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Yuletide fic: Watchful (Scarecrow & Mrs. King, Gen)
Title: Watchful
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, G, set post-Nightcrawler
W/C: 100
Disclaimer: Owned by Warner Brothers and Shoot-the-Moon.

a/n: written for amilyn for Yuletide 2008, originally posted here.




The house is chilly that night; Dotty adjusts the thermostat. She checks on Philip, then Jamie, making sure the boys are warm enough and are sleeping peacefully.

She checks Amanda next, finds her curled up with the blankets drawn tight.

Dotty doesn't think it's because of the chill.

Her daughter has always thrummed with energy, a body in motion that tends to stay in motion. Slender, wiry, and talkative.

She's been jumping at loud noises. She's too quiet. She looks thin.

Dotty watches her grown-up daughter sleep and remembers when she could fix things with a band-aid and a hug.