MFM (Mid-Fight Masses) and PIT (Partners in Time) one shots

Sensory overload (Rsch, Krus, Ruv and Reader)

AU: Modern AU + Reader is Ruv's older sister AU + Rsch, Krus and Ruv live as a normal family AU (by Handzy)

Synopsis: Ruv gets a sensory overload in the mall and his family members comfort him.

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6-year-old Ruv, 13-year-old Y/N and their parents, Rsch and Krus were walking in the mall on a Saturday. Y/N was happily chattering with Rsch and Krus as they walked, with Ruv occasionally dropping a few words as well.

As Y/N told their parents a story about something that had happened when her and her brother were waiting for their parents to pick them up from school the previous week, the sound of his parents and sister talking, as well as the chatters of others who were in the mall started to amplify in volume. It felt like everyone was crowding around him and screaming in his ear.

The seams of his pants and the tag on his shirt felt like pins and needles stabbing into his skin and everything feels too hot. He wanted to speak, to say something, but he couldn't.

"You went to the cafeteria and brought Graham Balls for you and Ruv using the money you had left?" Krus asked.

"Yeah." Y/N said. "I wanted Graham Balls and he did too, so I brought 1 Graham Balls for each of us."

"Really?" Rsch asked.

"Yup." Y/N said. She turned to her younger brother. "Right Ruv?" He didn't respond. "Ruv? Are you okay?" When Rsch had reached over to Ruv, the 6-year-old boy couldn't take it anymore and ran.

Krus, Rsch and Y/N chased after him. He ran into the boy's restroom, went into a stall, and closed the door. Krus, Rsch and Y/N ran in the washroom as well, ignoring the looks of the men that were there, and knocked on the stall.

"Ruvvy?" Rsch asked. "Are you okay?"

"No." They heard Ruv choke out.

"Can we come in?" Krus asked. They heard the door unlock. Krus opened the door and walked in the stall, with Rsch following suit. The four of them wouldn't be able to fit in the stall, so Y/N stayed behind. When they went inside, Rsch and Krus saw Ruv sitting on the toilet with tears in his eyes.

Rsch bent down, carefully taking her son in her arms and stroking his hair when he started crying. "What happened?" Rsch asked.

"I don't know." Ruv sobbed. "It felt so hot and my body hurt. It felt like everyone was screaming at me."

"What happened to you was called a sensory overload." Krus said, giving Ruv a bottle of water. As Ruv drunk, Krus explained what a sensory overload was, making sure to use words that Ruv could understand.

"So...this "sensory overload" thing is normal?" Ruv asked.

"Yeah." They heard Y/N say from the other side of the door. "It doesn't happen to everybody, but it can happen to anyone. Can you open the door please?" Krus opened the door and saw Y/N holding out a (f/c) stuffed bear. "Maybe this'll help him." Krus smiled and took the stuffed bear before closing the door and giving it to Ruv, who took it and hugged it.

After a few minutes of silence, Krus spoke up. "Do you want to go home?" Ruv nodded. Rsch stood up with Ruv still in her arms and walked out of the stall with Krus. Ruv pressed one of his ears on Rsch's shoulder and Rsch covered his other ear with her hand.

The family walked out of the room as they made their way to the parking lot. When they had went in the car, Krus sat on the driver's seat and played some white music. Rsch sat in the front passenger seat and Ruv and Y/N sat in the backseat, cuddling (in a platonic way).

When they had reached the house, Krus and Rsch saw that their children had fallen asleep and smiled. They've never experienced a sensory overload before, and neither had Y/N, but they knew what to do.

Another thing they knew was that they'd always be there for each other, no matter what.