@puppetdour [ XXX ]
KNOCK KNOCK!
There's a knock on Home as Eddie hides from the rain. Package in hand, coat draped protectively over it. Hoping his windbreaker was water-tight enough, hoping he'd thought to hide it from the weather soon enough. Wouldn't do to deliver ruined mail, especially to Darling. That would've just felt mean.
Waiting patiently for the door to be opened, Ed kept himself from ringing the bell again. He wasn't impatient from the bad weather, but moreso worried whatever contents were inside the mail would get ruined from prolonged exposure. It wasn't unheard of for Poppy to request delivery of baked goods, or Sally to send out carefully crafted invitations to one of her shows. He'd never failed a delivery before, and he certainly wasn't going to start now.
Last stop of the day. Strangely enough, felt like the most important. Having worked his way (as usual) clockwise around the community-- finally ending at Wally's. The rain hadn't been so heavy earlier, just a few pitter patters here and there, but now? Now it came down in cascades. In waves, almost. Enough to threaten to soak anyone out in it for more than a minute. Someone like Eddie, already drenched.
"I can't recall the last time we had rain this heavy..."
Holding the box tight to his chest, Ed shifted.
"Wally, are you home?"
