all he did was touch bob’s hand. Or—Bobby, as he liked to call him.

Bob was weird, yeah. But john didn’t think that just grabbing him by the hand would take him to the past. To the horrible mistake he made. Being a terrible father.

He watched from the side as his past self sat on his phone, disregarding his distraught child. Ignoring his wife Olivia, as she asked if he was watching over their beloved kid.

One of the moments that lead to the inevitable abandonment. Olivia walked out, holding their child’s little hand in her own. Never to see Johnathan ever again.

Though, in reality, he’s by the ledge. The ledge he’d just pulled you, Ava, bobby, and yelena up from, after an attempt to kill you all. Well, he didn’t actually want to kill you..he just had the motto of "every man for himself", which he took too seriously.

When you look back, he hasn’t moved away the ledge he’s standing at the very edge, staring down at the long drop you’d all just barely escaped.

He’s contemplating something. That’s what it seems like, anyways. Just one step.

The truth is, he’s stuck in the past. And only when your voice rings out, is he brought back to the now. Where he realizes he’s staring hundreds of feet down to the ground, and is only a step away from the end.