Trust Issues [SBI adoption au]

Chapter 7

Hey guys, how are y'all. I'm doing good right now so far. Enjoy this chapter. Yes, I did change the cover of the book.
TW: Death, blood, panic attacks
Please tell me if I missed a warning.

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Tommy turned around faster than he had ever turned and saw the face of his school bully, Matthew. He just glared at him.

"Well," Matthew had a smug look on his face, "are you going to answer my question? Did you get powers, or are you still useless."

Tommy hated that word. He'd been called useless so many times, and in truth, nothing was useless. Everything has a purpose.

"No," Tommy mumbled, answering. "I didn't get a fucking power."

"Oh," Matthew's face had a fake, mocking, pity look on it. It made Tommy feel like he was useless, "too bad. Powers are only reserved for the best people then."

That made Tommy shake in anger and frustration. He didn't want this to happen in front of his new family. He didn't want this to happen at all.

Tommy was about to do something when Techno stepped forward.

"So what if he doesn't have a power? That just means he is better than you, because he doesn't have some sort of an ability that helps him." Techno glared at Matthew.

Wilbur stepped forward and stood next to Techno. "Yeah, you have a problem with people being powerless?"

Matthew shrunk down when the two bigger boys stood forward. "Umm, n-no. I t-think people without powers are c-cool."

"Good." Techno said.

Matthew ran off, probably shitting his pants.

When Techno and Wilbur both turned around to look at Tommy, they saw him shaking and looking panicked.

Tommy's thoughts were everywhere.
They were going to hate him.
Useless. Worthless. Powerless.

Tommy knew he was having a panic attack, but there was nothing to stop it.
His breathing was quick and uneven. His eyes darted everywhere, looking for places to run and hide.
His body was shaking and he could barely stand.
He couldn't breathe.

As Tommy's vision started to get blurry, Wil and Techno ran over to him.
He could faintly hear Techno tell him to breathe, or something like that, and Wilbur rubbing his back.
Eventually, Tommy had calmed down enough to function normally. He hadn't realized that he was crying.

Tommy wiped his tears away and wiped himself off.
"Tommy, can you hear me?" Wilbur had his hand on Tommy's shoulder.
Tommy nodded.
"Are you okay." He heard Techno's monotone voice.
Tommy nodded.

"Are you done shopping for the day, mate?"
He didn't realize that Phil was there, standing next to him, comforting him.

"Yeah," Tommy spoke in a raspy voice, "I think I'm done for today." He felt so embarrassed. He had been humiliated in front of his family in public.

As the group walked back to Phil's old mini van, Wilbur and Techno were comforting him with words he couldn't hear. Tommy felt like he could sleep for hundreds of years.

On the car ride home, Tommy slowly drifted off into sleep.

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Wilbur's POV:

Wil was worried for Tommy.

He was sitting in the car right next to a sleeping Tommy.

After only knowing him for about a week, Tommy already felt like a brother to him.

The boy struggled with lots of stuff. He had trouble trusting them and it broke Wilbur to see him freak out.

Once, when Tommy was alone, Wilbur walked up behind him and scared the shit our of him. Wilbur wasn't even trying to scare him.

He had also been finding some light gray feather wherever Tommy was.

That's odd, is the only thing he thought when he saw them.

Wilbur looked over to the side of him. Tommy was slightly twitching in his sleep. There was a small smile on the younger boy's lips.

Soon, smile faded and Tommy's body was moving more.
His breath was panicked and he was crying.

Wil tried to wake the boy up.
"Tommy, Tommy!"

Techno turned around from the passenger seat and looked at Tommy with a worried look.
Phil was also seeing what was happening by looking around.
"Wake him up, Wil!" Phil said, looking towards the road again. The car swerving just a bit when he had turned around.

"I'm trying!" Wilbur shook Tommy again, but harder this time. He could hear Tommy muttering. "No no no, please."

Eventually, Tommy jolted awake with tears on him face, a panicked look.
Wil put his hands on Tommy's shoulders.
"Are you okay?"
Tommy looked at him and nodded. He could tell that the blond was calming down.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorr-"
"It's okay, you don't need to be sorry."
Wilbur whispered to the panicked boy.

He put his arms around him, engulfing him in hug.
Soon, they both drifted off into a light sleep.

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Tommy POV:

He woke up on the couch in the living room. How the hell did I get here??

He tried to get up, but then he realized that there were arms wrapping around him. He looked over and saw Wilbur sound asleep.

Again?!

He looked away from Wil. It was about mid afternoon and he was starving.

He looked back at Wilbur and noticed that something was off. The arms that were around him weren't warm, they were cold. Wilbur's face wasn't as pink as it should be. It was gray.

He knew what thus was.

Wilbur was dead.

Tears came to his eyes, Tommy started crying. "No no no, please!"

"Tommy" He heard a voice sat his name.
He looked over to the dead Wilbur. It was smiling, calling his name over and over. A tone in his voice scared Tommy.

"You did this to me." The dead Wilbur lifted up his shirt to see massive cuts on his chest. Slash marks from claws.

How could he do this? He doesn't have claws, he's a fucking bird person!

"You led them to me Tommy. You made them do this."

The hunters.

"No, no, no!"

Tommy woke up in a panic. Wilbur was over him, shaking him. They were in tye car, driving home from shopping.

Wil wiped the tears off of his face.

"Are you okay."

Tommy felt ashamed of himself. He became a burden for Wilbur.
He nodded either way.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorr-"

Wil cut him off by hugging him and saying something. Tommy didn't hear.

He was exhausted from crying and panicking.

This Wil's arms were warm, and Tommy soon fell asleep in his arms, no nightmares in sight.

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Omfg, finally. I'm finally done with this chapter. Sorry that I haven't been uploading very much, I've been super busy. This might actually be the second time that I've uploaded in one month. Good job to me. Anyway, have a good day or night.
Love ya
-Sam