young mecurrent mesir...sir...'scuse me.hmm?a kind woman said to wait in here for a man.y-yeah, same here...uh, where...is here exactly?
you're the adult here, don't you ha answers?
heh, yeah...you'd be surprised.
so...uh, who are you?
I'm Aiden Shepard, what's yours?
that's my name too, are you my cousin or something?
hmhmhm your certainly an excitable one.
what's your parent's names?
my father's name is James
what a small world mine too, what about your mom?
uh, her name is Angelica
m-mine...too
weird coincidence
OK something super personal; something only I know...
go for it, what's your question
what is your brother's halo gamertag?
Oh that's easy, its Darkshadow.
...your...me aren't you?
breath hitches as eyes begining to water in both of their eyes,
oh God, you're me?
younger me rushes adult me and hugs me
what happened us?
I tried to take care of us...
let's go sobbing
then what went wrong!?
the world broke me and-
NO, YOU GAVE UP ON US!I did not I swear
then what went wrong!?
sits down wiping tears against the wall
i- I mean we, went to Utah, had a great time with family friends, went homeless 4 times, made mistakes, a pandemic after our 2nd time in job corps went to exist in the navy cause we got desperate to be stable and lost it all because I LOVED THE WRONG WOMAN AND TRUSTED THE WRONG FUCKINH PEOPLE TO KEEP ME TOGETHER
you have a second chance to be better, for my sake you need to be.
younger self give adult me a hug
it's gonna be okay Aiden, if you dont want to be in pain just remember what i needed and you'll be okay...and just remember that i love you.
sobs on younger self's shoulder
i promise...i-I'll be better...for you ill be better.