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[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph slept surprisingly well, despite an unpleasant end to a pleasant day, and by the time Mel wakes her for her shift on watch she's feeling absolutely rested and bright, even though it isn't quite dawn.

The others are sleeping now, Hana and Loo and Sokka and Mel all squished together for warmth. Steph's own family would never have slept like that.

It's kind of nice.

The rest of the house is secure still, and once Steph has satisfied herself that nothing is lurking in the gardens to eat them and double-checked the car's still there, helped herself (with only a tiny spark of guilt) to a new pair of jeans that almost fit and an oversized coat for the cold from the upstairs bedrooms, and made use of the bathroom, the sun's well over the horizon.

Outside, it's eerily quiet; Steph circles the house again, eyes sharp, and once she's satisfied with that she goes back to the kitchen.

Eggs keep surprisingly well, unopened and at room temperature, she discovers by dint of careful cracking and sniffing. Cheese, not so much, but there's a sealed can of powdered Parmesan and that's still okay too. And it's hard to go wrong with pepper and salt and rosemary.

Shortly, eggs are sizzling on the stove, and the smell of hot food spreads quickly through the house.

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[slayer_fray]

It's morning, and the sun is already fairly high over the garden of the house Team Eden camped out in last night.

Sun.

Garden.

One thing Mel has never ever seen, and another she's only had for a year, and isn't about to take for granted. So she's out on the lawn, a decent distance from the freshly dug grave, hanging out with Loo and Hana.

Hana has fallen in love with a stuffed dinosaur from the child's room, and Loo is holding Mom's hands while she waddles along on her feet. It's not walking, but Mel's going to pretend it is, OK?

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[lemur-sitter.livejournal.com]

Sokka (the one in red silk) is in the Cooper house's kitchen.

Sokka has been there most of the time, except when he wasn't.

Sokka is likely to remain there.

Also? He has mostly disassembled the toaster.

Nobody told him not to!