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[1000_cranes]

What she didn't understand was how everything had fallen apart so quickly. She'd left Ianto's in a hurry, bringing barely anything with her, one of his t-shirts, some clean underwear. A lot of nothing. She gone up to the compound and wasted most of th day staring into space, waited until it was high time to head home, and then she'd walked

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[willbewonderful]

Duck smiles on his way to the door. Sunny's learning to knock, that's good. That's...safer for all of them, really. "See?" he asks as he swings the door open, "That wasn't so hard, was it?" He stills. "Charlie?"

[legendarymadman]

"Whatever they're selling, we're not buying," Geoffrey calls from further inside the house, padding his way through with a blanket wrapped around his waist until he sees it's Charlie at the door. And she doesn't look like it's a social call. "Uh, I'll be right back," he says, and disappears into the house again.

[1000_cranes]

Dimly, Charlie knew that Geoffrey was going to get dressed, but there were tears dripping off her chin and she stepped in and pressed her face against Duck's shoulder. A sob shook her shoulders, and then it dawned on her and she pulled back, rubbing her red face with both hands.

"Oh, Jesus, I'm sorry. Is Sunny here?"

[willbewonderful]

If she was, Geoffrey'd be wearing a hell of a lot more in the pants department. "No, she's not here," he says, one hand already stroking Charlie's hair, still there even when she's pulled away. "What's going on?"