Title: Building Glass Houses
Author: Daisy
Fandom: Assassin's Creed
Setting: AU; Assassin's Creed III, New York
Pairing: Implied William Johnson/Thomas Hickey, Haytham Kenway/Ziio, Haytham Kenway/Charles Lee, Connor Kenway/Thomas Hickey
Genre: Hurt/Comfort/Romance/Humor/Angst
Rating: M to encompass all chapters
Chapters: 1/13
Word Count: 277
Type of Work: Chapter Story, Reflective, William Johnson-Centric
Status: Incomplete
Warnings: AU – Canon Divergence, Slash, Acrostic Inspired, Drunken Antics, Alcohol Abuse, William Johnson POV
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except I made the acrostic. 8D
Summary: William Johnson can tell that Thomas is getting attached to Connor; he also knows what happens when Thomas Hickey gets attached to anything. An acrostic attempts to help him through his hard time.

AN: So, when I made the story Praise Be (I haven't posted it yet), I knew I wanted to focus on Thomas Hickey. However, I realized later I wanted one about William, and his ways of coping when Thomas grows apart from him. So, then I decided he's an intellectual, and he'd try to handle it in a way that would be both personal and therapeutic. Thus, this story was born! Hope you guys like. ^^

Prologue: Acrostic Therapy

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The more time Thomas spends with that boy, the more I worry for both of their futures. Connor is eight already, and it sort of surprises me he's made it that long. Perhaps this is the kind of magic that Thomas refers to when he says that was how his family raised him on the same basic level. Then again, I raised him into manhood, and even still he acts like a child. But what really concerns me is the fact that Thomas Hickey is growing attached to an eight year old child. Whenever Thomas gets attached to anything, he has a tendency to overdo it, and... I suppose I fear the boy will grow as lecherous as the man caring for him. I still question Haytham's judgement, but I realize he never really wanted Connor in the first place.

At any rate, upon noticing my distress, Charles and Haytham both thought it wise that I start to work on some personal therapy. As such, I've been given a challenge; On the first day, I must write an acrostic poem about how I feel about the problem. Every day after that, I need to write a journal entry based on one letter/word of said poem. Hopefully it will help.

Here goes nothing:

T - Time-Consuming
H - Honest
O - Obnoxious
M - Maculate
A - Alcoholic
S - Salacious

H - Hedonistic
I - Infectious
C - Claustrophobic
K - Kinky
E - Easy
Y – Yokefellow

...That was far easier than I expected. With this written down, I can begin the next section of the exercise. Hopefully this helps with separating myself from my, er... Problem. Now, I only hope Haytham and Charles don't find this...

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