Yooo happy autism awareness month to me, my dad, Mike Wheeler, Will Byers, Jonathan Byers, Eddie Munson, Jane Hopper, Dustin Henderson, Joyce Byers, Murray Bauman, Jim Hopper, Robin Buckley, Eddie Kaspbrak, Richie Tozier, Evelyn Katz, Ziggy Katz, Fraser Wilson, Stanley Barber, Viktor Hargreeves, Five Hargreeves, Diego Hargreeves, Klaus Hargreeves, Luther Hargreeves, and every other autistic person!!!
Each time Brianna wails, it pounds harder through Claire's head. She almost wishes that Frank, soundly asleep, would come soothe the baby, weighted as that would be with judgment.
Instead she imagines, as she often has, a hand on her shoulder. For once, though, it isn’t Jamie's.
Ye ken that bairns sometimes just cry, even as we do our best, says Jenny's voice. Claire thinks of the Clearances, of Jenny struggling to keep her children alive, and Fergus too.
"I know you would have tried your best too," she whispers, hoping some part of her sister hears and finds peace.