Whats Happening Maddie? Where Are Mom And Dad?

“What’s happening Maddie? Where are mom and dad?”

He looked up at her with tears in his eyes, and Maddie felt her own eyes burn for her little brother’s sake. She couldn’t answer him, couldn’t even begin to explain what was going on, but she has a sneaking suspicion now that the women sitting down and watching them did. So she turned, wrapping her arms around Buck from the back to keep him close, and eyes them. “Okay, what the hell is going on?” That language probably isn’t the best, actually it was pretty PG compared to what she could have used, but they deserved to know why their parents have suddenly seemed to disappear off the face of the earth.

“Maddie, Buck, Margaret and Phillip Buckley, your mom and dad, they aren’t your real parents.”

Maddie can feel the joy radiate off of each and every person her eyes glaze over as she looks at the photographs on the walls, one guy she even recognizes as the person who first greeted her when she unexpectedly showed up at the firehouse in search of her brother. She is so happy it seems Buck has found his place in the world and also found the people he wants to share his life with. If anyone deserved it, it was her little brother.

So maybe, maybe she should just leave and not come back. Maddie should just take her son and run somewhere else. It isn’t fair for her to drag her brother into a mess she made, not when he finally has a job he loves and people he considers family. Not only would she be messing his life up but theirs as well. They look like they love Evan just as much as she does, so automatically it feels like she’s making her mess all of their messes as well and that is not fair to drag down Buck and everyone around him. It would be all too familiar and all too hurtful she knows, but maybe she should just write a letter to her brother and get out while she still can.

There isn’t really much time to process that thought any longer though as the door handle jiggles to the front door and Buck is stepping into his apartment.

I just got some free time between classes so I was able to finish this one. Hope you like it

hey everyone! i’m offering prints of this piece in my store this weekend if anyone is interested!

they’ll only be available for a short time (probably just until monday, but i may give it a few extra days depending on interest), so snatch one while you can~

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