Archive of Our Own

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An hour ago, Franco Barbi was in the trials, chasing reagents, shooting them with tooth ammo in his sawed-off shotgun barrel, also known as his beloved Lupara. He saw something out of the ordinary, something he had never seen before within the trials. He touches this thing. An orb. 

Everything went dark. 

Watery.

He couldn't see anything but he could hear everything. He felt like drowning in whatever he got himself into but not yet. Not yet.

"Push! Push! That's it, Mrs Barbi, you're doing great. Just keep pushing!"

Franco was discombobulated. He has no vision, olfaction, gustation, or tactile sense. Just Audition. 

"That's it, Mrs Barbi, you're doing well. Just keep pushing. I can see his head!"

Mrs Barbi? Franco was even more discombobulated. Since when? He couldn't find his Lupara and it feels very crampy. He's head hurts. What is going on? He can't put his finger on it. He saw something, he saw something bright? Like a light, no...it's not the orb he saw previously. It was something else. So bright & big.

Suddenly everything turns dark. He's vision is gone, sealed shut like it was planned. He doesn't feel the discomfort anymore; he feels free. He could spread his limbs. He couldn't breathe, but he felt something or someone petting his back several times. 

"Come on! Do it for your mother Franco boy."

He could hear sniffs from near him. A woman's voice telling him to wake up.

A loud cry broke out.

He's blue eyes are wide open. The world is blurred.

He was then handed to someone else. In someone else's hold. Kissing his head. 

"Welcome home, Franco."

After a month of being born into the world, he couldn't see well, but only at a certain distance where he could see a woman. Someone whom he very recognised but felt familiar at the same time. A familiar melody he once heard. His head is in pain, and he hasn't stopped crying for the past 20 minutes but slowly it died down. He was then breastfed, given so much affection from someone he didn't know. 

He felt strange about this woman who held him. Blond hair, big blue eyes and a gorgeous smile. His eyes widened at his realisation of this woman. He cried again.

For the first time. He saw her, his beloved mother. So beautiful as he was expecting.

Months passed by, and he slowly could see clearly. He saw his father, a strict-looking man who never changed. But after 6 months, his mother, who died in the hands of his father, is still alive. His head still hurts. His mother showered him with kisses and affection. His father? Same as well. That's what he wanted. Love. 

He learnt how to walk, how to talk and does what a normal toddler would do. His mother is still alive and well. He wasn't sent to childcare, but instead his mother took care of him till kindergarten. He did see himself in the mirror, he was still the same. The deformities weren't that bad but it does hurt a bit as he grew older. He made new friends while at school, playing around, chasing his friends like a normal kid.

A happy kid. 

He went to primary school. Where he learnt a lot of things. People love him but some don't. He didn't get bullied for his deformities since his a son of the infamous and wealthy business owner. Yes, business owner, not the Martino Crime Family. Some were scared, some weren't. Before he entered secondary school, his father gifted him as a gift for graduating from primary school and taught him how to shoot. 

Yes, his Lupara. It wasn't sawed off at first but later he suggested that he wanted it to be. Well? Enemies can just grab the barrel of the shotgun since its Barrel is long. So he got it sawed off. Feels like the Franco Barbi he knew. 

For the first time, he has a happy family. No abusive father, a happy and living mother, no step-mothers and living in a perfect life. 

He went to secondary school, college and met the love of his life. He knows them, because this person was the same person who was a reagent. As the son of a businessman, his duty is to become a charming man and avoid problems that shouldn't be involved in for the family's reputation, but this can't be avoided. A pretty woman named (Y/n) Coyle. He knows that last name; he hates it, but not her. They bonded and shared stories together till he discovered that Leland Coyle had only 1 wife. That's right, 1 wife. He expected him to continue having 3 wives, but he liked this vision of Coyle. 

He travelled all the way from Louisiana to meet his future father-in-law. Same man but not from the KKK. Just a normal police officer working in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Of course, Leland Coyle has hair and is accepted by him since his daughter loves him despite his deformities and not for the money

27-year-old Franco Barbi is married to his beloved girlfriend, who is now proud to call her his wife. She's no longer (Y/n) Coyle, she's (Y/n) Barbi. They both had a golden retriever named Milo and an Orange tabby named Flash. Both of their pets were spoiled but Flash chose the empty cardboard box over a fancy bed. Milo appreciates everything that was given. 

Mr and Mrs Barbi came to visit once in a while to check up on (Y/n )'s pregnancy status. Yes, you're pregnant with a boy. It wasn't planned at first since both of you were often messing around in bed even before getting married, but Franco was overjoyed to have a son. He doesn't mind having a daughter, too; he wishes to have both in the household. 

Sooner or later, the kid was born. Franco managed to inherit his father's business from Salvatore since he decided to have an early retirement. 

Years go by, the household is filled with joyful laughter, and children are crying because they are fighting, which is a normal sibling interaction and love. His beloved mother is the real reason why he was brought into this new world.

Franco stared at the Glow orb in the Trial Environment. He saw the vision. This time. He didn't just touch the orb. He enters the portal leading to a new life.