freeman's terror ; ethan landry

an idea

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"sooo how did the call go?" cherri whispered as she walked herself into the cool bathroom. quinn sat on the edge of the bathtub with the pink cased phone in her hand, smirking at the brunette who sits crisscrossed on the pink bathmat.

"perfectly! dad called me after to say that he got to the station. he had to kill a few people that tried to help defend sam and tara. he also mentioned something about a bodega and a shotgun but.."
quinn whispered but trailed off when she noticed cherri's suspicious facial expression.

cherri notices two small purple bruises on her sister-in-law's chest. the red head was wearing a green pajama set with a v-neck line so the hickeys were noticeable. she doesn't care about quinn's hypersexual lifestyle, but this reminded her that someone couldve been listening in on their conversation.
she looks towards quinn's bedroom, she wasn't able to see the man's entire body but checked if quinn's "friend" was asleep in her bed.

"he's asleep. let me shut the door so he won't hear us."
quinn stood up from the edge of the bathtub to shut the bathroom door. she knew that cherri had a little paranoia about being caught too early, even though she wouldn't say it to them. however, she wanted to make sure that her sister was okay.

"okay."
cherri took a deep breath.

"you know.. keeping secrets from sam and tara while living under the same roof as them is easier than i thought."
quinn laughs lightly as she crossed her legs together. cherri blinks at quinn with a smile, however the smile wasn't genuine.

"just wait until they find out about ethan being your fiancé!"
quinn continued as she blushed towards cherri.

the smile went away slowly when she noticed cherri zoning out, staring at the white cleanser bottle on their bathroom sink. cherri's eyes water but its obvious that she's fighting it with her hands rubbing her eyes harshly. having an idea on what's going on in cherri's head, quinn moves to the tiled floor, wrapping her arms around cherri's cold skin.

"thinking about amber?"

"how did you k-"

"ethan told me that you think about amber before bed."
quinn cuts off sherri's question. the brunette frowned as she laid her head onto quinn's shoulder. quinn welcomes this, acknowledging the rosemary smell of cherri's scalp.

"don't be upset at him for telling dad & i about this. he can't be around you much because of chad and the rest of the group. he loves you so much and knows that i'm here for you when he can't be."
quinn scratches cherri's back through her blue satin top. cherri's left eye sheds a tear, she's grateful for the love she gained since her sister left.