Title: No Such Thing as a Fairy Godmother
Characters: Kate
Summary: Drabble, Kate's childhood
Notes: Written for
lostsquee The underside of her bed was covered in late night doodles. It was her special place - not out of choice, but necessity - and as she scribbled Tom’s name for the tenth time, she nuzzled her head against friends of the not-so-distant past.
Wobby, a worn yellowish baby blanket and Polly, a now dingy off-white bear her father had given her for her fifth birthday.
She could hear Wayne’s steps as loudly as her mother’s tears and she inhaled, frozen against hardwood floors, hoping that door wouldn’t open. Any other child would wish themselves away, but Kate knew wishes weren’t real.