Private Finished Flavors of the Past

Nameless · Oct 5, 2017

Val chuckled happily at her father's protest, but she huffed, trying and failing to look stern. "Come oooon," she said, trying to maneuver the spoon around his hand. "You might be, but I'm not letting go of the spoon or letting you out of the bed if you don't eat."

There was just something indescribable in this moment. They were making up for lost time, and that moment right there felt like something she had been missing for so long. Something she didn't even knew she needed nor wanted. It got her wondering if her parents ever did something like this when they were still together.

Hyper · Nov 13, 2017

For just a few more seconds, Tucker didn't break from his stance, almost as if he was willing to keep the stalemate between the two of them for longer than necessary. He wasn't of course; he brought down his hands, admitting defeat with a smile he tried and failed to suppress. Not like he had anything he could possibly lose letting his daughter do what she wanted. "Alright, But just once."

After taking a bite at the spoonful, he raised a hand to pinch at Valerie's cheek playfully. A faint memory flitted into his mind for a moment, reminding him of Valencia before he had left. Now that Valerie was here, he was missing her presence again.

"You know, I'd imagine if your mother were here, you'd turn this into a competition," he told the harpy in mild jest. He could imagine it, though he could also only imagine that Valencia wouldn't have changed too much over the last couple of decades.

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Nameless · Nov 13, 2017

Valerie was also keeping her stance. She could keep this up until the sun rises for a second time. Although she was going to employ the age-old trick of cute pouting to win her father over, but he saved himself from that maneuver by surrendering unconditionally and allowed himself to be spoon-fed. Only once though, but that was alright.

When Tucker pinched her cheek she let out a groan, but chuckled shortly after. Again, she started wondering what her childhood years could have been if Tucker stayed. And next she found out that her father was wondering what could be if her mother was there with them.

"I would lose to her. I'm sure she knows all your weaknesses." That, and she knew her mother had the advantage when it came to Tucker.

"I wish she wasn't so busy. Then she could come here and we'd all be together!"

Hyper · Nov 18, 2017

Tucker laughed as his daughter suggested that Valencia could easily win over her. The again, she wasn't really far from the truth if that ever did happen. He'd always been weak when it came to Valencia and she could easily make him give up on anything. The idea scared him and it was only one of the many reasons why they never did get to spend time like a family.

As Valerie continued to talk about her mother, Tucker seemed to fall silent for a bit, falling into thought for a moment too long than he could get away with before he snapped back into the present. "It would be nice, wouldn't it?" he said, his voice sounding quieter than earlier. He breathed out, laughing quietly as he did, "Wonder what your mother could be up to right now."

to hell and back again

Nameless · Nov 19, 2017

"I'd like to know too," she said in response. "Though, she did say that she would be busy... I think she was working on a big project with the other scientists. Before I left she told me about it without giving a lot of the details, and that I should focus on being with you until she called me when everything slowed down over there."

That was why Valerie hadn't called home to tell her mother about the news that she found Tucker. She knew of course that if she did tell her that, her mother wouldn't be able to focus on her job.

Thinking about it made her audibly groan. "I'm starting to miss her."

Hyper · Dec 13, 2017

Tucker's expression softened at the thought of Valencia. She'd always been very focused with her work and it almost never did want to let go of her equally. He wanted to chuckle, but it had come out almost weaker than how he'd have intended it.

Hearing Valerie's voice pulled him out of the reverie, patting his daughter's head in comfort. After a moment he finally spoke, in a soft voice, almost like if he spoke any louder, it could shatter the soft silence around them. "I miss her too. Very much so."

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