Tyson’s last will and testament is incredibly bare bones.
Most of his actual assets are tied up with the web, which upon his death will remain there, and aren’t exactly something Tyson wants to draw too much legal attention towards unnecessarily.
The family manor will go over to Jethro as will a large portion of his share of the family fortune, whilst his dogs and another large sum of money will go to Jasmine. The remainder of Tyson’s money will go to his Godson, Carver Ironwright, and to charity.
The only surprising part - or perhaps not if one knows Tyson - is that Tyson is giving Sebastian (under the pseudonym of Zachary M. Cohen) a penthouse apartment: one owned and protected by the web, somewhere he could be comfortable and supplied with everything he needed.
He doesn’t know if Sebastian would actually accept it, especially once he understood it was being supplied by the Moriarty Mirrors, but Tyson isn’t willing to leave him with nothing. Despite everything, he wants Sebastian to be happy.
The Delaney family manor is filled with valuable antiques.
…and that’s about as much as Tyson knows about it or them.
Though they had many similar lessons and were tutored on countless matters about being heirs to the Delaney family legacy, Jethro - the intended and blatantly favoured heir - learnt far more about the manor itself than Tyson got to.
He used to be jealous of the time Jethro got to spent with their father, learning more about their history. Now, Tyson simply wishes the manor came with more plaques to explain what he was looking at.
Though he’s often further away and less directly involved once Tyson grows up, Jethro was there at Tyson’s side across (most of) the verses to help - or, at least, try to help - Tyson find his footing within that world.
Avatar!Verse
Tyson and Jethro were taught their respective bending types from tutors, but Tyson could look to his father for assistance when struggling. Anne had already left by the time Jethro showed any ability with fire.
At times, Jethro found himself longing for the praise of their father and that connection to his family, and homeland, through earthbending, but he was proud to take after his mother. As he grew up, Jethro became glad that he had firebending. Something truly his own.
Hogwarts AU
In Hogwarts AU, Jethro went with Tyson to get his wand.
Where Tyson’s wand was black with a sleek spiral design on thin wood, the back of Jethro’s wand was smooth polished wood patterned by its natural grain whilst the front third was blackened ridges narrowing down into a point.
As is the case in most matters, Jethro takes more after their mother than Tyson does in this regard, but - for once - Tyson cannot fall back on the comfort of being like their muggle father. Anne’s wand was naturally coloured with a curved handle and small spikes along it.
Jethro was slightly disappointed that Tyson wasn’t sorted into Ravenclaw with him, but at the same time, he was incredibly proud that Tyson had made a choice for himself. Not to please their father or to please Jethro, but one for his own good.
MassEffect!Verse
Jethro was present with Tyson’s biotics first manifested.
On the one hand, it was an amazing experience to see mass effect fields for the first time as reality warped and the flagstone of the patio were ripped from the ground. On the other hands, his brother’s accidental use of energy snapped his forearm in half and left Jethro with a crying brother to console, and a father to vid call at work from the nearest hospital.
As Tyson learnt to control his biotics, Jethro was proud - and a little jealous - of his little brother’s skill and the control he exerted over them, but Jethro has never forgotten the sound of Tyson’s arm snapping or how helpless he felt to protect him after that moment.
RWBY AU
Jethro was also present when Tyson’s semblance manifested at a family ball. He was the one comforting the hyperventilate Tyson, still pulsing out weak burst of aura in fear, whilst John growled at the offending drunkard into donating generous and leaving with to promise never to darken their halls again.
Tyson’s grandmother - Ellen Delaney - passed away when Tyson was nine.
This affected Tyson much more than his mother’s decision to leave had. He was only four when Anne divorced his father and Tyson can barely remember her.
His grandmother, on the other hand, was someone that Tyson adored. She taught him how to play piano and most of the limited Yiddish that he knows. She used to bake apple pies with him and gave Tyson his love of Jasmine tea.
Ellen’s funeral is one of the few times that Tyson got to see a chink in his father’s armour and one of the only times that Tyson can say John had an appropriate, and proportional, reaction to the things going on around him.
Whilst Jethro mourned Ellen, he was never as close to his grandmother as he had been to his grandfather, who passed away when Jethro was six. Lucus’ passing caused Jethro to distance himself from his grandmother subconsciously and they never managed to close that distance before she passed away.
Since James became tall enough to ride most of them, the number of roller coasters that Tyson has been dragged onto has increased exponentially.
Tyson feels oddly proud and yet somehow betrayed at the way Jethro weaponises his son to get Tyson to agree to things.
Usually, they’ll meet in Blackpool for the day: a comfortable mid-point in travel for them both, from Cumbria and London. First to the Sandcastle Waterpark, picnic lunch on the beach, then into the Pleasure Beach (themepark), a break for fish and chips on the pier, before driving out to see the Blackpool Lights; on route to drop Tyson back at the train station.
Tyson isn’t afraid of any of the rides, but he does become antsy on longer rides, feeling caged in and wanting to escape. He also does his best to avoid any that involve getting wet out of principle.
Amongst many other lessons, Tyson and Jethro were both tutored in ballroom, ballet, classical, tap, and contemporary dance.
Primarily they were taught ballroom and classical, with ballet only appearing as punishment when they needed to work on posture or balance. Jethro excelled with tap, whilst Tyson still holds great contempt for the sound the shoes made when talking around.
He enjoyed the technique of tap, however, which might be why shuffle dance was on of the few modern dances Tyson is actually good at. Jethro is passable with most dances that were around from his teens until late twenties, with an unforgivable - and completely unironic - love of the macarena.
Predictably, Tyson favoured the slower partnered dances where Jethro preferred faster pace and was fine with dancing on his own.
Though archery was also one of the many lessons that Tyson and Jethro were given as heirs to the Delaney family legacy, the brothers are far more likely to remember playing with Nerf-dart bows than the actual archery lessons.
Archery was one of the few activities where their father would actually watch them whilst they practiced. Perhaps simply as those lessons lined up with warmer, fairer weather that coaxed the Professor outside, but it meant that they looked forward to them; and practiced with the toy bows to impress him.
Though both brothers always enjoyed talking about mythology together, Norse mythology always caught Jethro’s imagination far more than Tyson; who found that the Greek tales resonated more with him, but that the Norse ones had more pathos to them than the Roman ones.
As part of an art project at secondary school, Tyson made a clay statue of Sleipnir for his brother. The face was somewhat questionable and part of the tail chipped off before Tyson got it home, but that statue still remains on the shelf of Jethro’s bedroom.
Tyson wasn’t the only one terrified that youngest Delaney heir would end up a perfect copy of his father.
When Jethro ran away from home, he knew he wasn’t old enough to look after his brother. Jethro never wanted to leave Tyson alone with their father, but he had to leave and he knew that Tyson would be safer at the manor than with him on the streets.
Even knowing that he made the correct decision, Jethro was terrified that once he reunited with his brother, Tyson would be nothing more than a pawn in their father’s image. He was relieved when that worry proved false, but looking back at things now, Jethro worried he may have had the wrong priorities.
Maybe Tyson becoming another John wouldn’t have been such a bad thing. He would have stayed safe in Cambridge, away from The Colonel and the Moriarty Mirrors. Maybe that would have been better after all.
After returning to Britain, Tyson’s first real resting place was his brother’s home.
On his way there, Tyson was largely living on the streets. He knew that once he was spotted with Lily, she would become an immediate giveaway, so he tried to avoid staying anywhere he might get recognised. He learnt quickly where to go and who to bribe to get a discreet room in cheap hotels, but there were still plenty of nights spent enduring the elements.
Tyson’s plan had been to sleep in Jethro’s spare bedroom or on the settee if he needed to, but - as usual in plans involving his brother - Jethro threw a wrench into that plan.
It had been two years since Jethro had seen his brother off for his latest deployment Afghanistan. His brother had been a wanted man and missing in action for over a year and a half, and then he returned. Sheepish smile in place, looking utterly exhausted and hungry, a dog plastered to his side who smelt only marginally better than him.
After throwing him into a hot bath and giving him a hot meal, Jethro wasn’t ready to leave his baby brother in another room. Tyson was dragged up into Jethro and Rosie’s bed and sandwiched between them, where he was warm and safe, and couldn’t break Jethro’s heart again.
The first night, Jethro barely slept. He was terrified that he’d wake up to discover it had all been a dream, that Tyson would still be missing or reported dead, or simply jack-rabbited away in the middle of the night. He refused to let Tyson out of his sight. He even ended up taking a week of work ‘sick’ to look after him.
Eventually, Tyson had to leave. He refused to put them in danger by staying too long and having them getting found harbouring a wanted man, but to this day, Tyson cannot describe the relief of waking up between Rosie and Jethro. Somewhere warm and dry, somewhere safe, somewhere he was loved again.
Orphan AU 4 - Teen!VerseLDN - (Jethro and) Teenage Tyson
Orphan AU 1 - Child!Verse - (Jethro and) Child Tyson
In this verse when Tyson’s mother left his father, when Tyson was four, Tyson and Jethro were send to the orphanage as their father wanted nothing to do with his sons anymore.
In this verse Tyson is eight years old [face claim: Zachary Gordon] and Jethro is twelve [face claim: Léo Legrand].
Tyson and Jethro both go to a Hebrew school in the verse and share a room. The room they share has a single bed and a bunk bed. The single bed is empty, but your character could go there if they were in the orphanage too. Whilst the top bunk is technically Tyson’s, he will usually elect to sleep in the bottom bunk with his brother where he feels safe.
Jethro coddles Tyson and is highly protective of his little brother. Jethro is strong headed and quick to a challenge, but he is equally capable of being open and caring. It depends on how people respond to him and, more importantly, his little brother.
Tyson’s social anxieties are clear in this verse, he is shy and - more often than not - can be found hiding behind his older brother. Here Tyson and Jethro still have advanced understandings of mathematics for their ages, but not to the same extent as in the main verse: since they don’t have the advantages of having a mathematics Professor for a father to teach them anymore.
If asked to talk about mathematics Tyson’s face will light up and he can - if he gets going - avoid stuttering as he speaks about this, but yawning or acting disinterested as Tyson talks about maths is one of the quickest ways to [emotionally] hurt Tyson.
Jethro is very sporty and tried to encourage Tyson to join him in football and rugby practice as much as possible, but Tyson is afraid of getting hurt by ‘the bigger boys’ so can be found at the edge of the pitches watching his brother play. Sometimes Tyson will sketch the other people playing, but most of the time he just stays quiet and watches.
Tyson’s Synesthesia still exists in this verse, but he doesn’t bother to suppress it at all. He is yet to understand why no one else sees the maps that he does, he’d always assumed that everyone else could see the images he could. Jethro has helped Tyson understand it more, but - since Jethro can’t see the maps - he can’t do much to help his younger brother with this issue.
Tyson and Jethro are near inseparable in this verse.
As much as Jethro tries to encourage Tyson to find his own footing, he can’t help mother-hening him and swooping in at the slightest hint of trouble. For Tyson’s part, he’s trying his best to stop worrying his older brother, but can’t help feeling as though he’s letting Jethro down; like he let their father and mother down.
Tyson’s childhood issues with blood sugar remain in this verse and Jethro always had sweets to hand in case Tyson needs a boost in the middle of the day. For his part, Tyson never lets his rucksack out of his sights and anything important to him is kept close at hand inside of it.
Jethro has a box of keepsakes from their family home that he keeps under his bed: old photos of their mother, his end of school year reports from Cambridge, and information about their Delaney family legacy that they were apparently such disappointments to. That box doesn’t see daylight often and certainly never when Tyson is around to see inside.
In this verse when Tyson’s mother left his father, when Tyson was four, Tyson was sent to an orphanage without Jethro. Their father had never made it a secret that he favoured the older son so decided to send Tyson away on his own.
In this verse Tyson is nine years old [face claim: Zachary Gordon].
Here Tyson is shy, but curious. Without his brother to protect him, Tyson has to look after himself. This has meant that Tyson tries a lot more to interact with other people, he often fails to interact and withdraws into himself shyly, but he tries to make friends with other people and is curious about the world.
Tyson’s Synesthesia still exists in this verse, but he doesn’t bother to suppress it at all. He is yet to understand why no one else sees the maps that he does, he’d always assumed that everyone else could see the images he could.
Tyson hides, a lot. When his anxieties get the better of him, Tyson will run away into the first hiding spot he finds to avoid teachers, strangers, other children, et cetera. Once a hiding spot has been 'compromised’ - found - Tyson won’t return there and will run off to a new hiding spot until he feels safe enough to come out again.
In this verse he goes to a Hebrew school, because of a request his father made when he left Tyson at the orphanage. Tyson has been told why he goes to a different school than most of the other children. He gets good grades, especially in maths, but he doesn’t have friends at school. He’s tried to make friends with other children, but he finds it hard to interact with other people.
Tyson’s most prized possession is a ring bearing the family crest. The ring itself is a titanium/silver blend, there is a black circle of Black Tourmaline about the size of a five pence piece on the top of the ring pressed down to the level of the ring, and then the coat of arms is engraved into the stone in silver. It was given to him by Jethro before he left to go to the orphanage. He wears the ring around his neck on a silver rope chain and never takes it off.
Tyson’s room has three beds: a single and a bunk bed. He doesn’t share this room with anyone at the moment. He sleeps in the single bed.
Tyson is scared and hurting in a way that he doesn’t even understand in this verse. He feels abandoned and alone in a way that he doesn’t know how to express. It never feels like enough for the young Tyson. He tries so hard to make friends, to please everyone, but he doesn’t know how to and Tyson is terrified to failing; of getting thrown aside again.
Yet, Tyson does not know how to express that fear. He doesn’t know how to process what happened to him. He was too young to remember most of it, but that separation traumatised Tyson nevertheless. Tyson lost his mother, his father, his brother, and his childhood home. He feels that loss, even if he doesn’t remember it.
In this verse when Tyson’s mother left his father, when Tyson was four, Tyson was send to an orphanage without Jethro. Their father had never made it a secret that he favoured the older son so decided to send Tyson away on his own.
This verse is further in time than Orphan AU 2, Tyson is fifteen in this verse [face claim: Skandar Keynes].
In this verse Tyson is less shy, having had more socialisation than in any other verse, but he is still defensive. He doesn’t stutter anymore, but only talks when he has to and - generally - avoids talking to other people. Tyson’s Synesthesia still exists in this verse, but he doesn’t bother to suppress it at all.
Tyson’s room has two single beds. Tyson currently doesn’t have a room mate and sleeps in the bed nearest the window. This means that the room is covered in sheets of paper and articles about mathematics - and some maps - that interest Tyson. He doesn’t speak openly about mathematics in this verse, but he doesn’t hide it either. He choses to only speak about it when asked. Under Tyson’s bed - along with other possessions - are a bag of fencing equipment and another bag of cricket equipment. Under the bed Tyson also keeps several notebooks with sketches, mathematics notes, and the occasional map.
Tyson’s most prized possession is still a ring bearing the family crest. The ring itself is a titanium/silver blend, there is a black circle of Black Tourmaline about the size of a five pence piece on the top of the ring pressed down to the level of the ring, and then the coat of arms is engraved into the stone in silver. It was given to him by Jethro before he left to go to the orphanage. He no longer wears the ring on a chain and instead keeps it on his right middle finger. The only times he takes off the ring are when he’s swimming and when he’s fencing.
Tyson prefers not to exercise when not strictly necessary, but he is part of a fencing club and cricket club outside of the orphanage. He enjoys both sports, but he doesn’t boast about either sport. He dismisses any achievement in the sports, no matter how many tournament medals he has won; 5 for fencing and 3 for cricket.
Tyson still goes to a Hebrew school. He gets good grades (top set in mathematics, history, english, science, geography, and art; middle set in technology, music, German, drama, ICT, and RS; not in any bottom sets) but doesn’t enjoy going to school. He often finds it too loud at the school, so retreats to a quiet corner of the library.
Tyson has come to terms with his sexuality, being gay, but he is just to fully understand his orientation: being sexually gay, but romantically bi. He understands that he has had [romantic] crushes on girls, but he is yet to understand why that interest doesn’t extend to any sexual feelings.
Though there is some overlap with adult Tyson’s wardrobe, teenage Tyson’s wardrobe appears in this tag.
Whenever he’s out of the orphanage, Tyson can either be found making his way to the library on his heelys for some peace and quiet, or people watching from somewhere he isn’t technically supposed to be: a nearby fire escape, a tree in the park, or tucked between two cars; desperately hoping that he goes unnoticed.
His talent for trouble is unhampered. He doesn’t go looking for trouble, for opportunities to hide bruised knuckles from the guardians at the orphanage, but Tyson has always been too curious for his own good. He wants to prove that he can be useful.
Orphan AU 4 - Teen!VerseLDN - (Jethro and) Teenage Tyson
In this verse when Tyson’s mother left his father, when Tyson was four, Tyson and Jethro were send to the orphanage as their father wanted nothing to do with his sons anymore.
This verse is further in time than Orphan AU 1, Tyson is fifteen years old [face claim: Skandar Keynes] and Jethro is nineteen [face claim: Cody Christian].
As far as the Delaney brothers were concerned, getting separated was not an option. Jethro’s eighteenth birthday meant having to leave the orphanage and his brother behind. That was unacceptable, though the pair had known it would happen for years, and - as such - had years to plan.
Those years spent planning didn’t exactly improve the quality of plans concocted by two desperately afraid teenagers with far too much courage and nothing to lose. Jethro left the orphanage at eighteen, then suddenly dropped completely off the map with his younger brother in tow.
Several even more questionable decisions and acquaintances later, Tyson and Jethro are now living in London under false identities: Anthony Hawthorn & Reuben Hawthorn.
Strictly speaking, Jethro works a normal legal job as a junior chef to provide a home for his younger brother. That normal job simply happens to pay unusually well to provide their excellent flat of questionably low rent, as both the restaurant and their apartment complex may happen to be financed by the same criminal organisation.
The formerly Delaney, now Hawthorn brothers are in over their heads. Jethro is frequently sent off on - technically - innocent errands for their mysterious sponsor and Tyson is being groomed for criminal activities; having already proven himself to be a natural pickpocket and having a good head for planning.
In this verse, ‘Anthony’ is largely the same as Teen!Verse Tyson; wearing the same leather jacket and riding the same skateboard. For the time being, Tyson is free to continue attending school under the name Anthony, though he’s been given friendly encouragementby their patrons to take up boxing rather than fencing.
However, there are debts to be paid in their futures. For now, they get to enjoy a relatively cushy life, but both are keenly aware that eventually the demands made of them will escalate; and there is nothing that either can do to prevent that.
‘Reuben’ is easily recognised as the same Jethro that ran away from the Delaney family legacy in Tyson’s main universe, however he now has to carry the additional responsibility of caring for his brother and trying to get them both out of the web he inadvertently trapped them in.
Though he misses fencing from time to time, Tyson has taken to boxing rather well. He can feel his brother’s disapproving frown every time that Tyson returns from the gym, but pleasing their patron is in their best interests and Tyson does enjoy boxing. He finds it to be a good way to vent his fear and frustrations, without coming home with bruises that set Jethro fretting again or cause ‘Anthony’s school to call with concerns about his care.
That Tyson could easily go professional with his fencing and potentially pay off the debts the brothes owe is a large reason why he was discouraged from continuing it. This fact hasn’t escaped either brother, but equally they know that wouldn’t be a guarenteed solution to their problems either.
It wouldn’t have been his first career choice and he would prefer not to know that a large portion of the customers have more talent with knifes than the staff, but Jethro does enjoy working as a chef. It’s the other parts of his job that bother ‘Reuben’. The unofficial ‘if you have a free moment’ parts that have him dreading the day he doesn’t return from one of those errands.
