❝mother❞ Henry Bowers
Being like a mother to Henry Bowers
He made friends with your son at school
Like Henry, he was a bit of a troubled child
He brought the entire gang over one day and all of them were a little surprised to see how motherly you were
Asking about their days, what they want for dinner, helping them with their homework (if they decided to do it), just being very kind to them
He didn’t really bond with you until he got trapped in your house during a thunderstorm
He woke up early in the morning to see you doing laundry in your robe
You apologized for waking him u and started talking to him
Eventually, you decided to make him some breakfast and let Henry choose
His stepmother never let him do that
Then again, his stepmother never made breakfast, especially from scratch
You made him some blueberry waffles and talked to him while you did it
About his family, if he liked school, his friends, if he liked any girls
Henry felt nurtured by you and that confused him a little
His mom bailed when he was little and his stepmom mostly just ordered him around and couch parented
But you actually seemed like you cared about what was happening with him, and he wasn’t even your son
He started visiting more and more
Obviously, he would come over with the group sometimes, but a lot of the times he just came over for dinner
It actually happens so much it got on your son's nerves
Even more so when you started treating him like he was your own
You’d let him participate in a family game night or movie night, make his favorite meals for him, do his laundry, help him with his laundry, and sit on the couch just talking to him
Henry felt very close to you
When you met Butch he was scared
He didn’t want to be banned from your house
Or even worse;
Butch put the moves on you
Your a single mom so Henry couldn’t think on why he wouldn’t
You were sweet, smart (not that he cared), could cook, didn’t mind cleaning, and from what he could tell you were pretty go-with-the-flow/ignore-the-problem
But Butch just kind’ve joked around that you should adopt Henry
Which Henry would love btw
And then he just moves on
If you found out about Butch hitting him
You’d try to be subtle about it
You’d noticed the bruises on his body before and assumed he was getting in fights at school
Then, after they got caught terrorizing some shop keeper
You’d see how angry his dad was and how scared Henry was
And you just knew
So the next time you see him you try to give him a hug and compliment him
Tell him if he ever wants to get away from home he always has a place here
On some levels, he’d just think you were being your normal self
But he knew that you knew
And he knew what you meant
If you ever found out about his bullying
You’d be so disappointed in him
And Henry would hate that
The moment he sees your face fall when you find him and your son picking on some little kid, he’d just be so upset
The car ride to your house would be silent
Your son just immediately bails
He knows he isn’t in trouble
Your not gonna punish him
But Henry stays with you and just looks at the ground
When you finally speak he can’t believe how calm you are
He’s so used to people just yelling and hitting him
“I’m disappointed in you, Henry.”
His already broken heart would break more
“I’m sorry,” his voice would break
You’d frown and give him a hug
Henry would be s h o c k e d as hell
He’d hug you back though and let you stroke his mullet
“Please don’t do that again, Henry,” you’d say softly
He’d just nod and enjoy the affection and the calmness
You’d pull away and tell him you're not gonna tell his father but you're still upset with him
And he tries to be better