All I want is you (Henrles)

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(art by kalliewastaken on Insta)

It was a few weeks after the toppats had launched their orbital space station and Henry and Ellie had joined the clan, and things were going pretty good for them.

But lately, Ellie had noticed that... Henry didn't seem happy.

He acted normal when they were around the other toppats or on missions, but whenever they were alone, he seemed sadder than usual. He'd mope around, he'd solemnly stare out the window into space...

And sometimes, when he thought she was asleep, he'd even lock himself in the bathroom and cry.

This understandably made Ellie pretty worried. And she'd tried to ask him what was wrong, but he'd just dismissed it as the pressures of being a Toppat member.

Ellie saw right through that.

So one night, she decided to find out the truth.
So she'd pretended to be asleep, and then waited for Henry to go to the bathroom, then got up and sneakily followed him.

She pressed her ear to the door, and sure enough, there were soft, muffled cries coming from it.

She gently opened the door. "Hen-"

Henry squealed. "E-ELLIE?!"
He was curled up in a ball, his face and knees wet with tears.

Ellie noticed he was also clutching an old photo.

She sat down beside him, gently looking in his eyes.

"Henry... what's going on with you...?" she says quietly. "You've been acting weird ever since we joined..."
She takes his hands gently. "Please... talk to me..."

Henry looks scared, then sighs gently. "I... I guess I'm homesick, in a sense..."

Ellie's eyes widened. "Really...?"

Henry nods. "Yeah..."
He wipes his eyes. "I miss the days when things were familiar, you know...?" he says, looking at her. "I miss when we were living on earth... when we weren't part of this clan..."

He giggles sadly. "And... I don't really have any family, but I'm sure if I did, I'd miss them too."

Ellie was baffled, feeling guilty.
After a minute or so, she gently took Henry into her arms, hugging him. "Oh henry..." she says, rubbing his back. "I'm sorry..."

Henry nuzzles her shoulder. "It's ok Ells..." he says quietly. "I was the one who made the choice to side with the toppats..."

Ellie strokes his head. "I know but... if I'd known you hadn't wanted to join i wouldn't have gone along with it..."

Henry sighs sadly. "Well, it's too late now... we're kinda stuck here," he said.

Ellie doesn't say anything else.

The two remained in each other's arms until Ellie noticed something, pulling back.
Henry had dropped the photo he was holding.

She picks it up. The photograph was of a younger looking Henry, hugging someone wearing red headphones.

"Hey Henry, who's this guy?" she says, pointing to the other person. "I thought you didn't have any family."

Henry notices the photo, blushing a little. "Uh, well, see..." he sounded nervous.
He looks in her eyes. "Promise you won't laugh at me...? Or... think I'm weak...?"

Ellie gave him a warm smile.

"I promise." she said gently.

Henry smiled a bit. "O-ok..."

He then pointed to the photo.
"Ok, so the guy in the photo... His name is Charles. He's my..."

He sighed shakily.

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