In Redemption!Verse, Tyson has gone from a legal guardian of James to his primary caregiver. He adores his nephew and would do absolutely anything to make that boy smile.
Tyson has seen poor father figures, both in his own father’s abuses and in his own uncle’s dismissive nature, and he refuses to subject James to either of those.
Richard Delaney could be just as cold as John Delaney. The difference was that when Tyson and Jethro were around their father, they had to live up to impossible standards or be punished, but they received attention. There was a goal. Something to hope for.
Richard did not care about either of them. They were the heirs to John’s legacy, Richard walked away from the family to forge his own legacy. The boys were pawned off on him every summer holiday and were nothing but a burden to him. Occasionally useful to carry things when he went hunting, but otherwise useless.
He would never have hurt Tyson or Jethro physically, but it was obvious that they weren’t wanted there. The best that they could hope for was to stay out of the way; out of sight, out of mind.
Going to Uncle Richard’s home every summer was a reminder that their father didn’t want them around as he went off on his own holiday, nor were they welcome at their uncle’s home. There was never a space for Tyson or Jethro, and even the Delaney heirs were simply tolerated.
They were to make themselves useful or disappear.
