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+ to some degree, and esme is still overly protective of ziggy. especially after garrett’s abuse. beck had just recently found out about garrett and to say he wants garrett in the ground is an understatement.

but ziggy is just living his life day by day, the best he can.

+ from his own music career and the record shop and got his own apartment. and he is now working hard to maintain a stable life again after the trauma he’d faced. he’s back in contact with all of his siblings. and is extremely protective over olivia to this day. beck still is protective over ziggy +

+ mustered up the courage to pack up and leave. he went back to couch hopping. he then reunited with a face he never thought he’d see again…gray brooks. he went to gray’s apartment, asking for a place to stay. and the two became best friends since then. ziggy then eventually racked up enough money +

+ would end up destroying his self esteem and confidence…garrett. it started smoothly yet once the two made things official, things quickly spiraled. garrett made ziggy afraid of everything, insecure about everything. the slightest move from garrett ziggy would flinch. at one point he finally had +

+ he quietly packed his things and beck watched as he hurried out the door…never returning to the hell of a home. alex was his safe space…the love of his life. and he had just vanished…ziggy lost it. he worked at a record shop to earn extra cash, couch hopping, eventually rooming with someone who +

+ door but…it had slowly opened to reveal alex’s mother in shambles. ziggy’s face immediately fell as he asked what had happened…alex had disappeared off the face of the earth…without a trace. that sent ziggy over the edge. he lost it. he broke down sobbing, sprinting home and entering the house. +

+ him. yet it was nice. it was new and it was refreshing.

just as ziggy was about to turn 18…ziggy went to see alex at his house. the two had just graduated and were going to celebrate his upcoming 18th birthday. he was officially an adult! at least in his eyes he was. he happily knocked on the +

+ joined by the hip yet ziggy was scared at first. he was terrified of how healthy alex was for him…there were times where ziggy froze when alex would hold him so close, despite being in a healthy relationship and knowing each other for some time now, ziggy wasn’t used to the gentleness alex gave +

+ friends by this point, introducing beck to josh and alex who welcomed him with open arms. they ended up forming a band too. practicing in josh’s or alex’s garages. it was amazing, ziggy loved the freedom music gave him and beck.

alex and ziggy got together once ziggy had turned 17. they were +

+ when ziggy and his father got into a screaming match…a punch was thrown right in ziggy’s face. beck stood up and immediately defended ziggy, throwing punches at ziggy’s father…at that point ziggy understood. beck just wanted what was best for him. so the two became very close, almost best +

+ alex just made him feel safe. super safe.

once ziggy turned 16, that’s when his step brother who was also from australia was introduced…beck. ziggy HATED him at first, gave him side eyes in passing, would brush his shoulder in passing. wouldn’t even speak to him for weeks on end. until one day +

+ very deeply about ziggy, always wanted the best for him. would get concerned anytime ziggy came to school with a busted lip or black eye…this was also around the time ziggy’s father started getting physically abusive. ziggy would sometimes sneak out and sneak to alex’s house to spend the night. +

+ him. once he was 15 the two warmed up to each other. esme more than ziggy though. he had found a small friend group in school of two others from australia surprisingly, josh and alex…josh was like a brother to ziggy meanwhile there was something about alex that ziggy was drawn to. alex cared +

+ cigarettes and beer, sometimes harder drinks too if given the opportunity. mostly from his father’s liquor cabinet before moving in with his new half sister, esme. and his soon to be younger half sister, olivia. esme didn’t like ziggy all too much at first but she grew to be overly protective of +

+ his father, it just happened.

so they moved to america. ziggy started high school in a small town of california, making him more bitter than ever. he found himself getting into fist fights almost daily. part of it was self defense from bullying, the other was just him acting out. he’d sneak +

+ grabbing something. “GET OUT.” his mother finally screamed, throwing something at his father, making him flinch as it almost hit him. he looked over with widened eyes.

against ziggy’s will he left with his father, he didn’t even hear his mother agree to the circumstances of him leaving with +