Sage: *ready for his first day of work* *nervous*
Cody: *smiles and hugs him gently* its okay, son, you'll do great
Sage: ... y-yeah... *isnt confident he will*
((Mm had and idea because Sage is my punching bag currently lmao... basically, even after months of working for Jonah at his company, Sage does NOT get any better, every day is like its his first day at work. No matter how hard he tries for some reason he just cannot do it. ((Jonah is trying his best to help him as best he can, but is maybe a little frustrated at this point)) Sage feels absolutely awful and terrible and begins to hide in the bathrooms at work and just cry and sometimes throw up because knowing hes letting everybody down makes him feel physically ill. He begins to avoid Cordelia, going as far as to delete her contact in fear of her contacting him.
But this time, because they are aware of how he was suffering before, his family begin to pick up on the fact that Sage is NOT okay, Jonah notices it at work ((and i like to think that sometimes he stands by the bathroom door and just listens to his brother cry, knowing he can't go in to comfort him (because Sage doesn'tlike people taking pity on him), but also making sure no one goes in and disturbs him)), cody and azul notice it at home, now that theyre aware, its impossible to ignore.
The tipping point that they decide to intervene is when in an offhand conversation over dinner, one of them asks how Cordelia is, because sage hasnt spoken about her in a month or so, and sage just goes "oh... i dont really talk to her anymore... i havent for a while" or summin
Basically when they find out that sage was no longer talking to a girl he was deeply interested, and who was interested in him as well, theyre like "okay we need to intervene here"
And then, after all of this hell the last few months have been, jonah has to find a way to fire sage that wont hurt his feelings, but of course, sage being the ticking time bomb he is, absolutely takes it the wrong way and does the only thing he can think of, run the FUCK away from his problems
For a littlewhile, they cant find him, he hasnt used his card to make and purchases, theres nothing to suggest where he is
And then
AND THEN
Cordelia is out, maybe in a different town, maybe just on the outskirts of the town theyre in, idk
Someone is lying on their side, stripped down to nothing but their underwear (its sage, obvi but lemme give you the dramatic version), their breathing light and sporadic like theyre barely alive. The lack of clothing wouldve been demoralizing if he was conscious enough to know how little he was wearing. Theyre littered with bruises, cuts and burns, far to many to be self inflicted. Hair is completely shaved off, poorly, like someone was doing a hack job of it.
Upon closer inspection, Cordelia, the absolute angel she is, realizes that its Sage. Sage whos been ignoring her for months, Sage whos name was brought up regularly on the news for being reported as missing
So she takes him to hospital, and he has to recover there for a prolonged period of time
And maybe
MAYBE
After this
Ill give him some well deserved happiness
***
Louis: *flew over to where elliot lived and is heading to their house in a car he hired* *excited to see his brother*
Elliot: *nervous and is making sure everyrhing is clean and orderly* *stressed his brother will find a way to nitpick everything*
