A miss peregrineâs home for peculiar children fic!
Prologue;
âą Future pairing: Jacob x Ricky
It all began on the night my best (and only) friend, Jacob, lost his grandfather.It was an ordinary night. I was just giving Jake a ride to his grandfatherâs neighborhoodâŠ
Then we realized how eerily quiet the house was. Papers were scattered across the floor, chairs had been knocked over. The worst part came when my friend noticed that the wire gate leading to the backyard had been torn open. Thatâs when we saw a trail leading into the woods surrounding the neighborhood.
Jacob said he was going to follow the trail, and I immediately decided to grab a gun from my old car.
By the time I finally reached the scene, Jake was on the ground, holding the old man in his arms⊠Dead.
Suddenly, Jake screamed and pointed the flashlight he had found in the grass toward a corner of the woods. I immediately opened fire at the spot he was pointing to. There was nothing thereâŠ
The following months went by with my friend constantly seeing psychologists and psychiatrists⊠until he settled with Dr. Golan, a weird and annoying psychiatrist, according to Jake. He complained about those sessions day and night.
Then one day⊠We were just sitting on the roof of Jacobâs house, talking. The problem was that I didnât believe him when he said heâd seen a monster that night. We ended up arguing, and he screamed at me to get out of his house.
We didnât see each other for months, until his parents invited me to his sixteenth birthday partyâŠ
It was incredibly awkward seeing Jake again after everything that had happened.
I wanted to believe him. I really did. But⊠it was impossible.
I mean, the guy was talking about monsters with tentacles instead of tongues. He was definitely losing his mind.
During the party, I watched Jacob get pulled aside by one of his relativesâprobably another uncomfortable conversation.
Then⊠He walked over to me. Oh no⊠Time to talk.
âRickyâŠâ
âDonât even start, please⊠Iâm only here because your parents practically begged me.â
âDude, just hear me out, pleaseâŠâ
âFine. Youâre going to talk about monsters again?â
âNo⊠I donât even believe that anymore. I just want to apologize.â
He said it in such a disappointed tone⊠That hurt. Man, I hated that idiot⊠Well, not really.
I stayed silent.
âIâm sorry. I never shouldâve talked about your mom⊠or kicked you out.â
âDude⊠itâs okay. I canât stay mad forever, right?â
I said with a smile, holding out my hand. He smiled too and shook it.
It felt good to have a friend again.
A few minutes later, Jakeâs mom announced that it was time to open the presents, which meant Jake had to unwrap them in front of everyone⊠Something that would be extremely embarrassing. For him.
After opening a few gifts, Jacob forced a smile, pretending he liked what heâd receivedâŠ
Then his Aunt Susan announced her own giftâŠ
Something Grandpa Abraham had left for him.
That only made everything worse, since nobody had mentioned his grandfather in months.
Jake opened the present, but immediately ran upstairs to his room, where he stayed for the rest of the night.
A few weeks passed before I heard from Jake again. And apparently, heâd come up with the insane idea of traveling to Wales for some reason I didnât fully understand.
From what I could gather, he was looking for the headmistress of an old orphanage. And he wanted ME to go with him?!
He had seriously lost it. But there wasnât much I could do.
A few months later, there I wasâŠ
Aboard a boat for an island called Cairnholm⊠Alongside Jake⊠And his father.
So we all know in the first book that when Abe died, Jacob and Frank threw away everything that belonged to Abe and maybe Mrs.portman too, and in AMOD, when Emma and Jacob are in Jacobâs room
Jacob says that the maps on his wall are something that he and abe used to make in the past. This means that THOSE MAPS ARE THE FEW THINGS that Jacob has from Abe. Not counting the Emerson book heâs gifted on his 16th birthday, and old items that Abe bought him in the past
( witch were probably thrown away as Jacob was growing up or Jacob lost them or Frank threw them away if they were in Abeâs house )
Thank you fot reading my ted talk, Iâll be here until my mphfpc hyperfixation dies
POV:Maryann is gossiping about Rickyâs parents to her friends
Maryann:weâve never met Rickyâs parents but judging from Ricky, I think itâs safe to assume theyâre and this is nothing against Ricky we love Ricky , monstrosity stupid sewer people
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Ricky and Jacob in Jacobâs room
Ricky:dude why is your mom taking about my parents??
As much as I hate Frank because he has his own issues. I canât blame him that he went after Maryann because 1. Kim dickens is hot and 2. Sheâs FILTHY RICH. I just wish they got a divorce or went to marriage counseling
I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and ignores me. I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and does not support me with a single word or a small donation, and ignores me.
Did you see this? Shall I tell you what this is? Yes, I will! They buried him under concrete... A young man from Gaza, trapped under the rubble of war and cruelty, trying to erase his existence. Even in death, the occupation robbed him of dignity, his body covered in cement as if this weren't just destruction. This is a brutality beyond words. In Gaza, people aren't just fighting for survivalâthey're fighting to be remembered as human beings. How much more horror must this world witness before it chooses humanity?
Now, if you want to help, my nephew is sick and needs urgent surgery. We need 700 euros for the operation, and it will be up to you whether you will help or if my nephew will end up like the young man in the picture.
My nephew has already had two surgeries and we still need a third. Please don't let us down. You are our only hope. Please donate, donate, donate! đ
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Isn't what I've lost enough? Isn't it enough that I lost my mother, the most precious thing I had, because of the occupation? They prevented her from traveling, and she was sick with cancer. Or should I tell you about my brother, who was martyred in this war? He was the father of my nephew, who needs surgery. He was killed by a bullet to the head. Or my uncle, who was martyred, and half of my relatives and friends. I'm trying so hard not to lose my young nephew too. Please donate, don't let us down. Donate, donate! đđ
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I wish that Riggs continued to write Jacob dealing with ASD/PTSD. He only wrote Jacob having mental health problems in the first book of mphfpc, And after the 1st book Riggs probably forgotten that he made Jacob neurodivergent by making him have ASD. That definitely turned to ptsd during the events of the book series.
This can also make miss. Peregrine and the peculiars learn about the modern world, and on how mental health is being handled. Sure itâs 2011 and mental health isnât treated the best, but itâs better than the 19th century.
This maybe a bit angsty, but In AMOD and TCOTB ( I havenât read TDODA ). When H and V are introduced in.IF the peculiars meet them, they could understand that it can be common for hollow-hunters to develop ptsd, or other mental health issues
This could make the peculiars try to an eye on Jacob so he doesnât run away, but also to try snd convince him to live in a loop PERMANENTLY, so he doesnât continue the cycle of growing up old and paranoid. Living in a house , apartment , trailler thatâs filled with weapons To just end up dying because of the wights/claywings
Thanks to whoever reads my shitty Ted talk that was made at midnightđ«
