Fics like a halfway coffee house ('twixt town and nowhere)

“I’m sorry,” Luke blurts. “I know you’re probably trying to sleep but I needed to talk to you and Mum wouldn’t let me so I…” He trails off, unsure how to politely word the sequence of lying-sneaking-stealing that got him here. Fortunately, the Professor doesn’t ask. He just smiles that little warm smile he saves for only Luke, and says, “Well, you’d better come in, then.” (Or: Being reborn always comes with a price. Luke & the Professor deal with the side effects. Title from Snow, by Robert Frost.)

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