Kermit, e a t your heart out 🫀🔪

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TW// bl0od, su1c13e ment, alc*hol and dr*g ab*se ment, general violence

jet’s almost died more than a few times.

the first time was when he was seven, when his parents died. his mother told him to run as she choked on her own blood. as he fled, the rays of drac guns nipped at his heels.

the second time was when he was ten. he was starving, lately he hadn’t managed to get enough money from begging on the streets of neutral towns. another boy stole a piece of bread from him. fists were thrown, but the other boy had a knife. jet passed out from blood loss in an alley, face sliced from brow to jaw. he’ll never forgot the way the boy had stood with jet’s blood on his hands, mouth agape at the realization he had stabbed jet.

the third time was when he was fourteen. doc had adopted him almost four years ago, finding him after the knife fight with the other boy. now he’s fourteen and he misses his mom, he’s so angry and he just wants to be gone. he swallows every painkiller in the cabinet and doesn’t even leave a note.

the fourth time was when he was sixteen. nothing had gotten better, he was fighting with his adopted father, doc, every day. jet ran away in the middle of the night, drunk off whatever he could find and seeing double. he went to his usual hiding spot, near the old train tracks that BLI still used to transport things to the other standing cities sometimes. he was too drunk to notice the supply train. the witch mended him as much as she could, leaving only concussions, broken bones, and a bad hangover.

the fifth time, he’s sixteen. jet wants his revenge. he wants to find and kill the crow who killed his parents. against doc’s witches, he chases down the crow in battery city. jet’s no match, the crow shoots him in the eye. the witch spares his life, but blinds him in the shot eye as a punishment for his recklessness.

there’s been dozens of other times- jet neglects a wound a little too long while taking care of others, maybe doesn’t eat so he makes sure the girl can have enough. but those five times, he knows she was there, sparing him.