[Chris was going to lose his mind. Of course he also grew up around a household where things regularly exploded when mom got mad and sometimes it was just easier to buy a new fire alarm and blow it up than to change the batteries. And a family where their powers were inextricably tied into their emotions. It became obvious when someone got upset.]
I am not immature.
[Okay, was that a bit more than defensive? Still, Chris sighed and did as he was told. He thought about doing well on a test or a potion, and a father who was never there to witness it. Who played favorites with everyone but him. Who had literally time with everyone but him.
Chris was currently caught in between two different emotions. 1. He was upset that Crane thought he was immature. He was defensive because it was probably true. 2. He was thrilled at that Crane thought he was intelligent. That small amount of praise just positively perked him up. and 3. Angry at the remembrance of a father who didn't care and a family who abandoned him and died.]
My father never even cared enough to check in on anything I did. Positive or negative. He had time for everyone else in the world, but me. And I don't think anything Wyatt reinforced could ever be considered good.
[Chris swallowed, deliberately not mentioning the rest of his family because. What did it matter. They were dead.]
So. I do good things and. What, you give me a gold star?
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[Chris was going to lose his mind. Of course he also grew up around a household where things regularly exploded when mom got mad and sometimes it was just easier to buy a new fire alarm and blow it up than to change the batteries. And a family where their powers were inextricably tied into their emotions. It became obvious when someone got upset.]
I am not immature.
[Okay, was that a bit more than defensive? Still, Chris sighed and did as he was told. He thought about doing well on a test or a potion, and a father who was never there to witness it. Who played favorites with everyone but him. Who had literally time with everyone but him.
Chris was currently caught in between two different emotions. 1. He was upset that Crane thought he was immature. He was defensive because it was probably true. 2. He was thrilled at that Crane thought he was intelligent. That small amount of praise just positively perked him up. and 3. Angry at the remembrance of a father who didn't care and a family who abandoned him and died.]
My father never even cared enough to check in on anything I did. Positive or negative. He had time for everyone else in the world, but me. And I don't think anything Wyatt reinforced could ever be considered good.
[Chris swallowed, deliberately not mentioning the rest of his family because. What did it matter. They were dead.]
So. I do good things and. What, you give me a gold star?