Can you tell who my favorite character to write for is? Like, I feel connected on a spiritual level with this asshole, so, of course, I must utilize that fully. No, I'm not talking about my OCs, after creating 200+ of those I've learned how to distance myself from them.
Gods, I'm old.
29. Οικογένεια τις Τερα
Trevor isn't at all surprised when both Evan and Connor appear in front of him, Connor glares at him.
"Hansen says you wanted to talk with me?"
Trevor frowns, that's odd, but he's not one to judge, if the alpha wants to do surnames Trevor won't stop him.
"Not me exactly, just… come with me?"
Murphy looks at Evan, who gives him what probably is a reassuring smile, before taking a literal step back.
"I'll wait for you here"
Murphy nods and turns back to Trevor, one eyebrow raised, he's not too fond of the implicit command, but beggars can't be choosers, and Trevor needs Murphy to follow him. The omega shuts his eyes tightly as he turns around and starts leading Murphy through the halls, reminding himself why he's doing this.
When they get to the room Alexei is already waiting, hair tied into a messy bun to point at how stressed they are, which has the dyed-blonde and the dusty brown locks mix up oddly.
"Do you want me to stay?"
Alexei nodded and Trevor crossed the room to sit beside them, Murphy drops in the chair facing them both, looking ready to leave.
"What do you want?"
That was fine, they were expecting aggression, Trevor watched Alexei take a deep breath and go into character.
"I found something that I know is yours; a note of sorts, Trevor recognized your smell on it"
Murphy arches an eyebrow and twitches his mouth into a scowl.
"So?"
Alexei pulls out the battered note, and the book they had compared it with back when they first found it.
"The penmanship is identical to that of my missing mom, and I want to ask you something about its contents"
The way Murphy's face pales as his eyes fall on the note is, considering the situation, very reassuring.
"Where did you find that?"
Trevor scoffs.
"Where do you think?"
Alexei shoots him a look and he shrinks like a child who's been told off.
"I found a lead to my mom that took me to where the nest was"
Connor mutters what has to be a curse word to himself.
"Look, I don't know what you read there but-"
"I'm not gonna hurt her! She's my sister, she's all I have relating my mom"
Murphy looks like having to deal with this physically pains him for a good moment before he sighs, runs a hand through his hair; the alpha seems to finally collect himself enough to give Alexei a dead-pan look.
"I can't just, let you do as you please, it's more complicated than that"
Alexei lets a hiss coax their words.
"I told you already, I'm not gonna put her in danger!"
Murphy is unaffected, if his less than impressed look and same tone are anything to go by.
"Look Tera has been through a lot, I don't think I can keep bringing new people to her life without consequences"
Alexei bites their lip but nods, Trevor isn't as easily subdued.
"What about Evan Hansen?"
He watches Murphy tense up as expected, but he seems to keep himself from blowing up just yet.
"He knows, if that's what you're asking, he found her while she was shifted"
Alexei taps his fingers on the table without any particular rhythm.
"Is he more trustworthy than me? Or are you just biased?"
Murphy huffs and crosses his arms.
"I don't think we have to prove our worth to you, we're the ones keeping her safe"
Alexei looks like they're gonna snap at him, and that can only end badly, so Trevor shoots for a more subtle approach.
"Must be hard, a fox caring for a dragon, quite the size difference, not to mention the language barrier"
Murphy stands up abruptly, knocking over the chair he'd been sitting on, his eyes have changed, pupils slitting and irises almost glowing for all the good the light is doing; Trevor can't help but compare them to Alexei's eyes when shifted, after all, they are both technically the same animal. Technically, but Murphy's eyes aren't cat-like, they're colder, fiercer, and his snarl is different too, a little more like a hiss and way less cat-like; and he does his best not to show his increasing fear at the realization this comparison gives him.
"That fox is ten times the omega you are, and I'm not gonna sit here listening you mock him"
And with that, he promptly leaves the room; the moment the door slams to mark his exit, Alexei slumps in their chair.
"Jesus, no wonder you said he was the scariest alpha, I felt like I was in front of something ten times stronger than me and we're technically the same animal"
Trevor licks his now dry lips.
"I, uh… I think your sister is being watched over by two of her kin"
"That's nice"
Trevor gives them a look, Alexei looks right back, only for their expression to change when Trevor's didn't.
"That… complicates things"
Trevor can't help but laugh.
"Yeah, it really does"
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It probably said a lot about Connor that he so easily accepted the Hansen household as a safe place. He didn't like thinking about it too hard, so he busies himself with cooking for the three of them; Heidi has an extra shift and Connor will take any reason to stay here a little longer.
After recounting the conversation he had with Tera's sibling - however they were called - to Evan, the omega had agreed with his decision that it had to be done carefully; Tera seemed to still be struggling to fully trust Heidi, always hiding behind Evan, or Connor if he was there when she arrived. There was probably a story there, but it wasn't one she would talk about, Evan seemed reluctant to insist too much, which Connor understood.
Seeing Evan interact with Tera was not helping the whole 'get over Evan Hansen' plan, in fact, it only made things worse for Connor, who had a folder's worth of photos with the two of them, his favorite being one where the two were asleep in a pile on the couch of the Hansen household, Evan curled around a shifted Tera protectively; it was directly after the picture he had shown Zoe, and was why he took the phone before she could scroll to it. Was it a bad idea to have pictures of Tera in her dragon form? Yes, but that didn't stop Connor.
If Connor glances to his left he can see Tera swinging her legs back and forth in her 'food chair', Evan is playing with a paper napkin, and it would be a common occurrence, a scene that's become their routine because Heidi is a busy woman, and Connor is trying to stay in Tera's life as well as his growing friendship with Evan; nothing extraordinary to be said, and then…
"Vanhan, can I have some water please?"
Connor is glad he had to turn the fire off previously, because he jumps to attention at the new voice, and turns to watch Evan stand up, get Tera's drinking cup from the cupboard, then to the fridge for the water, and serves Tera. Then Connor gets to see her taking the cup, and her lips are the ones moving.
"Thank you"
He blinks a few times and then asks, because what else is there to do.
"Vanhan?"
Evan looks up, entirely flustered for a whole second before he frowns, looks at Tera, then back at Connor, and then seems to have an epiphany.
"Oh my god"
Connor, frowns, and then makes sense of what just happened.
"Holly shit"
Tera looks between the two of them and starts laughing, which is fair, they probably look ridiculous, Evan follows along after a beat, and once Connor realizes the full hilarity of the situation, he can only join them.
