From Chilly Boulder to Room 204 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben reappeared where he'd been on the 7th: in Chilly Boulder, but without his creepy visitors.

There was a napkin on the nearby table that read "remember" and Ben was flooded with memories of this place: dates with Tahiri after invasions, milkshakes and conversations with Karla, the various staff members who knew him by name after so many years of coming into this shop...

...and Ender, which was when Ben glanced at his phone, realized that it was now Sunday, and bolted for the dorms. If the sidewalks and trees along the way back weren't exactly how he remembered them, he didn't care. He had much more important things on his mind.

"Ender?" he called, opening the door to their room.

Please exist...

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[momslilassassin]

"I will," Ben promised, continuing to rub Ender's back and hum some nameless melody his mother had used when he'd been small.

[endsthegame]

No matter how great his worries still were in the wake of what had happened, it had been only adrenaline keeping him awake all these days, and now that had left his boy. Ender slipped his arm over Ben's body and kept it there, even as he drifted off and finally fell asleep within moments.

[momslilassassin]

Ben watched him sleep for a while before drifting off himself.