What It’s Like to be Alive; The Games we Play

“Okay listen! Listen!” Laughter filled the room as he tried hard not to fall over as he laughed.“I had no intention of things turning out that way but like, kinda cool that they did!” He defended and the others in the room laughed harder as he was promptly pulled down to the ground by his nephew. He laughed as well and sighed, looking at the teen before rolling his eyes.“I was telling a story,” he hummed, nothing but joy in his tone.“I know, and you can tell it while you sit next to me,” They laughed and he wrapped an arm around them before sighing.“Okay so like I was saying, I had no intention of it turning out that way, I still don’t know how things ended up this way, yet here we are,” he hummed as he now had everyone interested in what he had to say.Rae would have done anything to protect Athena, it’s all he’s wanted to do since he took them in, but he’s sick now, and Athena is starting to realize just how much their uncle had hidden from them to keep them happy and safe.