When playing the game, i finished Keith’s ending first. What if MC was avoiding realizing Eddie and Volt because they’re scared the two of them were doing the same thing? Playing into their emotions to be realized.
(sorry if this is a lot lmao)
SPOILERS FOR KEITH’S REALIZATION
anon why are you in my brain this is genuinely why i refused to realize Eddie and Volt for so long because i was scared the ending would disappoint me or break my heart and i couldn’t face it
i would love to write a fic like this PEAK angst ugh okay here are some thoughts
the homeowner, after realizing Keith (especially if you got the love ending with him) is absolutely terrified that everyone else is just using you to become real, and that you’ll just end up alone again after everything.
Keith’s actions infect every relationship you have with the poison of distrust from then on. you don’t know who to believe, who to suspect, even who truly loves you.
maybe you’d start pulling away from Eddie and Volt, because for them to do the same thing and completely abandon you after the love you have poured into them, it would destroy you. surely it’ll be easier if you just…cut them off first. before they can hurt you.
no conversation, no explanation, you distance yourself. you can’t bare the thought of just…asking them about it, because what if they validate your biggest fear?
what if everything has been a lie? to get you to help them maintain the bar, to appease you, to get closer to becoming human, to leave you and never come back.
when you go from visiting the breaker box every day to maybe twice a week, of course the boys notice.
plus, they run a freaking club. they have eyes and ears everywhere: there is no way they wouldn’t hear about what happened with Keith and all they want to do is comfort you but you just won’t let them.
you continue to realize objects that you’re friends with, but refuse to bring the topic up with any of your lovers until completely necessary.
questions about Keith make you shut down immediately and your boys make the connection very quickly that you’re afraid they’ll abandon you.
Volt’s first reaction would be to get upset that you could even think such a thing. did their declaration of love fall on deaf ears? did they do something to make you doubt them? were they not affectionate enough?
as someone who’s been alone for most of his existence, Eddie is the one to remind him that it isn’t about them. it’s about you and your trauma from being abandoned. he knows that it’s nothing they did and that this is your way of protecting yourself. because it’s what he did.
so instead of trying to force you to believe them (because they know it won’t work) when they say that they adore you and want to spend the rest of their lives with you, they start dropping hints just in passing every time you come back to the club
Eddie is subtle. or what he thinks is subtle. he’ll start vaguely mentioning a life with you.
“Hey spark, what’s your ring size?”
“Where do you want to live in the future? I’m thinking some place just outside of the big city so we have our privacy and a nice commute for work.”
“You know, before Volt, I thought I would be alone for the rest of my life. I know I don’t say it a lot, but I’m glad to have you here with me, my love.”
Volt is bold. he wants you to know he is planning on being there for the rest of your lives.
“Darling, where should we honeymoon when we get married?
“Do you want children, my dear? I was thinking two would be nice. But of course, if you want to only focus on us forever I would be just as delighted.”
“You know, Eddie and I would love to build a club with your tastes in mind, live wire! If we ever branch out, we’ll name it after you. Just imagine it now, the three of us the owners of the brand new Live Wire Nightclub! No? Not that name? Okay, we’ll workshop it.”
basically they would try to undermine your own brain and get you truly believing that they want a future with you.
it would help somewhat of course, but of course they know that their words alone won’t be enough to break through your trauma. so they’re also patient. as they watch all of the other dateables be realized, they try not to feel jealous and enjoy the time that they have with you.
the less dateables there are in the house, the more you show back up at the club and the more anxious you get. you know that it’s time to realize your partners. you’re just terrified of the outcome.
but you can’t stand the look on Volt’s face anymore when he hears about every other object that gets realized. so you swallow your anxiety, your fear and your trauma, and bite the bullet when it’s finally only you, them and Skylar left.
and imagine your complete surprise and delight when you realize them and they stay around. of course, they go out and try different jobs and find themselves, but they always come home to you at the end of the day.
after the opening of High Voltage Realty, they propose to you that night in bed. they’ve had the ring since they first started making money at the diner, but they know that the moment is right after you’re all coming down from your highs and you finally mention Keith.
you thank them for staying with you, for always being true to themselves and to you, for loving you.
and Eddie just slowly reaches into the nightstand drawer and slips a diamond ring onto your finger.
i had so much fun with this oh my god thank you again anon for prompting me with this!! i might write a full fic but we’ll see after fry my heart lol
