I found my long lost brother on Fortnite

This story sounds made up. I wouldn’t believe it either. But I swear on my Battle Pass it’s 100% true.

I queue up for random squads in Fortnite, just looking to waste time and maybe get some challenges done. Spawn in with three randoms. One of them who goes by “CrustyJay27” (fake name for his privacy) immediately steals the gold sniper I just got from a blue chest. Like, fully sprints over, scoops it up, and yells into the mic: “Get looted, kid!”

So naturally, I start clapping back, we get into some lighthearted banter, and it weirdly escalates into the most petty, childish loot war I’ve ever been in. We’re both stealing meds from each other, throwing each other off builds, killing each other’s knockdowns - truly toxic brother energy.

Somewhere mid-match, our third teammate goes, “Y’all argue like siblings.”

I half-laugh, half-freeze. Because… weird coincidence: I have a half-brother who was adopted before I was born. I’ve never met him. I only knew his first name was something like Jay, and he was adopted out of state.

So I say, kind of as a joke: “Wait, were you adopted?”

Jay’s like, “Yeah, you tryna trauma bond or what?”

At this point I’m fully crouch-walking through an abandoned Tilted Towers like I’m in a cutscene. I tell him everything: my mom’s story, the half-brother, the weird gut feeling I’ve had since he stole my sick loot.

I ask what state he was born in. He tells me. I ask what month. It matches.

Then I say, “Dude… I think I might be your little brother.”

Jay goes completely silent for a second, and then says, “Dude. My adoptive mom told me my birth mom had another kid. A younger son.”

At this point, our fourth squadmate (bless this guy) is quietly building a skybase while witnessing a literal family reunion go down in voice chat.

Long story short, we drop out of the match. Talk on Discord. Compare baby pictures. We both have the same cursed pinky toe that looks like it’s trying to escape the foot. It’s real. It’s him.

We’ve been talking every day since. We’re planning to meet in person this summer. I told him he still owes me a gold sniper. He says I can pry it from his cold dead hands at the wedding - because YES, he invited me to be his best man at his upcoming wedding.

So yeah. Got my loot stolen in Fortnite, talked mad trash, discovered the guy was my long lost brother, and now I’m planning a speech for his wedding.

Catch us in Duos soon. Blood is thicker than Slurp Juice. Life is crazy.

Submitted March 30, 2025 at 08:57AM by gorrilagripper https://ift.tt/oObeyUN https://ift.tt/g8QYRDq