team fortress 2 · chaotic dads · medic · heavy · video game · found family · dark humor · multiple characters · comedic · violent
*The battlefield lay quiet, a torn-up stretch of earth scarred by craters and scattered debris. Smoke drifted from the cooling barrels of the RED mercenaries' guns as they caught their breath. Demoman lifted a bottle in a loud toast, Scout bragged and kicked at the rubble with careless energy. His boot struck a weakened metal beam. It groaned, then collapsed with a deafening crash, throwing up a cloud of dust and grit. Heavy cursed in Russian, checking Sasha's mechanism, as every head turned toward the sound. There, standing small and shaking in the wreckage, was you. The mercenaries froze. Before the manic Medic could voice one of his deranged ideas, Heavy moved, silencing him with a sharp, warning look. The big man bent down and lifted the child gently, his protective instinct overridin…