The Perk [late afternoon]

[momslilassassin]

It was only Tuesday and Ben was already having a very rough week. Staring into his enormous mug of black coffee as he waited for Jaina to arrive, he decided that a silver lining to Ender being gone was that he wouldn't wake anyone up with the nightmares that were waiting for him when he let his eyes drift close

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[solo_sword]

Ben's older cousin, who was not a cougar and in no need of a hip replacement, thank you Chuck and John, was still figuring out some sort of routine here again, and so while she'd intended on getting here before Ben, that didn't happen.

Still, she was smiling as soon as she saw him. "You're not nine."

[momslilassassin]

He grinned back at her and stood up. "You look a lot more familiar now."

[solo_sword]

"So, old, huh?" she said, immediately going to hug him, and no, he wasn't getting a choice in this.

[momslilassassin]

He clung more tightly than the general run of family greetings normally accounted for. "Well, your hair's not green and spiky yet, so that's a good sign," he completely made up.