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[curiously_cora]

Coraline awoke in a strange, unfamiliar room. This had happened before to her but the bed hadn't been this uncomfortable and the ceiling hadn't been boring coloured and the floor hadn't been neat or tidy but filled with all the things a ten year old girl would want. Coraline blinked tiredly looking around and rubbing the sleep and tears from her

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[haolehothead]

Danny's got one hand on a spatula, swearing away at the skillet as it burns the pancakes a little too hot. The other is cutting fruit, while he's got his foot at Zulu's chest, trying to keep him from begging for scraps. "Hey, Giraffe," he greets, giving a grin over his shoulder. "C'mon, pull up a seat, relax. Us normal people need breakfast, the ones who don't get up at a ridiculous hour to swim or commune with the water goddess or whatever he's doing out there."

[curiously_cora]

Coraline let out her breath, rushing forward to wrap her arms around him in relief. He didn't have button eyes, he was her Danny. Coraline hugged him tightly and pressed her face against his shoulder. He was her Danny.

"I thought you were-" Coraline began before pressing her lips together. He was her Danny. Coraline shook her head and let go of him. "It's nothing."

Coraline forced a smile on her face moving away and dropping down to the floor to pick up Bobo. Crossing her legs as she sat down Coraline pulled him onto her lap and scratched his ears and hugged him tight. She didn't need to be scared. He was her Danny. "Maybe he's doing something really, really boring and lazy and he's just making you think he's communing with Percy's dad. Poseidon, I mean."

[haolehothead]

Danny settles the pancakes on a plate, adding some fruit to it before he makes his way to the table, putting it in front of her before dropping a quick kiss to her hair, smoothing it when he's done. It's a sleepy morning habit that he's always done with Grace and he does it now without thinking much about it. "You're safe," he promises. "And these? These are not just any ordinary pancakes. These are apology pancakes and they're also a limited time offer. Today and today only, you can ask anything you want and I'll be honest. I mean, you can always ask whatever you want, but I may be telling little white lies."

[curiously_cora]

"I wasn't worried about me," Coraline said both honestly and dishonestly. She was worried but seh'd been more worried that he wasn't- that he was other. Coraline sighed and leaned into the kiss absentmindedly not even fussing with her hair when he smoothed it down. "I've never had apology pancakes before."

Coraline pushed away Bobo's nose as he sniffed at her pancakes. Kissing his ear Cora dropped him down onto the floor where he sat and waited for her to drop him some food like always. Coraline was halfway through a mouthful when she finally decided to ask.

"Whaph shorth ofth- What sort of questions can I ask?" Coraline said pulling off a piece of pancake and dangling it down from her fingers for the puppys. Well, for Bobo but Cora knew Zulu would probably come running.