When Crickets Cry...

"Only thing I lied about was hating you and telling daddy. Your smaller than you should be and it scars me."

"No. Stop that shit. Everyone does it and they're all lying!" He exclaimed

"No! Your small, scary small!! You don't know what it does to me...Watching my baby brother waste away."

"No! YOU are small! Momma is small! Brayden is small! I am fucking disgustingly fat!"

"Your smaller than me, momma and Brayden...Your the smallest in the family....And its painful to watch."

"I'm huge!" WAs Riley blind!?
No... Sean was scary small... but not in his own eyes

Riley kissed his cheek, holding him tightly.
"Such a distorted view....Of yourself..."

"You're insane. Seriously. I'm telling momma and daddy to send you to some mental institution..."

Riley sighed, holding him tighter.
"You wanna know something?"

"What Riley?" He sighed softly.

"Im scared." Riley was like his grand father. Scared....is something he never admitted being.

"Why are you scared Riley...?" Sean frowned.

"Because my baby brother is hurting himself and one day it will kill him and I dont kow what to do."

"I'm not hurting myself.. What wll hurt me is having to look at myself every day if I don't lose some weight.."

"No.....No.....No more.....For me you need to gain some or else ill lose weight with you and we can both me unhealthy and fucked up until you straighten up."

"But you're tiny! Losing too much weight will hurt you!" He exclaimed. He really saw himself as fat...

"The your going to make me hurt myself." He sighed sadly, in amazement at his brother.

"B-but... but Riley... I'll... I'll get even fatter and.. I'll be alone... forever... no one wants a fat lover..." He was terrified.

"Hey! No you wont!! Your so sweet and adorable!!!! and so beautiful!!! You find someone!! I know you will but I-If you keep on im doing it too and imma hurt myself."
Just to make Sean get it together.

Sean trembled as he laid down, holding his knees to his chest.
"Why are you doing this...?"

"Because I love you so much....."
He wouldn't eat anything until Sean was okay.

"No... y-you... you want me to be hideous.... and alone...." His lip quivered as he hid his face in the pillow.

Riley pulled him to his chest.
"Ill love you myself if I have too, you wont ever be alone as long as im here...Your beautiful Sean....im willing to hurt myself to prove it."

"But by trying to help me you're.... you're hurting me Riley..."

"No...Im making it better. You can't see but what your doing...Your making yourself gross and sick looking....Stop... eat....You will look so much better." Riley kissed his forehead.