Cazzie Oneshots

watch you grow, watch you leap

                         By: phoenix_inthe_fire

Casey likes to think that she's sneaky, but Elsa knows her well. Her darling girl wore her heart on her sleeve. For as much as she tried to pretend she didn't have them in the first place, her feelings always bled all over her face. The first inkling comes with Casey breaking up with Evan.

To her knowledge they were going fine. Doug had even told her Casey had tried to sneak out to see him a few nights ago. But then Casey's face had been ashen when she'd walked into the kitchen, her eyes glistening with unshed tears even as her cheeks were stained with dried ones. It had taken her by surprise and while she'd switched full into mom mode for comfort, she'd filed the information away for later.

The second inkling comes with Izzie herself.

"Hi," Izzie says, breathy and nervous when Elisa opens the door, her hands are knotted in front of her. She's only been staying with them for a few days but Elsa has already grown more than fond of her in a way she hasn't with any of Casey's other friends. She thinks this might add to her inkling too. "I know you said I didn't have to knock but-"

Elsa smiles at her, "Oh honey, we'll get you a key! I'm just so used to you being with Casey that I didn't think it'd be an issue."

Izzie's face flickers and oh, Elsa files that away too. "Yeah," She says slowly, "I haven't seen Casey much lately."

Elsa blinks innocently, "Why not?"

Izzie shrugs her shoulders helplessly and Elsa notices the way she seems to curl in on herself, the way her eyes glaze over, "I don't know." She says despondently, "I k-keep missing her I guess." There's something she isn't sharing because even though Izzie probably has an impressive poker face with her peers, Elsa is still a mom and she can tell when something isn't quite right.

Elsa worries her bottom lip between her teeth. She also knows there's a chance that this could blow up in her face but there was no way she couldn't help Izzie when she was making that face. She looked like a kicked puppy and Elsa knew first hand how Casey could get when she was going through things. She didn't want Izzie to be an unfortunate victim in the aftermath of Casey's breakup. It was partly to protect Casey too because Elsa knew how much Izzie meant to her.

"Come on," Elsa says, her mind finally made up, "Why don't you come have some tea with me and we can track Casey's phone." She says conspiratorially, giving Izzie a slight nudge.

Izzie looks surprised for a moment but then her shoulders lighten and her somber face shifts into a shy smile instead. Her fingers still knot loosely in front of her but they stop their anxious twisting as she follows Elsa to the kitchen.

The tea is ready in a jiff because Elsa is an ace at this. If there is one thing she is confident in these days it's her ability to be a mom. Even when she was at her worst, she realizes now that she'd done a good job, way better than her mother ever was, that's for sure.

Izzie sips at her mug demurely and though she seems to have lightened up, her eyes still carry that haunted look. Elsa recognizes it as somehow who's done something she shouldn't have, something she's personally familiar with. She pulls out her phone and opens her tracker app. If she's honest she could probably guess where Casey was by process of elimination alone. Since she wasn't with Evan anymore, that option was clearly out and since Izzie was currently sitting in front, that option was out too. The tracker app only confirms her suspicions.

"I'll tell you where she is on one condition," Elsa tells her, a smile on her face but it doesn't denote her seriousness. Izzie looks up at her with wide eyes and Elsa gets the feeling that she would agree to anything Elsa said next. She files that away for later too, "Don't hurt her." She doesn't offer an explanation or go into depth. For all Izzie knows she could mean physical, she knew Izzie had a temper from Casey's own mouth, but if her suspicions were right then-