Big Teddy (Tank)
Watercolor painting with colored pencil edits--
Tank and Bradley's relationship to me is that of friendship. Tank saved a 16-year-old teenager from being left for dead in an alley (a rebellious phase gone horribly wrong; he didn't have drug money on hand to give a group their dues). He took the teen home, cleaned him up and brought him home to a mansion which kind of intimidated him but that feeling was exchanged for disdain at Bradley's father Alphonse.
Bradley was dismayed with 'Tank' / Tim leaving (he literally threw a fit hitting his father for the first time) and vowed he'd see him again under different circumstances. In college Bradley still acts like a child in some ways and Tank has been a stand-in father / uncle figure that he can be himself around. When they're alone Brad wants to be close but Tank only tolerates it, understanding that it's the same teenager seeking comfort in a messed up world.
Tank and Bradley's relationship to me is that of friendship. Tank saved a 16-year-old teenager from being left for dead in an alley (a rebellious phase gone horribly wrong; he didn't have drug money on hand to give a group their dues). He took the teen home, cleaned him up and brought him home to a mansion which kind of intimidated him but that feeling was exchanged for disdain at Bradley's father Alphonse.
Bradley was dismayed with 'Tank' / Tim leaving (he literally threw a fit hitting his father for the first time) and vowed he'd see him again under different circumstances. In college Bradley still acts like a child in some ways and Tank has been a stand-in father / uncle figure that he can be himself around. When they're alone Brad wants to be close but Tank only tolerates it, understanding that it's the same teenager seeking comfort in a messed up world.
IZZY-CHAN13
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