OPEN OPENESS FOR THE MASSES

[snickerdoodled]

OPEN POST!
For general shenanigans! Throw your people at my people, using existing verses, or hey, let's get crazy and come up with new ones. It'll be a party. 1, 2, 3, GO.

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[fathersfootsteps]

You know what I mean.

[ofafeather]

Kind of. You should be easier on her, though.

[fathersfootsteps]

[frowns, stopping to open the door to the ice cream parlor for her] Why?

[ofafeather]

She's your sister, kiddo.

[fathersfootsteps]

Your point?

[ofafeather]

I spent years not talking to my brother. And I was mad at myself for not being nicer to him before [She faked her own death] before we stopped talking. Things are fine between us now, but they weren't for a long time.

[fathersfootsteps]

[shakes his head] I'm hard on her, mom. Doesn't mean I don't love her, though.

[ofafeather]

Does she know that?

[fathersfootsteps]

I think so.

[ofafeather]

She probably does. But maybe you should remind her every now and again.

[fathersfootsteps]

I can try.

[ofafeather]

That's all I'm asking.

[fathersfootsteps]

[grabs his ice cream, taking a big bite] Yes, ma'am- ow ow ow ow brain freeze.

[ofafeather]

[Oh, Francis. Your mom is laughing with you, not at you.]

That reminds me. Want to see your uncle soon? I should call him.

[fathersfootsteps]

[lies]

Uncle Nick? Yeah! Why?

[ofafeather]

No, your other one. Uncle Ben. The one that's actually related to you.

But if you want to see Nick, we can make that happen, too.

[fathersfootsteps]

I could? I mean, yeah, I'd like to see him, sure. It's been a while, that's all.

[ofafeather]

yeah, I'll call him and see how he feels about a visit.

[fathersfootsteps]

You're the best, mom.

[ofafeather]

Just keep saying that. [She gives him a one-armed hug.]

[fathersfootsteps]

The best.

[ofafeather]

Now we just have to tell your dad that. Maybe then he won't ground me.

[fathersfootsteps]

Is he even allowed to ground you?

[ofafeather]

He can try.

[fathersfootsteps]

Heh. I'd like to see that.