Everybody Hurts || Teddy and Charlotte

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“Teddy, I swear if ya rip out that IV,…” Charlotte threatened in a low tone as she grabbed a syringe with a B52 cocktail in it and injected it into Teddy’s side. She waited a moment for the medicine to take effect. God, Charlotte hated seeing her best friend like this.

Teddy felt the sobs rise in her chest like flame and ice; ragged keening ripped free from her control as her breaths slowed against her will. And when the cocktail kicked in, there was no mistaking the betrayal written plainly across Teddy’s worn face. Though the calm washed over her like an old friend, no drug could ever hope to soothe her weary soul. “Charlote… how could you? I thought you were my friend…”