MCA #0, Friday Afternoon

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Well, it was that weekend once more. And this time around it was almost expected to get Grace showing up on the island. Charlie, however, was a bit more of a surprise with, you know, everything going on there.

It was still a clusterfuck, but the custody things were being hashed out with less resistance than it had been with Grace the first time around.

"I knew I shoulda child-proofed the kitchen," he grumbled. Because trying to keep up with a five year old again? Not fun.

[for the guests and fella!]

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"Yeah, let's let Gracie help there and you and I can see if there's any games on Uncle Steve's ridiculous gaming device that's kid appropriate," Danny suggested, much to Grace's obvious relief.

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"I think I've got meta for Minecraft?" Steve said.

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"Minecraft!" Thank god it wasn't Roblox yet. Thank you, living slightly in the past.

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"Oh, this'll be... this'll be great." He was going to sleep so hard after this weekend.

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Wait until Charlie started narrating like he was a Youtube influencer! Just. The. Best.

Steve was ready to save them with pizza, though!

"Food's here!" Steve announced much, much later, coming through the door with Grace.

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"Oh, thank god," Danny said in a tone that probably flew right over Charlie's head. But not Grace, who was smirking at him in a distressingly familiar way.

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Steve grinned. "Miss us, Danno?"

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"Immensely," Danny said with a sigh, pressing a kiss to Steve's cheek.

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"Not a fan of the game?" he teased.

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That earned him a pinch. "What monstrosity did you pick up this time?"

"It's actually really good," Grace chimed in, definitely looking at her phone in a way that screamed ulterior motives.

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"We got two," Steve said with a grin. "Pepperoni--"

Charlie let out a cheer.

"--and fig."

"Eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww."

"It's not ew, Charlie," Steve said, frowning lightly.

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"Fig," Danny repeated dryly.

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"And prosciutto," Steve said, nodding.

And so much arugula.

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"That doesn't sound that bad," Danny replied suspiciously as Charlie continued to make gagging noises.

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Thank you, Charlie.

"No, it looks really good," Steve said. "Just not dough, cheese, and moz."

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"I'll allow as long as it's not pineapple, you heathen."

He was growing as a person!

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"There's also arugula."

Steve was really pushing it tonight.

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"Arugala." STEVE, WHY?

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"Just try it," Steve said. "Grace signed off on it!"

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"It's healthy," Grace insisted, giving her father a look that was very much him.

"I don't appreciate that being used against me," Danny grumbled.

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"You'll love it," Steve said, grinning. "And then you can be mad about that."

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"Debatable." You picked this man, Steve.

"Do I have to?" Charlie whined, doing his best to look pathetic on having to try something new.

"Yes," Danny said immediately, looking at Steve for back up.

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"At least...three bites," Steve said, pulling that from his mom's fights with Mary about vegetables.

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Danny nodded in approval even while Charlie kicked at the air since fun Uncle Steve was so cruel to him.

"It's pizza," Danny soothed. "You'll like it more than you think.

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"And it smells really good," Steve said.