Struggling Love | Ross x gn!reader

Cʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ XXIII

Guess what bitches, this is a flashback episode, hope you're ready

By the way, I am adding a meme that was sent in the discord. Credits to Ena or MinusEna_ (correct me if that isn't your user) for this lovely meme, if it isn't there then wattpad is probably glitching

Anyways, enjoy this chapter because it (probably) contains a lot of angst 😘

Warnings: mentions of blood, sort of childhood trauma, gore & panic attacks (sort of). I won't be putting a star for when it all begins since it's sort of for the whole chapter 🤷‍♀️

Key words: F/n - father's name, M/n - mother's name

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July 24th 2015

Monday

-M/n's POV-

I sat on the bench, looking at my kids playing, with a worried look. I was gripping on to my coffee mug as I carefully watched Y/n run around, laughing, having fun. The twins ran away from them, laughing hysterically as Y/n chased after them and pretended to be some scary monster

I felt a hand rest on my shoulder as I jumped and looked to my side to see my husband

"Are you okay?" He asked, squeezing my shoulder slightly

"I'm fine, F/n. I'm just... worried about.. it." I said, shivering as the image of it replayed in my head

"It? What do you-" He quickly stopped himself as realization spread across his face, "M/n..." He began, squeezing my shoulder once more

"It's long gone now. We defeated it." He sighed, his arm snaking around my neck as he pulled my closer

"But what if be didn't." I looked up as him, gripping my mug even tighter, "What if it's still here. What if it goes after them." My hands started to shake as the coffee in my mug shook with me, come of the coffee spilling out and landing on the grass below me

"M/n, we defeated it. There's no need to worry." F/n said, sighing as he rested his head on top of mine, looking at our kids laughing and playing. My hands stopped shaking as I finally relaxed

"Yeah.. you're probably right." I muttered.

"I'm gonna go prepare dinner." F/n said, kissing the top of my head as he got off of the bench and walked away, I smiled and watched him disappear through the door before turning my gaze back towards the kids, Y/n specifically

I watched Y/n closely, their laughs loud and their arms in front of them as they chased Aiden and Caden

Suddenly they stopped, their happy expression falling as their arms lowered slightly. Aiden and Caden continued to laugh and run, not noticing Y/n stopping

Y/n looked towards the fence, their shoulders dropping. I watched in confusion as Y/n slowly backed away, their then relaxed hands turning in it fists as she took another step back. Aiden and Caden stopped running and looked at Y/n with confused looks

"Mom!" Y/n yelled, turning around and running towards me as tears formed in her eyes. They jumped on me, their whole body shaking as they sobbed into my chest "Make it go away! Make it stop hurting my ears!" They sobbed, burying their face further into my chest and desperately gripping onto their ears

My eyes widened as I grabbed onto them, the twins approached with scared looks as they stared at Y/n

"Don't worry, Y/n. I've got you, just try to listen to my voice." I whispered, my hands ruffling into their hair as my lips rested against their forehead