Thanks for the reviews for the last chapter. I'm not totally sure about some of these ones, so I hope they work.
One
Danny knows that Rusty is scared of being alone. He knows that Rusty dances when he thinks there's no-one around. He's seen things about Rusty that no-one else would ever see. Like the way he looks at the person that he loves. He knows Rusty's favourite flavour of ice cream, and he knows his favourite driving song. There are some things he doesn't know about Rusty. He doesn't know that Rusty hates it when he smokes a cigar. He doesn't know that Rusty calls Tess every week to check up on him. He doesn't know just how much Rusty cares.
Two
Rusty hasn't seen his parents in years. The last time he saw his mum was the day she was sentenced to ten years in a maximum security prison, he was 9 years old. The day he last saw his father was the day that he had been thrust towards Worley at the tender age of 11. He had pretended not to notice the money changing hands. It hadn't bothered him in a long while. Then he had seen the way Bobby and Linus were together, the way Molly looked at her son. And he had realised that some parents cared.
Three
The courtroom is silent. Rusty glances sideways and is pleased to see that everybody has turned up. The only person missing is Tess, but Rusty hadn't been expecting her, Danny has already explained everything. Danny stands facing the judge and the jury, a neutral expression on his face, although Rusty could plainly see the amusement there. The prosecutors had flopped; everyone in the room knew it. But Rusty didn't care; there was still a chance that the jury would reach the wrong verdict, or the right one depending on perspective. Linus' watch ticks, Rusty's heart beats, the verdict is announced.
Four
Rusty looked on with amusement as Danny's expression went from mildly confused to totally lost. He didn't intervene when Livingston shoved some cables at Danny and asked him to sort 'it' out. For the next ten minutes he watched Danny struggle to understand the simple instructions that Livingston had shoved at him. It was only when Danny looked at him with a look of pure desperation that Rusty got involved. Later, lying in bed, Rusty reflected that although Danny wasn't much good with technology, he was great when it came to the things that mattered. Then Danny stopped the thinking.
Five
Linus looked around the empty room nervously. Rusty had told him just to let himself in and wait for someone to arrive, but that didn't make him feel any more comfortable. He'd been to Rusty's before, but he'd never had the chance to have a look around. He'd always been an opportunist. Everywhere Linus looked there was evidence of chocolate, sweets and crisps; that had been expected. What hadn't been expected was the photo in the bedroom. In it, Danny and Rusty stood facing each other, and Linus finally saw what he's been missing all along: the look of love.
