I'm good at this.

[never_very_good]

[ n a m e ; ]	Frankie Dalton
[ c a n o n ; ]	Daybreakers
[ g a m e ; ]	saw it through the end @ poly_chromatic

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[eiremagic]

[She holds tight to his hand, and presses her head against his shoulder. It finally feels right, it finally feels like she's whole again. She hadn't realized how gutted she had felt until today, until she was back with him. Like part of her soul had gone missing.]

There's food back at me flat.

[transposition]

[Choosing to die had been the easy part. He'd already come to terms with that before the City, in that split second when he'd told Ed to run. He's never regretted it. But choosing to leave her?

It was right, it's what he had to do, but fuck, it tore him apart. He wasn't wrong, but that doesn't mean he's not sorry.

He nods, a little shaky still, and grins like an idiot.]

Fuck, I miss your cooking.

[Along with everything else.]

[eiremagic]

[She tightens her grip on his hand.]

You look like you haven't eaten in a month.

[She doesn't doubt that this might actually be true.]

[transposition]

Airplane food, soup kitchens, hospital a while before that. Shit fast food now and then.

[For years before that he'd lived on Eden's cooking, and before that it had been nothing but blood. Hell of an adjustment.]

[eiremagic]

I think there's breakfast left over at home.

[It's her day off, and Moore is usually out of the flat by this time]

[transposition]

You're a lifesaver.

[He's grinning at her like old times already. For the moment he's not even thinking about Moore or about the ways this is going to get hideously complicated.]

I can't believe you found me like that.

[eiremagic]

[She just holds his hand tightly and she guides him.]

I'll always find you. Don't you know that by now?

[If he's anywhere she can find him, she'll do it.]

[transposition]

Good to be reminded.

[He says that a little bit quiet, gentle. Fuck, it's gonna be a long day because he isn't going to let go of her, not for a second, not if he doesn't have to.]

[eiremagic]

[She doesn't say anything for a minute. She just holds tightly to his hand, and then pulls it up to press her mouth against his fingers, for a moment, just a moment.]

So, you do need to know, I'm living with Moore.

[transposition]

[He stops short. Fuck, he ought to know that.

Maybe he should pull his hand away, but he doesn't have the heart to do it, he just looks stricken.]

[eiremagic]

Frankie!

[She says it and maybe it's a little more sharp than she intended, but she's still holding on]

You knew that, I warned you, didn't I? Before we left, I said, if you were going to go die-

[Maybe she said that. Maybe she just wanted to.]

[transposition]

[She's the only thing he's been thinking of, he's been drawn like iron to a magnet since he woke up here, when he shouldn't have woken up at all. Day after day after day tracing his scarred shoulder with his fingertips and thinking, and not thinking, just wanting.]

I shouldn't have come.

[That was the deal, wasn't it? The City was meant to be all he had.]

[eiremagic]

I'll fucking punch you out, you fucking arsehole.

[She says it and she means it.]

[transposition]

[She might have to.]

It's not fair. You know it's not.

[eiremagic]

Not fair to who? To Moore? Since when do I give a flying fuck about what's fucking fair?

You know what isn't fair? Having your fucking husband leave you to save his fucking brother, that's not fucking fair.

[She is getting very clearly angry - there is no doubt that punch is coming soon]

[transposition]

You think I was fucking happy about it?

[She's the only good thing he's ever had.]

[eiremagic]

You went! You went even though you didn't have to go, you left me, and I let you, so don't start up on what's fair-

[Oh, people are looking, now]

[transposition]

I couldn't have left him to fucking die!

[Let them fucking look, he doesn't give a damn.]

What the fuck are you gonna tell Moore, huh?

[eiremagic]

I told him I was married, didn't I? I told him and he fucking got it, better than you did-

[She's starting to hyperventilate now]

How could you fucking do this to me? How could you fucking do this to me?

[transposition]

Eden.

[He's not sure if he's pleading or trying to reason with her or trying to calm her down. Or maybe he's just saying it while he can, like he's going to vanish.]

It wasn't supposed to be like this, you fucking know I didn't mean it to be like this.

[eiremagic]

And here we fucking are, and you want to leave-

What the fuck did you think was going to happen, Frankie? That I would sit and mourn you forever?

[transposition]

Course not.

[He's not even really trying to not look petulant.]

I didn't think I was gonna make it out of that fucking room.

[eiremagic]

Then act like a fucking man about this, will you?

[transposition]

I'm fucking trying to. I'm trying not to tear things apart for you, here.

[eiremagic]

Don't be fucking daft?

[She hits him again, but less hard.]

[transposition]

[Christ, what a mess. He glares for a moment, not exactly at her but sort of in her direction, without a damn idea what to do.

So he leans in to kiss her again, if she lets him.]