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[nineteenfortyfive]

Now you're just back to snoring.

[Sorry, Bree. She doesn't care if anyone else hears that comment.]

[givingback]

I do not snore and I resent the implication.

[ How rude? ]

Da. Da snores.

[nineteenfortyfive]

[Claire glances over at a little noise from Jamie, then gives Bree a playful squeeze, somehow mustered up despite... everything.]

I know his snoring. Yours sounds much more like a little bird trapped in a bottle.

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[ A bird. Trapped in a bottle. Bree smiles just a little, then just leans against her again. ]

Better snoring that screaming.

[nineteenfortyfive]

I'll take care of you regardless of the sounds you make at night.

[She kisses her temple.

The snoring is the one that makes me want to cover your face with a pillow, however.

IGNORE THE THING ABOUT BOOMERANGING i have AC i'm just dumb.

[givingback]

Well, if this world doesn't end, maybe you won't need to sleep in my room anymore.

[ Bree looks up at Claire. ]

A friend of mine helped me come up with a way to cope and ease myself back to sleep.

[nineteenfortyfive]

A friend? How so?

[She doesn't mean to sound skeptical, but...]

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He told me to think of the people most important to me in my life.

[ Brianna looks at her mother. ]

You, daddy, da, Fergus, and I counted myself. And then I close my eyes and count you off while I picture your faces until I'm relaxed enough to sleep. It's been working.

omfg i didnt reply

[nineteenfortyfive]

[Clever. Claire leans in to kiss her forehead.]

All the people that love you.

it's okay!

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It makes me feel better. Like you're all really here.

[ It's been enough, lately. ]

I can't promise it's been a cure-all or I won't still need you at night sometimes.

[nineteenfortyfive]

Would you like to know a secret?

[She's hearing it, anyway.]

I like the feeling of you nestled up between us. You're not so big that I can't hold you in my arms.

[givingback]

You have no idea how glad I am that I can have this again.

[ And now it might go away again, and she's just not ready for that. So, she burrows closer to her mother. ]

I missed your hugs so much.

[nineteenfortyfive]

Better than Jamie's?

[His are the best--next to Bree's.]

I don't need to break his arms now, do I?

[givingback]

Mom hugs when I thought I would never have them again are still the best.

[ Her voice is quiet, and she tucks her head right against her chest. ]

Jamie's are pretty good though.

[nineteenfortyfive]

He'll have to accept second place.

[Though, she imagines it's more like third--she knows Bree would do anything to have Frank again. She can't blame her for it.]

You'll have all the mom hugs, as long as I'm able.

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[ Somehow, she feels like Jamie would understand. That he does. ]

You finally have both of us together, and now the world that supposedly saved us from all of this, might end.

[nineteenfortyfive]

It might. It might not. But I've seen a lot of things here, and a lot of people here are capable of amazing things. We don't know what will happen.

[If she thinks about this being lost, she won't be able to be strong for Bree or Jamie.]

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[ All that Bree knows, is that she's not ready to die, she's not ready to lose her family.

She tries to hold onto the positive things her mother is saying, wanting to believe them. ]

Maybe as long as we stay together, we'll be alright.

[nineteenfortyfive]

I think so. Besides, your father isn't keen on letting us go far from him.

[At least he recognizes that, sometimes, Bree and Claire just need to be alone with one another.]

WHAT NOW MOM

[givingback]

[ Bree smiles softly, happy to have her mother close, her father, too.

Her Da. ]

I don't want either of you to be anywhere else right now.