Summary: What to do about this? Drabble.
Standard Disclaimer: I'm just a fanfiction author. All hail the rightful owners.
Citation: based on a prompt on Green Lion/Bedannibal Lectaurier's tumblr. Also, apologies to In the Heights.
"You came back." Carmen said, her voice guarded, lacking committment.
"So did you." Ivy's voice held the steadiest Carmen had ever heard it and highlighted the left-unsaid.
To the scene of the...
Criminals always...
... Always.
Something slipped.
"Carmen you don't have to..." The former, the disgraced, she rushed into her words, blurting out.
Sudden sharp hand movement, the gesture of a conductor. "I think I'm in some trouble." Carmen's inflection was toneless, dry.
A pause rang. Then, "Yeah, me too."
"So then," the master thief said, "When you have a problem you come home."
Silence. Mere silence?
Vulnerable, "Don't we?"