"Waking up can without any memories can be terrifying, at least you have your family by your side, husband and children that love you... It's just weird you don't remember ever getting married..."
info: male reader (trans or not), dark content, drugging people, murdering, faking relationships without consent, fake life, fake family, mafia, use of drugs for loss of memory, yandere family, force marriage and parenthood, lot of triggers and more.
Your sweet family who welcomes you with tears and warm hugs when you finally wake up in the hospital bed. Your head is hurting and your whole body feels numb, you have no idea what happened, it hurts to try to remember anything other than your name. You have no idea who is the man that looks at you warmly while holding your hand, you also don't know who are the two twin children that are staring at you, smiling softly, two young boys who stand next to your bed together. Finally, you definitely have no idea who is the little girl that jumped on you screaming and calling you “papa” while crying non-stop, her young face turning red and swollen as if she had been crying for nights straight.
Soon a doctor and a nurse arrive, the older woman just checking the equipment and seeing if any tests were necessary. The doctor seems strange to you, he shakes and seems to purposely look away from the twins and the other man. He tries to speak as firmly as he can, although he still seems nervous, almost stuttering, it's as if something is wrong...
Then he explains that you ended up being trapped in your house during a fire, having ingested too much smoke from being trapped in place. You were passed out for a few days and woke up a few times, having panic attacks when you didn't remember anything, so they had to sedate you until you calmed down more. After that, they allowed visits of your family, your husband and three children, in an attempt to calm your panic at not remembering other things.
Although he is visibly nervous he doesn't appear to be lying. You can't really remember what happened, just your vision going dark and an unbearable pain, you had some wounds on your body so maybe all of this was true… But it's strange, you don't remember fire, smoke… Just car sounds… maybe… your head hurts so much.
It doesn't take long for you to be released from the hospital, the nurses talk passionately about how dedicated your husband was, coming every night as soon as visitors were allowed, or how cute and worried your children were. The doctor said he gave you some medicine to help you, since coming back after a memory loss like that would be very stressful, sleep medicine, some vitamins… and you swear you saw a few other bottles, but when you asked about it, the doctor just avoided the topic saying they were just extras, he spoke so nervously that you didn't really understand what he wanted to say.
The car ride is peaceful, your husband obviously has a lot of money and you noticed that right away. The fine suit, the car that was huge and extremely comfortable full of technologies, even the watch he wore was definitely worth a fortune. Your children… well the children were happy in the backseat, the little girl named Elizabeth, Lizzie as her brothers called her, was smiling while her older brothers, Marcus and Matteo, cleaned her face carefully as she was now no longer crying.
Giovanni, your husband, was also smiling and playing with your children, he looked at you affectionately and patiently... but it was strange, you didn't feel any familiarity with his look, or his touch, not even his face... losing your memory could erase even that?
The house you lived in was… over the top. It looked like a real palace, lots of grass and trees, a huge backyard with children's toys, it seemed to have a path to the bottom that you assumed would have a pool, it was impossible for a huge house like this not to have a pool. You didn't fail to notice the security guards outside the property's walls, but your husband was quick to calm you down by saying that he was a CEO of important businesses that dealt with investment and transactions. This made him have some enemies, frustrated customers, and the security guards were just an extra reinforcement to protect his family.
The house was huge, but it seemed… empty. The furniture was somewhat colorless and there was practically no decoration. You also noticed that there were no photos anywhere, no wedding photos, no photos of the kids, family photos. Absolutely nothing.
Everything was lost in the fire, that's what they said, but your husband and children were quick to say that it was okay, so you could take new photos to fill all the walls. Married with three children, but no photos? Nothing except that? All electronic devices were damaged but…
The twins seemed to notice your doubt and grabbed your hands, saying they wanted to show you their new rooms, they happily talked about how you could help them decorate their entire new house. Your daughter jumped with joy, also wanting to help with the decoration, saying it would be perfect. Your husband smiled as you were led away by the children.
The days passed and your mind seemed increasingly empty, according to your husband, stress could make your situation worse so they were trying to leave your life peaceful, without forcing anything. He had even taken a vacation to be with you and even the kids weren't going to school, all to reminisce about your home environment, your loving family and the happy life you had.
But your family didn't seem to have any interest in you actually getting your memory back. You had gotten almost no information about your life before the accident until now, according to them you hadn't worked since you got married, preferring to stay at home by choice, would you really choose that?
They strangely knew your hobbies, clothing preferences, food and your birthday, so the situation shouldn't be that strange. Your in-law were dead, they had passed away a year before your wedding, according to Giovanni they loved you and never cared that you two were men. Your own parents were also dead, in a car accident that killed several people. You didn't have access to the internet, although it wasn't clearly prohibited, your husband just pushed it away saying that so much information would be too much for your head now, but you had access to an old newspaper from a few years ago, it actually talked about an accident on a highway that killed about ten people…
The relationship and the children were what bothered you the most, you felt like there was something strange… wrong. They tried to convince you that it was just the situation, no one would be at ease waking up one day without their memories and seeing that they have a husband and children.
Still… it was so far away for you to imagine this life. Apparently the two of you were dating for some time until you decided to have the twins, at that time life was a bit busy so the wedding hadn't happened yet, Giovanni himself said it was due to your own choice, since you wanted to fix everything rather, the journey, home, ceremony.
Some time later you got married and some years later you decided to have Elizabeth, making your family be perfect. But… how did that fit? The twins looked to be around 14 years old and Lizzie must have been 8… that left them with a certain age difference, deciding to have children before an already planned wedding also seemed crazy… and you two didn't look that old, you really were together for 14 years? Was this… the age they said you were really yours?
You had nowhere to turn, your husband said that you two had several friends who were worried and really wanted to see you, but for now he thought it was better than for you to rest. He even showed you audios and videos of people smiling and wishing you the best, saying your name as if they had known you for decades…
On the days when you were asking too much you had the impression that he gave you extra medicine, made your head feel dizzy and heavy and you fell asleep soundly. The next day you felt better and just lighter, even forgetting what you were questioning about.
You would be fine, in a beautiful house made for your family, with a loving husband, caring children, people who hoped for the best and were willing to help you in your recovery. Friends waiting for you, financial stability, a beautiful wedding ring and all the clothes you could want.
It was strange… you were a man, married to another man, with children. You couldn't even think if it made sense to you, sometimes thinking tired you so much… the more you tried to find it, the more lost you became.
But it was okay. Giovanni and his children would take great care of you, so your little head could rest easy and live in that perfect paradise that he built especially for you.
You didn't ever need to find out that there was no fire, no marriage, or that the children weren't yours biologically. You would never have to find out that you were actually in a car accident, and that Giovanni was a mafia leader who had been obsessed with you for years and saw it as a perfect opportunity to finally fit into your life.
There was no reason for you to find out that the accident that killed your parents was also organized by him, when your parents discovered his intentions and tried to warn you. You also didn't need to know that your in-laws, Giovanni's parents, were against the marriage of two men and that he killed them so that you would never have to hear evil words.
Of course, your friends were all fake too. They were friends and family of Giovanni's friends, but you didn't need to know that, they were all very happy that the man was now married and would accept you calmly, loving being his friends.
There was no reason for you to know that the house you were now in was built based on the information he got from you, or that the wedding ring he gave you was also made that way, or even that the clothes he had bought were all of your shopping list. He would give you absolutely anything you wanted.
And your sons? Oh! Don't worry, they were more than okay with you being their new dad. The twins adored you and knew from the beginning of their father's obsession, they even suggested some methods, but fate helped them much faster. And Elizabeth? Innocent to think that the young girl wouldn't know about the schemes, she grew up knowing that her family could give her everything she wanted, and she wanted you as her new daddy. That's why she would cry and cling to you until you became too attached to realize that she wasn't her real daughter.
Wouldn't your life be happier that way? With a good husband, good children and a social cycle that would never judge you. Why would you want to know the truth? About the doctors he threatened if they dared tell you the truth? About the medications that were made in special dosages to ensure that your memory would never fully be recovered? By the chip hidden under your skin? The security? The security cameras? None of that was important.
All that mattered was that you were happy with your husband and your loving children… and they would make sure you never abandoned your family. Wouldn't that be a much better life than waking up alone with no memories?
