HC + Wade and Weasel as kids
Weaselā¦man, Weasel was Wadeās entire world when they were kids, outside of his mother. Wade was an only child and until he went to school, pretty much had no contact with children his age (other than Emilie, since their mothers worked the same beat, but she was almost 3 years older than him and leaps and bounds ahead of him mentally especially when he was young). He didnāt meet Weasel until he was in second grade (which should have been 3rd-technically 4th, he started a year late)- when Wade saw three older boys messing with Weasel on the playground before school.
Two of them had pinned Weasel down while the third one kept slapping and pinching Jack for being āmouthyā. None of the other kids would stand up to those three because they were pretty much the meanest, scariest kids in school; but no child could actually scare Wade. Wade ran over and literally flying tackled this kid off of Weasel and bit his arm so hard the kid had to get stitches- like, attempted to take a chunk out of his arm, was only stopped by the kid punching him in the ear and bolting. The first time Weasel ever actually saw Wade, his mouth was bloody and he lunged at the boys who had been holding Weasel down and wordlessly screamed at them. They ran and Weasel just laid there looking absolutely terrified. Then Wade squatted down next to him and started fussing over him and Weasel was like ???? the fuck is this??? Because the kid who just fucking flew outta nowhere and tackled the kid slapping him around and nearly took off a chunk of his arm is looking all concerned and pestering him in another fucking language?? It took Wade a good minute to remember oh yeah not everyone at school (see, few kids at school) speak french and he finally switches over to english and is basically preening over 6 year old jack like a tiny injured animal. And when they inevitably were all dragged to the principalās office the principal yelled at Wade and made him cry and this tiny asshole 6 year old unleashes the nastiest look from hell on this guy in defense of a fucking 9 year old and tells him to leave him alone and that my friends is how Weasel and Wade met
Wade spent every second he could at Weaselās house when they were young and there were many times that Weasel snuck him into the house after his mother went to bed/while she was at work Weasel despised playing pretend games, but always did for Wade because they made him so happyWade stole Weasel a set of lincoln logs for his 7th birthday and has done so every year ever since Wade and Weasel became āblood brothersā after seeing it on a tv show when Wease was about 8 and Wade was 11Whenever Wade slept over, they always slept in the same bed and Wade always cuddled him even if Weasel grumbled about it until he fell asleepWeasel always ālostā things (like binders, notebooks, packs of pencils, his lunchbox, books, to name a few). He lost them specifically in Wadeās backpack and vehemently denied they were his when Wade tried to give them back. Weasel would tell his mother elaborate stories about girls he liked at school in order to get Wade gifts for holidays and his birthday. Once he convinced his mother to let him get a lisa frank trapper keeper for a āgirlā he liked- it was actually for wade and weasel wanted to get him something he knew his best friend would like. Weasel packed extra food in his lunch so Wade would have something to eat. Wade would fight literally anyone any time for Weasel, even when Weasel was the one who started it.Weasel learned pretty fast how to attend to moderate injuries, trying to help take care of Wade (who was almost always injured fopr one reason or another). By the time Weasel was 9, he was a pro at wrapping broken fingers. The first time Weasel ever shot a gun, it was one that Wade had gotten for joining the gang. Weasel was 10. Wade kissed Weasel once and only once. Wade was 15 and Weasel was 12 and weasel was comforting wade through an episode. Weasel had no ideas how to react and just froze up and Wade freaked out and didnāt stop apologizing for a good 3 weeks. By the time they were in middle school, weasel was beating up as many if not more people for wade than wade was beating up for him.Ā At that point Wade was still taller than him, but Weasel had a good 40 pounds on him. Weasel was the only person Wade felt he could trust. Wade and Weasel would camp out in the playground at the park when Weasel found out sometimes Wade would go there to sleep. Weasel brought blankets and snacks in his backpack.Weasel was the main reason Wade learned how to read. Until Wade could read better, Weasel would read whatever Wade wanted to him. Weasel would eat a bite of wadeās food first to prove that it was safe to eat when his paranoia was bad. Heād also tell people that he ate both their food so wade wouldnāt āget in troubleā for eating.Wade is the one who taught Weasel how to actually play like a child.