take me to church (emily prentiss)

4. fifteen

AN: hi guys! happy monday!!

tws:

mentions of child abuse
mentions of drug abuse
mentions of SA
dead children
brother issues
are they a thing? they are now
homophobia is mentioned

i hope you enjoy!

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"now i know your name, but not who you are." - all my love, noah kahan

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Mason and JJ were going to New York this weekend. Ziggy was going to miss Mason a lot, 'cause it was so weird when he wasn't here now he lived with them full time. He'd live with them forever when the custody had been transferred to Delilah in a few weeks, and Ziggy was used to having Mason with him all the time.

In a way, Mason was a built in brother, and it was different to Ziggy's bond with Zara. Mason got Ziggy in a way Zara didn't. They came from similar backgrounds, they were only a year apart, and both of them had dead dads. They both adored Delilah and, together, the three of them had a special bond.

They were Delilah's boys.

Mason was Ziggy's cousin, or would be when he was Delilah's kid officially, but Ziggy didn't see it that way. They were closer than cousins. They were brothers and, together, the two of them would be the best big brothers to baby Henry and make sure he grew up to know he was loved by them.

So, Mason being out of the house for the weekend was going to be strange and Ziggy hated even thinking about it. It would be so boring. What would he even do without Mason there to be his sidekick?

They wouldn't work on the car without him, even if they were so close to finishing and starting on the new car Delilah got them for Christmas, and all the video games they had were boring playing alone after he'd gotten so used to playing with Mason.

Even Nora, Colin and Dave had decided to go away for the weekend. The three of them had drove down to Virginia beach to go gambling and get drunk and be stupid grown ups together, and Ziggy was alone with a baby for company, both of his moms, Delilah, and Will.

It was bizarre. Everything was bizarre.

What was more bizarre, however, was the fact that Liv and Emily were hiding something from Ziggy, except he knew what it was, they just hadn't sat him down for a conversation about it yet.

They were going to have a baby, or they were gonna start the process because Emily couldn't just knock Liv up like Will knocked JJ up, and Ziggy was going to be a big brother to a baby like Mason was with Henry.

He was excited. He was really excited, actually. He wanted a little brother, partially because he didn't think he'd be able to cope having a little sister after losing Zepp, but another part of him so wanted a little sister because he could do her hair and makeup and paint her nails and teach her how people should treat her, and how to win at Pacman, and how to speak Italian like he could now, and she'd probably look just like Liv and he did, and she'd be adorable.

He would be a good big brother. He was good with Henry, and Jack. He knew he'd be the best helper for both Liv and Emily, and he'd tell them this as soon as they actually sat him down for the conversation.

Though, there was one thing Ziggy wanted to do before his moms had a baby. He wanted to officially close the chapter of his life before he came to Virginia, before he came home, and that meant he had to see Talia.