Rafe looked up at Erskine, his big eyes wide with utmost innocence. "Where'd be the fun in that either?"
Luckily for Erskine, Gabe answered for him, looking up with a grin. "Rafe's being a child. Not anythin' new."
Except for the fact that he was actually a child, which the others would be able to see when the Archangel poked his head out through the door, close-cropped hair and missing tooth and all. He looked like a street-kid. "Hey, man, I can do the old stuff in new ways if I wanna! 'Sides, Allie's all comfy now. Wouldn't wanna disturb her, wouldja?"
He pulled his head in and set about arranging the little girl in the middle seat, pulling a seatbelt around her and buckling it in as carefully and conscientiously as a big brother would. She stirred, yawned, and opened her eyes sleepily, mumbling, "Who're you?"
"Name's Rafe," he said with a grin.
"Oh." Allie's eyes slid shut and then came up to half-mast again. "You're a kid now."
"Yep."
"S'good." She smiled drowsily, her eyes closed. "Come play with me sometime again?"
"Duh." He grinned even though she couldn't see it and settled into the far seat so she could lean up against his shoulder. "Go back to sleep, princess."
"Okay." She was all set to do just that, but then opened her eyes again, this time with a little more effort. "Where's Daddy?"
Rafe pointed over her, just out the door. "Just over there. He's gonna sit with us an' Merlin's gonna drive for once."
Daddy was too far out the door to reach, and Allie could barely see him anyway because she was still sleepy from all the fun she'd been having, but she waved, still smiling. "Hi, Daddy."
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Luckily for Erskine, Gabe answered for him, looking up with a grin. "Rafe's being a child. Not anythin' new."
Except for the fact that he was actually a child, which the others would be able to see when the Archangel poked his head out through the door, close-cropped hair and missing tooth and all. He looked like a street-kid. "Hey, man, I can do the old stuff in new ways if I wanna! 'Sides, Allie's all comfy now. Wouldn't wanna disturb her, wouldja?"
He pulled his head in and set about arranging the little girl in the middle seat, pulling a seatbelt around her and buckling it in as carefully and conscientiously as a big brother would. She stirred, yawned, and opened her eyes sleepily, mumbling, "Who're you?"
"Name's Rafe," he said with a grin.
"Oh." Allie's eyes slid shut and then came up to half-mast again. "You're a kid now."
"Yep."
"S'good." She smiled drowsily, her eyes closed. "Come play with me sometime again?"
"Duh." He grinned even though she couldn't see it and settled into the far seat so she could lean up against his shoulder. "Go back to sleep, princess."
"Okay." She was all set to do just that, but then opened her eyes again, this time with a little more effort. "Where's Daddy?"
Rafe pointed over her, just out the door. "Just over there. He's gonna sit with us an' Merlin's gonna drive for once."
Daddy was too far out the door to reach, and Allie could barely see him anyway because she was still sleepy from all the fun she'd been having, but she waved, still smiling. "Hi, Daddy."