Birds of a Feather AU: Character Study *Mini fic*
(For my AU in which Coach Brunt and Shadow-San BOTH left Vile with Carmen... Just earlier than either had expected.)
"Whose the cutest little fugitive? Yes you are! Yes you are!"
The mountain of a woman had been cooing at the baby longer than Sahara had been able to keep his eyes open. How she had any energy left after the day's events were beyond him. The murder of their former colleague, the discovery of his secret child, and finally the grand escape from the rest of their group- He was going to need more than some shut eye and a strong cup of coffee to recover from such a mess.
And he wasn't even granted that much.
Some dark behind his closed eyes on a constantly jerking train was all his karama would give him.
"What'dya think, Shadow San?"
He cringed. Brunt's use of his Vile moniker was just as grating as her mispronunciation of his honorific. Still, he forced himself to peel an eye open and tiredly gave her a quarter of his attention. "About what?"
"She looks like a "Monica.".... Or a "Jose"- I dunno. We gotta give her something to work with." The green haired giant bounced the little one on her leg.
"Right now, we "gotta" get her somewhere safe. A name can come later." He groaned, then quickly smashed his leather jacket into an even lumpier pillow than it already was. "You should also use this time to rest. Our stop is not for a while-"
""Rest" is for when the running is done." Brunt replied, "We ain't out of the woods yet, Shadow."
"As if I could forget that."
Dark eyes slid closed. The light bulb above him flickered sporadically. He was seconds away from foregoing his "sleep" when the sudden weight of what was definitely a baby landed on his chest. The now former- theif didn't bother to look at the child.
"Ya'll two can rest. I'm keeping watch."
