Tommy was three and three quarters when Kristen went to the hospital for the last time.
Tommy didn't understand why his dad and big brothers looked so scared, but Tommy was afraid to ask, as the last time he bothered Wilbur when he looked like this, Wilbur yelled at him and it was really scary.
Tommy paid no mind to the wires and the beeping that surrounded his mom, choosing instead to climb up the bed himself and give her a hug. Tommy loved his mom! Whenever Dad and or his big brothers were too busy to play with him or speak with him, Tommy would just sneak into Mom's room and take a nap with her.
Just as she always did whenever Tommy snuck into her bed, Kristen wrapped her frail arms around Tommy and pulled him tight to her chest, pressing soft and gentle kisses to his forehead.
"It's time for me to go now, baby," she whispered to him.
"Go where?" Tommy asked, blinking as he looked up at her. "I come?"
"No, baby, you can't come with me," Kristen said softly, a single tear sliding down her cheek. "You have to stay with Daddy and your brothers."
"Oh," Tommy said quietly. It wasn't that Tommy didn't love his dad and his big brothers, it's just... they were scary sometimes.
"I love you so much, sunshine," Kristen said, kissing him on the cheek one final time before Techno reached over and lifted Tommy out of her arms. Tommy wanted to whine and curl back up with his mom, but one look at Techno's grim expression made Tommy silent.
Tommy couldn't hear what his mom said to his dad and his big brothers, she whispered too quietly, but Tommy could easily see the way his dad broke down sobbing, as well as the way his big brothers began to argue and shake their heads.
Tommy didn't like it whenever Wilbur got angry, and the three-year-old, fearful of the yelling that was sure to come, hastily toddled out of the hospital room.
Tommy wasn't there when the heartbeat monitor flatlined, nor was he there when Phil broke down and the twins began to weep.
It wasn't until, nearly two hours later, when security called over the P.A system, was Tommy found by his family.
As Tommy got older, he would look back on that moment and wish he was never found.
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If We Could Go Back (I'd change the world for you)
Fanfiction[AO3] The death of Kristen broke the Craft family. Phil, in his grief, neglected his youngest, Tommy, subconsciously blaming him for the death of his wife. Techno, who was never great at handling emotions or children, followed suit. Wilbur, who was...
