[ He's never going to like it. Nope. Never. Time travel cost him his father and the universe an entire planet. Time travel can suck it.
He winced a bit at that. Damn, he had hoped to keep this light, but nope. Here we go. It especially hurt since it all sounded so... familiar, in a way. He sighed, looking down at his cup, getting to the dregs now. ]
My mom - she dropped me and my brother with uncle, and my uncle was pretty clear he thought of us as a burden. He didn't want us there, but mom was his sister and she sent cash. Eventually my brother decided he had enough and he - he just left. He left me there with my uncle, calling me a "goody two-shoes" and walked on down the road and left me behind.
And mom? She was busy out in the stars with our step-dad. I got a call now and then, but transmissions take awhile in space, and she would gone for at least six months at a time on tour. Never stayed long.
Then there was Pike.
[ Another pause, swallowing heavily. ]
About the closest thing to a dad I had, and he died because of Marcus' screwed up ambitions and letting loose someone who should have never been woken up. I didn't even get to say goodbye to him. And I was sitting right next to hime.