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[steel_singer]

Bobby hadn't been as shaken up as he was by yesterday's discovery in a long god damn time, includin' all the shit he'd been through with the Winchester boys. Now there was a little mound of earth in front of his hut that concealed somethin' he never thought he'd be seein' again, and never would if he could help it. It'd be a long damn time 'fore he

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[1000_cranes]

Charlie found herself humming as she wandered into the rec-room, tea in one hand and crappy romance novel in the other. She'd taken to sneaking out of the house to read them. Sh knew that Ianto was only teasing, but she also felt like he probably didn't approve of these books at all. When she saw Bobby, she smiled broadly.

"Oh, you look happy, old man. Considerin' you apparently rule an all." She gestured to him with her paperback. "That's a real informative shirt."

[steel_singer]

Despite the gloom of yesterday still hangin' over his head, Bobby couldn't help but quirk a half smile at the sight of Charlie lookin' so happy. "Clothes box 'pparently has decided I need to be constantly reminded that I'm old," he said in reply, with a shrug of his shoulders as if to say what can you do?

[1000_cranes]

"I woulda thought your face in the mirror woulda done that for you," teased Charlie, with affection. "It suits you, Bobby. It's a nice shirt."

She glanced at the jukebox, then looked around the rec-room.

"It someone's birthday?"

[steel_singer]

"Yeah, mine," Bobby said resignedly. "Yet 'nother reminder I'm old."

[skybot_snd]

He knew Bobby from the killer-hunting task force Angua had put together - a friend of the Winchesters. They hadn't spoken much. In fact, Austin had barely spoken at all in the days before the shooting went down. His mind had been... elsewhere.

But now the jukebox was hinting, rather insistently, that it was the man's birthday. Austin almost winced.

Bobby was old. Older than McKay, even. It couldn't have been pleasant to be reminded of that.

"Happy birthday," he managed nonetheless, not wanting to be rude. He paused, considered possible courses of action, then offered a friendly slap on the shoulder with the hand that wasn't hindered by a sling. His gaze slid down to Bobby's shirt. He wasn't entirely sure what old guys ruled. Potential graveyard spots, maybe. "I'm sorry you're old," he offered sympathetically. "Do you need a hug?"

[steel_singer]

Bobby was still kinda wary of Austin, for all he'd proven himself capable in recent weeks. He just couldn't shake that damn image of him dressed as a cop and Have you seen this boy? out of his head.

His eyebrows shot up at the question before looking at Austin incredulously. "No, I don't need a hug," he said, in an are you shittin' me? tone. "Gettin' old happens." To most people, except the ones who died 'fore they got the chance.

[skybot_snd]

Good. He still failed to fully comprehend the purpose of hugs, but some people seemed to require them on certain occasions - as emotional reinforcement, or something of the sort. Apparently Bobby wasn't one of them.

"I've heard that," he nodded, expression on the edge of pensive but not quite there. "I'm four months old. But I'm not worried about natural death." The emphasis was on natural. He had more than enough prospects for other kinds of death.

[steel_singer]

...Right. Four months old. "Yeah, neither am I all that much," Bobby agreed. Althought he supposed the chance o' gettin' killed on the job'd lessened a great deal since he came to the island.

[loaded_wolf]

Angua turned her head at the song the jukebox started playing, and snickered lightly when she saw who was standing just inside the doorway.

"Hello, Bobby. Is it your birthday?" she asked, unable to hide her grin at the look on his face.

[steel_singer]

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up," Bobby said, but he wasn't really angry. "Yeah, it's my birthday, which apparently is not destined to go unnoticed," he added resignedly.

[loaded_wolf]

Angua tempered her grin down to a friendly smile. "Oh, don't be cranky, birthdays are to be celebrated. Isn't that how it is on Earth?" she asked.

[steel_singer]

"It is," Bobby confirmed with a wry smile, "but once you get to a certain age it's more likely you'll just want it to pass by unnoticed."

[ru_obi_1]

Andy was slowly getting used to some of the quirks of this place, but that didn't mean there weren't things that still took him by surprise. He jumped a little when the jukebox started and nearly dropped what he was reading as he looked up. "Did you do that?" he asked, noticing the guy's expression. "Or, should I say, is that playing for you?"

[steel_singer]

"It sure as hell wouldn't be playin' that if it was up to me," Bobby said with a wry look. "But yeah, it's playin' it for me, whether I like it or not. Damn thing sure has a helluva sense of humor."