Hell no. [Lies. As soon as Lisa begs him, he's going to fold like a house of cards. He's going to get out on that ice and fall on his ass for the sake of a little girl and her brother.]
You got it. Skates and we do cupcakes or somethin at my place. Give her a real birthday.
You can try. The balance part is the part I ain't ever been able to figure out, remember? [He can box, he's light on his feet when he needs to be, but centering himself on little blades has never been something Mick could figure out.]
Rainbow and chocolate. Got her favorite pizza ingredients too and stuff to make nachos. All the major junk food for a birthday. [Never mind that normally Mick is more careful to feed them better quality food, but this is a birthday. Indulgences are important.]
Come by Takagi's over on Seventh tonight. I get off at seven. We can have sushi and down some sake shots. [Evasion, thy name is Michael Christopher Rory.]
Fine. You pick a couple of appetizers and I'll cover the rest. Sushi and rolls. [Because Mick can manage that much. Comped sushi and apps after the rush is over because the restaurant can't keep that much fresh fish on hand for too long.]
[ It's a careful dance. She could offer. She could ask if it would help to. She could just say.
It's all tangled up in what this isn't. Or is. Or isn't. In the fact she could probably bring Lise anything at this point, scarves and boas she's outgrown, nail polish and candy hearts, or something silly every time, but everyone else has their pride mangled up in it, too. Somewhere nowhere near as simple. Because none of the rest of them are seven. ]
[She could offer. Mick would say yes in a heartbeat because who else knew the heart of a seven year old girl than someone who had once been seven? But it's not his call to make. Lisa is family in every way, but Mick can't make those kinds of decisions, not without talking to Lenny first.
There's also the weird kind of thing that they've got going on, that they're still figuring out.]
Sara isn't late, but then she doesn't have anywhere else she wants to be. They've done that to her. All three of them, and as much as it might be a little messier than the messes Sara's already been good at, she doesn't really want to not be making this one. Even if she can't really tell anyone much about it. Maybe not even herself. Not expect that she wants to be her. To be doing whatever it is.
That she can do showing up. She can do sushi.
She can do that too quick step the moment she spots the restaurant sign, and the maybe too ready glance around the whole room after she pushes the door open, with that jingle of bells announcing a new customer, and that so bright smile, when she finally spots Mick and heads across the room.
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Date: 2018-01-21 02:40 am (UTC)@notjustalostcause
Date: 2018-01-21 02:41 am (UTC).. so maybe he messes with him now and then just so he can.
But he loves him. More than anything else in the world.]
You comin over this weekend?
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Date: 2018-01-21 03:01 am (UTC)Unless you're busy
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Date: 2018-01-21 03:32 am (UTC)Lenny.
I'm never too busy for you, you get that?
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Date: 2018-01-21 03:36 am (UTC)But sometimes hearing the confirmation that he's wanted is just important.]
Yeah, I know.
Thanks, Mick
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Date: 2018-01-21 11:05 pm (UTC)We gotta plan something for Lise. I want her to have a little party over here. Just us and Sara.
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Date: 2018-01-21 11:13 pm (UTC)Got ideas?
Tiaras and tea parties are so last year, you know.
What if she wants ponies this year?
[Is he serious or is he being ridiculous on purpose? It's anybody's guess.]
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Date: 2018-01-22 02:12 am (UTC)Mick snorts at his phone, but it's a good half an hour before he can answer due to a sudden influx of work.]
Smartass.
No ponies. I think she's got her eye on those ice skates at the store downtown. Maybe something shiny too?
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Date: 2018-01-22 03:28 am (UTC)You get the skates, I'll handle the shiny.
[He may have seen a pair of sapphire ear rings he wants to get her.]
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Date: 2018-01-22 02:28 pm (UTC)[Lies. As soon as Lisa begs him, he's going to fold like a house of cards. He's going to get out on that ice and fall on his ass for the sake of a little girl and her brother.]
You got it. Skates and we do cupcakes or somethin at my place. Give her a real birthday.
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Date: 2018-01-22 03:15 pm (UTC)It's fun, once you figure out the balance part
Sounds like a plan to me.
[Lisa deserves nice things. Always.]
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Date: 2018-01-22 04:58 pm (UTC)The balance part is the part I ain't ever been able to figure out, remember? [He can box, he's light on his feet when he needs to be, but centering himself on little blades has never been something Mick could figure out.]
Think Lisa'd be ok with Sara coming too?
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Date: 2018-01-22 05:00 pm (UTC)I think she'd be ecstatic
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Date: 2018-01-22 05:01 pm (UTC)Good. I'll let her know.
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Date: 2018-01-22 05:06 pm (UTC)Perfect
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Date: 2018-01-22 05:07 pm (UTC)I got the skates and I got stuff to make cupcakes for her. Plenty of sprinkles.
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Date: 2018-01-22 05:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-22 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-22 05:25 pm (UTC)She's gonna be in heaven
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Date: 2018-01-22 05:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-22 05:32 pm (UTC)@whatdoidowithboyslikeyou
Date: 2018-01-21 03:17 am (UTC)Reads her text.
Reads it again.
People don't worry about him.
At least people who don't share the last name Snart and it takes him a long moment to process. Because what does he do with that?
Jesus it all makes sense about how hard she threw Leonard those first few days.]
We ain't used to that.
Me and Lenny.
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Date: 2018-01-21 01:12 pm (UTC)Like the Tootsie Roll Owl says, the world may never know. ]
Really? Color me so surprised. How did I never notice that before?
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Date: 2018-01-21 10:48 pm (UTC)Come by Takagi's over on Seventh tonight. I get off at seven. We can have sushi and down some sake shots. [Evasion, thy name is Michael Christopher Rory.]
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Date: 2018-01-21 11:25 pm (UTC)I get to pick the rolls.
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Date: 2018-01-21 11:32 pm (UTC)He's trying and Sara's patience means everything.]
You get to pick a couple.
Usually I let Hiro pick the sushi because he knows what's best that day. And extra wasabi in the soy.]
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Date: 2018-01-21 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-22 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-01-22 03:09 am (UTC)She could ask if it would help to. She could just say.
It's all tangled up in what this isn't. Or is. Or isn't. In the fact she could probably bring Lise anything at this point, scarves and boas she's outgrown, nail polish and candy hearts, or something silly every time, but everyone else has their pride mangled up in it, too. Somewhere nowhere near as simple. Because none of the rest of them are seven. ]
Seven. I'll text you if I'm running late.
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Date: 2018-01-22 02:27 pm (UTC)But it's not his call to make. Lisa is family in every way, but Mick can't make those kinds of decisions, not without talking to Lenny first.
There's also the weird kind of thing that they've got going on, that they're still figuring out.]
I'll be there.
Sake warmed and fish ready to go.
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Date: 2019-01-21 05:20 pm (UTC)Sara isn't late, but then she doesn't have anywhere else she wants to be. They've done that to her. All three of them, and as much as it might be a little messier than the messes Sara's already been good at, she doesn't really want to not be making this one. Even if she can't really tell anyone much about it. Maybe not even herself. Not expect that she wants to be her. To be doing whatever it is.
That she can do showing up. She can do sushi.
She can do that too quick step the moment she spots the restaurant sign, and the maybe too ready glance around the whole room after she pushes the door open, with that jingle of bells announcing a new customer, and that so bright smile, when she finally spots Mick and heads across the room.