[For Babe]

[fourforone]

It's getting about time, I figure, to start packing the few things I've got with me and start porting them over to the beginnings of my new home. It's not that I'm eager to get out, but I still don't feel entirely right and every day that passes is just more time that I feel guilty about taking Babe's bed from him. It's not much that I've got, but

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[yo_babe]

This week's been a helluva week and Babe, he don't need one more thing, but there's that one more thing now. Gettin' ready to walk out the god damned door. Well, not yet, but he's gonna and Babe don't like it, the way it's almost secret as Buck packs. It ain't like he can pitch a fit and beg Buck to stay. Anyway, Babe's sure he's dropped enough hints by now that if Buck were gonna stay, he'd just do it.

"Today's the day, huh?" he asks from the doorway, just before he slips past it, his arms folded like he's got a protest at the tip of his tongue.

[fourforone]

"Nah, not just yet," I answer, freezing up slightly when a shirt goes into the roll of them I've got. There's not exactly suitcases enough, you know? I turn and offer Babe a broad grin. "Dick's here. Or, just turned up, so I'm figuring we'll be working doubletime soon enough." And I'll be glad for it.

"So what's new, Babe?" Trying to distract from the packing is the best idea I can think of.

[yo_babe]

That's good news, real good news, and Babe relaxes a little. He could tell Buck about the damn head, about the pig, and that he's met Maid Marian, but he's gotta make sure he's heard that right first, "Captain Winters is here?"

[fourforone]

"The very man," I confirm with a gladness to me that I've been missing. "Not a clone. One hundred percent not a clone because I know Dick anywhere and that was Major Winters." There's a nod of confirmation from me and an even broader grin.