Felix | Will

But it's fun to think about the implications of Laura not considering Brian as her child/baby.

When Dexter finds her record his voiceover lets us know that she had been arrested at least and was an addict, we also know Joe had been to jail. With their parents not being stable/reliable Brian may have had to grow up faster and may have had to be in a caregiving role to his bother- and to some extent maybe his mom too. Add in some parentification and the idea that Laura was trying to do better for Dexter, she might not really have considered Brian a child, even though he was not much older than Dexter. This would have made Brian’s need to be with Dexter stronger, because it has always been his responsibility to take care of him. I don't think Brian would have resented this, partly because he wouldn't have known it wasn't ok, partly because he loves his brother.

It would also explain Brian's abnormal obsession that was present even before he found out Dexter is a killer like him, clinging to a caregiving role as a coping mechanism to anchor you after the trauma of the shipping container and have that taken from you by not even being allowed to see your brother.

also very unimportant to note but Brian also eats in nebraska even though he’s a hallucination. even more unimportantly, Brian eats something that is either fast food or a full meal in like 50% of the scenes you see him in, showing that he has the same tendencies to drown out his ‘emptiness’ (loneliness and dissatisfaction put together from how it’s described) with food.

anyway, cutie, love him

dex did miss him, i promise.