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Liam is curled up in a chair with a direct line of sight to the door, just about awake. Thanks to Faith's potion, he slept through Charlie's return.

Come and tell him his brother's come home, or just come and say hi.

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And Faith is sitting in a chair next to him, waiting for him to wake up, smiling (and showing no traces of hangover, drat her).

Liam doesn't know she was ever drunk, so the lack of hangover doesn't strike him as unusual. He blinks at her.

"Morning."

Faith smiles at him, wide and warm and relieved.

"Charlie's home. Last night."

Why bother with small talk?

He sits bolt upright, wide awake in a second.

"Where is he?"

"Probably still upstairs," Faith says, still smiling at him. "He was soaked through, I made him go put on warm clothes...he was sneezing a little, he's probably come down with something."

And he smiles, properly, for the first time in days.

"Thank God. What about Claire and Sawyer?"

"I saw Sawyer last night before Charlie came back. Charlie apparently told him to get Claire out, and they came back without Charlie."

Liam frowns, fleetingly, but then if Charlie's back and safe, what harm was done? "Good. That they're all safe."

"Yeah. And Seth is with Richard, so you don't have to worry about him either."

Faith grins, impishly. "So...not mad at me for drugging you then?"

"Nah", he says, laughing. "You had your reasons."

"Yeah." She reaches over and ruffles his hair. "Wasn't good for you, doing that to yourself."

He eyes her, but there's a teasing light in his eyes. "What is it with girls young enough to be my... younger sisters insisting on mothering me? You and Susan..."

"Well, somebody has to." Faith snorts. "You and Charlie both need keepers, I swear."

Liam says nothing about Hellmouths, because he's nicer than that.

"You may have a point" he admits ruefully.

He is very nice. We loves him, precious.

"Usually do." Faith's lips twitch. "Give Charlie a hug for me?"

"I'm sure you did for yourself, but of course I will."

Big brother gets glomped by little brother. "I'm sorry I made you worry," he whispers and kisses Liam's hair.

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