Demoman – Heights

Demoman was an Acrophobic.

Heights were a true terror for him at all times, he felt that whenever he was at the top of a structure that was too tall, he panicked like there was no tomorrow and couldn't even bring himself to find a way back down to earth.

That's why he became interested in demolitions.

His theory was that if he destroyed any building that was tall, then he wouldn't have to worry about the thought of being at the top of the structure. As such, whenever there was an opportunity to destroy something with a well-placed grenade, he would fondly do so.

It all happened when he was around 10.

He was at his school and a group of bullies came up to him and his friend, Sean. They started picking on he two of them once again for their individual reasons, he for his skin colour and Sean for how his family didn't have very much money. But, after trying to stand up to the bullies, they were given a dare; to be able to climb up to the third floor windows of the old building and be able to get from one window to the far opposite.

The two of them accepted the challenge.

So, after making sure no teachers were in the proximity, the two young boys scaled the crumbling wall with only a black pipe to assist them. He could remember the adrenaline he felt as he stepped slowly along the windowsills, Sean shuffling slowly by his side. But when they had just stepped past the middle of their journey, they both slipped off and fell…

He got a broken leg and rib, Sean had a shattered skull.

After 25 years, the Scotsman often wished that he was the one who got broken into pieces in that fall, instead of his best friend. The doctors said it was a miracle that he survived the fall in the first place, considering how high up he was.

But why wasn't that the same for Sean?

He would probably never really know.

~*~

"Dammit Demo! Come down!"

"No! I-I won't!"

Demoman found himself on a very narrow ledge, clutching onto a metal support for dear life. He came up here attempting to catch a BLU Spy, only for the snake to disappear.

Now he was stuck. When he realised just how far up he was, he started to panic greatly, his whole frame shaking and sweat rolling down his skin. He was screaming in his mind that he was going to die, that he would end up the same as Sean.

"You won't get hurt! Just come down!" The Sniper shouted, annoyed at what was going on, even though it seemed that Scout found the scenario quite hilarious.

The Scotsman stayed where he was, obviously quite agitated with his situation. He held onto the metal tighter in hopes that he would not fall down and undoubtedly lead to his demise. He clenched his eyes shut, hearing the wind rush by his ears and the Sniper at the very bottom declaring that he was going to get the Demolitions expert down himself.

He wanted to try and forget this whole thing.

He almost always turned to the bottle to calm down.

But it couldn't ever erase the fear or what happened.

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