randomplaces | Backwater. Jack's house. Rest For The Old Soldier.

Gleam: *comes home to find Jack in shorts, socks, and T-shirt and Dan in training pants and plaid shirt, both sprawled on the bed intent on a video game* ...Can see you're teaching him the important parts of life. Weren't you going to buy him clothes today?

Jack: *just moves over so there's room for her with no break in shooting things* Did. Most of it had to be custom made.

Gleam: *switches to PJs and puts herself in that nice space between Jack and the wall*

Dan: *crawls over Dada so he can snuggle Mom*

Jack: *grunts as little hooves poke him*

Dan: *gets settled and makes sure Mom's hugging him, then rests his chin on Dada and resumes watching all the zoom and boom*

Gleam: *remembers Ana asking her how Jack's doing today. Sends her a picture of the family right now*

Ana: *lifts her head from purry furry pillow where she and Sunny are laying on the beach instead of going to bed and squints at her wrist computer, then opens the picture. Sees contented, relaxed Jack. Cries and feels thankful as she remembers how he'd been when he was first Exiled*