Safety (DreamSmp Fanfic)
AN: Tommy is trans in this AU; plot probably not lore accurate as this is my first EVER myct ff
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Techno just returned from the village market, bringing with him some apples, wheat, eggs, milk and emeralds, when he wasn't greeted by a usually sarcastic comment how long he took and a pesky grin of a blonde small teenage boy, calling him 'dickhead', he knew something was wrong.
He searched their home for the human kid - he sure must be somewhere. Tommy's 13 now and his rebellious side shows more from each day to the other. Though Techno feared the kid might run away when he had enough of him, he knew the boy and there was a vulnerable soft side to him also, which the piglin honestly liked the most.
From his bedroom, he then heard a child's faint crying and entered only to see Tommy, lying on his red large bed, curled up in a fetal position - legs close to his stomach while he sobbed so desperately.
Techno approached him very carefully, running his claw through the boy's curly tangled hair and stroked some strands away to see his face.
"What's the matter, kid?", he asked softly, as he already could guess what might've happened.
Tommy opened his eyes when he met Techno's worried face. Seeing the kid like this, it made something in his chest ache, though he would never admit it to anyone. The boy's nose and cheeks were reddened as if he had a fever, rings under his eyes, thick tears rolled down his cheeks and his lip was trembling.
"Hurts...so much...", Tommy cried, looking up to the piglin in despair.
Techno noticed how the boy had curled his arms in front of his stomach. He knew how much Tommy hated this - he was shocked to find the boy for the first time like this when he turned 12 last year until he read about human anatomy.
Those poor children have to endure such pain every month.
"Your tummy again? It's the time of the month, huh?"
Tommy turned away, clearly uncomfortable about this. He hated his body already, especially since he's a teen now, it got even worse. When he was younger, he never was accepted by any of the kids and adults in the orphanage - that is until he ran away and was found by Technoblade, the infamous Blood God.
The boy wasn't used to showing his emotions to anyone like that, he had always swallowed his pain and suffered in loneliness.
With Techno, it was different. Sure, he had to warm up to him as well and couldn't stand the guy first but he was the only one who got to see that.
"I just want it to stop...", Tommy mumbled into the pillow, still sobbing as his shoulders twitched when a new wave of pain set in.
Techno teached him that it is alright to show emotions, to be vulnerable and soft, even in moments like this. He showed the boy it was okay to cry when he was in pain as his emotions are valid in every way. He wanted the kid to feel safe around him, offering him comfort.
And right now, Tommy could really need a bit of that.
"I know, kiddo, I know", Techno said, stroking the boy's head and face, tucking some of the curls behind his ear, which fell into his face, "But you're so brave about it, my boy."
The piglin stood up and carried a big soft blanket to the bed, covering the boy with it to comfort him a bit. Tommy silently took the offer, burying himself into the blanket and cuddled in it. He was still crying, very lightly - only a few sobs leaving his throat. The pain was still there but started to ease after a while.
Techno sat down next to him on the bed, seeing how comfortable the kid was soon getting. And like this with his tiny body buried in the big blanket, he looked even younger than 13. So much smaller and vulnerable, showing that he was in fact still a child, even when Tommy hated to be treated like a little kid.
How often had he snapped at Techno lately, when he was giving him a lecture, how stupid he was and how he hated him but Tommy never actually meant it. He was still a traumatized kid, he was still learning to live a normal life, to become someone better than the ones who put him into this world.
He was disappointed by everyone in his life so far so it was no wonder when he never trusted anyone, being used to be lied to and abandoned from a very young age.
But Techno tried to at least give him a bit of security, to make him feel loved and even when the piglin god, who had so much blood on his hands, never wanted to have children or a family - it somehow still found him. And he swore, his old heart will break when Tommy really hates him and leaves one day.
He was still watching the kid, brushing his arm and shoulder slowly as he was doing so and Tommy's cries had almost disappeared now, which meant it was working.
"Want me to rub your belly a bit? Maybe that'll help", Techno asked gently as he couldn't think of anything else to help the boy with the pain.
For today, the apothecary was closed but tomorrow, he will get the kid some pain relievers, he thought. At his question, Tommy had nodded in response and turned to the piglin, so he could place his claw on the boy's tummy covered with the blanket, starting to gently stroke him with his thumb.
He already did that the last time, the human child had period cramps and it helped so well. Techno read that warmth also helped to ease the pain, maybe he could try that later as well...
With the softness of the blanket and the gentle touches, Tommy soon was so comforted that he almost was falling asleep. He closed his eyes in relaxation and felt how the pain was almost going away. Secretly, he loved whenever Techno did that, even when we will never confess it out loud.
But it was enough for the piglin to see that the human boy enjoyed this type of tenderness. Tommy then felt a tingle apart from the steady strokes on this tummy and the tickling feeling spread everywhere through his body.
That bastard had tickled him!
The boy could see a sly grin on the piglin's face as he was skittering his claws over Tommy's sides in a smooth movement, his one claw especially brushing against his ribcage which made the boy squeal adorably.
"Maybe I can also tickle away the pain, huh?", Techno teased, knowing how ticklish the kid was as he learned that in the past.
Tommy always said he hated tickling but somehow he still grinned defiantly whenever Techno had tried to as if he was asking for it. He was annoyed how the piglin always got away with it as his body had deceived him several times whenever any of Techno's claws had touched his skin. And even when there was nothing funny about the situation, Tommy always seemed to laugh.
"Techno! That's not how ihihit works!", the boy giggled under the menacingly ticklish touches, seeing how amused the piglin looked with his wide grin revealing his fangs.
"Indeed, it did, you're smiling now, kiddo", he teased under his grin again.
That little game went on for a while until the boy was a giggling mess and the piglin thought it was enough, leaving the kid alone now.
When he stopped, Techno saw how the boy gave him an icy look and he could almost read his mind, which said 'you fuckhead'. For a moment, he thought that he had overdone it with the kid but in the next, Techno found himself in Tommy's embrace.
He hesitated first, as he didn't expect that reaction from the often so snarly kid who always had a cheeky but lovely grin on his face but honestly, he didn't mind at all.
"Love ya, Dad..."
"Love you too, kid."
