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[browbeater]

Mako Lou

Uh... Hi. Just joined the police force. Um, I guess, leave a message if you want to connect.

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[browbeater]

??? where is this coming from...?

but if you want my serious answer... he's my brother, and i love him. i think he's kind of all over the place and needs to figure out what he wants to do, but i'll do whatever i can to support him

[mercurio]

wh..
what if you didn't know you had a younger brother until years later like two decades later
how would you feel

[mercurio]

do you think you'd hate him

[browbeater]

uh... no.

i wouldn't. i guess we'd be distant, and not like... close like we are here, but i don't think i'd hate him.

prompto, what's going on? maybe we should meet up.

[mercurio]

no it's fine i'm just researching for a stupid story i promised ardyn i would write

[browbeater]

prompto, that's bullshit.

look if you wanna do this over text, fine but i can't talk in hypotheticals. what's going on?

[mercurio]

[this reply takes ages to come, for prompto is agonizing over texting it at all]

i have a brother

[browbeater]

and... you don't know what to do?

[mercurio]

we share the same mum
she's not mother of the year material
i..

i don't know how to stop hurting

[browbeater]

prompto... i'm sorry

look. you don't know each other so you can probably ignore him if you want, but...
i don't think you should.

[mercurio]

it's still way too scary

[browbeater]

lots of things are scary. but regardless of how bad your mom was or whatever, there's seriously a chance that your brother felt the same thing.

then you wouldn't be alone in that feeling anymore

[mercurio]

he kept a picture of her with his dad on his phone
if he's here looking for her... what if

what if he wants his family back
and i don't really have anything

[browbeater]

[this one takes a minute]

you won't know unless you talk to him. and if you don't...

[he considers this for a moment, and, well, fuck it, he's known Prompto for a long time.]

then you can just call yourself mine and bolin's brother instead.

[this is helping, right]

[mercurio]

shuddup im gonna cry right now

[mercurio]

i'm NOT***

[browbeater]

just. look, i've got your back, pal.

[he's not gonna judge. he's not gonna judge at all.]

whatever you need, let me know.

[mercurio]

i've only ever wanted a family
that's all

[mercurio]

and knowing i have a brother
it's so crazy
and it feels so scary i might throw up

[browbeater]

you've got a family no matter what. i'll definitely make sure you do your homework, just like i do with bolin

[browbeater]

but... you should still talk to your brother. i mean it.

give him a chance, and if it ends up that he hates you, you have something else.

[mercurio]

is it stupid that i don't want him to hate me

[browbeater]

no

the only reason i'm saying it's a possibility is because... well, it is. i still think you should talk to him, but people are... weird sometimes.

[mercurio]

i gave him my number and didn't ask for his because i thought i'd find him on the retrospec list anyway
but i forgot to check and he's not on it
i'm stuck waiting for him to call or text... if he even wants to

[browbeater]

did... you tell him you were brothers?