Ollie + The Bad Easter 0.2
well he is just a wreck when he arrives isn’t he like
i think he sort of left in a bit of a rush like it was a spur of the moment decision but it was also something he’d really thought about for most of the break and idk lamb i don’t think he ever really thought he’d properly do it until he had come into alfie’s office and asked if it was alright if he booked him a train to go stay with his uncles
idk like if i were alfie i would have been a bit thrown by it but idk like best not to rock the boat like the puppy is already distressed let’s all just keep calm and not make any sudden movements am i right
anyway he probably forgot his toothbrush and like fifteen other things and oh dear i’m actually really upset because i don’t think he was going to say goodbye to hugo originally?????
oh dear i think i really underestimated how upset he was with him oh dear
like i think he was sort of just running about the house trying to get his things together as quickly as possible and i think he probably just bumped into him on the stairs and told him he was going and that he’d see him when term finished
oh dear avoiding eye contact oh dear rubbing the back of his neck oh dear don’t you dare tell me hugo huffed because i will lose it i will actually lose it
like he had a lot of time to think on the train didn’t he and it just made him more upset tbh like i think we can both imagine that giving this situation serious thought for several hours uninterrupted (aside from when the tea and sandwich cart rolled past) would be immensely distressing
i’d imagine hunter would be the one to pick him up from the station because lbr he was probably already in town and oh dear ollie is just very apologetic like he’s really sorry to sort of throw himself on you guys but he just couldn’tbe there anymore you know?????
oh dear quiet petal in the front seat leaning his head on the window oh dear
like i feel a bit bad for hunter tbh because like what are you supposed to do with the distressed offspring of a deer and a very very insecure girl oh dear what a task where to even start with you olivander
i would think that once he’s back at the house and he’s settled on the couch with a cup of tea and gus has emerged from the shop like he’s more collected and (somewhat) calmer and his hands still shake and a bit of his tea might slop over the rim of his mug onto the floor but mmm gus isn’t going to mention it
i would think he’s a bit stubborn about speaking about it though like and it’s partially stubbornness but it’s also a sort of fear of sounding silly like yes he’s genuinely very upset but what if they say he should just let it go like????
oh dear ollie they’re not going to do that oh dear
i think the first few days he’s sort of just happy to sort of be in a different environment to be honest and i think stepping away from the situation really helped to calm him down but mmmm just because he’s not in the thick of it doesn’t mean it’s not still going on at home and mmmm the thought of it still makes him sick to his stomach tbh
when you first mentioned him speaking to someone that understood divorce and had been through a similar experience i immediately thought of todd but the more i’ve thought about it the more i’ve realised that i really don’t think that he’d speak to todd about the situation too much because i think he’s a little too close to the situation and that’s when i realised that he’s actually far more likely to speak to madison about it
oh dear he spends a good fifteen minutes debating with himself over whether to ring her on skype and oh dear when he finally does bless him he tries so hard to make small talk like he really does but mmm ollie p sure she sees right through you like
but oh dear lamb like i think somewhere amongst the compliments on her outfit and asking about her room like he just sort of breaks and oh dear lamb it must actually be the most heartbreaking thing like why can’t people that love each other just stay together like why aren’t they willing to just work through the harder times like don’t they think it’s worth it because he does and he’s not even in the relationship
and oh dear lamb like he notices things and it’s not lost on him when charmaine falls asleep first and ends up curled against hugo’s side and he notices the looks and he can see that it’s still there and he doesn’t understand what’s holding them back like he doesn’t understand it at all like if two people love each other and know that they do why can’t they just be together why is it not that simple like he doesn’t understand what about it is so hard like why are they making out like it’s the most difficult thing in the world what the hell
he’s just so angry and disappointed and frustrated and he’s never been upset with hugo like this and he’s upset that he’s upset with hugo but he just wants him to stop being stupid and just be with this person that loves him so much and he won’t and it’s so unbelievably frustrating and oh dear ollie like i don’t think madison was prepared for all of this when she accepted your call oh dear
to be honest like i don’t think that he feels all that much better after he goes home and i’m really upset because i think mini would have brought hugo over to say goodbye to ollie and hunter and gus before he went back to america but mmm it’s not the same sort of goodbye that they usually have and oh dear i think that’s plain for everyone to see
gus is upset by it tbh like i don’t think he lays in bed and talks it out with hunter like mini and alfie do but mmmm he’s upset and i’m sure he can feel it in the way that he holds him at night
oh dear possessive hands oh dear is this a thing with trotter men i’m p sure it is
petal bruises are one thing but mmmm i would think gustave’s fingers leave bruises that ache for a while longer
i expect he spends a bit of time in hunter’s office as well and he slouches in his chair and plays with his hair and mumbles a bit when he speaks and oh petal oh dear i am upset because he is upset i can’t believe i let you convince me that this would be a nice story like appearances by hummus aside this is still very sad
and that’s just it like he’s just sad and he just wants the best for hugo and idk he just doesn’t understand why hugo doesn’t seem to want the best for hugo too.