I Ain't Got Nobody (c)

[Goblin]

((I really, really love them both.))

Riddle passed the file through the bars without a word. Goblin opened it and examined it carefully by the lamplight filtering out the window. Then he handed it over to Cav for safekeeping and slipped the bottle of poison into Riddle's hand. "Get Footsteps. Tell her Cav's here," he ordered.

She nodded, turned away, then turned back and opened her mouth. "Goblin--"

"If you say you're sorry, I'll hunt you down and kill you." He hadn't even talked to Gypsy that coldly.

Riddle flinched, then shrugged, all tough and nonchalant, as if she didn't give a damn. But Goblin knew she did. Hell, maybe he did, just a little bit, even now. "Good luck, Lena," he muttered.

And she gave him an almost grateful look before she walked away for the last time.

A couple minutes later, Footsteps approached the window, and Goblin signaled Skittery to pull him back up to the roof, giving Cav and 'Steps some privacy.

[Cavalier]

((I do too! I <3 their bromance. In an earlier version, Cav was gay. If this were that world, he'd be crushin' bad on Goblin))

Cav clutched the file, then nearly dropped it when Footsteps arrived. " 'Steps..." He stuck his hand through the bar, grasping hers.

[Footsteps]

((Um...I demand an AU thread. And I've never even done an AU thread.))

"Hey," she said in a hushed voice, beaming at him, wanting to keep this moment as private as possible despite the bunkroom full of boys. She clutched his hand with both of hers, staring at him. "I can't believe you're actually here...how is everything? You got somewhere to stay? No trouble with the bulls or nothing?"

((Ooh, also, there should be a thread after this where Goblin and Skitts actually go to get Script back--I feel bad that we kind of took off without Tag here!))

[Cavalier]

((Um. YES. Yes, yes, yes. Like soon. Like immediately.))

He leaned his forehead against the bars, wishing he could just will them to disappear. "I'm fine. I'm staying in Manhattan." He looked at her, corners of his mouth turned down. "I miss you, 'Steps."

((Well, Skitts is waiting on the roof, anyway. But YES there needs to be a Rescue pt. 2 thread!))

[Footsteps]

((Haha, we can start it if you want! I'm thinking it'll be like if Goblin never ran away, and was just this modern-day rich kid with a secretly fucked-up home life? Cav is up to you, of course. ^_^))

"I miss you, too." She smiled sadly. "You have no idea...it's been even crazier since you guys disappeared. Everyone's always wondering how you got out, what the master plan is. I've just been trying to hold things together." She squeezed his hand, then glanced up toward the roof as an afterthought. "How's the boss?"

[Cavalier]

((YES! You can go ahead and start it!))

He snorted. "He's a fuckin' mess. Script broke up with him. Her new boyfriend's on the roof. She ran off, and we didn't know how else to find her 'cept through her file." He sighed, shaking his head. "I want you outta here, 'Steps."

[Footsteps]

She winced at the news about Goblin and Script, then shook her head and smiled, putting on a joking front. "I always knew everything would fall apart without me." At Cav's next words, she sighed. "Yeah...I want me out of here too, but it ain't my top priority. Sunny disappeared a week after you left, Yankee's been getting into fights practically every day, and Bitter..." She looked grim. "Well, I won't even go into that right now." She ran her fingers through her hair. "I've just gotta keep everyone from killing each other till...well...how's the crazy plan going?"

[Cavalier]

He sighed again, bringing her hand through the bar as far as he could so he could kiss her fingers. "We had a meeting. There's people headin' out to Five Points. I'm hopin' all this bullshit's finished soon."

[Footsteps]

"Then I'll see you soon," she said firmly, meeting his eyes as she brought his hand up and cradled it against her face. The contact sent a surge of warmth through her, and she wished with all her heart that she could just rip out the bars and be with him, and nothing else would matter. "You'll let me know if there's anything I can do, right?"

[Cavalier]

He nodded. "Just stay safe, 'Steps. 'S all I want." He pressed himself as close to the bars as he could. "Kiss me? Please?"

[Footsteps]

((*just melted into a puddle of Jell-O*))

He certainly didn't need to ask twice. Footsteps reached through the bars, cupping the back of his neck and pulling him close. She kissed him in front of the whole room, and totally ignored the scattered cheers and whistles. For her, there was nothing but Cav right now, and this one sweet, stolen moment. "I'll see you soon," she repeated in a whisper, holding back the tears that threatened to spill over. "Really soon."

[Cavalier]

((I love Cav. I really, really do. He's just so tortured and sad.))

Cav swallowed the lump in his throat, nodding. He let himself kiss her one more time. "I'll be back soon as I can." He lifted a hand to touch her cheek, meeting her eyes, then pushed off the wall, calling for Goblin and Skittery to pull him up.

[Goblin]

Goblin dutifully helped haul Cav back up. He hadn't heard most of Cav and Footsteps' conversation, and he hadn't tried to; he certainly owed Cav that much. When they were all gathered on the roof again, he took Script's file from Cav and handed it to Skittery.

"It's got the address," he said tonelessly, without referring to any of the other half-dozen things that had just gone down.

((Off to bed, but man, I'm really excited about all the plots going on right now. AU included. ;D))

[Cavalier]

((ME TOO! Night!!!))

Cav looked upset and half-annoyed. He was almost pouting. To Skittery, he said, "So? Where's her dad live?"

((Oh, and it's in the Lower East Side, btw))

[Skittery]

Skittery had fumbled to get the file open, his hands moving so quickly he had almost dropped it. "Lower East Side," he mumbled, staring at the address. Then he looked up at the two guys. "Are you coming?" Because he definitely didn't mind going there alone.