A\N: I HATE SPD. It has the worst charecters ever. But Charlie is quite interesting...
Charlie has no illusions.
She is paying for her crimes. And she's commited them.
But she did the right thing.
Her whole life has been dominated by her father. By the police officer who called her names, pushed her around.
She joined SPD to prove him wrong.
She would make something of herself. Be as good as any boy.
She would do it.
Then Grumm had captured her.
She'd been terrified at first, terrified and angry. Where were SPD? Why hadn't they saved her?
What would Grumm do with her?
Her whole team was away from her. It was like no other nightmare she'd lived.
Charlie had held one illusion once, that she wasn't maternal.
She'd found out otherwise. Her team were her children. Being apart from them nearly killed her.
Then Grumm had talked to her. Honestly talked. She'd been ready to tear him apart for keeping her teammates from her.
But as she spoke, as she opened her heart, her teammates had, one by one, been returned to her.
She knew it was a ploy. She knew Grumm wanted to turn her.
But Charlie knew that it was the best thing that could have happened to her. She needed to talk, to let someone into her mind.
And Grumm was a good listener. He pretended to care, even if he didn't. He'd watched her cry and hadn't scorned her tears.
She knows that's why she's imprisoned now. That, if she hadn't given in to temptation, she would be free. Fighting.
But she would't have known how it felt for someone to listen. To care.
Charlie has no illusions.
Prison is nothing.
Someone caring for her?
That was everything.
And she's glad to pay the price.