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[CHOKING]

Arturo: Have you forgotten how to chew overnight? Kian: [splutters something inaudible] Arturo: What’s the matter with you?

Alea: I think he wants you t’come n’ see this. Arturo: It’s too early for you two and your nonsense. Kian: [coughs] This is serious!

Arturo: Hm. Kian: What do you mean, hm?! This is a disaster! Arturo: [tuts] Panicking won’t help, Kian.

Riona: You-… Alea: [scoffs] I wish I could take credit for this, believe me. Kian: She wouldn’t!

Arturo: Give it a rest, Riona; it’s more likely to be a whistle-blower within the force. Hell, even Leah wouldn’t know this much. Riona: Hmph, I-… Arturo: You two, out.

…

Kian: Did you have anything to do with this?! Alea: I’ve barely left your side since I got back from Del Sol, when the fuck d’you think I’d find the time, Kian?! Kian: That’s not an answer.

Alea: I had nothin’ t’do with it… Happy? Kian: Happy?! I-.. we could all end up in prison! Alea: Boo fuckin’ hoo, it’s the same damn difference.

Kian: Would you even say anything, if you knew? Alea: I reckon you know the answer t’that by now. Kian: …

Alea: That all you got? Kian: I… Alea: Daddy would be disappointed.

Kian: We’re not the same! I didn’t mean to; you know I wouldn’t lay a finger on you. Alea: Funny, how y’kinda just did. Kian: It was unintentional! I’m-.. I don’t want to go to prison.

Alea: Well, y’reap what y’sow. Kian: Leah-… Alea: Don’t worry too much, I doubt you’d last long.

[ex-cogtfi]

From Verity Carter, a COG/TFI survivor from Scotland.

[are-they-all-sims]

(A/N: This post is going to put under the cut due to its nature. There's definitely a tw of abuse [physical/emotional]. I'm not going to go into too many graphic details in the post but I wanted to give people the chance to scroll on by without seeing any screenshots that could be triggering!)

(Allie's POV - 2 years ago)

My marriage with Theo was not everything I dreamed of once we started having kids. I didn't see the signs though - not at first. With Hawk he got increasingly jealous whenever I spent time taking care of him instead of tending to Theo's every need. Of course, I was taught from a young age to always serve my husband, but the transition from wife to mother was a hard one. I struggled finding the balance between taking care of my son and my husband.

Things only got worse when Bear was born. Theo became more and more insistent that I tend to his needs before our children's and this did not feel right to me. I prayed for clarity and I even went and asked the opinions of other Christian women I knew.

The worst thing happened one night though. Theo was angry I took so long putting Hawk and Bear to bed. He raised his hand to me and left a mark. I was scared, confused, and honestly taken aback.

I could see the rage in his eyes - and it terrified me.

He held me there, berating me for neglecting him, for loving my children more than him. This wasn't true - at least I didn't think it was, but as I thought of our almost 5 years of marriage I realized in my heart that the love I original felt for him had been replaced by fear and obligation. I stayed because I had to.

When he finally let go of me I was in a daze. I went and laid down in our bed, thinking over everything that had happened. I heard him leave the apartment and at that point I didn't care if he ever came back. I prayed and cried and asked the Lord for an answer.

Eventually, Theo came back and sat beside me on the bed. The rage was gone from his eyes as he apologized for what he had done. He promised it would never happen again. I didn't know what else to say so I told him I forgave him and he gave me a kiss goodnight.

But deep down, I knew I couldn't forgive him for this. And after that night I started planning a way out of that apartment.

[impala1967dwinchester]

Dean Winchester: De

*Credit to gif owner* 

Pairing: BigBrother!Dean x Younger Brother!Sam (Mentions of John, Dean is 8 and Sam is 4) 

Pov: Deans 

Warnings: Fluff, maybe a bit of yelling from John, cute baby Sam, a back story from Deans pov of course

Summary: After Dean spends so much time with Sam as a baby, Sam says his first words.

A/n- Yeah I know the GIF is from the first season, but babyfaces. GIving me vibes

Word Count: 1.1k

Masterlist 

(Deans Masterlink) 

Taglist: @akshi8278​ @deanswaywardgirl​ @hit-meup69 @doctorlilo

Sometimes, Dad yells at me when he comes stumbling in through the motels' door. Yeah, I'm only eight, but I guess I've just had to grow up quicker than a normal eight-year-old.

Sammy my younger brother who's four is always and I mean always attached to my hips. Always asking me when's daddy coming home, or when we're going to get another room? He's a pretty sharp kiddo for being four years old.

I'd say he's a lot sharper than I was at the age of four, but then again I don't remember much about age four. All I do remember is that one day there was our mother kissing Sammy's forehead saying a sweet good night to him, and the next I'm running out with Sammy in my arms, looking at my younger brother's room go up in flames.

I guess not having mom around made things hard for Sammy and Dad. Dad never spent time with Sam, worried about the things in the dark as he phrased it to me.

"Now you promise me, Dean. That you'll take care of your younger brother no matter what!" John said his large hand pressing rather hard into my tiny shoulder.

You'd think Dad would already know that I've taken care of Sammy for the past four years. Taught him how to brush his teeth, color in between the lines took naps with him in the back of the impala, or falling asleep in the crappy motels that always stunk.

"Yes, sir." Was the only thing I ever said to my father anymore.

He wasn't there as Sam took his first steps, his first birthday, he missed his first birthday. I was only five years old, and there I sat in a motel room with a one-year-old who was quiet. Since thank god he was asleep right now.

Hell for a kiddo that was only six months old when our mother, he was strangely quiet like I was. I never said more than what was needed, I always made sure Sammy had his food before I.

I made sure that kid was safe and in caring arms before thinking of myself. Because thinking of myself wasn't allowed, not in this world that Dad had created.

I guessed before we started to bounce from motel to motel Dad had brought some of my things from when I was a baby, like my building blocks, some he-man dolls, and some of the cards that had letters on them.

That's what I did with Sam in my free time, birthdays later and Sam can move the cards around to make the certain word I'm talking about.

"Now how about we do the word 'Carrot'" I said putting the cards out in front of Sam's grabby fingers and hands. Moving things around making the word, and then going off and chucking them out of his hands and all over the floor.

"Well, I thought that this was going to go better," I said getting up and grabbing the cards. We did this process over and over again. I'd hand him a few cards and then Sam would chuck them into the air.

"Okay, Sammy I know that you don't wanna do this but maybe just say one word just for me. Hell, say Daddy, or Dean. Just help me out here." I said, starting to give up.

He didn't and he continued to give me a hard time about the cards and saying pretty much anything. We stopped and I grabbed him from the high chair.

I cooked dinner and set the table and set down Sammy for him to eat. He sat and ate his food before Dad got home.

Again another night of Dad coming back through the motel's door and ragging at me, every time I made sure that Sam was put down for bed.

I was supposed to protect my younger brother and that... that was the only way I know how to protect him. I was okay with taking the brunt of dad's abuse.

The brunt of Dad's abuse was usually him yelling, and screaming at me. There wasn't physical abuse, but I'd been dealing with a drunk, abusive dad for a while now. Since mom had died.

Regardless, I thought that Sam was asleep, so I left the room closing the door just enough so the dim light from the kitchen didn't bother him.

"Where s'my dinner Dean?" John asked me. I stuttered over my words and fiddled with my hands. "Boy, you better answer me!" John said raising his voice at me.

"Sir, I didn't have any time. I've been taking care of Sammy all day long." I said panic and worry starting to flow through my words.

"Boy, don't you make your brother an excuse. You should be able to take care of Sam, me, and yourself." John said, getting up, and hovering over my much shorter stature.

"I didn't teach you everything I did just for you to come out as a sissy. You're a marine's son, you're a hunter's son." John said, raising his hand to hurt me in whatever shape.

I hadn't heard the bedroom door open or seen little Sam waddle his way into the room. "De?" Sam said.

There was a moment of silence. A moment where we, dad and I were frozen in place. "What?" I said looking over at Sam. His already long hair in a messy mop on his head. The long dinosaur t-shirt hanging long on his short stature.

"De?" He said moving his head to the side.

"Yeah, De. What's up buddy?" I said moving rather quickly to be away from John. Picking Sam up and hooking him onto my hip. He just grabbed my neck and pulled himself closer to me.

"Dean was... was that Sam's first word?" He said settling onto the motel bed. The springs became rather loud as his weight balanced through the bed.

"I'm pretty sure, sir," I said, rubbing down Sams back trying to lul him back to sleep. "Do you wanna go to daddy?" I whispered to Sam. All Sam did was shake his head, and then repeated "De."

'Good night dad." I said walking back into the room I had placed Sam in hours ago. "Good night son," John said as I shut the door. "Let's go to bed now Sammy," I said.

Sam nuzzled up in my chest, falling asleep before he even hit the bed. I smiled and climbed into the bed. Making sure to always be there and protect my little brother. I love Sam, and he’s mine to protect, he’s my baby brother.

Completed on: 04/18/2021

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[pride-of-azkets]

@chaosfaery

It had not been a good session. The client was rude, domineering, and it had culminated in a nasty bruise on the side of her face. Security had thrown the client out, but Lilé was still shaken. It had stunned her enough that she had completely forgotten Andgriel was due to come later on, and when she heard the knock, she assumed it was someone checking up on her.

So she had opened the door, ice pack in hand - and immediately blanched at the revelation. She had no makeup on, her hair was in a messy bun, and that bruise pulsed purple, vivid and obvious. Yet here Andgriel was, and she inwardly swore at her forgetfulness.

“Andgriel, I - I’m so sorry,” she stammered, and stepped aside to let him in, flushing with shame. “I’m afraid you’ve caught me off guard.” She attempted a smile, but it hurt her cheek muscles. “I’m not quite up to my usual standards this evening.”

Andgriel's appointments could be, at times, irregular. Most of the time he was able to keep a fairly consistent schedule but there were certainly others where that became hard to do, and this was one of those oddly-timed appointments where it was more than understandable that Lilé had forgotten. What was less anticipated, though, was the state Andgriel would find her in. Sometimes she'd be a little askew, not fully made up, and those times he treasured all the same to see her looking so wonderfully naturally radiant and normal, as if he had simply returned to her early in the morning to see her starting her day.

Usually, though, there were no ice packs involved.

While he couldn't immediately speak to what had gone wrong, there were enough clues combined with his own reservations about Lilé's line of work that he could put an idea together, seeing her in the soft light of her room. He couldn't care less why he was there, whether it was for an appointment of quiet talking or holding each other, so it didn't put a damper on any expectations he had. All the same it was upsetting to see someone he cared for so much upset and clearly shaken, and once the door closed he slowly and carefully reached out to not startle her and gently moved the hand with an ice pack aside to see what had become of her.

"My poor girl," Andgriel offered a small, apologetic smile. Who could hurt such a gentle creature? "What happened?" His voice was patient and soothing, easing Lilé's hand with the ice pack back into place.

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TRIGGER WARNING: PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE

This week's topic is psychological abuse in the COG-TFI cult. It was rampant, institutionalized, and extreme, with lifelong effects for many survivors.