Our Word

1

Tommy stared at the grey wall of his holding cell, waiting for his lawyer to arrive. A guard had pushed a tray of stale food under the bars a while ago, but he hadn't touched it. How could he? How could he think of eating when his best friend was dead? When he was about to stand trial for his murder? He had tried replaying the scene in his head, in preparation for the questions he knew his lawyer would ask, but it was too painful. Tommy let out an involuntary sob. Poor, sweet Tubbo, dead. His Tubbo, his best friend in the whole world. Before he could wrap himself any deeper in his thoughts, he heard the cell door open, and Wilbur stepped into the room, thanking the guard who'd let him in. Tommy looked up at him, wiping tears out of his eyes.
"Wilbur? Why- what are you doing here?" Wilbur gave a small smile.
"Didn't they tell you? I'm your lawyer, Tommy". Tommy's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe it.
"You- you're my lawyer? Really? Oh, thank god for that! That means- that means we can win! You're Wilbur motherfucking Soot, you can get me out of this, right?" Wilbur avoided Tommy's gaze.
"Tommy, I- I'm going to do my best, of course, but...". His sentence trailed off. Tommy narrowed his eyes, scrutinising the taller man.
"But what, Wilbur?" he asked.
"There's a lot of evidence against you, Tommy. We're talking fingerprints, alibis, past offences, even witnesses. It'll be difficult, Tommy, maybe impossible, for you to come out of this unscathed" Wilbur explained gently. Tommy scoffed.
"Unscathed? Wilbur, my best friend is dead! I think I'm past scathing at this point. But I- I can't be blamed for this. I can't take the fall for the man who did this to Tubbo, I-"
"Tommy, did you say 'man'? Do you know something? Do you know who did this?" Tommy looked away, but nodded.
"I- I saw it happen, Wilbur. I saw him die. It- it was awful. One minute we were walking along the river, just... just normal, and then... then Eret tackled me, threw me aside. I don't know what he did, some martial arts shit, but he paralysed me. I lay there, helpless, as he grabbed hold of Tubbo and... and pushed him under, held his head under the water until he just... stopped moving. He went completely limp, Wilbur, and I screamed at Eret to stop as he... he shoved stones in Tubbo's pockets, weighed him down and dropped him in the river. By the time I could move again, Eret was gone, and Tubbo was dead. I dragged him out, and then all of a sudden I was just surrounded by policemen, handcuffing me, pulling Tubbo away. Then they put me here, said I was going to stand trial for his murder. And here we are". By this point, Wilbur's serious exterior had disappeared, and there was only pity on his face. He took Tommy in his arms as the young boy sobbed, soothing him. When Tommy had calmed down, Wilbur took him by the shoulders and held his gaze.
"Listen to me, Tommy. I know there's a lot of evidence against you, and it's going to be difficult, but knowing what I know now, I swear to you, I'm going to prove your innocence, even if it kills me. I promise, Tommy. You just need to trust me" he said. Tommy nodded, and put on a brave face.
"I trust you, Wilbur" he replied, and for the first time in months, he believed those words. With that, Wilbur stood, and stretched out his hand to help Tommy up off the stone cell bench.
"Then let's tear those motherfuckers to pieces".

A.N: So, what did you think? Like I said in the description, this fanfic is based off a TikTok by @fragilegoner. The reason this chapter is so short is because I want to see if anyone would actually have any interest in reading this if I continue before committing to it. If so, then I would write longer chapters, and depending on what you guys would prefer, I'd either release each chapter as I wrote it, or write the entire fic and release it all at once later on. Let me know what you guys would prefer, and thanks for reading :)

(Oh, also, if any of you are any good at art, would someone like to make a cover for this fic? Because as much as I love Wilbur, I don't think him burning down a house is the best cover for this story lmao)