming more extroverted, he stuck by his crush's side.

Even now, ten years later, he was hesitant to shift in front of admins. Xisuma knew because Grian wanted him to know, but Grian ended up being held by Mumbo in a panic attack. Xisuma was concerned, and once Grian had calmed down, he explained he hadn't meant for his gasp to be a bad sign, he was just suprised and was happy that Grian trusted Xisuma. Grian was hesitant but with some reassurance from Mumbo, he accepted the apology.

...

Grian woke up screaming and sweating. He was breathing far too quickly, and wrapped his arms around his abdomen. He threw his legs over the side of his bed and quickly stood up.

He began taking deep breaths as he began to walk downstairs to his kitchen. He leaned against the marble counter and reached for a glass. Once he regulated his breath, he filled the glass up and drank it. The coolness spread through his body as he swallowed the water.

Grian drank multiple glasses, before splashing the cold liquid onto his face. It wasn't that hot, just humid. Luckily his AC kept his hobbit hole cold, but that didn't stop the nightmares. Grian slid down the kitchen island, and let the tears to start falling.

He felt numbness spread throughout his body, and felt himself shrink. He shrunk until he was about the same size as a normal size cat. He stood up and began walking.

...

Mumbo woke up to quiet meowing coming from above him. There was some pawing at his chest and he rubbed his eyes as he woke up.