Fics like all the time in the world

Olivia "Birdie" Romano left Chicago at twenty-two and stayed gone for fifteen years. When she walks back through the door of the Original Beef of Chicagoland, the first person to recognise her is Richie. The second is the boy she's loved since she was eight. Mikey Berzatto is lit up, magnetic, the centre of every room, and Birdie is the only one who can still tell the difference between the brother who's charming the kitchen and the one who's going under. She knew him before the armour. She's the one who remembers the real one. A love story about coming home, and about how love, even the truest kind, isn't always enough to keep a person here. (Or: Mikey Berzatto gets to be loved. For a while.)

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