"When Family Becomes Home"

Prompt: Ongoing Fanfic story about YouTube Family This is How We Bingham Kat’s close with the Binghams because she goes to BYU with Madi 9pm, October 5th Characters: Katlyn Brammer (21) Branden & Mindy Bingham– Married Their biological kids: • Ryler (16) • Krew (14) • Brex (12) • Hazy (9) Madi (21)– Branden’s daughter from a previous marriage. Calls Branden “Dad”, calls Mindy by name IMPORTANT JUSTIN IS BRANDEN’s younger brother Justin’s wife & kids Lindsey Bingham– Justin Bingham’s widow Their Bio kids Boys • Turin (16) • Ashton & Landon (14) (Landon has CP but is independent) Girl • Ava (9) (Branden & Mindy’s niece/nephews) Kat gets called to come to Mindy & Branden’s house with Madi because Justin had an accident while canyoneering and passed away on site. Kat’s close with Madi’s siblings especially Ryler & krew and has a good friendship Turin Madi’s cousin as she’s been around Justin’s kids a few times. Everyone is at the house when Madi & Kat arrive. Kat brings a duffle bag in her car just in case even if she doesn’t think she deserves to be there. Madi doesn’t know Kat brought her duffle, no one will unless she’s asked to stay, if asked it’s by all the adults & kids. she says yes she has her bag in the car, she brought it just in case which causes Madi to snore asking how’d I not see that, while Kat’s mocked offended that Madi is surprised, Kat says it’s what you do for family, & Madi hugs her. Branden & Mindy’s kids see Kat like a sister Lindsey’s kids more distant & reserved because they weren’t around Kat like Madi’s siblings ——————————————————— Kat’s story only Madi knows for context in the future parts of the story. She doesn’t tell anyone else yet KAT IS FROM NORTH CAROLINA My family isn’t like this, my parents & my lil brother Jay (16) are great. Most of my extended family are addicts. Always unstable. Some of them tried to get better. A lot didn’t. Four years ago, my aunt passed away. We still don’t even know why. Her kids Gabby, Daniel, Josh, Cody, and Stephanie were shattered. I wasn’t close to her — not really — but I still loved her. I was the stoic one,” she continued. “Didn’t cry. Didn’t ask for anything. Just… held steady. That’s what I’ve always done.” even though my aunt was even though she was an addict she still cared enough to reach out she just couldn’t get better & I think that’s what kills me most, and the not knowing & acceptance that we will never know what happened to her. DeeDee’s birthday is October 15th So being around your family — sometimes it stings. Not because of you. Just… because I’ve never had this.” “It’s why I hesitate when you all invite me into things. It’s not that I don’t want to be here. I do. I love being here. But sometimes it feels like I’ve stepped into a world I don’t really belong in. Like I’m watching something I’m not meant to touch. The biggest is the grieving, Part of me knows what Branden feels, just lil different, a year ago she lost her older sister via abandonment from their family met a guy and did a 360 turning into someone who we didn’t know, causing my lil brother Jay to trust no one & is beyond over protective of me I’ve always been close to her kids: Kayden, who’s seventeen, and his two younger siblings, Brayson, thirteen, and Bella, twelve. Their dad, Mike, has been more of a sibling to me and Jay than Kristen ever was. He helped raise Kayden like his own. Mike and Kristen share custody of Brayson and Bella — but Kayden chose to live with Mike full-time because he felt safer there.” It’s hard to believe this when you come from a toxic family, you learn to not believe in things bc when you do, the universe shatters the floor and all becomes a cruel joke for the broken. Watching your 15 at the time lil brother confused to why he didn’t have 2 big sisters anymore, my mom breaking, not able to form sentences, my dad heartbroken by the girl he raised as his own for almost 23 years suddenly flip a switch and blow up a whole family in the process, and then there’s me, just there picking up the pieces & trying to keep what was left of my family together. Keep the family dynamics accurate throughout 2,000+ words