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Stolen Time - A Thomas Raggi Story || Chapter Nine

Pairings: Thomas Raggi x Fem! Reader

Description: Thomas had one big love in his life and it all went to hell for a reason that he could never understand. Almost a decade later, the truth starts to unfold as he learns what really happened.

Warnings: it's angsty. Mentions of emotional abuse and neglect.

A/N: Well, thank you for all the love you've given to this story and for the patience you've had waiting for it. I hope you enjoy.

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Minutes turned into hours, hours into days, days into weeks and weeks into months.

Life was starting to feel a lot better for all of them as they settled into their new reality.

Theo was doing well in school, living between their two homes - spending whatever time they could with Thomas and living the rest of the time with Angie.

Angie was somehow managing to balance her academic life, working on her art and raising Theo, while also figuring out how to be Vic’s girlfriend and a normal human being.

Thomas - he was living his best life being Theo’s dad. The two spent a lot of quality time - going to cooking classes together, Thomas teaching Theo how to play the guitar, the two going for walks and often bringing you flowers at the cemetery too. They were there for each other and healed slowly as time moved on. Not that your loss was something any of them would ever fully heal from, but the pain lessened as time moved on.

“Dad, do you think this would have been possible if mum was still here?” Theo asked Thomas one gloomy December morning. It was raining outside and the two had set the day aside to decorate for the upcoming holidays.

“What?” Their question surprised him and he wanted to be sure that he understood them correctly before answering.

“Do you think we could have been a family if she was still here?” Theo rephrased the question.

“I think that a lot of time was stolen from us. A lot of opportunities to be a family and I don’t know what could have been but I know that I wouldn’t have left you or her behind.”

Thomas went to hug Theo. He knew that the holidays might not be particularly easy on them and he was expecting questions to arise and yet, he still worried if all that he was trying to do would be enough for Theo to feel the joy of the holiday season that any child should feel.

Theo held Thomas as tight as they could.

“I don’t want to lose you.”

“I’m not going anywhere, Theo.” He reassured them.

“How are we going to get the star on top of this tree?” Vic looked at the tall tree and then at her girlfriend.

“Thomas will help.” Angie chuckled.

“Don’t you have a ladder?”

“I do but we should wait either way, Theo should be the one putting it on the top.”

“True.” Vic agreed.

“I still haven’t told her that I need to go to the States for a few days.” Angie confessed. She’d gotten a call from her parents and she had to show up because otherwise they would be back and none of it would go well.

“I am worried about you going there alone.” Vic squeezed her hand.

“It will be fine.”

“What if it isn’t? What if we lose you?”

“You will not lose me.” Angie hugged Vic and kissed her very gently.

“Angie..”

“I didn’t get this far to only get this far. I’ll go, see them for a few days and be back in time for Christmas. It will be fine.”

“Are you sure that I can’t come along? I don’t want to meet them because I have nothing nice to say to them but I still want to be there for you.”

“It will be okay, Vic. I’ll be back before you know it.” Angie promised.

“You better come back to me.” Vic kissed her again.

The rain finally stopped but there was still fog enveloping the city and making everything slow down. Theo was done studying for the day and there was still time before Thomas and Theo were due to meet Vic and Angie.

“Will you stay here today?” Thomas asked Theo.

“Yes, Angie is busy with Vic and I am happy to be here with you.”

“I’m happy to be with you too.” He smiled at his child.

“We could go buy presents later. I need to find something for nonna and nonno.” Theo added.

“I do too and of course, we can do that. We can also grab a bite before we go to Angie.”

“Angie might kill us if we go full.”

“Vic is cooking.”

Theo chuckled. “Vic’s cooking is not that bad.”

“I don’t want to spend the holidays in the bathroom.” Thomas insisted, making Theo laugh even harder.

“Promise me you’ll tell Theo.” Vic insisted, leaning against the kitchen counter. They had put cosy fireplace ASMR on the TV and they were setting up everything for when Theo and Thomas would arrive. The plan was for the four of them to have a meal together and then decorate the apartment for the holidays.

“I’m scared.” Angie admitted.

“You can’t just vanish from their life.”

“I am not vanishing, I am going over to see my parents and then I’ll be back before any of you know it.”

“Yes, but you know that it will make Theo anxious. You shouldn’t keep it from her.”

“I will tell her.”

Right on cue, Thomas and Theo arrived, bringing flowers for Angie and sweet and salty pastries for dessert.

“You are not full, are you?” Vic looked at both Theo and Thomas, who with each passing day more and more resembled each other.

“No, we had a coffee and a hot chocolate, and we shared a pastry." Thomas raised his arms defensively.

"It was necessary!" Theo insisted. "We did some shopping and just needed a treat…"

"And it has nothing to do with Vic's cooking."

“I heard that.” Victoria said, making the others laugh.

“Thom, can I talk to you for a few minutes?” Angie pulled him to the side when they all went to the kitchen.

Vic looked at Angie, concern showing on her face but she knew that Angie would at least tell Thomas about her upcoming trip. Vic and Thomas would take care of Theo but the worry was still there.

“What’s up?” The two went to the balcony and Thomas lit a cigarette. He was smoking significantly less since Theo had entered his life but it was still a habit he couldn’t kick.

“I am going to America for a few days.” Angie decided not to beat around the bush.

He almost dropped his cigarette.

“Why? What happened? Do you need security? Backup? Theo doesn’t have to go, right?”

“I haven’t told Theo yet. And no, my parents are fine with me not bringing them but I am still conflicted on whether or not I should tell Theo where I’m going.”

“Theo will want to know, you can’t lie to them.” Thomas insisted.

“I will take to the papers about Theo’s status.”

Thomas and his lawyer, with Angie’s help, had been drafting papers - adoption ones, so that Thomas would be able to recognize Theo as his own. It was the peaceful route of adoption and Thomas had passed with flying colours all the checks that institutions required. Now it was for the guardians to sign away the rights. Hopefully outside of court.

“Don’t put yourself in unnecessary danger, Angie.”

“I am not but the sooner you have adopted Theo and it’s all behind us, the better.” Angie insisted.

Thomas considered his friend’s words.

“Do you want me to come with you?”

“No. I want Theo to be here with you and if you are here and then they will be safe.”

“You know Vic will lose her shit if something happens to you, right?”

“I know. But you will take care of my loved ones for me, won’t you?”

“Always. But you are very loved too, Angie. Don’t forget that.”

Vic and Theo were sitting at the kitchen table, waiting for the adults to walk back in the room. Victoria couldn’t wrap her mind around how much had changed in just a few months but it wasn’t something that she would give up easily.

“Did something bad happen?” Theo almost whispered. They could see the tension in Thomas’ body and they had noticed Angie’s behaviour too.

“No, why do you ask that?” Vic ran a hand through Theo’s hair.

“Angie is acting off. And papa became all tense. I can see them talking.”

“It’s all okay, Theo. You are safe and you don’t need to worry about anything at all.Let the adults take care of you.”

“Does it have to do with my grandparents?” Theo looked at Vic. The bass player didn’t know what to say.

“They are talking about something.” Vic tried to dodge the question.

“Are they coming over for Christmas?” Theo still had nightmares about their grandparents’ meanness. It was brutality that was not visible to the public, brutality kept behind closed doors but one that was so ugly that they couldn’t get it out of their head easily.

“Theo, we are going to have the best Christmas, I can promise you that.” Vic squeezed Theo’s hand.

“How can you know?” Tears rushed to Theo’s eyes, thinking about what the past year had been for them, the loss of you, Thomas appearing in their life and everything that had changed.

“Because we are here and we will be together.” Vic reassured calmly.

Theo went to hug Vic.

Angie and Thomas re-entered the kitchen and saw Vic and Theo all snuggled up.

“Don’t you look cosy?” Thomas smiled. His smile disappeared when he saw that Theo had cried.

“What’s happening?” Theo went to stand between Angie and Thomas.

“I need to fly to America before the holidays.” Angie explained.

“Why? Papa said that a lawyer can give them papers.” Theo insisted. Thomas hated that they were growing up so early and he hoped that this would eventually slow down. He wanted to give Theo the best childhood.

“My parents said they want to see me. I will go and fulfil that desire so they don’t show up knocking on our door.”

“Will you be safe?”

“As safe as I can be.” Angie promised. A promise that didn’t sit well with neither Thomas, nor Theo or Vic.

“When will you be back?”

“I am not going to miss Christmas with my baby, I promise.”

You make a lot of promises, Angie. Vic thought to herself. She shared a glance with Thomas, whose hope was that Theo wouldn’t be broken again.

“I will call you when I land and we can text whenever.” Angie reassured Theo.

“You don’t have to go.” Theo insisted.

“You don’t have to go alone.” Vic added.

“It will be fine, I will be back before you know it.” Angie said again.

“I will take care of the girls, don’t worry.” Thomas was the calmest of them even though inside he was frustrated and worried, but tried to keep appearances for Theo’s sake.

“Thank you.”

“Just come back quickly.” Theo begged.

“And be safe.” Vic added.

“I love you.” Angie kissed Vic gently before hugging Thomas and Theo and going inside the airport, determined that this wouldn’t be the last time she saw her family.

Theo was silent the whole ride to Thomas’ apartment.

“Theo, do you want to watch a film when we go to the apartment?” Vic offered.

“I think I’ll go to sleep.” Theo replied quietly.

“We can go out for dinner later.” Thomas added.

“We’ll see.”

Angie got on the plane and settled in her place, her mind racing with everything that yet had to happen and the fear that haunted her. A normal person would scoff and say that those were just her parents, they wouldn’t do anything to her, they wouldn’t do anything to Theo either.

But they were the ones that had kept you and Theo apart. They are the ones who sent you away time and again, ripping you away from everything and everyone you knew just because of the supposed shame that would always follow them because you had chosen Theo over appearances time and again.

Angie could never forgive them for the stolen times, for the time they had taken from you and your family. She could never forgive them for how they treated you and for how they treated Theo. She could never forgive the years of abuse, neglect, and exile. You never deserved that and neither did Theo.

“I’ll make sure they get what they deserve.” She played with the bracelet that you had given her the previous year.

The hours couldn’t go by quickly enough. She wanted to put it all in the past.

It was time for her to live. To heal. To move on.

She dragged the small packed suitcase with her when she got off the plane and saw a tall man holding a sign for her.

“They’ve been expecting you, Angela.” The driver said when she approached him.

#thomas raggi #thomas raggi x yn #thomas raggi x you #stolen time #maneskin #thomas raggi x reader #thomas raggi blurb #thomas raggi fanfic #damiano david #ethan torchio #vic de angelis

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thepermanentrainpress · 1 year

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New Music Video: “Mountain” - Abigail Lapell

#Music #music video #video #YouTube #Mountain #Abigail Lapell #Canadian Music #folk #folk music #Stolen Time #Toronto #Toronto Music #yyz #Outside Music

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shoomlah · 7 months

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I have a feeling that beneath the little halo on your noble head There lies a thought or two the devil might be interested to know You're like the finish of a novel that I'll finally have to take to bed You fascinate me so

You Fascinate Me So, Blossom Dearie

#good omens #gomens #good omens s2 #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #my art #made with stolen time over the course of two extremely busy months but I'm so glad its done #Aziraphale's reading a first folio obviously #cones of dunshire voice: it's about the DETAILS #extremely excited to introduce everyone to this song about DEEPLY YEARNING for someone who annoys the hell out of you #its a banger

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randomrichards · 13 days

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STOLEN TIME:

Attorney’s crusade

Expose elder care abuse

For profit pitfalls

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#stolen time #random richards #poem #haiku #poetry #haiku poem #poets on tumblr #haiku poetry #haiku form #poetic #documentary #Melissa Miller #elder abuse #Helene Klodawsky #Youtube

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morning-day-yew · 9 months

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Today’s emotion is: Those 2 hours that just aren’t there anymore. Where did they go? Who stole them? Did you get distracted? Is that a new shoe on your hand?

Time is an illusion. A construct made by the collective to control our lives. Rebel! Rebel and space out! Lose all the time! That will show the collective.

#my writting #weird #emotion of the day #today’s emotion #time #lost time #stolen time #rebel #rebellion #rebel against time #time is an illusion #time is a construct #time is an illusion of a construct

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egophiliac · 4 days

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What do you think of Rook's savanaclaw card? <333

I didn't get him (and I need to save my keys for Silver's birthday, sob) so I looked up his groovy, and I'm not over how incredibly dramatic and epic and cool it looks in direct contrast to the absolutely ridiculous context. just look at that dynamic action and his majestic sparkling tears and keep in mind that this is pretty much right after a bunch of characters have been dance battling for his soul.

and then even the actual moment of the groovy is just like

this is NOT a negative in the slightest, I love it all, this truly was an incredible update in so many ways

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 part 8 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 part 8 spoilers #to be fair it's not COMPLETELY wacky there is actual drama going on #but that's inbetween rook's dream-vil and neige being totally hilarious at each other #'i shan't let you hurt this beautiful child!' 'vil no! if they were to harm your beauty i would be crushed by sorrow!' <- actual dialogue #also neige seeing vil as a mother figure. it's WONDERFUL and i hope real-vil never finds out because this would kill him #just like he killed neige multiple times in his own dream! :)#there was so much wild stuff in this update and not in the least was that the second time vil realized he was in a dream #his reaction was to KILL EVERYONE and cackle maniacally about it #god forbid a queen do anything i guess #anyway i also love the contrast between what i assumed savanarook would be like and what he was actually like #'he looks so wild...what kind of dangerous dream will this mighty hunter have...'#oh no he's actually just an adorable movie geek who is SO EXCITED to share his hyperfixation with us #somehow less intimidating than regular rook #and yet still a delightful little freak. his BEDROOM #the background artist went SO ham on it. truly the magnum opus of twst backgrounds #there are a bunch of little details it is SO worth zooming in on #(including a tiny little picture of che'nya! which...actually i think that implies rook may have stolen an rsa yearbook or something)#(that's our rook! /sitcom laugh track)

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hellsite-hall-of-fame · 10 months

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I mean, you're obviously President Barack Obama, right?

well obviously

also can everyone stop stealing my shoelaces now >:(

#stealing shoelaces from the president applies even to former presidents obviously #once you’ve been president you’re always susceptible to getting your shoelaces stolen #that’s a fact ofc :)#also #funnily enough this is the second time i’ve ever gotten this kinda ask lmaoo #ask #the hellsite answers #anonymous #hellsite hall of fame curator’s bullshit #barack obama #unreality #hobama

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pluralzalpha · 10 months

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#doctor who #barbie #stolen from the internet #he will knock four times

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benthesoldiersjeanshorts · 13 days

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#spookytober #spooky time #dank memes #memes #lol memes #meme #stolen memes #Halloween

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esperqm · 7 months

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Chapter 35: Rain and Fire

Ladies and gentleh*cks: she’s back :)

#Edeleth #FE3H #my writing #fanfic #Stolen Time #Retainer AU #i only know two genders: women and 'idk whatever everybody else is i guess-'

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writingmaneskin · 1 year

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Directors cut on the first chapter of Stolen Time, please. And Thomas and the lilies 💕

Aaah, okay! Here goes. This is going to be a long answer, haha.

Stolen Time as a whole is meant as a journey of healing.

I do think that Thomas is severely underestimated and overlooked and I wanted to write someone for him that saw and loved him for who he is and was, even when both were very young. I think there is something very special when you are loved from a young age and when that love grows with you as you grow.

Obviously, things didn't work out in the way that Y/N and Thomas imagined, mostly because of Y/N's parents who are controlling and incredibly abusive and who absolutely destroyed her life and almost destroyed Angie and Theo's lives as well.

Speaking from personal experience and from previous writing experience, I've noticed how sometimes when you lose someone, you try to convince yourself that that person is better off without you, especially if your mental health is plummeting while that is happening.

Y/N was a teen mom and outside of Angie, the first kernel of love and acceptance she had ever gotten were from Thomas and his family.

On Thomas' side of the story, he never fully grasped what happened to Y/N and why things went the way they did until he first speaks to Angie all those years later. He tried to move on with his life after not being able to find a way to connect with Y/N but there is still a part of him that loves Y/N and that hopes that he would be able to reconnect with her. She's his first epic love. The person he longed to spend the rest of his life with.

Angie is a mess with balancing everything - she is trying to have her own life, do her best by Theo and also mourn her sister and continue her legacy as best as she can. And she's still so young, it's heartbreaking.

Angie knew that Y/N wanted to reconnect with Thomas once she'd been able to distance herself from the parents and set up her life with Theo and Angie tries to do exactly that too - raise Theo but make sure to give Thomas (and Theo) the choice to be in each other's lives.

When Thomas learns what happened, something inside of him breaks. He is so overcome with emotions, with trying to piece something together where there are a lot of empty spaces, lacking information that he just shuts down. He doesn't know what to do except to drink and to mourn. He tries to shut everyone out but Ethan doesn't allow for that. Thomas is just drowning in grief before learning about Theo.

And Theo, well, their life hasn't been in easy. Y/N did her best to be there for Theo and raise Theo, as well as Angie, but Theo grows up to the age where they meet Thomas in a very chaotic pace and space - the grandparents insist that things should be done a certain way, that appearances should be kept in a certain way, that things cannot be talked about. They actively encourage Theo to not be like Y/N and that confuses Theo because for them, Y/N is mama and they have seen nothing bad from mama, only sadness and longing from time to time, in the moments where Y/N tells Theo about Thomas or the happiest moments in her life (which were all with Thomas).

The lilies? Lilies were always Y/N's favourite flowers and they symbolize motherhood and rebirth, as well as being very central around grief and funerals. I just found out that : "The lily can be a powerful symbol of the spirit of a loved one that offers hope and encouragement to a grieving family."

#answered #stolen time

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bet-on-me-13 · 6 months

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Ellie isn't allowed to travel alone Anymore

So! Ellie was raised in a Lab by a Genuine Bonefied Supervillain. She was raised to be a Villain as well, so her Moral Conpass is a little skewed.

Sure she *mostly* knows what is right and wrong from Danny's quick lesson before her Adventure around the Country, but she still has trouble separating what is moral and what is not from time to time.

So it's really no surprise that the moment she left Amity Park she somehow ended up being branded a Villain.

Look, it's not her fault she didn't know not to attack the flying guy in Blue Spandex when he approached her! One of Danny's biggest warnings shen she left had been Stranger Danger! She did what any 12 year old girl would have done when approached by a strange Older Man!

Its also not her fault that her powers (being Magic based), managed to affect him! She didn't even use her full power! (She maybe should have kicked him in a different place tho...she hopes he wasn't planning on having kids...)

So she did what her instincts told her to do. She took any money he had on him and ran the hell away!

It wasn't until she was 2 cities over when she saw a newspaper titled, "Little Villain Girl Mugs Superman in Broad Daylight!", that she realized she may have screwed up...

After that, she really had no excuse.

She knew that she probably shouldn't have kept Mugging the Heroes who approached her, but she wasn't a Fenton for nothing! Her Family Motto had always been "Commit to the Bit", and she was gonna stick to it!

So when the Fast Red Guy tried to tie her up, she phased off all his clothes and took off with his money (not the mask, she knew enough not to take that off)

And when the Grumpy Bat Guy tried to corner her with some weird papers he pulled out of his Belt, she just distracted him while her clone picked his pockets and made off with the wheels of his Car. That one made her a pretty penny!

The flying Green Guy was fun, his attacks were just throwing Ghost Candy (pure willpower) at her. He did stop doing do after she nicked his fancy talking Ring however, but it was fun while it lasted

Then she came across a Orange Fish Guy, and he actually seemed nice enough. But she was committing to the Bit, so she took the fancy Trident he had and sold it at a nearby Pawn Shop for some extra cash. He would probably be able to find it, that's why she chose a nearby location.

All in All, her Adventure had been really fun! So she decided to visit Amity Park again to tell Danny all about it!

...

Aquaman walked into the meeting room of the Watchtower, a very frustrated look in his eye.

Barry spoke up first, "Oh! I know that look in your eye! She got to you too didn't she!"

Arthur just glared at Barry for a second before walking over to his Chair, sitting down with a thump. "She is certainly a tricky child."

"What did she take this time?" Clark asked.

"..mttrident..." Arthur grumbled out quickly.

"What was that?" Asked Barry with a twinkle in his eye. He heard it, but he wanted everybody else to know.

"She took my trident, Okay!" Arthur shouted out.

"I feel ya man." Responded Hal, "At least with me she threw it back at me when she realized it wasn't making 'candy' anymore. What did she do with yours?"

"She sold it at a Pawn Shop!" Arthus yelled in frustration, "She managed to steal one of the most Powerful Magical Weapons in the world, the Symbol of the entire Atalantean Royal Bloodline, and she sold it and a Pawn Shop!"

"...how much did she get for it?" Asked Hal.

At this, Aquaman just collapsed to the table and groaned.

...

Alternatively she could have just kept all those things, and gradually built up a collection of all the JLA's most treasured possessions.

She has Supermans Wallet, not very important to him but it was her first mugging

She has Batmans Utility Belt (trackers removed) along with his Tires

She took Flashes Costume Ring (his civilian clothes still stuck inside)

She took Green Lanterns ring as well, but unfortunately it managed to escape after a few days. It was feisty.

And her crowning Jewel is the Trident she took from Aquaman.

(She avoided WW, cause she likes her too much to steal anything from her)

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