Title: needs and wants
Fandom: The Gifted
Rating: PG
Length: 100 words
Summary: Sonia finds Johnny a gift.



They hit the Goodwills in teams of four. A waystation for the mutant underground needs so much -- few people run for their lives with enough socks, or a winter coat. Food and toiletries come from the warehouses, but clothes come second-hand, in bulk.

Sonia sorts through the mounds of t-shirts with a professional eye for colors and sizes. Her hands flip them open looking for tears, stains -- or sometimes, a logo that's too perfect to ignore.

She grabs the phoenix shirt and adds it to her basket. Johnny will smile at it, and maybe think of her.


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Prompt note: I was thinking of 'check-out stand,' and a pun about Sonia checking Johnny out. But then I couldn't figure out how to work them in with the word limits. Another time, maybe. :D