This is my first Graceland fic, inspired by the season finale. I find the bond between Paige and Charlie really interesting, but it seemed to me that they didn't really explore it much in the series, so that's why I felt like writing about it. Reviews are most welcome, (note that English is not my native language) would love to know what you think of it! I don't yet how far I'm gonna go with this, possible next chapters will be longer I guess, so once again, please tell me what you think :)

"Can you please sit down, this ain't helpin' nobody."

"Well, tough shit, Dale. I'm sorry I'm not relaxed when half our home just dealt with the most feared psycho killer of the entire East Coast. Fuck." Paige snapped at Jakes, while she kept on walking back and forth through the living room.

"You're right, I'm sorry. It's messed up." Jakes sighed.

"I just thought they'd be here by now.." Paige said.

Jakes, Paige and Johnny suddenly all heard the sound of the nearing engine of a car and doors slamming shut not long after.

The first person that came in was Mike, with a tense expression on his face, but you could see he was exhausted.

"Mikey!" Johnny called out. "You got Jangles, man."

Johnny went over to him and gave him a hug and patted his shoulder. So did Jakes, a little less enthusiastic, but that was Jakes. He had been genuinely concerned when he heard the news and he was glad it all turned out relatively okay.

"You okay?" Paige said softly as she let go of Mike.

"Yeah." Mike said as he slightly nodded his head to reassure her.

Paige saw movement behind him and through the door came Charlie, with Briggs having an arm wrapped around her for support. She looked as if she could fall down to the ground any second.

Paige had heard that they were attacked by Jangles, but now she saw the actual damage. There were cuts on Charlie's head and on her chest and Paige could feel the anger building up inside of her. She almost felt jealous of Mike that he got the chance to kill this monster.

"Charlie.." Paige uttered as she stepped towards her.

Paige gently took Charlie's head in her hands and looked at her with eyes full of concern. She didn't know what to say, seeing Charlie like this. She was always the tough one, strong, not to mention just plain bad-ass. The type that could take any kind of setback after which she would deal with it and just carry on.

Now she seemed like she was broken.

"I'm okay." She said while looking down, avoiding her worried look. Charlie endured all the concern, she perfectly understood why they were acting this way, because she was pretty sure that her appearance was that of a tired, bashed up junkie, but she just wanted to isolate herself right now, be alone somewhere.

Charlie saw Paige shaking her head in the corner of her eye while she walked past her to give Johnny and Jakes a hug.

"Go get some sleep, Charlie." Jakes said.

"Yeah, yeah I will, thanks." Her eyes were having trouble to stay open.

Briggs went over to Jakes, letting Paige be his surrogate for support for Charlie, and they walked away from the group to have a talk. Mike and Johnny were having a conversation of their own.

"Come on, let's get you upstairs." Paige said to Charlie as she guided her towards the staircase.

Paige ended up not walking beside her, but behind her, for Charlie said that she didn't need the help. Paige saw her swaying and pausing at some points on the steps, but she gave Charlie the time to handle it on her own. Yet she was extremely alert for when it would go wrong.

Charlie moved to her bedroom and dropped down on her bed, sitting on the edge with her head in her hands.

Paige had stopped in the doorway and was still standing there, torn by this sight of Charlie.