At The End Of The Day

Chapter 14

"Fuck my head hurts."

"Youll be fine Papa Bear." Caitlyn smirks.

"Ew what the fuck?" Vi cringes.

"Tell me all about the cubs you wish to breed into me."

"No! Yuck! Why are you being gross?!"

"I dont know what you mean darling. I thought i was a sexy Mama Bear, preparing to be bred by my sexy Papa Bear, so i could give us cubs."

"This is my thirteenth reason." Vi stumbles out of bed (unaware of how naked she is), and goes straight for the bathroom.

"Fucking hell Violet, put some clothes on." Vander walks back into the bathroom, throwing a towel at her as he leaves again.

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"Tell me about your past?" Theyve both eaten a weed cupcake. As Vi figured, Powder was only teasing about her not getting one.

Caitlyns laying on her back, nude. Vi nestled between her breasts, Caitlyn stroking her equally nude skin.

"Where do you want me to start?"

"What all do you know?"

"Uh- I dont know. A lot of its stories from Vander and Silco. My mother died in the riots when Powder was- im not sure, but she was tiny. Maybe five or six? Vander, he fought in the riots. Blames himself for not protecting her. Blames himself for not being at her side when those fucking Enforcers shot her. Her death was quick, so at least she didnt suffer." At the end, Vis voice quivers. "Apparently a few years later, i had a bad fight with him, and i told him he was the reason mom died, and Powder got in the middle, and i hit her-" a sob. "I didnt mean to! I didnt mean it, i didnt mean any of it!"

"Shh, shh, i know you didnt. You would never want to hurt the people you care about." Caitlyns fingers glide over taught muscle, play in her hair, tickle the back of her neck. "I shot my mother the first time she handed me a gun. It was only a graze on her arm, but i felt like my world had collapsed."

"Everyone makes mistakes, everyone is given a chance at forgiveness and growth, but i cant find it in myself to ask. I cant bring myself to the point i understand it was a mistake, that growth is an option. I shut it out, and let it fester- and- and i make it hurt when im alone... When i learned i hit my own baby sister over something Piltover did- i couldnt- She didnt see me for a month..."

"I was so afraid of my mother disowning me i stayed with my aunt in Ionia. A few days after arriving, my mother sent me a letter. She told me something ill hang onto forever. 'What you did wasnt an act of malice, but a lack of training and situational awareness. Next time on the range, we will try again, and this time no one will be hurt. Unless you knock yourself on your ass getting overzealous.' She was correct. We talked everything out, baby steps. She still flinches when i touch guns, but i understand why, and while sometimes it hurts, it also stands as a moment of growth."

"After Vander moved us in with Silco, he told me a similar thing. He told me i was young, and angry, and scared. That lashing out is how i coped because its what ive been subjected to."

"See? Youre not a bad egg, Violet. You were just in the wrong coop."

"Not a bad cub, i was in the wrong cave." Vis lips quirk.

"My beautiful Violet."

"My bashful Cupcake."

The take turns dozing in and out, sharing more stories. The time Claggor taught Vi how to ride a bike, the time Tobias took Caitlyn hunting, the time Mylo broke his leg trying to parkour, the time Caitlyn broke her wrist crashing her skateboard.