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[fallen_april]

At some point this morning, a little six-year-old sneaks out of the infirmary, where she decided to sleep last nightShe's in the same outfit as yesterday, and her hair could use a good brushing and being pulled back again, but she's cheerfully sitting on a barstool eating chocolate chip pancakes and drinking chocolate milk

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[youalleverybody]

Megan is sitting on Liam's knee, a little further down the Bar, but starts trying to wriggle down as soon as she spots the older girl. And her chocolate pancakes.

Since it's not far, and he can keep an eye on her the whole time, Liam sets her down and lets her go over.

[youalleverybody]

"Daddy", Megan says between mouthfuls of pancake, and points.

[fallen_april]

Rilla looks. Rilla waves politely. "He looks like a nice daddy. Does he yell at you a lot?"

Because real daddies yell a lot, even if Charlie said they don't... right?

[youalleverybody]

Liam waves back, smiling.

Megan blinks at her in confusion, then shakes her head hesitantly. Liam tends to be a pushover rather than yelling. He'll go to the opposite fault rather than be like his father.

[fallen_april]

That gets a blink in confusion back.

"Not even when you're bad?"

[youalleverybody]

"No yell", Megan confirms, eyes wide. "Talk."

She gets stern talkings-to when necessary, in other words, but not yelling.

[fallen_april]

Frown. Very very thoughtful and confused frown.

"But I thought all daddies yelled. Except in books."

[youalleverybody]

Megan only knows hers, and she doesn't know that the man her father fought with at the house over a year ago was her grandfather, even if she really remembered that.

She shakes her head again, though, because hers doesn't.

[fallen_april]

"Hmm." Rilla takes a couple more bites of pancake then puts her fork down. "I should like to meet your daddy," she declares.

[youalleverybody]

Megan is busy eating what's left, but she looks up with a grin as she finishes.

"There", she reminds Rilla, pointing again. "Now?"

[fallen_april]

"Yes, please." She slips off her chair and scoops her bag of books up.

Those books are not going out of her sight until she gets home. And then they're getting hidden under her bed so that her parents don't find the world in her closet.

[youalleverybody]

"Okay!"

And over to Liam they trot.

[fallen_april]

The bag of books gets dragged behind her.

The first words out of her mouth are, "You don't yell?"

[youalleverybody]

Liam blinks down at them - that wasn't exactly what he was expecting by way of a greeting.

"...should I?"

[fallen_april]

"Well... yeah! You're a daddy, and daddies yell!"

If it were about something nice this would actually be cute.

[youalleverybody]

That gets a blink, and he starts to frown as he crouches to their level.

"Not all daddies", he says firmly.