Asher Hart, Hawkins resident psychopath. There wasn't that many people who hadn't heard about Asher and his family, and that wasn't in a good way. But after helping Dustin out with Dart which led to Asher making new friends, he started to change for...
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There had been many times where Asher had found himself drunkenly walking around Hawkins after an encounter with his dad but after him and Max had gotten together, Asher had stopped all of that. Asher had took Max's advice and thought of the good things in his life for months, but now, he doesn't have many good things he could think of. Ever since January, Asher had gotten back into his old habits, which Dustin and Claudia were not happy about, but they still helped Asher whenever he showed up on their doorstep, just like he had decided to do that night.
"I shouldn't of gone home" Asher slurs out to Dustin, who stood looking at Asher in shock, looking at the black eye and bust lip on Asher's face as he held his rib with one of his hands.
"Jesus Christ" Dustin mutters out before helping Asher into the house, placing him on the couch "Mom! Ash is here!"
"Ashy is here?" Claudia walks out of the kitchen and into the living room, seeing Asher in the state he's in "I'll go and get the first aid kit" Claudia announces before quickly walking back into the kitchen.
Ever since Claudia first invited Asher over to their house, she has kept a first aid kit in the kitchen for the many other times that Asher has came over after being at home. It worried Claudia whenever Asher went home; all she wants is for Asher to be in a safe and loving environment but that will never happen when Asher is living with his father. There has been many times where Claudia had thought about adopting Asher, but when she did her research for it, she knew she could not afford the lawyers for a custody battle; so she did the best she could to help Asher.
"Are you drunk again?" Dustin asks Asher with a sigh, who just laughs in reply "This is the third time this week, man. What happened to wanting to stay sober?"
"I'll give you three guesses" Asher slurs out, holding three fingers up to Dustin, making the fifteen year old roll his eyes.
"I have the first aid kit" Claudia tells the two before sitting next to Asher, getting the sterile wipes out of the kit "Ashy, you know you could of just came here tonight."
"I was here last night. Didn't want to bother you" Asher mentions, not even looking over at Claudia.
As much as Asher appreciates everything that Claudia and Dustin has done for him, he always felt embarrassed running over to their house whenever things got too bad at home. He's sixteen now, so he felt like he should be able to handle these situations on his own. Asher shouldn't need help from others at this age... well, that's what his dad tells him.
"You're never a bother to us" Claudia tells Asher with a sigh "I have told you so many times that you're welcome over whenever. You know that we love having you here."
"My dad would kill me. I remember when I got back from juvie and my dad beat my ass from being away from home for six months. He forgot that I was in juvie. How funny is that?" Asher slurs out with a laugh. Normally, Asher wouldn't tell Claudia or Dustin what would happen at home, unless he was drunk or high. Yes, they knew were, or should we say who, the injuries came from, but they never really knew the details about what was happening.
"Ash--" Dustin goes to say, wanting to reassure Asher that everything would be okay.
"It's fine, man" Asher tells Dustin "I'm used to it by now, and besides, I'm a big boy now. I can take care of myself."
"Ashy, look at me" Claudia says, making Asher do as he was told "You are a sixteen year old boy. You're still a kid, and let me tell you this, a kid should not be going through anything you're going through."
"I'll be okay" Asher reassures Claudia "Just two more years in September and I'm out of there. I can deal with that."
