They didn't know where many of the children came from. On rare occasions there was a birth, but most of them just suddenly appeared, wandering the streets alone as children that were barely more than infants. AU, Centers around the ACE portion of the FACE family, "2P Doppelgangers" make an appearance later, full description inside

Alfred hadn't always been like this. As Matthew was staring at his brother's arm, he remembered when they were chubby, and they'd wrap around him at night, or when he was really little and they'd scoop him up when he fell down. Alfred had been amazing. And now he was a twenty-eight year old drug abuser, who was asking his sixteen year old brother to check for bugs under his skin.