Name: Charley
Story: No Child Is Spared
Colors: Halloween Orange - Nothing in my pocket but a hand and a prayer
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Notes: David is really the heart of this group and I wanted to show that somehow I love him and he loves his little chosen family. It is just very happymakiing all around.



They came to him with next to him.

Wendy with her sad expression and hungry eyes and Peter with his desperation. Anya came with a fire of her own but the exhaustion that comes with keeping it burning on her own.

Cliff came with shaking hands and a need to prove himself. Jen came with Hank but that didn't say much. All he ever gave her were black eyes and heartache. Even Thad and Sullivan came to him at one point, their pockets empty and a quiet desperation on both of their faces.

Teddy watched them all as they came, watched as they reached out for what they needed and Dave gave it to them. Homes, jobs, friends, he did everything he could for the people round him.

And sometimes Teddy wondered if when they were little boys if he had come to Dave at some point, his expression lost, his heart sad and hungry. Did dhe need him the way the rest of them did.