The Recoms Trauma Part 2
Disclaimer: this is not canon, these are simply headcanons about trauma I think the recoms would have because I like to punish myself
Trigger warnings: abuse, gun violence, s3lf h@rm ideas, Su!c!de, substance abuse, let me know if there’s more!
Walker:
This girl needs some love
Walker grew up in an abusive household. Hitting, screaming, drinking and drugs
She was the oldest of 4
Her father was absent and her mother was incompetent.
She raised the household, ger her siblings, clothed them and even worked to keep them healthy
Her father still came home intoxicated those nights and hit her till there were bruises
One day nother her parents had left. No notes and never told them where they went.
She was left with her siblings to feed and raise on her own.
One day her sister got sick, she tried her hardest to keep her healthy.
Went to the doctors to try and get them to see her and even bought medicine to try and help
It never helped, her sister jus got sicker
Eventually her sister passed away, walker right there next to her.
She couldn’t cry when she walked to the kitchen, she didn’t want her siblings to worry
She fed them and then had them each pack a bag with whatever they wanted.
While they did she called the police on their home landline and told them everything.
They came to pick all the kids up and Walker tried not to cry as they took her sister away
They all went into foster care and grew up in the system
When Walker joined the military and got her avatar, she was protective over the others
She made sure they ate and had water and made sure they were healthy
One day Fike got really hurt, she helped patch him up and yelled at him when he started laughing about it
She broke down then, Fike helping her breathe and telling her that she didn’t have to feel responsible.
She’s still protective but she’s getting better
Fike:
Fike had an… interesting family with two sibling
He was the oldest and his parents were young
They weren’t the best with money and they weren’t the best parents either.
They kinda had to raise themselves in the house hold and with little money there wasn’t much to do
One day they were all out shopping
Just a simple grocery store trip while the kid jus walked around aimlessly and entertained themselves
That’s when they heard it. Gunshots
Loud, piercing even. Fike took his siblings in his arms quick, holding them close like they were the ones who got shot.
Fike took them to the bathroom to hide, they all his In one stall and huddled close
He tried to get his siblings to keep quiet when they heard the door open and they all froze
Fike could hear the gunshots in the bathroom. He felt like they were right in his ears
The only reason they didn’t die was because the cops got there soon enough.
Even when they were safe, Fike still could hear the gunshots in his head. They bounce off every corner in his brain when it was quiet.
It was all he could hear for months. Those same gunshots that could’ve killed him and his siblings.
As Fike grew up he struggled with loud noises but he was so determined to get over it.
He was also determined to be better off than he grew up so he enlisted in the military.
Through his training he struggled with the guns but he fought through it.
When he got his avatar he still struggled.
During one particular area of training Fike panicked.
Quaritch was right next to him, practicing with the rest of them
Fike heard the gun go off and it sounded so similar to the ones he heard the bathroom that day. He froze.
It was his turn but he was frozen, he could hardly hear Quaritch ordering him, all he could hear was the same gunshots he heard when he was cradling his siblings so close, praying they would be okay
Z- dog took him out of the room to talk to him
He broke into a panic attack as he began explaining everything.
Z-dog kept him company while he calmed down. She told Quaritch what had happened as well.
He’s learning now and recovering.
Ja:
Ja grew up horribly.
His parents were awful people who abused him.
The abuse started out verbal.
Insults to do better in school, yelling at him when something went wrong in the house, even to getting upset with him that he even had to live there with them.
Then it turned physical when his father lost his job.
His dad came home pissed one day, already yelling when he walked through the door.
Ja panicked at the sight, getting up carefully to try and hide but he was too late
His father yelled at him for trying to leave, saying it was probably his fault he los his job.
Ja cried as his father hit him, he could already feel the bruised and cuts on his body
His father yelled at him for crying, calling him a pussy and saying he was week
As the days went on the cycle continued.
One day, Ja head his father come home, beer bottle in hand as he stumbled though the door
Ja left quickly as he dialed the police and hid in the closet.
He heard his dad walk up the stairs yelling for him, his whole body shaking as he tried to stay quiet.
The police could only hear him as he screamed when his dad opened the closet.
When the police got there, the beer bottles was broken and Ja stay on the floor with broken shards of glass near him
They arrested his das while the EMT’s began to help with his wounds.
He never saw either of his parents after that, and for the best as well.
When he joined the military and joined the recoms his trauma resurfaced.
With Quaritch barking order at everyone and how rowdy they all would get, it was overwhelming sometimes.
One day Quaritch yelled a little too loud and his hands went a little too high and Ja flinched and sucked in a breath
Quaritch paused mid sentence as he stared at Ja, eyes closed as he held his breath.
He dismissed everyone else as he sat to talk to Ja. Asking him why he flinched and what and happened
Ja explained everything that happened to him as a kid, he even remembered some of the things his parents would tell him.
Quaritch understood and agreed to keep it in mind
Overtime, Ja has learned to be better around the loud sounds
Mansk
oh the poor boy..
Mansk grew up fine, happy family and no financial issues either.
He had one close friend when he was younger, they were inseparable, connected at the hip.
Whenever you saw one of them, the other was not far
They stayed friends through everything and hardly ever argued
One day during a hang out his friend admitted that he struggled with his mental health sometimes and even engaged in self harm behaviors
Mansk was surprised but understood. Made special effort to hang out when he knew his mental health health was declining
Through high school they hung out more, once Mansk was at his house and they were laughing and playing games
Mansk put on his sunglasses once, made a sillu impression of him with oh they both laughed at
His friend suggested he keep the sunglasses and he did, Mansk happily took them him that night
At around 4 am Mansk got a text, a paragraph of how much his friend loved him as brother, his blood ran cold.
Mansk panicked as he called the police and sent them
To his address while he put his shoes on
He opened the front door and started running
His body was full on anxiety as he ran to his house, taking the spare key and opening the door
Ing morning his friends oarents as he bolted up to his friends room where he saw him knocked out and pale in the face, the pills sitting right next to him
He ran to him, trying to shake him awake Ashe heard the sirens outside
Paramedics rushed in and took him away
Mansk say in the hospital waiting but when the doctors walked out, Mansk already knew the answer.
He sat at him that night, clutching the sunglasses in his hand and crying
When he got his avatar the memories still followed him, he still blames himself and told himself he should’ve done better
He constantly checks up on everyone, making sure they know that people will miss them and making sure they talk if they are struggling.
When Walker asked him why he was always wearing the sunglasses he pauses.
He sighs be for taking them off and telling her what happened.
She looked just as sad as he did as he spoke, she heard the hurt in his voice
She hugged him after hefinished and reassured him that it was not his fault.
He still checks up on everyone, not wanting to lose anyone else.
End part 2
