– 🤎 ⌗ 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲.

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ ❀ IT WAS DATE night for steven and susan winslow, meaning edward, steven's father, was looking after their two children until they returned.

"right, bed time." eddie says, scooping up a three year old ania-grace while a six year old atticus-grey followed them along to the shared bedroom.

he got them tucked into their separate beds, putting the blankets up to their chins. but ania quickly wiggles out and sits up.

"story?" she tilts her head with a sweet smile. oh how could he resist saying no?

"okay." he relaxes a bit on the bed. "once upon a time-"

"with the pictures?" atticus tilts his head like his little sister, also attempting that sweet smile.

edward looks at his grandson, giving in to the sweet act.

he goes under the bed, gathering the memory box.

he clears his throat. "once upon a time, there was a boy called eddie."

"that's you." atti cuts in, to which the old man nods.

"that is me." edward confirmes. "anyway. eddie was sent to live with miss cerise by his parents, as they thought cairnholm was a better place than poland at this time." he holds up a picture of bria cerise, the headmistress of the care home.

"birdy!" ania claps, eddie nodding enthusiastically.

"yes, she could turn into a bird. a large owl. it was spectacular."

"why is she wearing black? does she not have other clothes?" atticus asks, what a curious boy he was.

eddie freezes for a slight second. "um, i'm not so sure. i'll have to ask."

he clears his throat for the second time, "this home was for special children." he continues, "special children like-"

"marie!" atticus cuts in again. eddie holds up a photo of marie.

"yes, marie. she had the power of fire, which means she could start fires whenever and however." then eddie points to the black, leather gloves the redhead wore. "these gloves stopped her from making accidents."

"has it happened before?"

"yes they had. it was very amusing for us, but safe to say the bird was not happy in the slightest."

he then moves onto elizabeth, to which atticus takes the photo quick to inspect it. "why is she playing with dolls?"

"those dolls are called homunculi. elizabeth used to put hearts in them to make them become alive."

"woah." the two said in awe, and the man chuckled.

"little bella would always come and steal them for her tea parties though, in her so called 'invisible suit' she got from ascilius." he then takes a photo of bella and ascilius, the little girl wearing a white sheet with holes in the eyes, and the boy not visible at all. the only way you can tell he was in the photo is because he was wearing clothes.

"ghost." ania says, pointing at the girl.

"so what was her power?" atticus tilts his head like a confused puppy.

"you see, bella has a mouth on the back of her head with razor sharp teeth. she could chew through anything"

"thats so cool." the young boy gasps, his little sister nodding in agreement.

next, he picked up a photo of hyacinth, showing the children.

"she looks like a fairy!" ania exclaims, atticus nodding.

"she does, doesn't she. hyacinth can predict the future when she dreams, so she always knows the secrets before anyone else, even ascilius."

the little girl goes in the box this time, pulling out a photo of two people tending the garden.

"ah, that's edith and astrella. they always looked after the garden in the loop because of their abilities."

"what are their abilities?"

"edie can make plants grow in a matter of seconds with only her mind and hands." eddie imitates edith growing a flower out of the ground.

"then stella would let one or two of her bees rest and take pollen from the flower. she had bees inside of her."

"ouchie." ania-grace made a face.

"they didn't hurt her, in a way her stomach was their hive. and she loved them." there was a feeling of nostalgia building up in his own stomach. oh how he missed his old friends.

"who's this, grandpa?" atticus-grey takes a photo out. it was of another girl, older than the rest.

he had never shown her before, and he tenses, not realising he left that in there.

"that's mariana." he says with an unrecognisable tone as ania lightly leant on his shoulder (more his arm than his shoulder really). that feeling within him went away within a few seconds.

she then looked up at him with a cheeky, knowing smile.

"what was her power? she's wearing funny shoes."

"well mariana had the peculiarity with air. she has to wear those funny shoes so she wouldn't float away."

he noticed ania's eyes get heavy with sleep on his arm.

he lightly lays the little girl down on the pillow, as she had quickly fallen asleep.

"alright, its time for bed now. we've tired little gracie out." eddie chuckles.

he takes the photo of mariana from atticus gently.

just as eddie was about to leave, atticus speaks up again.

"grandpa, why did you leave poland?"

he hesitates, ".. because i assume poland just wasn't safe for people like me there anymore."

"why not?"

"because there were monsters." he started imitating a large monster, using his fingers as tenticles. "the type of monster with tentacles and no eyes."

atticus-grey laughs at his grandfather. once they calmed down, edward gave each child a kiss on the forehead, telling a good night.

he felt so lucky that his grandchildren shared the interest that his own children never.

WOOO FIRST PARTTT

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also i know not every slot was mentioned, its just that eddie was not in the loop when some of the newer loop residents came along, but there will be plenty of mentions for each slot made <3

also this isnt proof read so sorry if its bad lmao