#divergent-discourse

Four - Tobias now - drives Evelyn to the Bureau and walks her to her gate. The terms were clear, anyone who wanted out flew free. They didn’t say much on the way there, they weren’t people much for talking. Not much for long, teary goodbyes either. Everything they had to say to each other had basically already been said.

But he writes to her and she writes him back. She tells him about the little apartment she’s renting, about the weather down south, about the huge dog she gets that reminds her of him. She likes the south, she thrives there. He tells her about his job under Johanna, and about board game night with Zeke and Shauna, and keeps recommending her nature documentaries. They talk about normal people stuff; not the war, or Marcus, or their time as allies and then opponents. They’ve wasted too much time on that already. They work their way up to phone calls by degrees, and when he changes her name in his phone from ‘Evelyn’ to ‘Mom’ it feels like they’ve hit a significant milestone.

He goes to visit her first, takes a cheap room in a motel rather than staying with her out of caution. It was like dipping his toe in the water. It had been more than a year since the last time they’d been face to face. But she takes him to the local zoo and they go out to brunch on lazy Sunday mornings. Her friends are thrilled to meet the son they’ve heard so much about, but her dog is by far his favorite part of the trip. He has such a good time that they end up making Hanukkah plans.

Past the two year mark Evelyn moves back to Chicago. They live together for a little while but it’s not like visiting. A lot of words are spilled to his therapist about having another person live in his house. With her return their relationship began to sour again. When she was miles away she was easy to miss in a way, their time face to face was more valuable.

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If they got to live think Marlene and Uriah would be really fun parents. They would have family game night and movie nights. They’re all going to camp out in the living room. When they get to be old enough Uriah will take them zip lining double, triple, quadruple checking the straps to make sure they’re fastened first. Marlene is going to waiting anxiously at the bottom with Uncle Zeke and Aunt Shauna, but she smiles when they can’t stop talking about how cool it was and when can i go again?

Will and Christina as well. Maybe I’m biased cuz I love them but they would be those parents that are friends with their kids too. They’re going to be the mix of fun and responsible, not that Marlene and Uriah aren’t responsible. Will is going to start teaching them things at a young age because he knows children retain information better when they’re younger and Christina is going to roll her eyes playfully at first but then when she sees they aced their first spelling test she’s like ok.

I would be interested to see Tobias as a parent. He makes a conscious effort to not be like Marcus and not make the same mistakes as Evelyn. He would spend a lot of time with his kiddos and loves playing imaginary games with them, whatever they make up. He’s very protective, almost overly so, and his daughter is just like step off dad but he still has trouble since the war of letting the ones he loves stray too far. He’s also the parent that all his kids’ friends finds hot and/or intimidating but he only comes across intimidating when his kids bring home someone he doesn’t like.

Christina: What's that?

Tris

Multitasker extraordinaire 

One hand on the wheel one hand ripping open a packet of sugar to pour into her coffee as she speeds down the highway 

Yells at traffic 

Always has a ‘check engine’ light on and never does anything about it

Tobias

His car inexplicably has a cassette player and he uses it 

Gets distracted by a bird and will miss an exit 

Keeps an entire survival kit in the trunk 

Loves driving through the night when there’s no one else around 

Christina 

Entire life worth of things is always in her backseat 

The Loudest Singer 

Speed limits are for idiots who don’t know how to drive 

Has tons of snacks in her car 

Does makeup during a red light 

Caleb

Laws are made to be followed and by god I will go the speed limit even if everyone else in the vehicle is begging me to go faster

Is terrified of police checkpoints even though he would never drink and drive 

Makes people clean their shoes before getting into the car

Zeke

Always picks up hitchhikers 

 Rear view mirror taped together 

The master of road trip playlists 

Can’t remember where the drivers registration went and just prays he never has to find it 

Eric

Passes cars even when its a double line 

Pretends to know more about cars then he does 

Actually gets car tuned up every season 

Tobias: Totally fine. Bordering on no feelings at all, actually!