Not a Dirty Frakking Toaster, really, I mean it... (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} blackpaladin) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} tww100,@ 2004-03-23 12:33:00 |
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(Challenge #38) Better Be Home Soon
Title: Better Be Home Soon
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Characters: Charlie/Zoey
Archive: Ask first
Spoilers: Technically, I guess, season 1
Written for: tww100 challenge #38 - Crowded House titles
Disclaimer: Aaron made them. I/we just borrow them to play with every once in a while.
Author's Note: I think this may be my WW OTP.
It felt like they'd had this conversation a hundred times.
"I can't help it," he'd say. "He still needs me here." She always said she understood, but her disappointment was palpable. He came over whenever he could find the time. But she wanted it to feel like more than just somewhere to sleep for 9 months. Until next summer, this was her home.
And it didn't feel like home without him there.
She picked up the phone and dialed. "Yeah, it's me." She waited. "Daddy? It's midnight. Send Charlie home."
It felt like they'd had this conversation a hundred times.
