Courageous
AU. Set in the early 30's. sam is a working man trying to balance losing his job and a growing family.
Sam took numbed steps, the cold got him in places he didn't know could get, he made his way home, his coat up to his face. He couldn't imagine how he would tell Andy what had happened. He only had his mind in one thing right now: Getting warm, he then remembered they were almost out of coal, which only meant freezing to death.
As he opened the door, he instantly felt the heat warming him up, the first to welcome him home was little AJ who ran as fast as her chubby legs would let her, after all she was only a year and a half. He picked her up and moved to one of the two bedrooms the house had.
Andy. His beautiful wife sat on a wooden rocker trying to get the 5 month old baby in her arms to sleep. He leaned to kiss her and then asked where the boys were, she had sent them down to the bakery.
Milo was a big old soul in a child's body, he tried to do all he could to help his parents, but at 8 there was only so much he could do, then you had Charlie, whose innocence and constant joy lighted up the house, Sam only feared the day when they would just stop being only little kids and were forced out of their innocence.
A slaming on the door brought him back from his thoughts, Milo and Charlie had returned, the eldest held a bag of bread and balanced in with difficulty over his shoulder, while the four year old, got a grip on a smaller brown bag. Sam took the bag from Milo and placed it on the table, Charlie then showed his father what mr. cook had given them. 3 pieces of chocolate creamed sweets, cortesy of the bakery. There were only three and there were 6 people in the Swarek family, nevertheless, Sam appreciated the gesture.
Once they were seated they ate dinner in silence, it was as if Andy knew what was going on but didn't want to bring it up when the kids were present. Andy gave the remining glass of milk to Sam, who glanced at Milo who had splitted his between his little brother and sister, he gave half to the boy and managed to swallow the food the best he could.
They had agreed to save the sweets for morning so everyone went to bed, mouthwatering. One of the bedrooms in which the boys and little AJ slept in had one queen size so called bed and a small crib which Sam had remodeled so AJ could use it for at least a couple more years. The other bedroom contained a single, enough to fit both Andy and Sam and small crib rested next to it.
Once the kids were surely sleeping Sam braced himself for what was about to come, it killed him to tell his wife that the factory had been shut down for the bad economy, and he thought the US got it rough, well Canada was no exception to hardships that was for sure. Take a deep breath and just let it out Sam! You are a man!
But it wouldn't be so easy, it couldn't be so easy "Andy" He said reaching to touch her face "We need to talk"
Hello! So I just heard to the song "Yesterday's men" by Celtic Thunder and this popped into my mind, I realize is completely different. Hope you like it! Please review!
The kids are from my other stories "Winter Cold, Broken Strings"
I don't own Rookie Blue