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This is placed just moments after the opening we see to 1×11, All Good. Too Sweet has found his way home- on her porch, and Nova has some reservations. She reaches out to a surprising source for reassurance and realizes some truths.

Nova Bordelon, Devonte Bonclair (AKA Too Sweet), Charley Bordelon, and mentions of Micah Bordelon

Thanks to @studgenius for the conversation that inspired this and to both you and @youngerdrgrey for talking me through some tough spots, This is un-beta’s so please forgive any errors I may have missed. Also posted on my [AO3]

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Nova couldn’t resist peeking in one more time on Too Sweet.

She’d called Rid while Too Sweet was in the shower, and was
glad he’d shown up right away with some clothes, but decided not to stay. Nova
didn’t wanna overwhelm Vonte tonight. Rid would be the first to bombard him
with one hundred questions about where he’d been and what he’d been up to while
they were out here looking for him, and she didn’t have the patience for that
no more than she for fact knew Too Sweet wouldn’t. Nova made sure he filled his
belly with the leftover gumbo she and Chantal had shared just a few nights
before. Thankfully, she kept herself busy making up the couch to think too much
about that. Nova spent the time soon after watching him as he fitfully slept. He’d
eaten so fast and was curled up next to her passed out before she could even
ask him if he wanted to talk. If he needed to release anything he’d been carrying
inside on these streets since he’d been gone. Nova knew it had to be plenty.
Her hands rested on his back for the first fifteen minutes until he settled and
his breaths finally evened; so, she worked her way off the couch and to her
room.

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