fandomtownies | The Park, Saturday Afternoon

There was always something strange about coming back here; seeing this small island, snug in its oceanic berth, as whimsical and cosy as it had ever been. (Jane, of course, had a field day, snarking about all the little people and all the little things.)

Stranger still, Ender supposed that his and Ben's visits had made the island the one place Val had called home across more than a month or six, seven, eight. Something that didn't even occur to him until she'd wrenched her hand away from his and she'd gone charging into the park, straight for the playground.

Because she knew where it was, even if they hadn't been back here in two years.

"Don't startle the flamingos!" Ender called after her, his own walk slow as he followed her to the swings.

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