myownface: (Smoking 2)
"We used to sit up on that roof, you know?"

Sparkle stood in the street, a thoughtful look on his face. The whole neighbourhood had gone right to hell over the past fifteen years, but that was no surprise. The house had been a step away from being condemned even when they had lived in it. Other buildings around it had been torn down or boarded up, nobody thinking that anything here was particularly worth renovating. There were still some homes farther down the street, city housing that hadn't yet been condemned with people living in them. But nothing within a stone's throw of here. And this house had been empty for ages.

It had felt empty even when Sparkle had lived in it.

Bonne FĂȘte )

[OOC: Preplayed with the fantabulous [livejournal.com profile] whoisalicewhite, coded by the splendiferous [livejournal.com profile] vdistinctive, and follows this. NFI/NFB, but OOC is welcome!]
myownface: (Gutpunched)
Okay, last night had been nice. It had been nice. Sparkle had spent some time with Raine, who he hadn't spoken to in it felt like ages, and got a feel for how the kids were settling into the new home. By the time the morning rolled around, the cops were gone, apparently satisfied that the group home kids were too busy stuffing their faces with pizza to stir up trouble down their street, and he'd explained to Raine what it was he was doing in town, even if he was kind of wanted for arson and assault and breaking and entering and...

"I need to go and find Carla."

"Carla?" Raine had sounded surprised. She certainly looked surprised.

"My sister."

"You mean you weren't just making her up?"

Sparkle hadn't been about to either confirm or deny. He didn't want to invite more questions. Really, he had wanted to get this over with.

So now Sparkle and Parker were standing in front of the address that Hardison had found for them, and Sparkle was having difficulty making his legs work. It was a nice house. There was a car in the driveway, and a smaller, ride-on toy car in the front yard that suggested that there was at least one kid living inside. Carla's kid? Did Carla have kids? Oh, shit, was he an uncle? He pulled in a breath, opened his mouth, and just kind of... kept standing there. Awkwardly.

"Oh god this was a stupid idea."

Snipped for length, ouches, and references to domestic violence/child abuse. )

[OOC: Preplayed with the fantabulous [livejournal.com profile] whoisalicewhite, coded by the splendiferous [livejournal.com profile] vdistinctive, and follows this. NFI/NFB because distance and also owies, but OOC is welcome!]
myownface: (Oh right.)
Shit. Oh, oh shit, Sparkle had needed that chuckle something terrible.

City Council had made their judgment pretty swiftly. The home was going to be shut down, the kids were to be relocated to new homes, with a temporary place to stay somewhere in the interim until they could be assigned to somewhat more permanent lodgings. It was a pretty unanimous decision, though. Lewis wasn't to be taking care of any more kids. Ever. Because honestly, now.

So today had been spent packing. Or, well, mostly packing. Alternating between packing, and consoling teens who were terrified that they'd be split up with kids who were practically siblings, after living under Lewis' supervision for years and years. Sparkle had seen people start crying today who he didn't think had the ability to cry.

It had been rough. )

[OOC: Sparkle is phoning one person in particular, but the post is open for phone calls after that thread, chronologically!]

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