MHA #10 - Saturday Morning

[notagoose]

The last few days had been nice … really nice and Goose had discovered that it was definitely a nicer and more enjoyable experience going through this kind of week when you were with someone. It had been a lot different to his student days that was for sure.

He and Ignis had made it back to his place after prom, which he had managed to get through despite how unfocused he had been through the evening and then last night had essentially been a repeat of what the last few days had been like since Ignis had returned to the island.

When Goose did eventually start to wake early that morning, he did notice that the pollen seemed to have vanished, so he was quite content to just be able to enjoy a relaxing morning, being with Ignis and so made no movement to leave the bed and snuggled in closer to Ignis instead.

Goose had clearly forgotten what event tended to follow prom.


[for Ignis, who is modded with permission and for some kids as well. Goose’s conversation with his kids is NFB please!]

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[chef_chocobro]

"Mmmm."

Ignis was a man who prided himself in his elocution, but, in that moment, he felt that soft hum of agreement would suffice, as a sort of comfortable exhaustion from the past few days started to settle in. His fingers started to idly brush against Shane's side as he just soaked it in, never one to take a rare moment of perfect relaxation for granted.

And wouldn't he be grateful for that bit of unintentional foresight here shortly.

But then, softly, eyes still closed to savor the moment, "Did you sleep well?"

[notagoose]

Goose smiled, gazing happily at Ignis. He was enjoying just being able to lay there.

“I did,” he told him, “how about you?”

[chef_chocobro]

"Truth be told," Ignis admitted with a soft breath of a laugh, "I could probably stand to get a little more. Good thing I haven't got any other plans to worry about today..."

Well, there had been one thing on Ignis' agenda, and he was clearly going to get a head start on it, shifting so that he could turn toward Shane, hand sliding up his chest, around to the back of his neck, so he could press in for a proper good morning kiss.

Look, the pollen may have dissipated, but it had hardly been necessary in the first place. Less of a catalyst, more of a, say, lubricant...

[notagoose]

Goose laughed at that, “that’s true, at least we don’t have to be anywhere right now,” he grinned.

He had no problem at all with more kissing, even after this past week and very happily accepted the good morning kiss. He moved in even closer, enjoying how close he was and he had no immediate plans to stop kissing anytime soon or at least until he had to breath again.

[tinytroopers]

That was when the door burst open at that exact moment.

“Dad hi - it’s…” Star Gooseman rushed in followed by an excited little red headed girl, “oh my god I’m so sorry!” she stopped as she noticed exactly what was happening.

[chef_chocobro]

And wasn't that just exactly the sort of thing one wanted to hear when they were justmany more reasons.

"...ah," said Ignis, as he stopped, pulled away, and glanced toward the door. Tried to remember where his shirt had wound up and, of course, there it was, practically on the other side of the room. So he just grabbed his glasses and slipped those on, as if that somehow made it better.

"It appears we have visitors."

[notagoose]

Goose blinked as he sat up and tried to figure out where his clothes had ended up, of course they were also on the other side of the room.

“Star?” he blinked, staring at his possible future daughter with Darkstar.

“Um,” he turned to Ignis, “this is Star - she’s …well …um…her mother is like me as well,” and then he turned back to the little girl, “I …I’m afraid I don’t quite remember your name,”

Even though there wasn’t any doubt about who her mother was, she looked just like Niko.

[tinytroopers]

“It’s Ariel, Ariel Gooseman,” Ariel giggled, “you’re being very silly daddy,” she said and then paused, “we didn’t mean to go through the portal, we were helping Uncle Q-Ball in his lab and it just appeared but Josie and Max and Star have all visited and now it’s my turn,” she beamed and then turned her head to Ignis.

“Who are you?” she asked curiously.

[chef_chocobro]

That was a...not insubstantial list, and to think, all Ignis had to deal with was wondering if Spero was running around somewhere, hopefully terrorizing his other father and being dark and cryptic at him right now instead. But, for now, he supposed he'd just give the girl a smile and to his best to act like this wasn't all terribly awkward.

"I'm Ignis," he offered. "Ignis Scientia. I'm...well, a...friend...of your father's."

He glanced toward Shane as if to possibly implore for a little help there, but, well, when it came to awkward situations, it wasn't exactly Shane's forte. Meanwhile, Ignis was rather adept in handling them, and already, he seemed to be struck with an idea.

"Tell me something, Star," he nodded to the one girl, then the other, and smiled sfotly. "Ariel. Are either of you ladies big fans of breakfast?"

[tinytroopers]

Goose looked equally stuck when he tried to think of a way to explain who Ignis was and so was not helpful at all.

Thankfully Ariel was distracted by the idea of food, “yes please!” she exclaimed and Star nodded her head as well still feeling rather embarrassed because this was not how she thought the morning was going to go.

[chef_chocobro]

"Excellent," Ignis nodded, not at all surprised to see that this idea had won at least Ariel over, but still relieved to see that it had, because otherwise, he'd have to come up with a new plan. But, as it were, he could continue with this one. "Then what I'll need from you teo is a very important task. I'll need you to go take stock of inventory. Particularly if there are any eggs in the kitchen. Think you can do that?"

[tinytroopers]

“Okay,” Ariel grinned and raced off to the kitchen to complete her very important task.

It didn’t take her very long at all because guess who hadn’t been food shopping in a while? “Daddy has hardly any food and there’s no eggs,” she reported back to Ignis, “Is this why you’re not allowed to do the groceries now?” she tilted her head at her dad curiously.

[notagoose]

"Uh ..." Goose blinked a little, then tilted his head in a very similar manner at Ignis, "that's probably part of it," he finally answered,, "I don't have the best track record with cooking,"

Star did have to giggle at that, "we know about the oven incident, Captain Foxx still brings it up," she finally managed to speak.

[chef_chocobro]

On the one hand, Ignis knew this man and knew that kitchen was going to be an absolutely wasteland of supplies. On the other hand, he had kind of been banking on both kids going and taking a little longer, so the other part of the plan that involved giving them an opportunity to handle the clothing situation was a little foiled.

But then, at the same time, he realized another possible tact, and, with an almost apologetic grin, he said, "I like to think your skills in that arena have improved immensely since the oven incident, but..." His attention shifted back to the girls. "Still. Did you happen to see the soup stain on the ceiling while you were in the kitchen, Ariel?"

[tinytroopers]

“No,” Ariel’s shook her head, her eyes wide, “daddy made a mess on the ceiling?” She turned her head back in the direction of the kitchen.

Star looked from Ignis to her dad, blinking a bit, “there’s a story behind this isn’t there?” she sighed, “I’m starting to understand why you were banned from the Foxes’ kitchen,” there was a pause, “and why Uncle Stingray does the cooking now,”

[notagoose]

“Stingray?” Goose was surprised at that, even though he did remember one of his conversations with Max about Stingray and Darkstar living with them because of Star.

He then grimaced a little, even though he was starting to have an idea of what Ignis’ plan was since they couldn’t very well try and change while his ... well possible future kids were in the room.

“There was an incident with a pressure cooker,” Goose sighed, "it left a mess, I haven't been able to get the stain out,"

Star sighed, "there's a mess on our ceiling at home," she explained to Ignis, "we weren't told what happened but dad is not allowed anywhere near a kitchen for the foreseeable future ... grandpa made sure of that,"

"Can we see if it's the same mess?" Ariel looked at Star and then back to her dad and Ignis.

[chef_chocobro]

Ignis nodded. "You two go have a look," he suggested, "and then we'll come join you in just a moment, and we can compare notes. Then perhaps we can start getting things going with those breakfast plans."

[tinytroopers]

“Okay, come on Star!” she took her older sister by the hand and led her out of the room and into the kitchen.

[chef_chocobro]

"Well," said Ignis, after a moment, as if to ensure that they really had departed from the room for the kitchen, "I don't imagine a ceiling stain will hold them off for too long, so we'd best get to it."

He did take a moment, though, to press in one lingering kiss before rolling away and out of the bed to hrt that clothing situation rectified once and for all.

"I figured," he explained as he got dressed, frowning just a little at the barely-discernable wrinkles that his hasty dismissal of his clothes had caused, "a trip to the grocery store of ingredients would at least give you all some time to catch up without me being in the way."

[notagoose]

Goose took a moment to enjoy that lingering kiss before he also made a move to find his clothes.

“Thank you,” he told Ignis, as he quickly got his clothes on, “you wouldn’t be in the way though if you wanted to stay,” he assured him.

[chef_chocobro]

Ignis' faint smile in response to that as he buttoned up his shirt was a little wan. "Of course not," he agreed, and not just because, well, knowing hoe to be out of the way was all a part of the job, wasn't it, and he was very good at his job. But that wasn't all of it, and that's why he smiled a little. "But all the same, I did promise breakfast and you have no food. I think they might appreciate getting to catch up with you without the added distraction, besides. Some time for some father-daughter bonding."

If you listened closely, you could have almost said there was some teasing in there.

[notagoose]

Goose found himself going a bit pink at that, “from the sounds of it I think they would prefer breakfast from you then me,” he added with a grin, “I think they probably think I’ll burn the apartment down or something,”

[chef_chocobro]

"Then perhaps," Ignis' own grin was a little more evident now, "you'll have to give me hand, and maybe it'm will blow their precocious little minds when we all make it through completely unsinged and unscathed."

[notagoose]

Goose started laughing at that, “I’ll definitely do that,” he promised, “then I think they’ll be surprised when that happens ,” he grinned, “especially if I manage to not start a fire,”