Always Sunny in Central City

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DCTV Valentine’s Gen 2019 day two: Alt Earth + Domestic

Mick is agender and uses they/them pronouns in this.

Content warning: implied/referenced child abuse

 

Len and Lisa were the only ones of Mick’s siblings to survive the Fire.  The system had separated them, but Len and Lisa had run away from their last foster family and reunited with Mick in a rundown motel: the only establishment that hadn’t asked questions when a burned kid, a broken boy, and a scarred girl got a room for the night.  Mick had taken them to the Central to get them all out of Keystone—away from people who spoke of the Rory name as if it was a curse.  The bed had been big enough for all three of them with a little squeezing.  They’d held on tight to each other through the night: Len using Mick’s chest as a pillow, Lisa tucked by Mick’s other side, and Mick with their arms wrapped around them both.

Now…

Now they were badasses whose names were feared for an entirely different reason.  Golden Lantern, who conjured whatever her enemies feared with a ring from space and finished them off with the gold gun; Captain Cold, who sent his enemies to the Ice Age with the cold gun; and Heatwave, who brought hellfire upon their enemies with the heat gun.  They didn’t actually need their guns to summon their respective elements, but they were saving that surprise for if the Families tried to catch them unawares.

But for now, things were calm.  Birdsong fluttered in from outside, the sun shined warmly… perfect day for a barbeque.

Mick grilled the food, Lisa mixed drinks, and Len set the picnic table they had out back.  Mick even got Len to eat some veggies with kebabs, although he preferred the pineapples.  The menu also included chicken slathered with barbeque sauce as well as hot dogs boasting satisfying, smoky grill marks rather than the unmarked blandness from being microwaved or boiled.  Paired with a toasted bun and coleslaw made them perfection.

Lisa and Len chattered enough for all three of them, with Mick chiming in when they were comfortable.  They were always glad to see them well fed and happy, just like the other two here always glad to hear Mick talk.