Moving on and letting go

So this was their new normal: Race would still go over to Brooklyn most days and spend the nights there, but he always made sure to tell Albert or someone else if he wouldn’t be back. Wednesdays were reserved for Albert, though. Race would come and find him after he’d sold all his evening papers and they’d have dinner at the Lodging House before spending the evening in each other’s company. It didn’t really matter what they did as long as they did it together. Sometimes they talked quietly into the early hours of the morning. Other times they sat side by side on Albert’s bunk without talking at all, just soaking up each other’s presence. Race really came to love Wednesdays.

Part 2 of the soulmate AU in which Race is Albert's soulmate but Albert isn't Race's. Spot finds out about Albert's heartmark and it puts a strain on his relationship with Race.