Lloyd and Brad had been friends since they were both five years old.
But after Lloyd was forced to leave Darkly’s because of his behaviour snd releasing the Serpentine—causing him to go with his uncle, Sensei Wu, and become the Green Ninja with the others—Lloyd never saw Brad again.
The two hadn't spoken for years. Of course, Brad knew how Lloyd's life was going. He was a Ninja. One of the heroes of Ninjago City. But Lloyd had no idea where Brad was, as he never returned back to Darkly’s boarding school for ba— good boys. At least, not long enough to look for them. He’d only ever been there when there was an attack… and even then, due to the aging spell he’d forgotten certain things about his childhood. And remembering his friends was difficult since he couldn’t see them again...
Lloyd occasionally thought about Brad. They never got to say a proper goodbye. He’d always hoped he was alright, but he knew he had to move on. But he didn’t want to.., in all honesty he loved the boy… he always had… but he wasn’t his to keep.
Sure he was stuck as an eighteen year old until his mental age caught up with his physical age, but… there was no point.
During the years, the Coalescence, or "The Merge," occurred—seperating friends and family, fusing all 16 realms together, including Ninjago.
Lloyd had woken in the Never Realm. Except it was different to how he had left… it was completely frozen out again… everyone either turned to ash or stone or had teleported to a different realm. He had no idea where he was. Everything looked the same. But, little did he know—he was being watched from afar.
He wandered around the realm, looking around. It was eerily silent. He could feel his body shaking and whimpering from the cold, cold tears streaming down his tan skin. His arms were to stiff to grab his coat out and warm himself up.
And before he knew it, he was tackled by somebody. Terrified that it was a villain or threat he tried using his Spinjitzu to escape, but he was to frozen to move. “Get off of me!! Let me go you fucking bastard!!”
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it was just a regular night when Brad was watching TV since Lloyd was on a mission. he looked at the cock and realised it was nearly 1am. he turned off the TV and went to head off to bed but heard a knock at the door. he suspected it was just Lloyd having lost his keys during the mission.
“Lloyd I can’t keep getting you knew keys just because you lost yo— Lloyd?!” he said opening the door not realising the boy standing in front of him being covered in blood and cuts, his clothes being torn up, he looked like he was about to pass out.
“LLOYD?!” he exclaimed in a worried state as he helped him into the house and laid him down on the couch.