An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
When it snuck up on them, the rain soaked through to his socks, and Judah would let him ride piggyback if he held the umbrella. Arcade felt safest there, on Judah's slick metal shoulder, looking back at their little army of advanced power armor suits. Their orange eyes shone cones like headlights through flecks of rain and their metal boots made inch-deep footprints in the mud. By the time he could consider what they were capable of as weapons, he was too big to sit on Judah's shoulders.
arcade-only chapter this time. thinking about the rain, thinking about the desert.

















