Third Floor Common Room, Saturday Afternoon

[blessed_twice]

At some point, Wyatt grew bored with the blocks and orbed out of Chris's room into the common room. The TV had some cartoons on, but Wyatt changed the channel. Anyone observing might note he wasn't using the remote to do it.

He found a channel with a movie about dragons on it and clapped in delight. He liked dragons. He wanted a dragon. So he started to call it out of the TV.

But as luck would have it, he took a step backwards and stepped on the actual remote control, changing the channel to a popular children's show. And what he called out of the TV wasn't exactly a dragon.

It was a singing purple dinosaur. "I love you, you love me, we're a happy family. With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, won't you say you love me too?"


[Open, of course. Based on canon, but Barney wasn't entirely my idea. *bats eyes innocently* ;) ]

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Stark!" wailed Anders. "Help me!"

[stykera]

Stark was too busy staring at the purple creature to look down and see any tiny children. Thankfully, Anders was not tiny.

"What is it? And why does it sing?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," Anders whimpered. "Wyatt said he pulled it out of the TV."

[stykera]

"Out of the TV?" Stark repeated. "But it's just pictures in the TV. It isn't real things. And why would he do that?"

Then he actually took a look around the room.
"Oh. They're all small again." Yes, sometimes he was quite slow.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"They are." Anders was totally not pouting except he was. "They're wearing me out. And not in a good way because ew."

[stykera]

Stark was not going to comment on the pouting. And he was going to pretend he did not hear the last part. It was better for everyone, really.

"Is it everyone again? Mostly everyone I mean. Not me or you, apparently."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I think so," Anders said, looking resigned. "I've been too scared to actually go check, but you try waking up with two people who're suddenly toddlers and you wouldn't want to know either and this is so not fair."

[stykera]

"...Oh." That seemed like a safe enough thing to say, and Stark didn't really have anything else. "There have been a lot of tiny people, lately."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh." Anders frowned. "I don't know if it's worse when it's your possible future kids, or your boyfriend. And girlfriend."

[stykera]

"I wouldn't know," Stark said, after a pause. "But both would probably be bad, sort of. At least somewhat. I think."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"It was very very traumatizing," Anders grumbled.

[stykera]

"I'm sure it was," Stark said. "I didn't have any children show up." He might have looked briefly sad about that.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Lucky you," Anders said. "It was hell saying goodbye to 'em."

[stykera]

"Goodbyes are always hard. But that would be very bad, yes."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders smiled slightly. "Kind of nice to know I'd make a pretty decent father someday, anyway, huh?"

[stykera]

Stark nodded. "That would be good to know." Or so he assumed.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I kinda like to think so," Anders grinned. "Never subject my kids to the freaky purple thing, that's for sure."

[stykera]

"Good," Stark said. "Best for everyone that way, I think."