75 Godiva Street, Sunday evening

[vdistinctive]

Eliot wasn't sure who had first started using the term for the occasions when the whole team got together for a friendly meal, instead of eating during a meeting for a job, but somewhere along the lines, "family dinner" had become official. With Nate and Sophie on the island, that was just what the team was doing now, with Eliot putting the

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[thenameislara]

"That smells delicious. As usual." Sophie ignored the Eliot vs. Nate byplay, and smiled over her glass of iced tea. "We should visit more often, I've missed your food something awful, Eliot."

[whoisalicewhite]

"Did you get a chance to talk to Kathy's sister?" Parker wondered aloud, directing the remark to both Eliot and Hardison. "I think she should get to come here after Kathy graduates. 'Cause those parents-- yeesh."

[age_of_the_geek]

"I could make sure she gets some kind of scholarship or whatever," Hardison volunteered. "If cost is gonna be a problem. The parents got decent jobs--" because of course he'd looked them up, of course he had "--but LA is expensive to live in, even in a crummy neighborhood like they're in. Lower middle class, but stable. Might do better if either parent got a promotion, but..."

He wasn't inclined to manipulate the system to get either of them one.

[vdistinctive]

"We should keep the option open, just in case," Eliot decided. "Though Sarah seems like she's the sort who may be makin' her own plans." He brought the pasta out to set in the middle of the table and smiled at Sophie. "And you're welcome to come by any time, you know. Though I'll ask you not to have to cater your wedding."

The one time he'd tried his hand at that had been plenty, thanks.

[vdistinctive]

While they were on a photo sharing kick, Eliot made sure to pull Sophie aside and bring up a few well-worn pictures of a certain little brunette girl with her daddy's eyes and her mama's refusal to give her real name.

Well, they'd be well-worn if they were in physical form, anyway. Hardison assured him that digital code couldn't actually wear out.

"We told ya about the kids that showed up one weekend, right?"

[thenameislara]

"Of course! My hypothetical nieces and nephews called us. They sounded adorable." Not grandchildren yet, not exactly, please. A grand-puppy was one thing, but children? "Show me!"

[vdistinctive]

Eliot wasn't about to say anything that implied Nate and Sophie were his 'parents', so she'd get none of that from him. "Ahhhh, yeah," he said, calling up a shot of Joey with a heaping cup of ice cream, beaming at the camera. He handed Sophie the phone so she could take a nice look. "One of 'em wasn't a niece."

[thenameislara]

"She has your eyes!" Oh, what a little heart-breaker she'd be. Sophie tilted her head. "What did you name her?" And a bit of curiosity on that 'not a niece' comment. "And how so?"