Jason was 7 when he met Octavian, the other little blonde boy was under tree reading a guide to understand swords. Octavian looked lonely so Jason decided to go up to him.

"Hey, do you want company? You look lonely." Jason said, holding out his hand.

Octavian looked up at him and smiled, he shook Jason's hand and patted the ground next to him. Jason sat down and put a safe space between them.

"Hi, my name is Octavian, what about yours?" Octavian asked, a small smile on his face he was happy someone noticed him.

"Hi Octavian! My name is Jason!" Jason exclaimed, his smile wide.

Octavian smiled and they chatted for a while they found out that they had a lot in common.

They both liked the color blue

Both liked the nature

Both liked baby animals

Both liked that they were friends

And so much more!

They stayed there for a little while in silence before Octavian spoke again.

"Hey, we should go to the lake! We aren't on training so it should be fine!" Octavian exclaimed, pulling Jason up with him.

"Yeah! That sounds good!" Jason exxlaimed back, pulling out of Octavian's grip and ran to the lake.

Octavian ran with him, when they got there they strip off their shirt and got in the water. It was chilly but not enough that it was unplesant. They had lot's of fun playing in the water that's when they saw a little wolf pup looking lost.

Jason got out of the water and went up to the pup and picked it up. He showed it to Octavian who took it in his arms.

"We shoul find it's home." Jason said already looking for it's home.

That's what they did for an hour after a while they found it and placed it safely in it's home. After that they went back to under the tree, the chatted until they wore themselves out.

A comfortable silence fell over them, then Octavian suddenly heard snoring. He looked to his side and Jason was sleeping on his shoulder, drooling slightly. Though Jason's neck was in a weird position so Octavian fixed it to a more comfortable position.

Soon Octavian snoozed off too, when he woke up again Jason was still knocked out. A pool of drool going down his chin. Octavian chuckled, he moved Jason from his shoulder and gently settled him against the tree. Jason was quite cute asleep, he looked younger, he looked like a child not a soldier, Octavian thought.

He stood up and went back to the lake, he took off his shoes and socks and dipped his feet in the cold embrace of the lake water. He really liked Jason, their friendship was really special to him. Octavian promised himself that he will never lose this friendship...

At first it went well, days passec and they passed it well, months passed and they still had fun together, years passed and they were still friends.

But good things never last

Time passed and they were seperating from each other. Duties took over their lives and well they didn't have time for each other anymore. Sometimes sometimes they would go to the tree they met but it didn't last...

Their friendship

It

F

E

L

L

A

P

A

R

T

Octavain tried to recover it and so did Jason but it didn't work. Sometimes Octavian would cry in his room remembering all those good moments. He literally had no friends because everyone hated him, no one liked him.

He was just a stupid blonde

But no one knew that scared little boy who just...

Wanted affection

So when Jason went missing, Octavian was frantic about finding him. Even though they weren't friends anymore he still...

He still...

Still....

Still...

C A R E D

So when the search armies failed to find their beloved Preator, Octavian cried in the comfort of his room where no one could find him. Reyna noticed that Octavian was acting off but she didn't really pay attention because she was focused in her own sorrow and her duty.

So the day Octavian found a way to help he did it but he didn't notice that his cloath was stuck in it. He was shot up, he didn't scream, he didn't cry for help.

He was dead

D

E

A

D

!

Silent laughter filled him as he died a firey death. This life wasn't worth it.

The only thing worth his time was

Jason

He hoped he was fine

And he hoped that Gaea was dead

When Jason found out that Octavian was dead it hit him like a brick to the head.

No

It wasn't possible

Octavian wasn't dead

Nonononono

But he knew it was true but he couldn't let it bother him mow they had a bigger problem. After the war was done, Jason curled up in his bed, two people died that day.

Jason was sobbing at this point

Leo

Octavian

He should've saved them

It should've been him

He

Should've

Been

There

THE END :)

Hence why in the aftermath of the main AU, Miku kinda relies on and gets close to Eddie because not only does she care about him, but he also is like her only shot at passing a final message to her lost "patients".

Eddie probably is more than aware that Miku's intentions with him aren't entirely kosher here, but he also carries a LOT of lingering guilt over how everything went down. How Miku clearly is still upset that she couldn't single-handedly stop a monolith like Bet and Forgive.

Simon has resorted to bribing you, regularly. Every night and morning you're supposed to stretch but Simon notices as the days go by you start losing motivation and just skipping all together. Simon knows as simple as stretching is supposed to be, it hurts and pain first thing in the morning and last thing before bed isn't fun, it only makes sense that you're doing your best to avoid it. But Simon also knows you can't heal if you start avoiding it, so he finds a way to help motivate you.

So Simon started to offer you things as a reward for doing your stretches. In the morning Simon promises to make your favorite breakfast, or maybe he promises to get you something you've been wanting or go somewhere you've been asking to go, as long as you do your stretches. At night he promises to get you a treat or he promises cuddles, surprising you choose cuddles most of the time, Simon's very respectful with his hand placement but he's also careful not to touch your skin too much because he knows his whole body is heating up being so close to you.

Simon also does stretches with you, he does the same ones you do even if they're incredibly easy for him and don't actually make him stretch, but after you're all done stretching sometimes Simon will do extra stretches, it's more for your entertainment rather than his health. He does the oddest stretches and poses he can find just so you can giggle at him. Sometimes he takes it a step farther and works out with you, honestly he uses you more like extra weight but you love it, sitting on Simon's back while he does push-ups, or he’ll use you as a weight, curling you while trying not to laugh as your laughter, or he has you hang onto him while doing pull-ups, he just has to be careful not to hurt you though.

The bribes have to get bigger when the task is harder, after every therapist visit you lose motivation, not because you're not progressing or things aren't looking hopeful, in fact everything is looking great and you're right on track, but it still hurts so fucking much. The daily stretches get easier the more you do them but then you go to therapy and everything hurts and suddenly the daily stretches are just as hard as they were in the beginning. It’s a weekly cycle and it hurts you so much, you're practically stuck on the couch for days, you lose motivation to do anything, even fun things, your whole body hurts even with the meds. 

It hurts Simon every week when you look at him, feeling so small and helpless, in pain and doing your best not to cry. He gives you a break the day after your therapy visit, you two spend the whole day under the covers, normally you're too shy to cuddle up to Simon but you're so tired you don't care, you hold onto him all day, on rough days you squeeze his arm begging him to stop the pain while you cry. Simon tried to get you stronger pain meds, even if you only took them after therapy appointments that would be something, but your therapist doesn't, she just lessens what you do in your appointments. It doesn't help enough though, you're still in pain and tears the next day, and now you feel even worse mentally because you know you did less than you should have and it just makes you feel useless.   

You've started opening up to Simon a little more, you tell him how you feel about yourself, how you feel useless now and how it seems like your burdening everyone, you tell him how sacred you are that you'll never get better or that everyone will leave you if you don't get better fast enough. You don't tell him how scared you are of the 141 leaving you behind, you know you'll never be a soldier again, you are so scared they will go on a mission, that Simon will go on a mission and leave you all alone, you are terrified that Simon's life will continue moving without you. Simon pulls you close promising that won't happen, he promises he will always care for and love you, he promises you will get better, deep down you know he doesn't know the future and his words don't really hold weight. But it feels nice telling him about your feelings, and it feels nice when he pulls you close, brushing away your tears and kissing the top of your head while whispering about how much he cares about you.

Part 16