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I imagine if it's the au where both Baby and Baby Jr die, he's immediately dying. Like he'll get the news at the hospital and without even needing to think about it he'd pull up a picture/video of them on his phone and walk into the traffic outside the place

Okay, so I am writing the continuation to the car crash for canon!Baby Jr and you guys I'm spoiling it but I know I need to throw you one and let you know she and Baby are just fine. They'll be okay. Roman will not have to kill himself immediately. But if they weren't, then you're right, Anon. He would. TW: Death, death of a child, suicide, angst

It'd be Roman coming up, Kendall behind him. His brother is walking silent and fast. He's looking in every room like he'll find his soulmate and daughter waiting for him. Why aren't they waiting for him?

He asks somebody at the desk, the names. He gives her their names. And Roman doesn't like the way she's fucking looking at him. Like she already knows where they are. He'll transfer them to their hospital. Their doctor that he can actually sorta trust.

"Why are you picking up the phone?"

"...The doctor will be coming down to talk to you-"

"Just tell me where they are. You can't tell me where my wife and kid are? Is that something you just don't do or-"

"Roman."

"No. I saw the fucking car. And how about we soothe the Dad's nerves and show him where his wife and kid are instead of bringing the person that's treating them down here? Does that make sense? You know what. Thank you for fucking nothing."

He walks to what he feels is the right way. And it is, there's some shab of doctor coming towards him with this look in his eyes.

"Are you Roman - Mr. Roy?"

"Yep. Going to get my wife and daughter see nobody can go ahead and treat a woman and child after they've been in a fucking car cr-"

"Mr. Roy-"

"Don't fucking touch me! What the fuck is wrong with you?"

A bustle of worried talk starts in the hall when Roman pushes the doctor. And he hates the way the Doctor is gentle and quiet. What the fuck?

"Mr. Roy. It's best that you don't go that way and that you sit down and we will talk."

"Can we talk around the fucking-fuck! Just bring me to the room they are in. Or rooms. Or what? You don't wanna tell me if they're in surgery or there's a whole load of people diving into th-"

Roman shakes the words out of him. Shakes his head and clenches his fist. But then he looks up at the face of the doctor and his brows furrow.

"What?"

"...Mr. Roy. I am so sorry that I have to tell you that your wife and your daughter,-"

He hears their names come out his mouth. It hits him, all these pictures of them - and they're alive there. They're alive now.

Kendall stares deep, things sink inside him.

"No. What the fuck is wrong with you? What is this? What are we doing?"

"They have passed due to their injuries. We tried everything we could-"

"Stop. Just stop."

"...I am so sorry."

"You're sorry that you're fucking telling me this ass-fucking-shit. This-this...stop looking at me like that."

"...Roman."

"Don't you fucking start, Kendall. I'm gonna go-can I see my wife and kid?"

"Mr. Roy. I'm sorry. They have passed. They are...you can see them soon."

"They were in your walls for what? It hasn't even been an hour. What are you saying? You can keep people alive for an hour? You can-I'm going to go see my wife and my fucking daughter-"

"Roman. Rom-"

Kendall tries to take him in. Roman pushes him.

It's so unlike what it was like with his father. He can't see the bodies. There are no bodies.

"...Can you go?"

"...Wh-what?"

"Can you go see? Because I don't know what he's talking about and I don't know why he's looking at me like that."

Kendall doesn't know what to do but look at his brother and then to the doctor. The doctor nods, they disappear behind Roman.

Roman stares and blinks at everything. He hears them and he can see them. It's like his body is preparing him for something. His brows twitch and move. He's low lidded with a mouth-parted very slightly when he just thinks to pull out his phone.

He looks at the time. It's still morning. He goes to his camera roll and picks of a video of them. Out of so many. It's Baby Jr feeding Baby her birthday cake.

"One year older and still sticky fingers...baby, you don't have to wash your hands. Come back here."

There's giggling and Baby pulling Baby Jr up. Roman can hear his own laughter.

She kisses their little girl's cheek. Baby Jr flexes her hands to the camera.

"Sticky fingers. Like cousin's Spiderman."

"Uh-huh. You're a little superhero."

She kisses her cheek against and it's just a flicker of her eyes and smile to the camera.

"Roman."

Roman doesn't do anything that isn't watching the video and only the video.

"They're gone, Rome."

And right there, there's no thinking needing. Roman puts his phone in his pocket. The video still plays.

"Next year is kitty year."

"...Maybe. Right, Daddy?"

"With your lungs?"

"You know what that means? When Daddy answers with a question."

"It's a yes."

"That's right."

The voices are muffled but Roman can hear them all too well. Maybe that's the wrong choice of words. It's just right.

"Roman. Hey."

Kendall believes it's just him getting air. Or him leaving. How could he hurt himself and not be safe and saved in a hospital?

Roman walks, phone playing. He wipes his nose and walks faster - a pace you can't catch him at and a pace you can't stop before you crash into him.

The video still plays after a step out into the road.