( closed ) but you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart

[backpacking]

Who: Ellie, Jo, and Simon
Where: First floor, Room 044
When: 12/10
Rating: PG (with PG-13 language)
Summary: They'd been like older siblings and adoptive parents, but they were far from the only ones who'd taken care of her.


[ There's a knock at their door shortly after the conversation. She'd messaged them both, even though there was a good enough chance they were together, and asked for a meeting. Ellie fidgets where she stands and the more she tells herself to be cool, that it isn't a big deal, the more she shifts her stance, wrinkles her nose.

Ellie knocks again. ]

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[lightgunhustler]

[The door opens almost immediately after Ellie's knuckles lift from the door the second time, having started making her way across the apartment after hearing the first attempt. She's followed by Jormy's excited barking, the dog himself always glad to welcome company, and he pokes his face around her legs to get a good look at Ellie as Jo stands back to usher her in.]

Hey, kiddo. Pretty serious face you've got on.

[Jo can guess what most of this talk is going to be about, but she doesn't want Ellie to think it has to be heavy. They're family. Ellie should feel like she can talk to them about anything, right?]