Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I
It may have just been a coincidence that the weather was sunny now that Fandom was back home in Maryland, but no one was going to complain.
Okay, maybe they were going to complain a little since the sun meant it was in the high 90s 32C outside, but that just meant there was a good excuse for all the ice cream on the buffet table of picnic food ( Read more... )
Okay, maybe they were going to complain a little since the sun meant it was in the high 90s 32C outside, but that just meant there was a good excuse for all the ice cream on the buffet table of picnic food ( Read more... )
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Scar them for life, a little.
That sort of thing.
So he was leaning against the end of a picnic table, flames out, arms crossed over that space where there should have been a chest, just quietly (and not at all ominously) overseeing the crowd.
First person to mention weddings to him was going to get such a look.
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"Hi." Peter waved at him. "Were the flowers okay? Did the wedding go well this time?"
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//The flowers were fine,// he replied. //They were great, actually. I think my fiance liked them.//
A 'but' hung in the air between them for a few seconds.
//Unfortunately, the third time was still not the charm. And I've been making him sleep on the sofa.//
Jono was still feeling spiteful, yes.
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Peter filed the "he" away; he hadn't been sure.
"I'm sorry." He winced. "I'm glad you liked them, though."
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Dammit, Jack.
//We might try again, once I'm less inclined toward strangling him, and he still wants real flowers. Not sure when that'll be just yet, though. I'll try to at least give you more notice.//
Did he sound a touch exasperated? Good.
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//An attempted murder,// he muttered. //The would-be killer got an invitation. Which is why I have the bed to myself right now and my fiance is on the sofa until he can lift his arms over his bloody head without me feeling it.//
G. R. O. U. N. D. E. D.
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This was a man who frequently put his own life in danger because of some inkling that the results might be interesting. Jono was going to bubble-wrap him one of these days and then glue him to a wall.
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Though Jono would be amused enough by whatever happened next that he'd probably try to keep Hannibal from eating whoever said it.
//He's not an easy man to get to really know,// Jono mused with a shrug. //But yes, that part does help.//
Or, rather, it made for a lot of interesting guilt issues that were wrapped directly into one of the major supports for his own sense of self-worth. Complicated. It was complicated.
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//Stay around the island long enough, and you likely will. He teaches a cooking class through the community centre, if you're into that sort of thing. That, and he has a psychiatric practice, if that's your thing.//
Mister 'just came back from literal Hell and might be slightly prone to trying to blow people up when nervous.'
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And these were the things he was choosing to focus on.
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