Room 401, Monday Midday

[ultron_junior]

Seven-year-old Victor hadn't been able to figure out how to get music onto an iPod from a computer that didn't have iTunes, but teenage Victor faced no such problems. He borrowed Alec's iPod again and spent the morning putting songs on it -- a mix of classical, electronica, world music and rap that represented the best of his collection plus a few

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[dirtiest_skank]

"You grew up," Olive noted -- seventeen year-old Olive, it should be noted -- from where she was peeking in the doorway.

[ultron_junior]

"Feels like it happened overnight," Victor agreed. He hit the key combination to lock his laptop and grinned over at her. "Is it just me, or was that kind of a fantastic weekend?"

[dirtiest_skank]

"On the plus side, I got to build a fort and live on cereal for most of the weekend," Olive noted thoughtfully, stepping in to lean against the wall. "On the downside, tiny me was a lot nicer and more forgiving than I am now, and I'm pretty sure I hugged Topher, so. Hit or miss. But you seemed like you had fun. Seven year-old Victor was a blast."

[ultron_junior]

"You got to build a fort with my awesome engineering help," Victor corrected. "And yeah, he was, wasn't he? Now I feel less like I missed out on the whole childhood thing."

[not_trivial]

Alec had woken up early to go to the gym, shock of shocks, and by the time he got back around mid-afternoon, he was very relieved to find a normal-sized Victor in place of the tiny one who'd been around yesterday. "Good to see you're back," he said, offering him a small smile.

[ultron_junior]

"Not only back, but actually finishing the job I started on your iPod," Victor told him. "Hope you don't mind. Call it babysitting payment."

Not that he'd needed much sitting, really.

[not_trivial]

"Oh, thanks," Alec said, surprised. He'd been prepared to let the iPod sit and collect dust for awhile before eventually fighting with it again, so that was a nice thing to hear. "You weren't that bad, though. Could've been a lot worse."

[ultron_junior]

"I appreciate that," Victor said, taking it as a compliment. "Was your brother little, or did you both get out of it?"