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    "How's your flat?" Wilbur asks. "Still no luck with the heating?"

    "You know I can't afford it." Tommy mutters, stirring a spoon around in his cup of coffee.

    "I could help you with it." Wilbur offers.

    Tommy politely shakes his head. "No, don't worry about it. I don't plan to stay here much longer."

    The way he says it, he thinks, might set off alarm bells in Wilbur's head. (Tommy prays that it does, prays to Prime that Wilbur notices his tone, notices his exhaustion and just asks him to go with him. He prays that Wilbur will care just enough to do something about it.)

    Wilbur doesn't make any comment about it.

    (Something inside Tommy cracks at that. Maybe this is it.)

    -

    Tommy's only 16, he shouldn't have all of these responsibilities. His landlord is shit, he doesn't get paid enough to afford groceries and he's so fucking tired. He just wants someone to see his struggles, he wants someone to care for once.
    So when the Crafts come along and are so nice to him, Tommy never really stood a chance.

    // this is part of a series and is not meant to be a standalone //

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