Author: Angie
Email: AngieSuth@aol.com or angiesuth@hotmail.com
Title: In With The New – a Drabble
Characters: Toby
Rating: G
Summary: The pain in his chest is the same, but it's not going to kill him.
Disclaimer: Not mine at all.
Spoilers: None.
Feedback: Always appreciated.
A/N: G asked for more.
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In With The New
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It's been weeks now, almost months, since the wakeup craving for nicotine was replaced by the heart-squeezing nearly scent of soft, soft skin and snuffles. He gets that fix three days out of twenty and it's never enough; thinks it will never be; knows it has to be.
Dust circles where once were ashtrays; his wallet noticeably thicker. Loose change in his pants' pocket stays. He can't bear his new addiction to ever breathe his old – needs them to sense him for himself. He's not what comes in a pack from any kiosk on any corner.
Not now he's Dad.