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Mandy’s Care Home

Characters: Tyler Sharp, Quinn Sharp, Eliza Riley-Sharp, Matty Davidson-Sharp, Damian Sharp, Ant Sharp, Vikki Barnes-Sharp, Mandy McGinnis, Heather Sharp (Mentioned), Jessie Goldhart, William Lyne, Lauren Maaya (Mentoned) , Pixie Patterson, Mikey Patterson, Nadine Holt, Gus Griffith, Daxter Griffith, Bryan Torres, Danny Cook, Gracie Christ (Mentioned), Molly Arbore (Mentioned)

Ship: None/Polysquad

Words: 1807

Warnings: Mentions of/Hints at Will’s abuse, hints at Quinn falling, ask if you need something added.

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Tyler placed his camera into his bag alongside his notebook before slinging it over his shoulder.

“Hey, guys!” He called through the house from the front door. “I’m heading to Mandy’s care home! Anyone want to come?”

He’d expected Matty to come along, and maybe Eliza if she wasn’t busy. What she hadn’t expected was for all of them to decide to join him. (Besides Heather, who at the time was getting ready to go to work.)

They all walked as a group along the streets. Quinn held tight to Eliza’s hand, Damian and Ant arguing about something stupid, Matty skipping and talking about a new song he was working on. Tyler smiled. He loved taking trips out with the others.

The care home was a new building. Mandy had had help from Lauren when raising money for it (Which might’ve been helped by the fact Lauren was constantly followed around by a very large dragon). It stood tall and welcoming, the orange bricks painted over with white paint. The windows were clean, and Tyler could see the flower-patterned curtains inside and a little cactus on one of the window ledges.

He knocked on the door and a small, round woman with fiery red hair answered. Her eyes lit up when she saw the group and she smiled wide. Her face radiated the same warmth and kindness as the building itself did.

“Oh! You’re all here! That’s lovely,” She opened the door and gestured for them all to enter. The inside of the house smelled of brownies. “Gracie… Had to stay home today,” She said sadly, frowning slightly. “But Molly said she might stop by later to help! Until then, feel free to introduce yourself to any of the children.”

“Uncle Ty!”

Tyler barely had chance to look towards the source of the yelling before a blur of pastel colours threw itself at him. He stumbled slightly as he looked down, seeing a small, blonde girl beaming up at him.

“Pixie!” He laughed, picking her up and spinning her around. She giggled, kicking her legs.

He placed her back onto the floor and dragged him into the main room. There was a table in the corner with chairs set up around it. The surface was covered in paper, pencils and crayons. A box of blocks lay scattered on the floor near the window, two small children talking quietly to themselves and building little houses. Pixie pulled Tyler towards the table and made him sit town before climbing up into his lap.

“Look what I drew!”

On the paper in front of her was a drawing of herself, her brother Mikey, a kid covered in band-aids that Tyler could only guess was Jessie, a kid holding a book that was definitely Will, and then Lauren. Tyler smiled. “That’s wonderful, Pix! Where are the other little monsters, anyway?” He asked.

Pixie kicked her legs and picked up another pencil and a new piece of paper, beginning to scribble more people. “Think Mikey an’ Jess are playing football in the yard,” She shrugged. “Mandy said Lauren’s got college an’ she’ll visit us when her lesson is done. Think she’s doin’ English.”

“What about Will?”

Pixie paused. “He’s havin’ a bad day. Mandy said he hasn’t been talkin’ to anyone today, not even her.”

Tyler frowned and nodded. Given Will’s past, moments like this were expected. Tyler turned around to the others, seeing them all looking around. It was their first time really visiting.

“Hey, Quinn?” He said.

The angel looked up, lip red from biting it. “Mm?”

“You remember Will, right? D’you think you can go sit with him for a bit, make sure he’s ok?”

Quinn nodded and turned to leave the room. Mandy walked with her, leading her up the stairs.

The others all looked around, deciding they should probably communicate with some of the kids too. Matty walked out towards the back door, following the sounds of giggles and small voices. He found Jessie and Mikey outside – Jessie up in the treehouse and Mikey on the floor as they threw the football to each other. Matty grinned.

“Hey guys!”

The two turned to look at him and instantly lit up. Mikey grabbed hold of Matty and tugged him towards the treehouse. “Wanna play?” He asked, handing the ball to Matty.

“Hot potato?”

Mikey nodded. “Yeah! But Jess wanted to be higher up, so they’re in the treehouse.

Matty laughed. “Of course, I’ll play.”

——————-

Back inside, Eliza had followed the smell of brownies to the kitchen. A young teen, possibly around the age of 13 if Eliza had to guess, was sat at the kitchen table with a worksheet and a frustrated look on their face.

“Hey, dear,” Eliza said softly, sitting down on the seat next to them. “Do you need help?”

The teen shook their head. “No. I gotta do it by myself or it’s not the same.”

“Oh,” Eliza said. “You know, you’re allowed to ask for help if you’re struggling, dear. It doesn’t make your work any less good. If it helps, I can give you questions like what you’re answering, but with different numbers, and I can show you how that works, and you can apply that to your work. Does that help?”

The teen finally looked up at Eliza and nodded slowly. “Y-Yeah, ok. That works.”

Eliza smiled and picked up a spare piece of paper and a pen from the stack in the corner. She wrote down some questions and handed them to the teen. “Oh, and I’m Eliza,” She said.

“…Nadine.”

——————-

Vikki had taken to the two boys sat on the floor building houses. She sat next to them, slightly floating off the floor. One smiled at her, the other nodded in her direction but kept his eyes on the blocks.

“I’m Gus,” Introduced the blonde boy, lisping slightly due to the missing front tooth. “That’s my brother, Daxter. He doesn’t talk very much but it’s ok because Mandy says I talk enough for both of us.”

Vikki laughed. “Well it’s nice to meet you both. Mind if I build?”

“Sure!” Gus grinned, pushing some blocks towards her. “Why are you floating?”

“I’m a ghost.”

Gus shrugged. “That’s cool. Oh! Here’s this little man, you can stick him on your house when you’re done. I called him Mr Orange because he likes to wear an orange hat.”

“I love that.”

The three build together, Gus occasionally piping up with a silly joke or to ask for a block or ask Daxter for help. Vikki eventually handed Gus her little house with a man on it. “Does this look right to you? I don’t build very often.”

Gus smiled wide and sat up straighter, clapping his hands. “Good! Look, Dax, isn’t that cool?”

Daxter looked up at the house and smiled, nodding.

Gus handed it back to Vikki. “If Dax likes it, that means it’s super good.”

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Quinn hadn’t spoken since she’d entered Will’s room. Instead, she’d curled up on the chair next to his bed, sitting quietly as he slowly rocked himself. If anyone of the group knew how to handle Will, it was her. Forcing him to talk wouldn’t work – She had to wait for him to make the first move.

“Can I see your wings?”

His voice came out soft, cracking slightly. She nodded and stood up, moving to sit next to him on the bed. She closed her eyes and felt her wings appear, shaking and stretching out. It’d been a while since she’d let them out. They were a soft lavender colour, the lower feathers burned and stained with ash from her fall. Will leaned against Quinn’s side, smiling slightly when Quinn wrapped her wings around the two of them.

They sat in silence for a while longer. Will’s eyes closed.

“I was thinking about… Them… again,” Will whispered.

Quinn didn’t need to respond with words. She just wrapped her wings closer around them, a hand taking one of Will’s. Will sniffled and curled up a little tighter against the angel’s side.

“I just wish I could forget it. All of it. Sometimes I can pretend it didn’t happen, but sometimes I can’t.”

Quinn lightly squeezed his hand. “I know, Will. And it’s going to hurt for a while. Maybe for a very long while. But… But there are ways to deal with it if you want that. I can find you some people that you can talk to, and maybe they can help you feel better.”

Will nodded and rubbed his eyes with his free hand. “P-Please.”

Quinn kissed the top of Will’s head. “You’ll be ok. I promise.”

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Ant and Damian walked around together. Some of the other kids were out at classes, but they eventually ran into two kids upstairs in a bedroom, dressed up in costumes. One of them was a little redhead covered in freckles, a gap between his two front teeth and a wide grin on his face as he raised a fake cardboard sword. The other was dressed like a dinosaur, messy blonde hair covering his eyes. His hands were held out in front of him like claws.

“Hey there, boys,” Damian greeted as he walked into the room, Ant following.

Both boys turned, their eyes widening. “Woah!! Your eyes are red!!”

Damian and Ant shared a look and grinned.

“Yep, they are,” Ant nodded.

“Pointy teeth!” The blonde said, looking at Ant.

“Pointy ears!” The redhead yelled, looking at Damian.

“My name’s Damian,” Dami said, smiling and kneeling closer to their height. “I’m a demon.”

“And I’m Ant,” Ant waved. “I’m a vampire.”

Both young boys jumped around, excited.

“I’m Bryan,” The redhead introduced himself, bowing and laughing.

“I’m Danny!” The blonde joined in, striking a pose.

And laughed. “I guess you two enjoy acting? Mind if we join in? Damian would make a great damsel in distress,” He joked, winking towards Damian. Damian stuck his tongue out.

Bryan lit up and ran to a chest at the base of one of the beds, pulling out some accessories. “Of course, you can join in!!”

The four of them acted out scenes, each taking a turn at the different roles until Tyler called them down to leave.

——————-

Tyler hugged Mandy at the door. She smiled, holding out a tin to him. “There’s some treats in there for you all as a thank you for stopping by today.”

Tyler took the tin and smiled back. “We’ll try to come by again soon.”

“Please do,” Mandy said. She looked into the main room where all the kids were now settled in front of the TV with blankets watching a movie. “I can tell they really enjoyed seeing you all. They’d love to have you back.”

“Then we’ll definitely be back,” Eliza promised. The rest of them nodded in agreement.

“Have a good night, Mandy,” Tyler said as the group walked away.

“You too, dear.”

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