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Al’s low smile twitched at the sudden contact, but he returned the unexpected but… not unwelcome embrace. placing his hands gently on either side of Scudder’s soft head.
“I’m sorry you never got yours.”
He inhaled harshly through his nose, it’s like his throat is lined with broken glass. His eyes are wet but he won’t cry. Sam’s cried enough, for all the nothing it got him.
After a time, his hands untangled from themselves wrapped around the small of Al’s back. The Mirror Master stepped away, feeling an extra pang of sadness when the Doctor’s hands let him go, though it was expected.
“It’s okay.”
Sam took one last long look at Albert. Standing in his kitchen, upright and still like a cardboard cutout. Picturesque. Then he turned around and put his leg up on the counter and left the same way he came in, shooting a glance over his shoulder before finally disappearing into his own reflection.
“Bye Al.”










