Ficlet: Here Comes Trouble (GH, Robin, Lanaverse)
Title: Here Comes Trouble
Author: empressearwig
Claim: Robin/Patrick
Fandom: General Hospital
Theme: 2 - Trouble
Disclaimer: Robin doesn't belong to me, but Matt and Gia do.
“Matt, Gia, your snack is ready!” Robin called up the stairs.
She waited for a moment, expecting to hear the sound of thundering feet. Matt was always hungry, and Gia immediately followed where Matt led. Or at least Gia let Matt think that was what happened.
No one came running and Robin frowned with concern. The upstairs was entirely too quiet, and now that she thought about it had been too quiet for awhile now. With trepidation, she headed up the stairs to Matt’s bedroom. At the mostly closed door the frown deepened, and she pushed it open, uncertain as to what she’d find. “Matt, didn’t you hear me…”
She trailed off at the sight of Matt sitting on the floor while Gia stood over him with a pair of scissors in her hands, and half of Matt’s hair scattered on the floor around him.
“What did you do?!” Robin screeched. She rushed to Gia’s side and pried the scissors from her hands. “Where did you get these?”
“I found them in Lana’s room!” Gia announced happily. “I convinced Matt to play beauty salon, and I cut his hair, just like what Mama gets done!”
Matt grinned up at her. “You told me that I was supposed to let her do what she wanted some of the time, Mom.”
“I didn’t mean this,” Robin moaned. “Matthew, you know you’re not supposed to play with scissors where a grown up can’t see you.”
Gia’s lip slid out into a pout. “Did I do something wrong, Aunt Robin?”
“Just a little bit, sweetie.”
“Are you mad?” Gia asked with trembling lip, as tears were about to erupt.
“No, no,” Robin rushed to comfort the little girl. “It’s okay, just, don’t ever do it again, okay?”
Gia sniffled. “Okay.”
“What’s the big deal?” Matt piped up from the floor. “You said I needed a haircut anyway.” He shrugged. “Gia gave me one.”
“Oh, Matthew,” Robin laughed, sinking down onto the floor next to him and wrapping her arm around his shoulders. “You know that’s not what I meant.”
Gia climbed into Robin’s lap. “Are we in trouble?”
Matt looked over at Robin with worry on his face. “Yeah, are we in trouble?”
“Well, maybe a little bit,” Robin said. “I was going to give you guys your snack, but I think we have to fix Matt’s head first.”
“Aw, Mom!” Matt protested. “I’m hungry.”
“You’re always hungry,” Robin countered. “And unless you were going for the Mohawk look, I think we need to fix this.”
Gia wrinkled her nose in confusion. “What’s a Mohawk?”
“What’s a - ” Robin broke off. “You know what, never mind.” She shook her head. “Matt, go wait for me in the bathroom. Gia and I are going to clean this up really quick and then we’ll try to even out your head.”
Matt sighed heavily. “Okay. But I still want my snack!” He got up off the floor and Robin heard him run down the hall to the bathroom.
Robin shook her head, careful not to let the amusement show on her face.
Those two kids together were nothing but trouble.
Author: empressearwig
Claim: Robin/Patrick
Fandom: General Hospital
Theme: 2 - Trouble
Disclaimer: Robin doesn't belong to me, but Matt and Gia do.
“Matt, Gia, your snack is ready!” Robin called up the stairs.
She waited for a moment, expecting to hear the sound of thundering feet. Matt was always hungry, and Gia immediately followed where Matt led. Or at least Gia let Matt think that was what happened.
No one came running and Robin frowned with concern. The upstairs was entirely too quiet, and now that she thought about it had been too quiet for awhile now. With trepidation, she headed up the stairs to Matt’s bedroom. At the mostly closed door the frown deepened, and she pushed it open, uncertain as to what she’d find. “Matt, didn’t you hear me…”
She trailed off at the sight of Matt sitting on the floor while Gia stood over him with a pair of scissors in her hands, and half of Matt’s hair scattered on the floor around him.
“What did you do?!” Robin screeched. She rushed to Gia’s side and pried the scissors from her hands. “Where did you get these?”
“I found them in Lana’s room!” Gia announced happily. “I convinced Matt to play beauty salon, and I cut his hair, just like what Mama gets done!”
Matt grinned up at her. “You told me that I was supposed to let her do what she wanted some of the time, Mom.”
“I didn’t mean this,” Robin moaned. “Matthew, you know you’re not supposed to play with scissors where a grown up can’t see you.”
Gia’s lip slid out into a pout. “Did I do something wrong, Aunt Robin?”
“Just a little bit, sweetie.”
“Are you mad?” Gia asked with trembling lip, as tears were about to erupt.
“No, no,” Robin rushed to comfort the little girl. “It’s okay, just, don’t ever do it again, okay?”
Gia sniffled. “Okay.”
“What’s the big deal?” Matt piped up from the floor. “You said I needed a haircut anyway.” He shrugged. “Gia gave me one.”
“Oh, Matthew,” Robin laughed, sinking down onto the floor next to him and wrapping her arm around his shoulders. “You know that’s not what I meant.”
Gia climbed into Robin’s lap. “Are we in trouble?”
Matt looked over at Robin with worry on his face. “Yeah, are we in trouble?”
“Well, maybe a little bit,” Robin said. “I was going to give you guys your snack, but I think we have to fix Matt’s head first.”
“Aw, Mom!” Matt protested. “I’m hungry.”
“You’re always hungry,” Robin countered. “And unless you were going for the Mohawk look, I think we need to fix this.”
Gia wrinkled her nose in confusion. “What’s a Mohawk?”
“What’s a - ” Robin broke off. “You know what, never mind.” She shook her head. “Matt, go wait for me in the bathroom. Gia and I are going to clean this up really quick and then we’ll try to even out your head.”
Matt sighed heavily. “Okay. But I still want my snack!” He got up off the floor and Robin heard him run down the hall to the bathroom.
Robin shook her head, careful not to let the amusement show on her face.
Those two kids together were nothing but trouble.