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umbrellajackassery2019-03-31 07:26 pm
stepfordbot) wrote in umbrellajackassery2019-03-31 07:26 pm
Entry tags:
- [action/log],
- [ota],
- allison hargreeves/numberthree,
- au: fractured timeline,
- ben hargreeves/the_horror,
- dahlia martin/screamingdahl,
- diego hargreeves/excessed,
- eleven/upsidedowns,
- grace hargreeves/stepfordbot,
- klaus hargreeves/bestfuneralever,
- klaus hargreeves/ouiking_ouija,
- lara croft/dualpistolsbitch,
- lucy weaver (oc)/lucky_no_7,
- luther hargreeves/obediences,
- number five/n5,
- teen!klaus/ghostphone,
- vanya hargreeves/gigue
A sunny start, OTA
Routines are important. Establishing them, maintaining them- a lifetime spent with a house full of children that required minding and strict standards to follow as to their care filled Grace's days and gave her purpose. As the family waxed and waned, as the children grew and lives became infinitely more complicated the routine changed. But one thing remains the same no matter how old or young, no matter how full or empty the house has become. The most important meal of the day.
Nutrition dictates a certain variation now and then, but a single dish tends to surface over and over. Be it the dietary value or the aesthetic- or that it was one of the few ways she could, when they were young, offer the children a moment that was close to normal. Normal children aren't raised with an unloving and distant father, Normal families don't run drills with knives and violence instead of nursery rhymes and storybooks. Normal families and normal children had eggs sunny side up with smiling faces made with bacon.
Which is on the menu today alongside a stack of pancakes and a few prepared, wrapped and warmed sandwiches of egg, sausage, cheese, and english muffins for those that need to eat and run. Sliced fruit and glasses of fresh squeezed orange juice.
She's singing under her breath, something simple and lilting as the smell of bacon fat and frying eggs fills the air. No matter what happens, she's been able to feed and provide. As soon as the first set of eggs are finished she calls out- "Children! Eggs are ready."
Nutrition dictates a certain variation now and then, but a single dish tends to surface over and over. Be it the dietary value or the aesthetic- or that it was one of the few ways she could, when they were young, offer the children a moment that was close to normal. Normal children aren't raised with an unloving and distant father, Normal families don't run drills with knives and violence instead of nursery rhymes and storybooks. Normal families and normal children had eggs sunny side up with smiling faces made with bacon.
Which is on the menu today alongside a stack of pancakes and a few prepared, wrapped and warmed sandwiches of egg, sausage, cheese, and english muffins for those that need to eat and run. Sliced fruit and glasses of fresh squeezed orange juice.
She's singing under her breath, something simple and lilting as the smell of bacon fat and frying eggs fills the air. No matter what happens, she's been able to feed and provide. As soon as the first set of eggs are finished she calls out- "Children! Eggs are ready."
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He was pretty sure it was something that they'd have to do for a day or two before anyone really noticed, but maybe not. Sometimes things happened in the house and everybody knew about it within hours, he just wasn't totally sure where this one was going to fall on the scale.