Burt sits on the sofa, Svens' blanket wrapped around him. He just stares down at his knees without saying anything or reacting in any other way to the people entering the room and Earrings plopping down next to him.
Sven stays next to the door for a moment, looking at how Earrings pulls her brother into a hug, before picking up Burts' hat from the ground. It looks like he threw it across the room.
Burt barely reacts to the hug. He just closes his eyes silently mumbles something.
"... You are many things... 'Fine' isn't one of them, Burt..."
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Traitor on board - Act one
FanfictionSomeone has been murdered in the orbital station. And everyone else on the station is a member of the Toppat-Clan. ------------------------------- These are all posts from the traitor-on-board-tumblr in order. You can ask questions here. This blog h...