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Aurora pulled back from Finn when hearing a door close followed by footsteps. They looked at each other with wide eyes and Finn held a hand over her mouth when seeing the way the corners of her lips turn upward.

He shook his head quickly. "Tommy will kill us— we're supposed to be working." He reminded her. She bit down on her tongue and tried to say something but his hand muffled the words.

The footsteps slowed, stopped outside Finn's office. They held their breaths. The shadow blocked the light that was coming through the glass on the door. Finn slowly let go of her mouth and stepped away from her. He opened the door. "Tom?" He asked.

Tommy looked at his younger brother with suspicion. "It's late, Finn." He said.

Finn cleared his throat and reached into his pocket to check his time piece. "Oh, it is. Must've lost track of time— been doing work and stuff." Finn scratched the back of his neck. Tommy raised a brow. "And stuff.." he mocked. "Rory come here."

She winced and stepped away from the wall, coming into view. "Evening," she smiled, hands behind her back.

Tommy gave her a once over. "I hope you're not distracting Finn from work."

She shook her head. "I'd never do that." Aurora answered. "I came to keep him company." She shrugged. Tommy hummed. "Of course you did.." he sighed and looked over his shoulder. "Well— I think it's time you both get back, don't you?"

"Why, Tom? You having some sort of secret meeting?" Finn teased with a grin. Aurora nudged him in the side. "What was that for?" He whined.

"Shut up.." She hissed.

Tommy stuck his tongue into the side of his cheek. "Go home." He ordered, stepping aside and waiting for them to get out. Aurora looked down to hide her grin and walked out of the office. "Night, Tom." She said.

Tommy said nothing and closed the door behind Finn.

Finn walked beside Rory and they practically ran out of the office building, sniggering to themselves. "Did you see his face?" Finn asked. "What do ya reckon is up with him?" She laughed, linking her arm around his.

"Fuck knows," Finn said as they walked down Watery Lane.

"That thing with John.. is it sorted now?" Rory asked him. Finn shrugged. "I'm not sure— don't worry about it though. Stuff like this always happens." He said.

"Yes but— what if they actually try and kill John?" She looked up at him.

Finn shook his head. "They wouldn't. They'd be fools to come after us— it would start a war." Finn tried to assure her. Rory took a deep breath. "I'm sure it's already began." She said.

-

Ada walked into the betting den, her heels clicking against the wooden floor. "Tommy says he needs to talk to you—" Aurora began but soon paused when realising it wasn't Polly. "You're not Polly."

Ada grinned. "No, i'm not." She confirmed.

Aurora jumped up and wrapped her arms around the Thorne woman and closed her eyes. "I feel like i've not seen you in forever." She breathed. Ada laughed. "It's been a while." Ada agreed.