jeff the killer + homicidal liu headcanons - prologue
Life was heaven when Liu was home, because Jeff felt like an actual human being with a decent enough life that didnât make him feel like the black sheep. Even the bullying was something he could healthily endure in the sense that he knew how to put a stop to it when his brother was here because the boy had someone to talk to whenever he came home with cuts and bruises.
He wasnât keeping any of his feelings in; he wasnât letting them fester and purify and warp the small idea of good people he tried so fiercely to protect. Liu encouraged his little brother to protect too, constantly.
âItâs shit right now, and people fucking suck, but not all of âem are. Not everyone has it out for you. Youâll know when you find those kinds of people, bud.â
But then they moved to a new town a bit too far from anywhere to feel like a town and not an isolated village with a population of under a thousand, and the bullying followed.
The Woods brothers had dark hair and dark eyes, so that obviously meant they were evil. The Woods brothers, who liked the peaceful quiet of nature and spent their days in the forest instead of the loud playgrounds or gaudy theme parks overpopulated with shrieking children.
Liu Woods, who loved his little brother like nothing else, who raised him when their parents wouldnât and saw him through his overbearing school life. Liu Woods, whoâd kill for his brother; Liu Woods, whoâd die for his brother. For his rosy cheeks and babyâs grin (the same grin Jeffery had worn since he first learnt how to).
Liu Woods, who was mean and scary when he was getting rid of the kids picking on his brother, Liu Woods, whom the bullies called âHomicidal Liuâ, because when he stared you down with eyes painted with the black of the moon, the fleeting thought of âhe looks like he could kill someoneâ danced across your brain.
Liu Woods, who worked an okay job that wasnât exactly everything he ever wanted because ran with a bad crowd and squandered a good academic opportunity. Liu Woods, who returned home with broken dreams and took charge of his little brother because neither of his parents could be bothered to.
Their first son had become a failure, so why should they waste their time and efforts on their second one?
They threw themselves into their work, their depressing, sorry work they truly had no more joy in than coming home to their youngest son, grimacing at him like they were scorning the fact he was alive.
Jeffrey Woods, who was small at thirteen, unimpressionable and not much outwardly changed during the first stages of pubescence as a thirteen year old would typically be. Jeffrey Woods, who wore his long hair curtained over his eyes, so pale a blue they were white unlike his brotherâs obsidian eyes.
Jeffery Woods who was quiet and undiagnosed because why would his parents care as much to understand their young sonâs lack of audible communication, or his aversion to lights and sound or his love for his hooded cardigan, an item of clothing he had in abundance (because Liu, who understood, had bought them for his brother).
Jeffery Woods, whose only true friend was his big brother. Jeffery Woods, who rocked when he was content. Liu Woods, who understood why. Jeffrey Woods, who picked at his skin when he was unsettled. Liu Woods, who gently took the nervous boyâs hand in his overworked, calloused ones to coax him to stop.
Jeffrey Woods, who slept so poorly because the curtains were white and let all the daylight in, his mattress was too soft, so he sunk down in the middle over time, and his bedframe creaked something awful because it was an ageing thing with loose planks. Liu Woods, who used the bulk of his wages for his brotherâs complex needs and whatever was left for himself.
Liu Woods, who made it his mission to buy the darkest curtains he could afford. Liu Woods, who saved up for weeks to buy a new mattress that was agreeable for Jeffrey. Liu Woods, who with his numerous trade skills acquired during the time he spent in different professions, reinforced the rickety bedframe himself and replaced every plank of old timber.
Jeffery Woods, who was picked on on his first day at his new school and bullied every day following. Jeffrey Woods, who was made fun of for his untameable hair and plain clothes, called dirty when in truth the child physically could not stand any sort of grime.
Jeffrey Woods who was called boring and poor because he wore the same clothes every day.
Jeffery Woods, whom all the boys laughed at because his brother was his only friend and he hid his âcreepy eyesâ behind his hair or under his hood to avoid detection, but that made them pick on him more. Jeffery Woods, who was a living ghost because he was pale all year round and couldnât take in sunlight no matter how he tried.
Jeffrey Woods, who lashed out wildly when the bullying became too much, but even then all the other children did was laugh and bully him even more, because he, who was recognised as stiff and emotionless, was suddenly exploding with manic rage.
Jeffery Woods, who had been called âJeff the Killerâ way before he had ever cast his eyes on a blade because the children in his class thought him as odd as the serial murderers their parents warned them about.
âHe shows all the signs,â theyâd say. âJeff the Killer.â
âNever be alone with him or heâll get you.â
Jeffrey Woods was never a lonely child while at school.
âHeâll get you, I bet he will.â
âŠHe had his bullies to thank for that.
Jeffery Woods, Jeffrey Woods. Heâs as unmoving as the trees; heâd be one if he could.
Jeffrey Woods, Jeffrey Woods⊠Letâs stand him in the forest and leave him there aloneâhis mad hair like black rotten leaves, his white hoodie like the body of a birch tree.
Would he burn just as quick too?