"Dustin," Steve states slowly like Max can read his lips, "is dating Erica?"
Max doesn't roll her eyes behind dark glasses, but Eddie can practically feel the sentiment across the table. He sips his coffee in amusement as he watches his basically husband piece the latest gossip from the kids together.
"Yes, dipshit. Dustin, who graduated college last year and is twenty-four years old-"
"Dustin can't be twenty-four."
Eddie hides his grin behind his coffee cup since his hair is too short to cover his mouth now. A side glance shows that Steve is trying to do math in his head. It's not going well.
Max continues unaware of the crease of Steve's brow or the way his eyes are looking up as if he could see the equations in his brain.
"Is dating Erica, who will be able to buy her own alcohol in a few months."
"It checks out," Eddie supplies. Honestly, he is more surprised they hadn't gotten together sooner. If not for the fact he still saw them as kids, Eddie would have told them to just kiss already the moment Erica turned eighteen.
"But if Dustin is twenty-four that means I'm-"
"The fingers are out now," Eddie tells Max so that she can silently cackle along with him.
"Fuck!"
Eddie ruffles Steve's hair. "Three-oh is coming, big boy."
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A New Beginning: A Supergirl 6x20 Re-Write
Chapter Four: The Morning After
Like usual, Kara was the first one up. Since becoming Editor and Chief for Cat, she was constantly editing, re-formatting and tweaking articles so they could fit in the upcoming issue. Not wanting to wake Lena, she forewent making her cup of coffee, and got right to work.
Lucky for her, she had a genius, scientist girlfriend who was ridiculously good at picking up on what she needed.
“Morning, gorgeous.” Lena walks in with her bedhead that magically looked great, and her flannel PJs. “Your usual?”
“Please.” Kara grinned, quickly glancing up with a smile. “Wanted to squeeze in some light work before Esme, Alex and Kelly come over.”
“It still feels surreal that they chose me to be her Godmother.” She finished pouring the coffee, and began to work on their breakfast.
“I think you’re the perfect choice. And thinking back on how far your friendship with Alex has come…there’s no one better to protect her than you.” Kara grinned.
“You’re literally bulletproof.” Lena chuckled.
“Not the point…” Kara couldn’t help but laugh. “Alex went from not trusting you because of your last name, to putting all of her cards on the table; asking you to be the guardian of her daughter should something happen to her and Kelly.”
“It was a bit of a shock to hear that from the both of them.” Two plates in hand, she heads to the table. “But it was a good shock. And since getting to know Alex, that was one thing I always wanted, was her trust; to let her know she could count on me.”
“And you’ve proved yourself time and time again, Lena. Now, you have the family you've always wanted.” Kara assures as she takes a bite. “Mhmmm, my compliments to the chef,”
“Now you’re just fluffing my ego.” Lena retorted with her signature eyebrow raise.
“Ding Dong!” Alex pokes her head through the door. “Hope we’re not interrupting?”
“Not at all, come in.” Kara closes her laptop. “There she is!”
“Aunt Kara!” Esme runs directly to her, and climbs up on her lap. “I saw your interview with that Cat lady. We all, did.”
“Yeah? And what did you think?” She asked with an heir of curiosity.
“I thought it was so cool, and very brave. I think you’re going to help even more people now.” Esme proudly declares.
“Now I can officially start my day.” Kara gives Esme a warm chuckle accompanied with a hug. “You want to help me with my article? I sure could use some insight from the smartest person on Earth.” She smirked with a wink.
“Took you long enough to ask.” Esme smiled; for her age, her sarcasm was on par with Alex and Lena’s.
“Follow me.” Laptop in one hand, Esme’s hand in her other, she heads over to the couch and they get started.
“Those two are really attached at the hip, aren’t they?” Lena chuckled, chatting with Alex and Kelly in the kitchen.
“You should’ve seen Esme the night the interview aired. The second Kara appeared, she leaped off the couch to sit right in front of the tv.” Kelly grinned.
“She even shushed us.” Alex adds. “But in all honesty, I was so happy watching Kara finally finding herself. She’s been struggling with finding balance, and that night, she found it. And I’m even happier that Esme has someone to look up to, like Kara, to show her she doesn’t have to be separate things at different times. She can be whoever she wants.”
“Speaking of that interview, when I was watching it…Andrea was with me.” Lena revealed hesitantly.
“Talk about a plot twist.” Alex sets her mug of coffee down, ready to receive the story.
“How’d she take it?” Kelly tacks on.
“Surprisingly well. She also agreed glasses were a bad disguise. But she also looked back on all of the times she has mistreated Kara, and I think she may actually be turning over a new leaf.” Lena gives a shrug that could be read as both doubtful and hopeful.
“That’s good at least. I know Kara tried really hard to get Andrea on her side. Hopefully their reconciliation goes okay.” Alex agreed.
“Hey, Sorry to interrupt. Cat just called. I have to go in to give her what I have. Please, hang out as long as you three are able to stay.” With a swoosh of her coat, she also grabbed her bag. “And I will see you later for date night.” Kara had no problem with giving Lena a big smooch in front of Alex, Kelly and Esme.
Lena, rendered speechless, simply blushes.
“Bye guys!” Kara waves shutting the door
“I knew there was something.” Alex smirked. “I could tell there was some sort of magnetic pull the day we got Kara back.
“When did you two become…” Kelly began to ask.
“Official? At the wedding. But an interruption kinda ruined the moment. So, last night I started to tell her how I felt, and Kara being Kara…she knew. And she felt the same way.”
“Does that mean you and Aunt Kara are girlfriends now?” Esme asked. “Because it’s about time. The way she talks about you, it’s like a real life Disney movie.”
“And as you can see, Esme is your biggest supporter.” Kelly let’s out a belly laugh.
Lena’s blush didn’t go away. Not only was is that “in love glow”, there was something else she wasn’t saying.
“Lena, I know that look. What are you hiding?” Alex analyzed her body language.
Ta-Da! Chapter 4 has arrived! Tell me what you think.
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some facts:
The Sohma family (especially the zodiacs) had fucked up childhoods and family structures.
All of the zodiacs wanted to be opaque with their children about their fucked up childhoods and family structures, but didn't necessarily give them all the gory details.
Akito is biologically female but was raised as a male her entire life.
None of the Sohmas (barring a select few) knew that Akito was biologically female. They all used masculine terminology to refer to her basically their entire lives.
Japanese as a language is not quite as gendered as English (e.g. leaving out pronouns and having more gender neutral terms overall).
now a concept:
Mutsumi, Hajime, and Shiki get thrown into the past and meet their parents as teenagers.
While discussing the future and the story's present, Shiki routinely makes comments about his mother and how she's happy, healthy, and making amends for all the hurt she's caused the zodiacs and the Sohma family as a whole.
Mutsumi, Hajime, and Shiki think that Akito was raised as her biological gender, and that saying "Shiki's mother" will automatically be understood as meaning Akito.
Yuki, Tohru, and Kyo are convinced that Akito somehow found, married, and fathered a child with someone who was even worse than him.
Shigure is one "que sera sera" away from losing it.
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