Luther been so territorial when they were younger; this was his private space, the team leader’s headquarters, only Allison allowed to slip in uninvited. But nowadays—
Just having anyone around, at all, is such a relief. The comforting buzz of all the Klauses talking to each other down the hall. Even Five’s level breathing. Mom’s heels clicking down the hall. Four years of silence and vacuum pressing against his eardrums, and Luther (even oblivious hard-headed Luther) is self-aware enough to realise how desperate he is for company. Even if it’s companionable silence as he bent his head over the desk to line up a picture of a lake, a mountain range, a plane streaking above it.
“You probably needed your rest.” And to an extent, it let him keep an eye on Five too, making sure he’s safe. If Five is in view, then he’s not zapping all over the city and getting into slippery business with time-travelling assassins.
Watching his brother now, Luther mulls over a thought. Finally says it out loud: “We could clear out your room, you know.”
Because of course it hadn’t gone unnoticed, how Five had napped pretty much anywhere and everywhere but his own bed.
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Luther been so territorial when they were younger; this was his private space, the team leader’s headquarters, only Allison allowed to slip in uninvited. But nowadays—
Just having anyone around, at all, is such a relief. The comforting buzz of all the Klauses talking to each other down the hall. Even Five’s level breathing. Mom’s heels clicking down the hall. Four years of silence and vacuum pressing against his eardrums, and Luther (even oblivious hard-headed Luther) is self-aware enough to realise how desperate he is for company. Even if it’s companionable silence as he bent his head over the desk to line up a picture of a lake, a mountain range, a plane streaking above it.
“You probably needed your rest.” And to an extent, it let him keep an eye on Five too, making sure he’s safe. If Five is in view, then he’s not zapping all over the city and getting into slippery business with time-travelling assassins.
Watching his brother now, Luther mulls over a thought. Finally says it out loud: “We could clear out your room, you know.”
Because of course it hadn’t gone unnoticed, how Five had napped pretty much anywhere and everywhere but his own bed.