Tommy flops down on his bed and grabs Henry. The tears start falling as soon as he slams his bedroom door shut behind him. He’s only sixteen, he doesn’t want to die. Because his energy leaving means he’s going to die soon. He climbs the stairs slowly, horrified at the realization that his burst of energy is disappearing.

Wilbur had insisted on stopping for ice cream, and Tommy had somehow managed to pull himself together long enough to act happy in front of him. The sun is well on her way down when they finally get home. Finally, he says, “Y’know, I think we should cut that song.” The band members each ready their respective instruments as Wilbur counts them in, and Tommy settles in for the show.Īfter they practice a certain song, Wilbur stops for a long moment, deep in thought. Tommy preens under the praise, especially when Mark insinuates that they need his help with a new song. They go on and on about how they missed him, how practices just aren’t the same without him. The two make their way inside, and Wilbur’s bandmates are fuckin’ ecstatic to see him. He shrugs the sweater on anyway, but it doesn’t do anything. Truthfully, Tommy didn’t even realize that it was cold. “It’s fucking freezing, how are you only wearing that baseball shirt?” Wilbur throws a spare jacket at him as they get out of the car. They miraculously make it to the studio alive. Tommy is constantly gripping the handle above the door, and one time they even brake so hard the only thing keeping him from flying through the windshield is his seatbelt. Wilbur drives like a madman, which is nothing new. “I have band practice today, and you’re coming with me.” Tommy literally doesn’t get the chance to refuse, because Wilbur’s already dragging him right back out the door. When they get back, Wilbur is waiting for him on the couch. He’s content with just the time he’s spending with his father.

Phil wants to go shopping for the new school year coming up, but Tommy has explained multiple times that he won’t live to see the fall. Techno keeps asking him to spar, but Tommy has already told him that he’s almost too weak to stand at this point. They’re living in complete denial, and Tommy thinks it hurts more than the fact that he is actually dying.įor example, Wilbur keeps trying to get him to go out in the snow with him, but Tommy has told him time and time again that the cold makes him feel worse. They refuse to even think about the possibility of him dying. His brothers and father refuse to make any sort of peace with it. He knew it as soon as he failed to grow a simple marigold. Artificial light, vitamin supplements, standing outside to try to get any miniscule amount of real sunlight, but nothing works. Now, he can barely even grow a thin layer of moss. See, while their neighbors mourned the loss of the flowers growing in their garden, Tommy mourned the loss of the flowers growing underneath his skin.īefore the volcanic winter, he always had enough flowers on his person to make a bouquet. Well, most humans except the Craft family. Besides the threat of a vitamin D deficiency (which can easily be solved with supplements), humans moved on with their lives.

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