ORDER ONLY: Private Message to Terry

[alt_frank]

hey, kiddo.

you doing okay?

you know you can come up on days other than sunday, yeah? whenever you want.

I've got time to spare after my training session at Sherwood tomorrow, too, if you want some company.

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[alt_terry]

I'll come every chance I can get, if the Zulus accept me. They come in from the cold for debriefings regularly, and there's some down time, so it's not like I'd always be in the field. It's always so good to come back to Moddey. It is my home, and it always will be. The first one I ever had that I can remember, where I really felt safe.

I was wondering...you might think this is a bit barmy, but--

Would you mind if I called you 'Mr C'? Only when we're alone, of course. And if I could call Mrs Longbottom 'Mrs C'? Neville explained about the names you use within the family for each other. And I just wondered, well....

Would you mind if I used them, too? Just once in a while, private-like, when we talk like this?

You can say 'no,' of course.

[alt_frank]

that's how I signed all my letters to him. back when that was all we had.

couldn't use my own name, and even 'dad' was too much of a risk.

way I see it, the cratchits had an enormous family. not a lot of money, but lots of kids. lots of love. always room for one more.

always.

it'd be an honour, terry.