as everyone reunited with their families after starcourt, Steve sat in the ambulance wrapped in a scratchy blanket that triggered him.

he felt himself well up in tears at the realisation he would never have a family who cared for him. He wiped at his tears weakly, feeling himself slowly slip into a little mindset. But he couldn’t let himself do that. He stood up slowly, getting ready to walk all the way home and then cry himself to sleep.