Intrusive Parenting

6

"Deceit?" The child looked up at Remus with eyes filled with terror. Normally this was around the time his thought went dark...er. He hated people being scared of him. So when they were his mind would always scream at him to give them something to be afraid of. It wouldn't be too hard he is just a child after all. Remus frowned seeing the boy's hands shake as his eyes fill with tears. He slowly dropped to his knees trying to do what he's seen Patton do so many times before with Virgil. 

"You're ok. You're going to be just fine, Dee." Remus wanted to scream. He didn't understand how this could have happened. How could Deceit be a child? He looked like he 6 or 7. Was it the ball? Did the ball of energy do this? His mind was frazzled and cracking. He wanted to snap. He wanted to go and go and attack Roman because it had to have been his fault right? He wanted to drag Logan's sorry ass over here to help fix this but... seeing the fear in Dee's eyes froze him to that very spot. He didn't know what to do. On one hand, he was freaking out and worried over the man he cared for more than anything. And on the other... He really wanted to snap. 

"Deceit?" The child flinched slightly and Remus sighed in concern. Dee had to be his first concern. He can deal with his mental state later. He had to stay focus as much as he can be. Deceit was obviously terrified. Why, he doesn't know. What would Roman... no. What would Patton have done? If Deceit simply regressed in appearance he would be berating Remus by now but instead, he's shaking. So... Logan is so much better at this shit.

"Pie?" It was hardly a whisper and it was the first thing that came to him. Deceit narrowed his eyes anxiously playing with his gloves as Remus created a slice of banana cream pie. It was one of Dee's favorites as a child. "Would you like some?" The boy frowned as Remus held the pie out cautiously. Honestly, he was just trying to calm Dee down by playing into his sweet tooth. He and Patton both go mad over sweets, and Logan and Roman enjoy their jams. 

Deceit glanced around a bit nervously reaching out for the plate with shaking hands. The man simply smiled handing the plate over. Dee was scared it was a trick or something. He was a little unnerved. Everything looked and felt so familiar but everything was different then he remembered.  Where was Virgil? Where was Remus? Normally those two were running around laughing and breaking things. Who was this man and what was going on? Did something happen? Deceit honestly felt like crying. He saw this look of pain flash in the man's eyes and he wanted to run. The man looked scary, gave off a dangerous feeling. Even though didn't look mean... and he gave him pie. The man groaned a bit in confusion and worry, making it sound all shaky as he held his hand out slightly.

"You should eat at the table. Don't want to the big Dee angry..." He laughed a bit but it sounded slightly broken as he let his hand drop. Deceit watched him get up with a frowned walking off only to stop and glance over. "Come on. It's safe. I promise. And unlike a particular serpent, I am all about honesty." Deceit narrowed his eyes in anger. That was clearly meant to be a jab towards him. Like he knows anything... He's talking like Ray and that pissed Dee off even more. E even still Deceit followed. He was scared and unsure about anything. This man was the only person Deceit had seen since he woke up in that room. They walked through the rooms and Deceit noticed the layout was the same. So he was right to think he was still at the mind palace even though EVERYTHING looked so different. It only made him more scared. What happened to him? What happened to this place? Where were the others?

They managed to get to the table without any issues. The man was quick to pull out a chair and clean the table off of papers. Deceit just watched in confusion. Seriously, who was this guy? Why did he feel like he could trust him? It made no sense. He should be running. He should be trying to find the others. Anxiety was probably freaking out right now. Ray was most likely having an episode. Why was he just standing there... with pie?