Mark was curled up on the floor, his eyes pressed agaist his knees, his arms wrapped around his legs, and his back pressed against the back of the couch.
His body shook as he cried almost silently. The hysteria had long since passed, but he just couldn't stop crying.
That was how Tyler found him when he arrived at the office, and in that moment, Tyler knew that Mark was in no condition to do the Independence day livestream.
Tyler knelt down beside Mark and pulled the crying man into his arms. "I told you today was going to be rough." He spoke gently, a rather large juxtaposition to his usual 'stone-faced' self. Mark shook his head and whispered 'A-Amy... She left..."
Tyler had to try very hard not to cuss endlessly. How inconsiderate could she be? Today of all fucking days.
It had taken almost three hours to completely calm Mark, but once he had, Mark immediately threw himself into setting up for the stream. He'd chosen today specifically to do a charity livestream for the American Cancer Society .
Once the stream was set up, which for once was exactly on time, it began relatively easily.
"Hello everybody my name is Markiplier and welcome to our independence day American Cancer Society stream. Some of you actually already know the importance of today, y'know, other than it being independence day." He flapped his hands around randomly as he spoke before once again donning a far more serious face. "So, exactly 10 years ago, I lost my father to Cancer."