The best sorts of recoveries

[vicioussweetie]

Sleepovers are always fun, and being the "cool mom" around school, they're frequently under Ali's watchful eye. (Not to say that Sasha isn't a cool mom, or doesn't help: being so quiet and demure, she doesn't draw the attention of the ten-and-under set the way a loud and playful Ali does.) Having found Morty safe haven at a friend's house for the

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[labyrinthking]

It is, at least, a decision she need not make without company. Lounging in some spot she'll have to pass on her way through the Nexus waits Jareth, his smile warm as ever when he sees her. "My dear Ali, what a pleasure it is to see you today. Your evening was pleasant, I trust?"

[vicioussweetie]

Of all the places in all the multiverse...this was actually a good one for him to wait at, actually. Ali looks up when he speaks, matching his smile with her own. "I've had a very nice afternoon. And how are you?"

[labyrinthking]

"Quite well. You seem to have had a fruitful excursion, there," he observes, nodding to the burden she carries. "Perhaps you'd care for someone to carry that for you?"

[vicioussweetie]

Her smile slides into a smirk. "It'd be nice, but you're hardly going to do it," she points out. "I'm fine."