Archive of Our Own ^beta

- Family visits always made Becky feel a little nervous
- She’d sat through them before
- With other lovers
- It never went well
- She always ended up either dumped or pressured into a marriage proposal
- This time though
- This time she wanted to make it work
- For Charlotte
- She loved Charlotte
- A lot
- She knew Ric would be nice to her
- He always had been before
- She was just nervous how he would feel about their ‘friendship’ becoming far more
- Charlotte had done her best to calm her
- Becky would only relax when it was over
- Ric had arrived on time
- Not early
- Not late
- Just on time
- He had been smiling
- Polite
- Happy
- Warm
- When Charlotte had told him her news he had shocked Becky by crying a little
- “I... I’m sorry... I just... always hoped Charlotte would find someone like you...”