#lemme post it on ao3 too

Summary: Sloane ran away from Sparrow Academy. Her siblings had no way of contacting her, until Marcus gets a late night call.

An unknown number called Marcus on a late rainy day. No one except his family had his number. Everyone was sleeping under the same roof as him… except

“Sloane?” Marcus accepted the call, hoped it was his sister. 

Five years ago, his sister had escaped from the Sparrow Academy.

It was no secret that Sloane wanted an out from this life. She wanted to explore the world, fall in love, meet her biological family. 

“Marcus?” The familiar voice made Marcus take a deep breathe. It felt so good to hear his sister voice after so long.

“Sloane… oh my dear sister.” Marcus tried to keep his voice from cracking. “Sloane, how have you been?”

“Marcus…” Sloane began, her voice was trembling and he could hear the sniffle in the background. “I want to come home. Marcus, I want to come home.”

“Come home then sister. Come back to us.”

“You all still want me to come? When I betrayed all of you and ran away?” 

“Of course! We will accept you with open arms. Alphonso will maybe cut your hair but no murder attempt will happen.” Marcus smiled when he heard his sister laugh. “After all, we are siblings, a family.”

The other line went quiet for a little. It felt like his stomach was getting squeezed from the anxiety of his sister disappearing again.

“I’m still part of the family?” Her trembling voice washed away the fear.

“Of course Sloane. You could decide to never come back again, and we will still think of you as part of this family. My dear sister, nothing can break our bond.”

Marcus could hear the sniffle from the other side of the line. He waited for her to stop crying.

“Marcus…” Sloane began. “Brother… I miss you…. I miss all of you. I want to come home again. “ She confessed.

“When you’re ready, come back to us. We’ll always wait for you, always.”