30 days
So it’s 4am and i haven’t slept and this was written in less than half an hour so..it’s probably terrible but here
It’s different from the other times he’s gotten sober. For one he wasn’t spending the first few weeks drying out at a rehab but in his own building, with the Alvarez’s huddled round him. They don’t mention it when he crashes on the couch the first night. For once they don’t make any jokes about him leaving even though he knows they should. Pen piles up blankets on the couch and her smile is hesitant but it’s there.