SBI Fanfics of the Week (week 68)
i can't lose hope (what's left of my heart's still made of gold) by blladnna
That was Philâs first thought upon opening his front doorâthat the kid on his front porch was so small. Too small for the warnings heaped upon Phil by the state, warnings of wild magic and dangerous words, of the treachery and trickery that came hand in hand with the legends of the fae. Phil had known many fae over the course of his lifetime, both kind and cruel. The kid on the front porch just looked like a kid.
Or: Phil signs up to be a foster parent and ends up just stacking broken kids in his house.
The Fault of Your Past by finwye
âYou know we love you, Tommy?â
Tommy tensed and his eyes cautiously flickered up to meet Wilburâs warm gaze. His first instinct was to nod and reciprocate the verbal affection, though something inside him âsomething insecure that had been broken far too many times overâ seized up in his gut and made his lungs contract unnaturally. He stared up at Wil and the acknowledgement died on his tongue.
It caught Tommy off guard when something he couldnât quite place faltered in Wilburâs expression. His smile looked misplaced beneath the shock that flashed in his eyes and the blonde wondered how on earth this man could look at Tommy and still have something to smile about.
Wilbur studied his little brother for a moment before he hummed softly and leaned down to press a lingering kiss to the crown of Tommyâs head. âWe love you.â
OR, Wilbur takes Tommy back to his place after a concerning phone call, and though the bruises littering his skin speak for themselves, there's something Tommy isn't telling Wilbur; something he would rather die than tell anyone.
like a hug when you're not there by plantform
âHeâs gonna kill you,â Wilbur mumbles, not looking at him.
Tommy doesnât care now; he has the hoodieâitâs his. âNo, he will not. He likes me. Iâm his favorite.â
âYouâre definitely not.â The words are swimming in laughter.
Tommy throws one of the cushions at Wilburâs head. Missing by a lot. âShut up. I am.â
Wilbur points his phone at him, taking a picture. âI guess weâll see.â
Or: Tommy makes a habit of taking Phil, Wilbur, and Techno's clothesâand they're very overwhelmed.
If I Lie (Maybe I'll Believe It) by weepingvirtue
At sixteen years old, Tommy knew so many things.
He knew that people were predictable and selfish. He knew not to trust, not to take, and not to get comfortable for too long. He knew that the concept of family was as fake as the highlights in his foster mother's hair.
Tommy had known for years that life was painful and had no extra love for some ratty foster kid like him. He knew that it was him and his copy of The Odyssey against the whole world. He knew that he only had to survive long enough to make it to his eighteenth birthday before he could escape.
But when Tommy ends up fostered in the Watson household completely by chance, he finds that maybe he never knew anything in the first place.
or, the one in which Tommy Innit has never really experienced love, family, or belonging, and is suddenly surrounded by it all at once.
When it's strange to take a walk downstairs by justsummr
Phil couldnât turn away, not when the chances of both of the boys being sent to a bad home was so high. He couldnât look at this eleven year old boy, the one with the fiery blue eyes, and take him from his brother. How could he look at Wilbur who was sixteen and he did best in history and music and turn him down? He couldnât send either of them away, let alone separate them.
They werenât just two kids in the system anymore. They werenât just names in the pile of thousands. Phil had seen them. Heâd seen their faces, the homes they'd been too, the people they were. Heâd seen them and he knew so much about them. It wasn't just an idea anymore, these boys were real.
or: phil adopts two brothers, wilbur and tommy. and maybe he bit off more than he could chew
title from Helena Beat by Foster the People
i love you (i'll say it again and again) by olivr
The idea of love wasn't unfamiliar to Tommy.
He knew he was loved. There was evidence in the way his parents celebrate every milestone with him, the way his Mum will cook him an extra grilled cheese on the days it's exceptionally hard to get out of bed or when he overworks himself. There was evidence in the way his father always laughed along with his jokes, helped him with his tech, and simply hugged him in silence when he needed it. He was born, and they decided he was enough. They loved him, and he loved them back.
Not to mention his online family. The entirety of the Dream SMP had made it clear they cared about him, that any of them were always there for him. His millions of fans told him about how much he helped them, albeit indirectly, and of how much they love his content.
The list goes on, from close friends to even closer family. Tommy was loved, he'd been told before.
Sometimes, though, he doubts it. In some moments, the evidence is pushed to the back of his head and all he's left with is a suffocating, helpless, strong feeling of loneliness.
or, Tommy spirals, doubting just how loved he is, and Wilbur is there to pick up the pieces.