CharDee Week-Day 3: Favorite Headcannon
“Charlie, my clothes are dry!!”
“You held them over your head?”
I am terrible with headcannons but I do have one that is stuck in my head. Ok, so when the Gang was making the dash for Thundergun Express movie, Charlie spent a minute or two explaining how to get around the Philadelphia sewer system to Dee. He did abandon her to see Thundergun hang dong, but she took his advice and saved her clothes. And since she spends more time without a car because of her friends, she decided maybe getting around the city through the sewers wasn’t such a bad idea. Unfortunately, she is not as sewer savvy as Charlie and eventually finds herself lost. But like some weird sign of providence she heads toward a light source and finds Charlie sitting on a opening for a run-off smoking a cigarette.
She is beyond relieved and Charlie is shocked to see her. To his surprise he’s a little embarrassed. It’s one thing for Dee and the guys to know Charlie moves around the city’s sludge but it’s a complete other thing for one of them to see him; for Dee to see him. She starts a frantic rant about getting confused trying to escape the “water wall” and not knowing where she is and Charlie grabs her by her upper arms (that always seems to calm her down…or at least shut her up). He walks her to her destination, pointing out shortcuts to the bar and the river and showing her his favorite spots for dredging up coins and trapping crabs.
Much to both their surprise she finds her way back to the opening a few weeks later, this time wanting a cigarette to smoke herself. Now that she knows how to get around better she uses the sewer ways when she’s in a hurry or without transportation. She and Charlie meet to smoke at least once a week. After the kiss fiasco a couple of years later, the smoke meet pretty much shut down but eventually they found the stress of being who they are and dealing with what they deal with, sharing a cigarette was just as required to help avoid their cursed lives as the alcohol they consumed non-stop. Dee talks about her dreams of being a celebrity and Charlie thinks she’s delusional but listens anyway. He’s just happy that Dee can enjoy this little part of his bizarre life without judging it.
