We could be immortals (SBI found family fic)

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Tommy is guided into consciousness by a low purring. He dares not open his eyes, afraid their return was a dream. So when he hears Phil's affectionate warbles, he can do nothing but grin.

Safe- happy- protected- fledgling

Tommy tries to get up but is only gripped slightly more tightly by strong arms as he grumbles

"Phiiiil let me go" he whines and the bird finally relents as his sons chuckle.

He sits on Philza's lap, grinning sleepily at the others who approach and sit on the steps too. Wilbur leans over and hugs him gently while Techno, slightly more reserved, cups his face momentarily.

"You stayed" Tommy breathes and their smiles falter

"Of course we did, we weren't just going to leave you"

Tommy draws his knees up a little "Yeah... you were"

They lapse into silence but Tommy doesn't miss the exchange of glances between them. Phil clears his throat and instantly has Tommy's attention

"Fledgling, we can't help it- but we must leave. We can't visit, not once we've left your dimension. And- we can't take you with us. Not as a mortal. However much we may love you"

Tommy's head snaps up and he stares at Phil, searching for the lie. He isn't sure if not to celebrate the sincerity. Phil's eyes crease with emotion and Tommy looks instead at the twins who gaze at him calculatingly.

Love wasn't a word to be thrown around to recklessly, so why were they wasting it on him?

And then it clicks.

"Wait- not- as a mortal?"

Techno grins a little, raising an eyebrow. "Stop speaking in riddles Phil" he says suddenly and Phil exhales determinedly

"Not as a mortal, no. But... Possibly as an immortal."

Tommy's heart flutters

"As an immortal? Can you do that? To me I mean- can you make me one of you?" He says quickly and Wilbur runs stressed hands over his face. Phil shakes his head when Techno nudges him on, so the Blood God continues to speak in his place

"Yes. We can make you one of us- but there's a price, and it's high"

Tommy nods eagerly

"We can change you, but once you're an immortal there's no going back. You'd leave with us and never return" he says sincerely. He seemed to be baiting Tommy, waiting for hesitance that doesn't come. He sighs and continues "And the process... is brutal. It would be painful- for everyone involved" he says quietly and Tommy listens. When he seems to say no more, Tommy smiles

"I want it"

Wilbur looks at him sharply "Tommy you have no idea-"

"I don't care! I don't care- I'm no stranger to pain and- wait what do you mean painful for everyone involved?" He says suddenly and Technoblade looks aggravated

"I mean we'd have to watch you die"

They are plunged into a looming silence as Tommy urges his words to work. Anything- a promise, even a snarky remark but he has nothing. He's a survivor, a rebel and a vagrant of the streets. Everything he has done has been to survive and to give it up, to hand it over willingly... would definitely be worth it for them.

"Could you do it?"says Tommy quietly and Techno doesn't reply.

"Do it?" Says Phil gently, finally