2nd Floor Common Room, Saturday Morning

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So, Homecoming had been nice. Know what hadn't been nice? Your girlfriend suddenly being a five year old. That was not nice at all.

Though, at least Tony was old enough to know that cooties were not in fact a real thing. And wasn't calling Rhodey to giggle over the phone at him.

But he was in the common room making coffee. And frozen waffles for any kids who wandered in there. He wasn't much of a cook, so this was the best people could hope for, okay? It was this or ordering pizza and letting people go to town for breakfast.

Though that was sounding like a better and better idea now...

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After spending some time this morning playing with a puppy who was so. glad to have a kid to play with, Sia wandered downstairs, looking for something to do.

"What're you doing?"


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"...um." Tony had a very large coffee to deal with all of this now. "Making breakfast?"

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"Did you make enough for everyone?" she asked, like she expected the answer to be yes.

It was only polite, Tony.

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"I'll put a waffle down for you," Tony promised, grabbing another plate from one of the cabinets. "You can probably put whipped cream on it."

BAD IDEA, TONY.

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"That sounds like a good idea. Why 'probably' though?" Sia asked, pronouncing the word carefully. Diction was important.

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Indeed it was!

Tony shrugged, eying the toaster like he wanted to make it more efficient. "I mean, there has to be a least one kid around who doesn't like whipped cream, right?"

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"They don't know what they're missing," Sia said seriously with a shake of her head. She pitied them a little.

[hasadestiny]

So Lex had woken up and realised he wasn't in his room at Excelsior, which, as far as Lex was concerned, was awesome.

But then he'd also realised he was hungry and there was no food, which was decidedly less awesome, so he'd wandered around until he'd found an adult...well, older kid. "Good morning!"

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"...hello," Tony replied, trying to remember any redheaded guys at school. GOOD LUCK THERE, TONY.

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THEY'D LAUGH ABOUT IT SOMEDAY, WELL, LEX PROBABLY WOULD.

Encouraged by the way he hadn't been told to get lost, Lex scrambled over to Tony. "What're you doing?"

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WOULD IT BE MANIACAL, THOUGH?

"I'm making some... frozen waffles. Want one?"

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...POSSIBLY.

"Sure." And because Pamela and his mom would be upset if they found out he wasn't using his manners. "Please."

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THEN IT'S THE BEST EVER.

Tony snorted at that, grabbing the entire pile of plates this time. Just in case. "There's also some whipped cream and chocolate syrup to put on them."

Yes, get all the kids wired, Tony. Gooood gooood.

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Oh god, it was so loud everywhere. Alec needed to hide.

"Is the coffee being shared?"

Getting right to the important questions, apparently.

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"Coffee is being shared with people who have finished puberty," Tony said with a nod. "I'm afraid of what would happen if the kids got any."

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"It can't be worse than what's going on outside," Alec hypothesized. Probably wrongly. It'd been a while since he'd actually known little kids. "There are pony rides."

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"...This is a terrible weekend to be old."

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THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A TERRIBLE WEEKEND TO BE THAT ORIGINAL ICON, HDU.

"I don't know," Alec said, "I might say it's just a terrible weekend to be on the island in general. Being tiny might be just as scarring."

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YOU NEVER KNOW.

"But there are ponies, man." Everyone liked ponies!

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"BREAKFAST," Dorry announced upon entering the room. Which was the same thing she'd announced on entering the 4th floor common room, and the third floor common room.

And the third floor bathroom because she got lost, but she wasn't about to share that story with whoever was in here making breakfast. (She assumed it wasn't Mum because there was no smell of burnt toast, and Mum always burned the toast. Uncle Frank, maybe? He did good toast.)

If it was Uncle Frank, she supposed she ought to be nice, so Dorry finished that off with a "Please?"

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"If you like frozen waffles, you're in luck," Tony called back.

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"Who doesn't like frozen waffles?" Dorry rolled her eyes. However... "You're not Uncle Frank!" He probably knew that, but it still bore pointing out.

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"People with bad taste," Tony replied. "And no. My name is Tony. Please don't call me Uncle Tony. That would be weird."

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Dorry thought so too, considering he didn't look much older than Manisha's oldest brother, but why else would he be making breakfast? "Mum's boyfriends are always Uncle Somebody."

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And suddenly Tony was glad his dad never dated. Or, at least, brought home any dates.

"What's your name?"