For londonspook who asked for Carol/Tony and childhood.

. . .

"My favourite childhood memory?" Tony looks past Carol and gives a half-hearted shrug. "I don't know. Why do you ask?"

She almost wishes she hadn't, seeing how uncomfortable he is with the question. "Curiosity, that's all."

"What's yours?" he asks.

""Fish and chips with my dad on rainy Sunday afternoons."

He glances at his packet of chips and smiles, but all he says is, "Ah."

She doesn't say she has chosen to copy this ritual with him because she enjoys his company, his conversation, how easy it is to be with him.

He probably already knows.

They watch the rain.