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ᕙʕ•ᴥ•ʔᕗ
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I go "Grawr!" =)

:| Family First |: {Ems // blitz} Sept 16, 2017 19:41:10 GMT -5

Post by ᕙʕ•ᴥ•ʔᕗ on Sept 16, 2017 19:41:10 GMT -5

Standing in front of the door, I chuckled to myself at how my habit of knocking doors wouldn’t do much for me this time around. Thankfully, I had the key in my hand, retrieved from the place that Baptist had confided in all of us, and I heard the click! as the door unlocked to my cousin’s home. I was always a huge sucker for kids, having none of my own, and I enjoyed being all my nieces’ and nephews’ fun uncle. It was easier since I wasn’t tied down and thanks to my large family, it seemed like I never needed to be.

Sure, Mama would always ask her questions, pester me with “when”s and “why not”s, but it never bothered me and it never bothered anyone else. After all, it meant more attention for everyone else’s kid. I hoped Baptist would realize I was in his house as I sent vibrations through the house with my foot. Of course, the kids were faster; they wasted no time to run to the front door and give their “Uncle Stel” a hug. Each of them received a bear hug before I saw their father standing there. Wasting no time, I pulled out a blackboard and a piece of chalk and started writing.

“Hope you don’t mind I swung by. It’s been too long since I visited you guys.” I give Baptist a big grin before I slap him gently on the shoulder. He might be a cousin—and not even by blood—but he was still family and in our family, family meant everything.

STELLAR JAY | JAY FAMILY PLOT | PLAY BY: TOM HUGHES

^credit to Shrimp

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knuckles
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probably flailing over something

:| Family First |: {Ems // blitz} Sept 16, 2017 20:40:28 GMT -5

Post by knuckles on Sept 16, 2017 20:40:28 GMT -5

Baptist Jay

It's simply a normal day. The kids run about the house, and I'm reclining in a chair the outside world through the tiny living room window. Sometimes I yearn to hear the sounds the world provides. I want to know how my children sounds when they try to speak to me. I want to hear birds singing in the sky. I want to hear the rain pattering against the roof top. But all I can hear is the eerie silence following me everywhere. I'm just glad that I don't have to sit here alone.

I lift a book from the table before opening the pages. Books offer me the escape I yearn for, and yet it's not enough to fix the pain that I have been living with for so very long. I want to tell my children how proud I am of them for doing good in school, and I want them to know that I love them despite writing words down on a piece of paper hoping they can understand.

A heavy sigh leaves my chest as I lower the book down just in time to see Rayna running towards the front door. My family knows how to get inside, but what if someone was knocking? I push the stool in, and I make my way across the room and to the door. Stellar is standing inside. He grabs a blackboard and some chalk and writes words down, and I can't help but smile at them. I take the chalk out of his hand, and scribble my own words down -

"It has been long, and any time you want to come over you can. Rayna and Cyclone love hanging out with you and the others. How have you been?" I only hope it's legible.

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