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There will be mentions of sh (specifically scratching) homophobia, trauma and more
Lucca
Those people...they aren't family! They're monsters! I run to Mr.Knight, hugging him tightly. "Daddy! Help!" I yell, crying. I was trying so hard to get out of my headspace to be able to protect myself, but just had to run right to Mr.Knight. He hugged me back, picks me up and takes me right to a bench, he puts me right in between him and Ethan. "I wanna go home!" I say, not yelling but being loud. I tug on Ethan's sleeve, just repeating that we have to leave and I want to go home. "Baby I'm sorry but we have to be here. I know you don't like it but we have to." I just cry and shake my head no. He puts my paci in my mouth and hugs me close. I just sit there, terrified and crying. Eventually the judge comes in and I realize what this is...am I staying with both of my daddies or going with the monsters. I feel a hand on my wrist, I look down to see Daddy, I didn't even realize I was scratching at my arms. A bad habit of mine, especially in his class, he'd always walk over and gently take my hands off, even before all this. I look up at him, terrified and confused on why he'd even allow them to be near me. The judge enters and we all stand up, then sit back down. I grab Ethan's hand, trying to distract myself...but all I see is Uncle Kyle... he's 24... he's HORRIBLE!
Ethan
I let Lucca play with my hand,I watch carefully as one guy brings evidence over, Lucca noticed he was walking towards us to get to the judges stand. He grabs me tightly, I can feel his shaking body grabbing me. "Shhh, buddy it's okay. He's not gonna get you." I pull him into my lap and hold him. Then the asshole starts speaking. "Your honor, there is no way in hell, those gay sin of a bitches are gonna keep my nephew! He needs a mother figure in his life that'll actually give him some damn discipline!" He yelled, Lucca grabbed me tighter, shaking more and more. I do my best to help, running my hands through his hair. Then his uncle slammed something on the ground causing him to jump and try to hide behind the barrier. "Baby...it's alright." I gentley coax him out and back up to my lap. The judge glances at us, I look up at him...no way he could take my baby away. I can have my men and Alex's men here in 10 minutes to shoot it up.
Alex
I do my best to pay attention but keep getting distracted by Lucca, he looks like an earthquake is going on in him. He can't go more than a minute or two without scratching his arms and I didn't glance over for a moment...bleeding. he's now in my lap, gloves on, taking his paci tight in his mouth. My poor baby... he'll be getting a nap when he goes home, after ice cream. I bounce him, rock him and eventually he falls asleep. 2 hours later it's coming to a close. "The court has decided that Lucca will be staying with the Knights on account that he is visibly terrified by his biological family. Seeing as you" the judge looks to the bio family. "have actual children, with no direct relationship to Lucca and he is this way, an investigation will be done on your home. In the meantime, I welcome Lucca into the world, as a now Knight."
After some yelling, screaming, throwing things and 2 arrests from Lucca's "family" we spend another hour or two signing documents to keep him, and apart from him waking up and crying at all the yelling, he slept through it all. No damn clue he's one of us. On the way home I buckle him in, we get ice cream...and when he wakes up finally as we get to the couch...
"Guess who's staying? Welcome home, Lucca Knight."