Mansion of Bad Decisions, Sunday Morning

[breakfastlover]

It'd been a weird couple of days for Mike. Starting with Adam being here, and the ill-adviced, island-caused revisit of his relationship with Brooke on Friday night, and just... Yeah. The crash between Florida and Fandom and all that went with it. But things seemed to have righted themselves somewhat, by Sunday morning. Adam had made himself scarce

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[breakfastliker]

"Sure," Brooke replied, and it wasn't that dry and sarcastic sure she was so fond of. Just sincere, and she even smiled a bit, sitting by the table, chin on her hand. "You got toppings and everything?"

[breakfastlover]

Mike pretended to be affronted. "Have I got -- baby girl, who do you think you're talking to? My house gets invaded by teenage guys all the time, of course I have toppings and everything for waffles."

[breakfastliker]

She laughed.

"I wasn't sure! I thought maybe the Maryland life had changed you. In fact, I'm pretty sure it has. I think you used to go out for breakfast like ninety percent of the time."

[breakfastlover]

"Well, I didn't have this wonderful house back then." So not all of his money had been going towards renovations. "Also I need to use the kitchen every once in a while, or I swear I'm gonna lose it to Derek entirely."

[breakfastliker]

"It is a pretty impressive house." Brooke shrugged. "A little creepy, like your housemate, but..."

[breakfastlover]

"That's part of the charm."

He said that, and then smiled at her in a way that said he knew what she was saying.

And also that he was glad she was here to say it.

It was a complicated smile but they knew each other pretty well.

[breakfastliker]

They did.

Brooke chuckled and rolled her eyes before just settling down in silence to watch him make her breakfast.