Luke's, Monday

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So the Leverage crew didn't have any kids visiting this weekend. They had managed - somehow - to get a note through the portal, folded into the most intricate paper airplane Eliot had ever seen, assuring them that Spike and Ada were both just fine, but were simply far too busy to visit this year. Eliot had decided that the island was taking it

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Talk to Eliot

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In case you want to show off your little brats.

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"Well, I guess you might be seventeen," Eliot said. He looked at the cook and jerked his head towards the jam to let him know to take over, then headed into the dining room. "You look like an ice cream for breakfast sort." He looked over at Eva and Sarah - or as he had mentally dubbed them: the Eras. "And you two, pancakes or waffles? We got fresh whipped cream, too."

If they were going to insist on calling him that, he was going to grandpa the hell up. He was pretty sure that meant spoiling the kids with sugar and then siccing them back on their parents.

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The twins shared a glance and then nodded in unison. Look, they were super-cool teenagers and stuff (and having fun trolling their granddad), but they were also hungry teenagers.

"Waffles," Sarah said decisively at the same time Eva suggested, "Pancakes?"

Another shared glance, a quick smile, and then they added, "With strawberries and cream please."

"Lots!"

"Please?"

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"Me too! Me too!" Carys said quickly. "And ice cream, too!"

Sure, they'd just had ice cream for breakfast yesterday too, but days spent with Grandpa and Uncle Hardison and Aunt Parker didn't count.

"Grandpa can I have waffles and strawberries and ice cream and pancakes and whipped cream? Please?"

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"Pancakes," Eliot pointed to Sarah, "and waffles." To Eva. "Got it."

He deliberately got that wrong, yes. He wouldn't get their names right yet, but Eliot didn't mistake orders for food. He just wasn't above getting some trolling in in return.

He smiled at Carys. "Let's start out with one of those things, alright? Then if you're still hungry we can do the next one."

He put the twins' orders in with the kitchen then turned back to the three girls. "Right, so." He wasn't sure how to ask this. "You three actually recognize me as, uh. 'Grandpa'? Or did your mom just tell you about me?"

It was half 'am I still alive in your world' and half 'are you even from a world where Kathy's mine'. He was almost afraid of any answer they might give.

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Carys gave him a puzzled look. "You're Grandpa," she said, not getting what he meant. "Why would Mommy have to tell us to call you that? That's silly."

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OH GOOD, HE'D MADE IT AWKWARD.

"Well. I don't know if she's told you much about this island, but it's very . . . silly. Sometimes kids show up here and find out they have whole new brothers and sisters they never knew about. So a new - 'grandpa' -" It definitely helped to put quotes around that word, even mentally. "- isn't that weird, is it?"

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SO BAD WITH STRANGE CHILDREN, ELIOT.

"No, I wanted French toast," Sarah declared. "And I wanted eggs. And bacon," Eva agreed. They were both grinning at him again; joking around with Granddad was part of their relationship. "And we know you. And Aunt Parker. And Uncle Hardison." They nodded towards where he was still giggling in the booth.

"Aunt Parker gave me these earrings," Eva said, brushing her white hair behind her ears. The diamond chips in the white-gold setting could easily be exchanged for a car.

"My necklace is back home," Sarah said. "I know not to wear expensive jewelry while jumping through strange portals."

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"This is the first time I have sisters," Carys said. "I had a brother my first time, but sisters are new. I like having sisters. They're nice."

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So she wasn't from the same world as the twins then. But both worlds apparently had an Eliot with a Kathy as a daughter. That was . . . a hell of a thing. "See?" he said. "There you go. So it's not so weird that I had to check."

The cook rang the bell to indicate the pancakes and waffles order was ready, and Eliot grabbed the plates. "Right, which one of you ordered the full English, and who got the kimchi sausage roll?" he asked, even as he set the plates in front of the right twin.

Who were going to be known as "Pancake Era" and "Waffle Era" now in his head.

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"Wait, you have kimchi sausage?" Eva asked, both their heads snapping up to look at him. "That sounds awesome. Granddad, can we have some?"

"Please?"

Even Carys piped up. "Me too? We don't get to have it much at home." It was one of her mommy's favorite foods, so Carys liked it even if she thought it tasted funny. And now she had extra reason to like it if her sisters did.

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"Was thinkin' more kimchi and sausage," Eliot said. "But I could probably get the cook on some sausage made with kimchi for a late lunch or somethin'." He nodded to the plates full of carbs. "Let's start on those first, huh?"

Because spoiling grandkids didn't mean food waste, dammit.

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He was talking to two young Nephilim and a miniature superball with magic. There would be nothing left on any of those plates before he could turn around twice.

"Oh my gosh, if you invent kimchi sausage, you'd be the best granddad in the world," Sarah said, cutting her waffles in half and dumping them on Eva's plate.

"Like, moreso than now," Eva added a second later, doing the same with her pancakes.

And then they both spooned some of their strawberries and cream onto Carys' plate, who beamed up at them with pure hero-worship.

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"That's a lofty goal," Eliot said. "I'll see what I can do. For now . . . why don't you tell me about yourselves?" He tipped his head at Carys. "If I'm gonna give you superhero names, I gotta know more about your powers and hobbies and stuff, right?"

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"What do you wanna know?" Carys asked, digging into her breakfast with relish. She already had strawberries smeared over her mouth. "I live with Mommy and Daddy and Uncle Dante in Kirkwall. It's the Kirkwalliest, that's what Mommy says. And there are qunari who in one section and Daddy works in the Darktown which is stinky and Mommy tries to help the elves in the alienage."

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The twins, meanwhile, were giving each other uneasy glances. They had a whole language of looks and expressions it seemed.

"I don't know if Mom would like us to have superhero names," Eva said quietly to Carys.

"This should probably be a secret name just between us and Grandpa, you know?" Sarah added. "Sister-secrets are the best kind anyway."

"Trust us, we have lots!"