The Umbrella Academy Oneshots

Helping Hand- Ben (2) x (Fem)Reader

A/N: PLEASE READ AS IT HAS TO DO WITH THE STORY AHEAD AND EVENTS IN IT!!!!!

This story has been requested by: _Wagle_

They have requested a story with Ben (2) and a Fem reader in which the reader has Tourette's. Now for full transparency, I myself don't have Tourette's so all the information in the following fic are things I found in my time researching the subject.

Like all conditions/disorders- symptoms vary for everyone and I'm aware of this. The symptoms and tics in this fic are just the ones I've chosen for the sake of the story. In this Ben will be comforting the reader through a tic attack. This ALSO varies from person to person. Some people would rather be alone, some are okay being restrained (most aren't), some like helpful encouragement during these moments. So once again the tactics in this fic are for the sake of this fic ONLY! Thank you!

If anyone with more knowledge or has Tourette's themselves, takes issue with anything in this story PLEASE let me know so I can swiftly fix it.

THIS ALL BEING SAID:

TRIGGER WARNING: (I'm not sure if this needs a warning, but I'd rather be safe than sorry!) A somewhat descriptive tic attack portrayed through Ben's POV. (Nothing major since it's not in Y/N's head but still).

Sorry for monologuing! ENJOY THE STORY!

BACKSTORY, READERS POV:

You didn't sleep very well last night. Thoughts of random events continuously swirled throughout your mind, never letting up until you finally passed out around 3am. Now being awake at 7 in the morning, you know today's going to be a challenging one.

See, you have a nervous system disorder known as Tourette's syndrome. The disorder gives you the urge to make some sort of movement or vocal stim to stop the constant itch in your brain, it can also result in unwanted/unwarranted thoughts (which is what kept you up the night prior). These urges are commonly known as tics.

When you were younger you tried suppressing your tics, as you didn't like the way it commonly made people stare. You were already an insecure child and adding that to the mix only made you feel more awkward. However, you quickly noticed that suppressing them, only made the urges return 10-fold, often ending with you having a tic attack. Tic attacks are generally exhausting and tend to drain your powers so you like avoiding them as much as possible by controlling your environment to be best suited for you (sometimes it can't be helped- that doesn't stop you from trying your best).  

As you grew older you realized it didn't matter if people stared at you in public. The people who stare simply don't understand and you're lucky enough to have a wonderful support system by your side that DOES understand.

You're a part of Sparrow Academy, you aren't super close with them, but they always manage to comfort you regardless. Your father Reginald however does NOT feel the same. Reginald hates your tongue clicking, lip popping, random slew of phrases, rapid blinking, or random use of your teleportation powers. He's not a huge fan of you randomly appearing next to him. He'll never admit it, but it always scares the daylights out of him.

He's the reason you aren't allowed to be close to the other Sparrows. He hides you away and makes sure you interact very little with them, regardless of your helpful powers. Though none of that stops a certain someone from constantly seeking you out.

BEN (2) FIRST PERSON POV.
PRESENT TIME:

I roll my eyes at the idiocy happening directly in front of me. I'm sitting at our dining room table as Jayme and Alphonso compete for who can make the best breakfast. This has, so far, left the entire kitchen looking like a hurricane ran through it. "I don't get your need to constantly compete over the dumbest things." Fei takes the words right out of my mouth. Jayme cackles. "That's because you guys are BORINGGGG!" She further gets on my nerves by dragging the last word out for an obnoxiously long time. Fei just shakes her head and walks away, but not before yelling back, "you two better have the kitchen clean before Y/N sees."