Nowhere to Go - Carl Wilson x Reader

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Y/N soon reached her brother's house, she had run out of Carl's house and halfway across town pretty quickly.

Y/N banged loudly on the front door and waited. She was terrified of how Bruce was going to react.

"Y/N! It's seven in the morning, why are you here? Wait, why do you have a bag? Y/N, what's going on?" Bruce rubbed his eyes as he opened the door.

Y/N burst into tears as soon as she saw him.

"I'm sorry Bruce."

"No, no sorries. What happened? Do I need to kill him?" Bruce pulled his sister into a tight hug before bringing her inside.

"Please don't. Bruce, I broke up with him for good last night. He's in the past now, but um, he hurt me pretty bad. There were cuts and bruises." Y/N said sheepishly.

"Let me see." Bruce said and she showed him the bruises and the plasters. "Where did the plasters come from Y/N? Some of these places are hard to reach by yourself."

"Bruce, I'm really sorry that I didn't come straight to you, I was scared of your reaction and I panicked, so I went to someone else." Y/N said, she looked at the floor so she didn't have to see the upset and disappointment in his face.

"Who did you go to? Please tell me you didn't stay with Colin last night." Bruce ran a hand through his hair.

"It wasn't Colin. It was um, one of your bandmates." Y/N continued to look at the floor.

"Who? Y/N, which of my bandmates did you stay with?"

"Carl."

"Carl? As in Carl Dean Wilson, the man that hates you, the man you hate? The man Dennis and I have to separate you from? As in the man that gives you judgemental looks and tells you to shut up? Y/N, what were you thinking?" Bruce exasperated.

"I didn't know where to go and I panicked. So yes, it was that same Carl Wilson whose house I ended up at. Look, I'm sorry Bruce. I was scared and I was too scared to come to you straight away because I know how much you hate Colin so I was terrified to admit to you that you were right. I don't know Bruce, everything happened so quickly and it was so scary. I just ended up there." Y/N sobbed, Bruce's questioning was not what she needed right now.

"Hey, I'm sorry that I reacted like that. I know it must have been scary, and I'm sorry that you felt like you couldn't come to me, it's awful. I'm meant to protect you and help you, not put you off because of how much I want to punch that bastard. I'm glad you went somewhere though, and I hope Carl wasn't too pissed at you. C'mere." Bruce moved closer to his sister and pulled her into a hug, he let her sob into his shoulder.

"Carl was helpful. I think he was pissed at first, but he cleaned me up and listened to me when I told him what was going on. I left straight away this morning though, I felt really bad." Y/N said. "I didn't even give him the chance to respond to my hundreds of apologies that I gave him as I ran out."

Bruce pulled his sister in closer and began to rub small circles on her back, Y/N's cries slowly quietened.

"I'm glad he helped you, and I'm glad he got your injuries cleaned up. I appreciate the fact he took care of you and didn't kick you out. I'm still so sorry that you felt like you couldn't come to me, you shouldn't feel like that, I'm your brother and I should be there for you, but I'm obviously not great at that, I'm sorry Y/N, I really am."

"It's okay, Bruce, it's okay. I love you. Can we please for now just forget about the fact I didn't come to you first? I don't want to think about that on top of the fact I've left Colin, that's more than enough and I'm scared Bruce. I'm so scared of him." Y/N whispered, her voice breaking.