As it turned out, there were a lot of little favours Teagon wanted him to do.
Ranboo had the sneaking suspicion that maybe Teagon didn’t really need all of these jobs done, but he couldn’t find it in himself to actually… well, bring it up.
Not when his prize for staying silent was warmth, and food, and the satisfying ache in his arm as he drew it shakily across the strings of the violin after hours of standing upright as Teagon instructed him.
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Tommy turns to the door and runs. He runs out of the room, through the hallway, to the living room, only to stop in his tracks.
There are no doors leading out.
Shit, shit, shit!
Tommy needs to find a way out of here. If he doesn’t, who knows what that faery will do to him!
The windows! He can break the windows!
Tommy runs to the kitchen area, grabs some of the jars, and then runs to the nearest window. He throws one of the jars against it and the glass cracks. A smile comes to Tommy’s face and he takes a deep breath, lifting up the second jar and hit it against the window. The cracks get bigger, so he hits it again, and again, and again, and then it breaks. Tommy keeps hitting the window until there’s no more glass on the frame save a few bits around the edges.
Tommy pushes himself through the window. It’s small, but he manages it, and falls on the grass on the other side. He scrambles up as fast as he can manage and runs into the forest. He runs and runs back to where the village is, he runs as fast as he can until the trees break away and he finds himself running through grass.
He looks up, looks at the village. Maybe Tommy can- no. Nonono.
There, in the middle of a clearing, surrounded by trees, is a cabin. Techno’s cabin.
Tears prick the corner of his eyes. But he ran away from here! There’s no way he could have gotten turned around!
Tommy turns around runs again, he won’t take any turn no matter what. He’ll keep running in a straight line. Even if he doesn’t find the village, he’ll still be away form that faery. So Tommy runs and runs and runs.
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Technoblade is amazed by that child, he truly is. He is also frustrated with himself. How did he not think of the windows?
It’s alright, the house wasn’t the boundary of his domain and Tommy is still in his part of the forest.
Techno closes his eyes and focuses, calling on his magic as it flows around the trees, shining in the air and reflecting light like drops of rain, filling the trees and ground and the animals. He twists the forest, bending its paths and changing them into something new.
His precious boy, running blindly without even looking where he might be going or if something looks familiar, as if he’s been there before. He supposes that is too much to ask from someone as young as him, especially in his current situation.
Once he is satisfied with the maze he’s built, Technoblade turns his attention elsewhere. He closes a wall of trees around a group of the trespassers who thought it wise to break off and hunt him on their own.
A deer passes close to the main mob and Technoblade whispers thoughts of confidence in their ears, so a small group splits off again. The sounds he tells them must be the fae they’re looking for leads them to a cave that has to be its hideout. A strong gust of wind blows out the torches and the entrance collapses, drawing in on itself and growing a layer of moss that blends into the hill and dampens their cries.
Some of the intruders notice how small their group has gotten. Why did they split off? It was probably just an animal, what are they even doing in the territory of a fae? And fear grows in their hearts. One turns back and runs to where he thinks the village is. Another follow suit, and slowly, one by one, people abandon their mission. Technoblade leads some of them unto wolves or bears, or deeper into the heart of the forest. Some, the ones with the weaker minds, keep finding the bodies of their comrades no matter where they run, and they see them rise and speak words of hurt and blame.
Technoblade looks for Tommy again, finding the child has taken shelter inside the trunk of a hollow tree. He wishes Tommy wouldn’t be so scared of him, that he would see past the lies of his mother, but that will happen in due time.
The main mob, now significantly smaller, is led to the clearing to find the creature they were looking for standing little ways past the treeline and surrounded by the corpses of men they knew. Blood colors the grass the deepest shade of red they have ever seen, though not a single drop stains the creature.
Technoblade turns to face them. He lifts his head and looks down upon these intruders, these idiotic people who thought they could enter his domain and leave with their lives, who thought they hurt what is his. He lifts his axe, and steps forward. They will regret ever entering his domain.
Tommy runs no risk of leaving. He can indulge himself.
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After running until he couldn't anymore, Tommy found a hollow tree trunk and sat in there to rest.
He isn't sure how long it's been, but he doesn't feel any less tired. Sure, he's not panting like a dog anymore, but doesn't think he can move no matter how much he wants to.
Tears well up in his eyes. Tommy has been trying to fight them, but the weight of his emotions are stronger than him. So the tears fall freely as Tommy curls up where he's sitting.
His sniffles turn into sobs, loud and ugly sobs that shake his whole body like hiccups.
"Mom," he cries. A faint hope in him says that what if they didn't kill her? What if she escaped? But Tommy doesn't believe it. He's not going to see her again. Ever. She's gone.
Tommy got burned once and ever since he thought that fire was the worst way to die.
He won't go home either. He knows the town's views on witches and they will go after everyone related to them just to "make sure."
He won't get to see his friends again.
He won't get to see his house again.
He won't get to see Mrs. Abigail who always gave him the leftover pastries from the night before.
He won't get to see the holiday fairs at the town square where every house is decorated and festive.
He won't get to see the river where his friends went swimming on hot summer days.
He won't get to see the flower field beyond it where he and his mother would eat together on special days.
Where they would have gone yesterday if Tommy had just listened and not gone into the forest like she asked of him. And now they can't do that ever again. Never again because she is gone .
Then it hits.
He won't get to see his mother again. Never again will he see her smile. Never again will he hear her laugh. Never again will he est her cooking or wake up to her kissing his forehead. Never again will she lecture him on kindness. Never again will he take him to new places and teach him about plants and animals he's never seen before. Never again will she tell him stories about mages and knights, princesses and dragons, common people banding together to take down a tyrannical leader, or about couples falling in love.
She is gone.
She is gone.
She is gone.
Another sob breaks out of his chest and he cries harder. He can't silence himself anymore. It hurts, everything hurts as if a hand of grief has surrounded his heart and is trying to crush it.
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Technoblade reaches for the magic of the forest and roots rise from the ground as it sinks, absorbing the bodies and making them forever part of the forest.
Then he turns his attention to the boy they were after.
Tommy's cries have quieted as the boy lost his energy. He is still crying over the loss of his previous life, but there are no more sounds or tears.
Technoblade walks towards the boy, shifting the trees so his path is as short as possible.
He stops in front of the tree trunk where his runt is hiding and takes to watching the golden thread that connects them flit about in the wind.
To think that the little thread used to be such a frail thing, it was almost invisible. He is happy that is no longer the case. He watched as the strand grew more visible the more time he spent around his runt. It went from being as thin as a hair, dull and broken, to the likes of a golden sewing thread in mere hours. Technoblade cannot wait to watch their connection grow and develop and turn into what was always meant to be if that little witch had not gotten in the way.
But she is gone now and there is nothing standing between him and his precious child.
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A hand touches his back and Tommy freezes, thoughts and emotions rushing through his mind.
When did Techno get here? How did he find Tommy? He thought he was well out of the reach of the fae by this point!
An arm snakes under Tommy’s legs and he is lifted up before he touches the fae’s chest as it cradles him close.
Tommy starts to shake. He wants his mom. He wants to go back to the village, he wants to feel safe, he wants to go home! He wants to have never gone into the forest.
Then something thrums in his chest and a feeling of calm washes over him. He’s finally found what he’d been looking for all these years, what he was focused on for so long. No one can take them away from each other anymore. Nothing and no one can ruin this
Tommy’s heart slows as his breathing goes back to normal. A part of him screams that he needs to run, get away, hide, fight back!
But he doesn’t. He feels calm as Techno carries him because they’re going home and he has what he’s wanted for so long.
“Remember that story I told you? About the witch who betrayed a faery?” Techno asks and Tommy nods against his chest. “Well, because she had promised her child to the faery, the fae and the boy had a connection for he belonged to the magic creature.”
Tommy looks down at the ground. He sees the leaves on the ground and notices the distinct lack of a crunch when Techno steps on them.
Techno kept talking, ”The spell she made only blocked that connection, but it did not protect the village. No, the witch protected the village in another way. She made a deal with the faery. They would get to name the boy, if they promised to stay away from the village and its citizens. The fae knew this was some sort of trap, but they underestimated the witch’s cunning and abilities and took the deal.”
The feeling of calm begins to fade.
“Do you know what name the faery chose?” Tommy shook his head. “Tommy.”
Tommy thought about that, the boy, the witch, the faery, and oh , he realized. I’m Tommy.
Tears well up in his eyes. The words I'm Tommy running through his mind over and over again, carrying with them the weight of everything they represent and everything that's happened the past two days.
His heart is a battleground of emotions: a part of him delighted to be with Techno and be going home, while the other is disgusted and panicking because of the fact, of knowing his mother cannot take him away because she isn't here.
Tommy hears a door opening and the ground turns dark as the sound of Techno's footsteps change from grass to wood before they abruptly stop.
Something sharp touches the top of Tommy’s skull. It moves down, then back up before repeating the motion again and again.
“It’s alright, runt." Techno's voice cuts through the silence. “I’ll love you more than anything else in the world."
And Tommy believes him. He curls closer to Techno’s chest and his feelings of panic and sadness fade as trust and content take over and fill Tommy's heart.
tw : Dreamnoblade, DNB, Toxic Relesionship, manipulation, psychopath Dream, possessive Technoblade,possessive Dream. One-sides love(?), bad word.
Notes : inspiration from Rät - Penelope Scott, backstabber - Kesha and Coffee - Jack Stauber's Music. (Dream personality inspired by Clamenttine - Overlord )
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DNB Headcanon :
- Techno and Dream's relationship is a toxic relationship.
- Dream is a psychopath who doesn't really like Techno. He hooked up with him because he was attracted to Techno who turned out to be in love with him.
- Dream will usually ignore Techno, feel disinterested, and sometimes manipulate Techno and berate Techno.
- Techno loves Dream very much, he is ready to do anything for Dream. Even though he is ignored and not considered a partner by Dream, Techno still loves Dream. He knew Dream sometimes tried to manipulate him, he was okay with that.
- Techno's love with Dream is dead love.
- Dream really loves his god (Exdii) . Exdii is the god of chaos. Dream's way of devotion to Exdii is to create chaos for the offering of his oath of allegiance to Exdii.
- Philza is concerned about his friend who is always mistreated by a partner whom he always affects with all his heart and life. Philza always thought Techno didn't deserve all that treatment, Techno deserved better.
- Dream always makes Techno feel like he can't live without Dream. Like Dream is a drug that can't stop being consumed by Techno. Dream makes Techno feel like he is in heaven when in fact he is just a caged bird.
- Dream thinks Techno is his toy.
- Dreams are sometimes very aggressive when someone interferes with his toys ( Techno).
- Techno is sometimes very possessive with Dream. He doesn't hesitate to kill people who flirt Dream in front of his eyes.
- Dream will usually seduce them back to be able to see the funny expressions and actions that techno makes later.
- Techno has always loved Dream and always will. Sometimes he is greedy for Dream's affection and love. Techno wants all of Dream's attention to be on him and only him.
- Techno had a big fight with Dream because of the riot that Dream made. They fight until Dream is cornered. Dream uttered words that were very heart-wrenching for Techno. Techno couldn't stand it and spat out harsh words.
- Techno said tearfully like it was the first and last time he cried. "You dumb bitch! I loved you I loved you, I loved you it's true! I wanted to be with you, And do what you do. I lived here.I loved here.I thought it was true. I feel so stupid. I feel so used " (yes, here are the lyrics :'D).
Will be switching the release dates of Possesive Techno and Something Strange II for some reason I'm having a hard time writing it, Possesive Techno will be coming out this week, if you'd like to be added to that specific tag list let me know by commenting, dm's/asks will be ignored
