a/n I hope you liked the fluff! Fluff is so fun. I like fluff. And sadstuck. I like a lot of things.

As The Years Pass

Age 18 Part 2

Tavros carefully paced back and forth in his room, watching his legs move under his control. He's been going to physical therapy for a while now, since he had his legs amputated at mid thigh and got the prosthetics, and he's gotten much better at walking. Although he hasn't mastered the use of his legs yet. They expected him to improve greatly over the next two months, as they approached graduation.

He would be perfectly happy, though, even if he didn't improve at all. He was just happy to be able to walk on his own, and to show off his newly acquired ability to his boyfriend.

"Shiiiit, Tavbro!" Gamzee said with a grin as he slouched on the bed, "It's a motherfucking miracle!"

Tavros laughed, and started walking toward Gamzee, "I know, I never thought it would happen, either."

Gamzee reached out and gently grasped his boyfriend's hand, "You're all up and going to exhaust yourself, with all this walkin' and shit."

With a squeeze of Gamzee's hand, Tavros shrugged, "I'll be okay, I like walking."

Gamzee smiled sweetly at Tavros and chuckled as he let go of his hand, "I know you do. Once you get tired, we can snuggle, okay?"

Tavros nodded as he turned around and walked back across the room. He heard Gamzee's text tone(a honk, of course) and Gamzee shuffling for his phone before he turned around to see Gamzee staring slack faced at the small screen; jaw hanging open and hand gripping the phone a little too tightly.

"Gamzee?" He asked, walking back to the bed as Gamzee regained control of his face and scowled. He hadn't seen Gamzee this angry in months, since well before he had gotten the legs. Gamzee let out a low, guttural growl that scared Tavros, "Gamzee, what happened?"

There was no answer, just a phone tossed onto the bed as Gamzee stood and tangled his hands into his own hair, pulling on it. Tavros picked up the phone, seeing a three word message from Aradia's boyfriend.

It wa2 Vri2ka

Tavros dropped the phone and turned to the boy now pacing back and forth angrily. He tried to catch him in a hug and pap him, but it wasn't working.

"That no good motherfucking spiderbitch! That…that…nooksuckingbulgelickingheartlessmotherfuckingbitch ! What the motherfuck is wrong with her? There is something loose in her goddamned mind. The bitch will pay, SHE'LL MOTHERFUCKING PAY!"

His voice grew louder and louder, and Tavros heard his father's door creak open.

"Gamzee, Gamzee, calm down, it's okay," He tried to sooth him, hushing him.

"No Tavbabe it's not motherfucking okay! It WON'T MOTHERFUCKING BE OKAY until she PAYS FOR IT!"

Gamzee peeled Tavros off of him with ease and stormed to the door, opening it just as Mr. Nitram raised an arm to knock.

"Gamzee? What happened?" He asked, voice full of worry.

He didn't bother answering, just stomping toward the stairs. Tavros followed, looking at his father in panic.

"Tavros what's going on?" His father tried again. Tavros didn't bother answering, even as his father tried to block his path.

By the time Tavros got around his father, Gamzee was already down the stair and heading for the front door. He cried out, begging Gamzee to stop, and rushed to the stairs until his father hand caught his arm.

"Nonono you don't," Mr. Nitram scolded, "You know you aren't good at stairs yet."

"Dad, let me go," He whined, shaking his arm in a useless attempt to escape his father's grip.

"Tavros Nitram if you do not tell me what's happening at this very minute I will take away Gamzee's spare keys and you will not see him outside of school for a month."

The threat quieted him for a moment, before he answered, "Gamzee, uh, he had some of our friends trying to figure out who paralyzed me. And…well…they found out."

Tavros watched as his father's face softened. The next thing he said was in much softer tone, "He needs to calm down. He'll be back, you know that."

"But, Dad, he's going to get himself hurt, he's too angry to think straight. What if he…" Worry made Tavros's voice tight.

"Gamzee's strong…he'll be okay…he'll be back in an hour or two and when he gets back, you're going to be in bed. Understood?"

Tavros understood. Or, at least he pretended to understand with a soft nod of his head. He turned back to his room, his father following. He removed his prosthetics and placed them on the ground next to the bed, curling up under the blanket and hugging his pillow as Mr. Nitram watched.

Ten minutes after Mr. Nitram turned off the light and closed the door, Tavros sat up and replaced his legs. He cracked the door open and glanced down the hall to his father's own cracked open door and the soft snoring coming from the darkness behind it.

He breathes a sigh of relief and opens the door more, grabbing a hoodie from his room before leaving to try and find Gamzee.

a/n The new chapter should be up soon after this one. I stayed up a good hour later than I planned to and now I'm going to be exhausted in class tomorrow but it was soooo worth it.