So...This chapter will reference events that happened in some of my...R-rated stories, I'll try to make it clear so one doesn't feel they have to read those stories to understand the events that get referenced aren't the R-rated things though just Jonathan's falling back into bad habits
So after putting some ice on the wounds and bandaging the cuts as best as she was able...They went into the guest bedroom so Ichabod could lie down on the bed on his stomach and try to recover as best as he could before his father came home.
"I saw Father's car wasn't there…" Ichabod sighed as he basked in the sunbeams coming through the window hoping they would speed up his healing process "...But I didn't know how much time I had before he got back, that's why I was in such a rush…"
"It's kind of funny, your Dad is one of the few humans in the town who knows how to drive…" Marzipan said wryly, it was true during the long years when the humans of Earth were completely pampered and served by Humanimal slaves before the Humanimal Civil Rights Movement in what was now six years ago many of the humans had been so stupefied and coddled that they spent most of their lives in a single room doing nothing but eating, sleeping and watching mindless entertainment on their screens, most of the newly liberated Earth humans were too intimidated to learn how to drive most were content with public transportation or even friendly Humanimals being willing mounts to basically give them piggyback rides from place to place since Humanimals were intelligent the humans did not have to learn how to steer them like they would an ordinary riding animal, they just needed to know how to stay in the saddle of their intelligent mount. Gotham City having gotten rid of all Humanimal Slaves 100 years beforehand and had gone back to a more archaic way of living (The 20th Century) the humans there still knew many of the skills most of the rest of Earth's humans were now just relearning.
Soon enough Jonathan came home and Ichabod tried to act like nothing was wrong...Saying he had just woken up from a nap and Marzipan tried to do her part by not saying much at all just saying "I wonder what's on the HV…"
So the two of they sat on the sofa, Ichabod actually lying on the sofa at an angle, because try as he might it still hurt too much to sit...Marzipan decided to settle on watching a cooking show on public broadcasting.
Jonathan however was beginning to feel something as off as he prepared supper, he thought for sure Ichabod was going to be out a lot longer, but it seemed he came home early for a nap? Also Marzipan's face had a pained expression on it, and it seemed to be about something new, not related to her current condition as she seemed calm when he left the house.
Jonathan had prepared fettuccine Alfredo, it was the only thing his first love Evie knew how to cook and he knew Marzipan loved pasta so he figured he prepare a comfort food supper to help her feel better.
It wasn't long after they were all seated at the kitchen table, even though all the chairs had cushions, Jonathan could see Ichabod was squirming in his seat, and the hairs on Jonathan's neck stood up...Something was wrong and more than that...Ichabod was trying to hide it from him!
"Ichabod…" Jonathan said trying to keep his voice as calm as possible "...Is something wrong?"
That made Ichabod sit straight and stiffen like a board and quickly say "Oh no Father! Everything is just fine! I just...I just feel a little…" And Ichabod watched his Father's expression quickly darken as Jonathan knew he was being lied to, to his face...Quietly Jonathan rose from his seat and Ichabod knew there was no getting out of it now!
Jonathan, firmly but not severely took his son by the hand and led him to the bathroom...And Marzipan knew she didn't even need the gift of visions to know what was about to happen next...Acting like someone who was fleeing a bomb about to go off, Marzipan ran into the guest bedroom and buried her head under the pillow to protect her sensitive feline ears from the audio bomb that she knew was about go off…
"ICHABOD! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD TRY TO HIDE THIS FROM ME! YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN SLASHED! WHO! DID! THIS! TO! YOU?!"
And Ichabod in this face of his Father's yelling burst into tears! It was hard to say if Ichabod really was more emotionally like a child as an effect of the youth potion or if it was just his more naturally sensitive personality would have reacted the same way if he was still in his teenage body…
The two humans came out of the bathroom, and Jonathan realized that once again his booming theatrical voice had really overdone it and tried to get his son to stop crying.
"Ichabod!" Jonathan said more quietly placing his hands on the boy's shoulders "Please stop crying! I didn't mean to yell so loud! I just want to know why you felt the need to hide your injury from me!"
"Well the first time you met us, you tried to kill us with fear toxin because you were convinced we had somehow 'kidnapped and brainwashed' Ichabod instead of rescuing him…" Marzipan said as she came out of the guest bedroom "You know the saying, 'Once bitten, twice shy' Ichabod is just scared because he's seen you fly off the handle before and put on your Scarecrow costume if you think the person in question deserves it!"
And Jonathan realized that even though he had made amends with his son and his Humanimals friends over thinking they had kidnapped him and brainwashed him, Ichabod had now seen that Jonathan's inner Scarecrow still lived within him and would come out at opportune moments, Jonathan quietly wiped away his own tears he had begun shedding seeing Ichabod cry and realized that now that Ichabod had seen his monstrous side compared to the wise professor that had been the only side Ichabod saw of him when he was little, Jonathan realized he still had to prove that he would not make the same mistakes and completely fly off the handle and become the Scarecrow again when it was not necessary…
"I'm sorry Ichabod…" Jonathan said softly "...I see now since I did that great betrayal of your trust, I still need to prove that I can act civilized and settle disputes the proper way...Just please Ichabod, tell me what happened!"
"The man did it because he was the father of the girl who got killed by too much fear gas!" Ichabod sobbed as he wiped his nose with his sleeve.
"I see now…" Jonathan hung his head with shame as he saw now that Ichabod just wanted to prevent the situation from escalating, Ichabod felt he had already paid the price for his Father's crimes
So the Flashback should be next chapter otherwise I just really like how I nailed the emotions of this chapter