Room 222 | Saturday Night

[kirked]

Jim hadn't realized something was weird on the island today. That was probably because he'd slept pretty much all day and then lazed around bed until...pretty much right now. He'd finally gotten himself out of bed and gotten himself dressed. He was thinking about going out, maybe seeing what was going on in town or maybe even finding a place to

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[famousinspace]

Nolan had actually scouted out the location of this room out hours and hours ago, but... Eh. A boy had to explore! Starfleet style! Really, it was practically mandatory. Buuut, he'd done enough of that by now. Time to check up on this room again.

He offered up a super casual "Hey Dad" as he wandered in and promptly flopped down on Jim's bed.

[kirked]

"...uh." It wasn't often Jim was left speechless. "Did you just call me Dad?"

Because yeah. No.

"Wrong room."

[famousinspace]

"Yeah, I just called you Dad, Dad." Because he was, see. It was as easy as that. "Do you have any snacks?"

[kirked]

"Stop calling me that," Jim said, making a face. "And...maybe."

Was he going to share them? Maybe.

"Who even are you?"

[famousinspace]

"I'm Nolan." Oh sure, now he didn't rattle off his entire name. "Snacks, Dad?"

[kirked]

That name made him cringe.

"I don't know anyone named Nolan and I'm not sharing snacks with someone I don't know," Jim said, thinking himself oh so smart.

[famousinspace]

Nolan heaved a dramatic sigh. "Nolan George Dominic Kirk-Adams." Smaller sigh. "There, now you know me. Also, did you get Mom a cake or anything?"

His mom's birthday was a Big Deal where he was from.

[kirked]

"No. I got her flowers yesterday."

Wait.

"Wait! You're my kid...with Natalie?" Jim asked, blinking. "Oh god, this is an island thing, isn't it?"

[famousinspace]

"Yes," Nolan replied succinctly, rolling his eyes. Seriously, Dad, be quicker to catch on.

"You seriously didn't get her anything for her birthday?"

[kirked]

"I didn't know it was her birthday," Jim said, making a face. "Did you get her anything?"

Yep, gonna turn this around on a kid.

[famousinspace]

"I got her a candy necklace from town." So yeah, he was better prepared, thanks for asking. "Also I gave the Mom at home a card and stuff before I came here."

[kirked]

"Natalie's not even here," he pointed out, making a face. "It might not even be her birthday in Brazil."

Jim paused. "This doesn't seem weird to you? That I'm your dad and apparently I'm barely older than you are?"

[famousinspace]

"Eh." The non-committal shrug was very Natalie-like. "We live around the multiverse. One tim we were on a holiday and Portalocity left us in Finland in the nineteen seventies for a week. So I've seen weirder."

[kirked]

"This is way too weird and I don't like it," Jim said but finally dug some potato chips out of his desk and tossed them at Nolan. "Eat and don't get crumbs on my bed."

Pause.

"Get them on Jackson's."

[famousinspace]

"Who's Jackson?"

He didn't actually care. He was already pushing himself upright enough to tear into the chips.

[kirked]

"Your uncle."

Well, no. But, yes.

"I'm calling your mother."