Sebastian POV. 

We won. We sent Nightshade to a dead Earth. She can't escape. We won. 

"Alright, everyone, I'm going to start checkups." Caitlin announces. "Sebastian. You first." 

"So you have a knife wound. I need to patch that up." She says. "Can you like... Remove your shirt." He cheeks turn pink. I take my shirt off. "Okay... Oh god. What happened?" She runs her thumb over my back. My scars. "These are faded." She inspects. "Sebastian.... Did your parents-?" 

"My dad abused me!" I blurt out. I didn't mean to but, after the fight... It just came out. She covers her mouth. Then she clean the wounds and bandages them. 
"You need to change the bandages everyday." She says. "Can we talk later?" She whispers as we walk out. I nod. 

"We need to talk." Caitlin says. Her eyes are filled with worry. We go into her apartment and she locks the door. 

"So, when I was a teen. I came out and said I was bi. But my dad was like the most homophobic person in the world. He told me it was wrong. He'd hit me. Everyday. He abused me. And sometimes he'd even hit my sisters. He would come home from work and just walk to my room and punch me a few times for laughs. He hated me with a burning passion. O-One day... I was in my mother's room. And he found me. He p-punched me a few times. Kicked. Slapped. T-Then he... He threw boiled water on me. He was insulting me, then he pulled out a gun. He s-shot me." Caitlin gasps. Then she puts her hand over mine. "My older sister found me and then... He shot her. Susan d- died." Tears start to fall. "I had no choice... I had to. I- I killed him." I stutter. 

She puts her arms around me. "It's okay." She whispers into my ear. "You're okay now." 

"Caitlin?" I mumble. "I- I love you." She smiles. 

"I love you too."