Ficlet: The Three R's (GH, Robin/Patrick, Lanaverse
Title: The Three R's
Author: empressearwig
Claim: Robin/Patrick
Fandom: General Hospital
Theme: 1 - First Day of School
Disclaimer: All characters first appearing on GH are not mine.
“Matthew Philip Drake!”
Robin stood at the bottom of the stairs and called up to her son.
“You’re going to be late if you don’t get down here now!”
Matt appeared at the top of the stairs, and slowly started down them. He was dressed in the navy blue slacks, white shirt and sweater vest that made up his school uniform. His hair was as disheveled as Patrick’s usually was and he had a miserable expression on his face.
As he reached Robin’s side, he looked up at her miserably and said, “Mom, I don’t feel good.”
Robin arched an eyebrow at that, but laid a hand on his forehead checking for a fever. “You’re not warm.”
“My stomach hurts,” he said plaintively. “Do I have to go to school today?”
She crouched down to look him in eye. “Is it sick hurting or you’re a little bit nervous about your first day of school hurting?”
“Sick hurting,” he said, nodding emphatically. “Please Mom? Don’t make me go to school today.” He looked at her plaintively, his dark brown eyes pleading with her to say that he didn’t have to go.
“Matt,” she said gently. “I think you’re just confusing being sick for being nervous. I know its scary starting school, but you’ll have fun once you’re there.”
Matt sighed heavily, sensing Robin wasn’t going to give in. “Can I have Lucky Charms this morning if I have to go to school?”
Robin smiled. “Absolutely.” She stood and held out a hand. “Come on, handsome. Sugar filled cereal awaits us.”
Hand in hand they walked into the kitchen where Patrick and Lana were already seated around the kitchen table. Lana was dressed in her uniform and was rereading one of the books she’d been assigned as summer reading, as she drank the smoothie she’d started insisting on for breakfast each morning. Patrick flipped idly through the newspaper while sipping his coffee. Both of them looked up as Robin and Matt walked into the kitchen, smiles breaking out on their faces.
“Ready for your first day, buddy?” Patrick asked, ruffling Matt’s hair as Matt seated himself at the table.
“Yeah, Matt, ready for your first day?” Lana needled, smirking at the miserable expression on Matt’s face. “You aren’t scared are you?”
“Lana…” Robin warned sharply as she came round the counter with a bowl full of cereal and glass of orange juice for Matt. “Leave your brother alone.”
“I didn’t do anything!” Lana protested.
Patrick looked at her over his paper. “Lana.”
“Fine,” she sniffed. She drained her glass and stood up to put the glass in the dishwasher. “I’m going to go wait in the living room for Molly and Kristina, okay?”
“That’s fine,” Robin said as she seated herself at the table. “Let us know before you leave, alright?”
“I will.” Lana headed out of the kitchen till Patrick interrupted her.
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” he asked, setting his newspaper down on the table.
She turned back around, and smiled at Patrick sheepishly. “Sorry.” She crossed back to the table and gave Patrick a hug. She rounded the table and gave Robin one as well. She ruffled Matt’s hair on the way back out of the kitchen, and said, “See you at school shorty.”
A horn honked, and Lana called out from the living room, “Bye!”
Patrick and Robin looked over at each other with amused smiles.
“They grow up so fast,” Robin sighed dramatically.
“Don’t remind me,” Patrick muttered. He looked over at Matt, who was slurping his cereal. “Are you almost finished, buddy? We should probably get going too.”
Matt looked over at Patrick, and slid out his lower lip in a pout. “Dad, do I have to go to school today?”
“Matthew. We already covered this,” Robin reminded. “You do have to go to school.” She pushed back her chair and stood, walking behind the counter to get more coffee. “You need to go brush your teeth and then we’re going to take you to school.”
The lip slid out more. “I don’t want to.”
“Do what your mother says,” Patrick said firmly.
Matt sighed heavily. “Fine.” He stood up and stomped out of the kitchen.
Patrick grabbed Matt’s bowl and glass from the table and took it around the counter to place it in the dishwasher. He wrapped his arms around Robin’s waist from behind. “Have you noticed that our progeny really enjoy using the word fine to express their displeasure?”
Robin nodded. “I have indeed.”
“I wonder where they get that from.”
Robin craned her neck to look up at Patrick. “Are you suggesting that they learned that from me?”
Patrick adopted an innocent expression. “Would I do that?”
Robin nodded again. “Yes.”
Matt appeared in the doorway of the kitchen wearing a resigned expression. “Let’s get this over with.”
Robin and Patrick stifled the laughs that started to emerge. Patrick let Robin out of his grasp and they each grabbed their travel mugs and headed towards their unhappy little boy.
Matt would like school one day, but today clearly wasn’t going to be that day.
Author: empressearwig
Claim: Robin/Patrick
Fandom: General Hospital
Theme: 1 - First Day of School
Disclaimer: All characters first appearing on GH are not mine.
“Matthew Philip Drake!”
Robin stood at the bottom of the stairs and called up to her son.
“You’re going to be late if you don’t get down here now!”
Matt appeared at the top of the stairs, and slowly started down them. He was dressed in the navy blue slacks, white shirt and sweater vest that made up his school uniform. His hair was as disheveled as Patrick’s usually was and he had a miserable expression on his face.
As he reached Robin’s side, he looked up at her miserably and said, “Mom, I don’t feel good.”
Robin arched an eyebrow at that, but laid a hand on his forehead checking for a fever. “You’re not warm.”
“My stomach hurts,” he said plaintively. “Do I have to go to school today?”
She crouched down to look him in eye. “Is it sick hurting or you’re a little bit nervous about your first day of school hurting?”
“Sick hurting,” he said, nodding emphatically. “Please Mom? Don’t make me go to school today.” He looked at her plaintively, his dark brown eyes pleading with her to say that he didn’t have to go.
“Matt,” she said gently. “I think you’re just confusing being sick for being nervous. I know its scary starting school, but you’ll have fun once you’re there.”
Matt sighed heavily, sensing Robin wasn’t going to give in. “Can I have Lucky Charms this morning if I have to go to school?”
Robin smiled. “Absolutely.” She stood and held out a hand. “Come on, handsome. Sugar filled cereal awaits us.”
Hand in hand they walked into the kitchen where Patrick and Lana were already seated around the kitchen table. Lana was dressed in her uniform and was rereading one of the books she’d been assigned as summer reading, as she drank the smoothie she’d started insisting on for breakfast each morning. Patrick flipped idly through the newspaper while sipping his coffee. Both of them looked up as Robin and Matt walked into the kitchen, smiles breaking out on their faces.
“Ready for your first day, buddy?” Patrick asked, ruffling Matt’s hair as Matt seated himself at the table.
“Yeah, Matt, ready for your first day?” Lana needled, smirking at the miserable expression on Matt’s face. “You aren’t scared are you?”
“Lana…” Robin warned sharply as she came round the counter with a bowl full of cereal and glass of orange juice for Matt. “Leave your brother alone.”
“I didn’t do anything!” Lana protested.
Patrick looked at her over his paper. “Lana.”
“Fine,” she sniffed. She drained her glass and stood up to put the glass in the dishwasher. “I’m going to go wait in the living room for Molly and Kristina, okay?”
“That’s fine,” Robin said as she seated herself at the table. “Let us know before you leave, alright?”
“I will.” Lana headed out of the kitchen till Patrick interrupted her.
“Aren’t you forgetting something?” he asked, setting his newspaper down on the table.
She turned back around, and smiled at Patrick sheepishly. “Sorry.” She crossed back to the table and gave Patrick a hug. She rounded the table and gave Robin one as well. She ruffled Matt’s hair on the way back out of the kitchen, and said, “See you at school shorty.”
A horn honked, and Lana called out from the living room, “Bye!”
Patrick and Robin looked over at each other with amused smiles.
“They grow up so fast,” Robin sighed dramatically.
“Don’t remind me,” Patrick muttered. He looked over at Matt, who was slurping his cereal. “Are you almost finished, buddy? We should probably get going too.”
Matt looked over at Patrick, and slid out his lower lip in a pout. “Dad, do I have to go to school today?”
“Matthew. We already covered this,” Robin reminded. “You do have to go to school.” She pushed back her chair and stood, walking behind the counter to get more coffee. “You need to go brush your teeth and then we’re going to take you to school.”
The lip slid out more. “I don’t want to.”
“Do what your mother says,” Patrick said firmly.
Matt sighed heavily. “Fine.” He stood up and stomped out of the kitchen.
Patrick grabbed Matt’s bowl and glass from the table and took it around the counter to place it in the dishwasher. He wrapped his arms around Robin’s waist from behind. “Have you noticed that our progeny really enjoy using the word fine to express their displeasure?”
Robin nodded. “I have indeed.”
“I wonder where they get that from.”
Robin craned her neck to look up at Patrick. “Are you suggesting that they learned that from me?”
Patrick adopted an innocent expression. “Would I do that?”
Robin nodded again. “Yes.”
Matt appeared in the doorway of the kitchen wearing a resigned expression. “Let’s get this over with.”
Robin and Patrick stifled the laughs that started to emerge. Patrick let Robin out of his grasp and they each grabbed their travel mugs and headed towards their unhappy little boy.
Matt would like school one day, but today clearly wasn’t going to be that day.