SleepyBoys - Family AU

thirty five

--Tommy's POV--

as i lay in bed, staring at the blank ceiling unable to sleep, i felt a coldness wash over me, the feeling of ice entering my body

i sighed, angrily

"what do you want? it's three fucking am"

"i wanted to talk to someone"

"go talk to techno"

"he's gone out"

"where?"

"i don't know"

"phil then"

he stayed quiet

i sat up, resting my back on the wooden headboard of my bed

"wil?"

"sorry? i zoned out"

"i said go talk to phil"

"oh."

"what? why won't you talk to phil"

"he can't see me"

"what do you mean?"

"i don't know- he- i heard his and techno's conversation earlier- he-"

wilbur looked at me, tears in his eyes, flinching slightly as they ran down his face gently, the droplets a translucent blue, leaving a trail on his ghostly skin

"he can't see me tommy"

"do you know why?"

"no- i- i've tried talking to him- i- i even tried accessing his memories, though that was an accident and i- he-"

"wait, what?" i cut in

"what? did i say something?"

"what did you mean by that?"

"by what?"

"you tried to access his memories?"

"oh yeah! i can do that! i did it to techno accidentally on the morning of the- of uh.. the day, and i accidentally did it to phil, but it didn't work!"

"what do you mean, didn't work?"

"they were blurry, i even tested it later with techno ag-" he stopped suddenly, restricting the words from flowing out of his mouth

"wil?"

"i- i tried it with- with techno- and-" he tried to say, turning his head away

oh no

oh no

"wilbur.."

"tommy?"

"what did you see?"

"me" he said

"i saw me"