Home, where it always was.

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Karan had always been alone. Or atleast, he had felt that way for most of his life. There was Faizi, but he had never truly let him in.

Yes, there were years-years filled with laughter, hope, a boy-ish charm and dark, deep, brown eyes. But they didn't last long. Atleast not after his brother's passing. Those years were the happiest he had ever been. But Karan never wanted them back.

After all that, he resorted to being alone. He wouldn't have to worry about anyone. He wouldn't have to live with the constant guilt of having someone's blood on his hands.

But all of that would change, with that one mission.

And in the end, there he would be. Not alone.

Monami had called it destiny. He called it a surprise.

Monami was more than anything that he had asked for. It felt like a miracle. He had asked for nothing. 

But fate had other plans for him. She was elegant, graceful. She was kind, empathic. She could hold her own when needed. She was strong, brave. Braver than he had been, and perhaps braver than he could have ever been. When she wasn't at the hospital, she would come to visit him. Bhabhi and her would talk for hours, about Soumya, medicine, training, markets. About loss, strength, hope, love. They'd always have coffee together. Freshly brewed. Sometimes, when he'd return from missions, he would just sit in a corner of the room, in his favourite chair, close his eyes, relax and listen to them talk. He couldn't understand all of it, but it felt like harmony to his ears.

He didn't know if it was the smell of brewing coffee slowly encasing the usual smell of gunpowder and oil, or the sound of Barkha's voice intertwining with Monami's, but somehow, the young, ziddi physician started to feel more like home than the concrete walls of his house ever did. 

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A/N: Heyyy! As you might have already guessed, this is a chotu sa Kmo Drabble, because 

1. I miss them.

2. I'm so done with physics I could scream.

anyways, i hope you like this! Do tell me if you want more of these little 'karan found family in the places he least expected' drabbles with other characters. 

PS- i know i promised Puraani jeep nayi shuruaat, but i couldnt find much inspo, so i wrote this for now. i'll try that too! but after the boards, and after deleting the other 17 versions of the sequel that i had written. 

PPS- GO READ WAR OF LANKA

PPPS- byeeee! (I'll try to come up with something soon)