Something You Fight For

Episode: 2

"He's here!" Squealed Kallie, Finn's mother as she bounced back from the window.
"Can you believe he's twenty in only a week?" She huffed as she ran over to Kane, her husband,'s side.

"Finn, get your sister!" Kane called, grabbing a desert from the table and placing it neatly by the door.
They heard the first car door slam as Finn came back down stairs, followed by another car door slamming.

"Did he bring his girlfriend?" Kallie questioned, turning to Kane.

"Ugh, I wonder which one this time." Finn huffed, rolling his eyes.

Bellamy was slightly older than Finn, by nearly three years and never wasted a moment in which he could be picking on Finn.
But, sadly due to the two having different Dads and going to different schools, Bellamy was never around for long, or long enough for them to develop a deeper bond.

The door swung open, in came a smiling young man, tanned skin dotted with darker freckles and black, curly hair.
"I'm back" he smiled, his lips curling ever so delicately as he dragged in his suit case.

"Bellamy." Hummed, Kane as he made his way over to hug his son.

"Hey dad." He smiled, hugging his father.
"I'd like you all to meet someone." Bellamy dragged out, breaking from his hug and holding open the door.

"This, is Pearly." He hummed as a light-brown golden retriever bounded into the house.

"You got a dog?" Asked Kane as Kallie engulfed Bellamy in a hug.

"I found her abandon near a beach" Bellamy sighed, petting his beloved pup on the head.

"Well she's beautiful. Welcome to the family pearly." Hummed Kane as Kallie shook her head in a disapproving manner. Making sure Kane noticed her lack of want or even love for a dog.

"Bellamy?" A voice cracked through the positive chatter of the welcome party.

"My. Look how big you've gotten" Bellamy hummed, his eyes meeting with that of his litter sister, Octavia.
Octavia was the link between the two boys, having Finn's mom and Bellamy's dad. She was the perfect mix in order for them to not kill each other when times got rough.
Octavia bounded down the stairs and leapt to hug Bellamy, his smile unbreaking as he embraced his little sister.

"I haven't seen you in over a year" Octavia winced in his arms, he huffed, savouring the moment as he began visibly beating himself up inside, regretting not staying in touch or closer to his baby sister.

Octavia was basically raised by Bellamy when she was young, Kallie and Finn were off with Finn's father worlds away for years whist Finn's dad was in hospital and Kane was frequently being deployed overseas, so young 10 year old Bellamy was left to fend for him and his sister in the cares of Bellamy's mom.
She was sadly a secret addict, addicted to alcohol and prescription painkillers so she was never 'alive' enough to care for the two.
But after six years, once Kallie came back and Finn's father passed, she took Octavia home, Bellamy's mom fighting for sole custody over him as Kane was overseas, unable to fight for his son, separating the two for years.

She saw the world in him, as if he were her safety blanket.
"I missed you kid" he huffed, pulling from the hug.
His eyes drifted and met with that of Finn who looked rather disenchanted at his step brothers return.
"Awe, come here squirt!" Bellamy called, walking over and pulling Finn into a headlock, jokingly noogie-ing Finn's head much to Finn's dismay.

"Let me go!" He groaned, Bellamy finally letting go as the two stood side by side. Bellamy noticeably taller than Finn.

"Say it. Say you missed me" Bellamy smugly smiled down at Finn.

"Fine, I missed you" Finn roles his eyes, widening Bellamy's smile.