Keith was used to random foster parent reassignments. He was used to packing his shit to go from house to house quickly. He was used to meeting whatever exhausted adult who needed the paycheque, knowing he’d be back at the group home in a matter of months. It was clockwork, at this point.
His new foster father was a little different. He was a weirdo.
Keith liked him, a little.
Granted, Keith barely knew him. They’d only really had the one interaction, wherein Keith had met the man who’s car he stole at the police station in handcuffs, and the man had pretty much decided then and there that he wanted to adopt Keith because he found him hilarious.
Yeah. Shiro’s a weirdo. But he’s definitely a break from the norm, which is something Keith appreciates.
“…so, technically, my fiancé is about to have the surprise of his life. But he’s pretty chill, once he gets past all the angry Spanish, so I’m sure it’ll be fine!” Shiro smiles brightly at him, and Keith can’t help the small smile he shoots back. Shiro is definitely kind of a dumbass, and his fiancé is definitely about to go bananas. Like, let’s be serious. Who impulse-decides to foster a child who is also a criminal who has also stolen your shit? It’s inane!
But, well. Keith likes chaos, so. This is going to be interesting.
“Honey, I’m home!” Shiro calls as he opens the apartment door, completely unironically.
Keith forces himself to not find Shiro amusing.
He needs to have some boundaries, or he might go do something really stupid, like get attached.
Jesus.
“In the kitchen,” comes a voice, presumably from the kitchen.
Shiro brightens like a considerably excitable puppy, which is a hilarious face to see on someone who’s supposedly some fancy military officer.
Keith follows Shiro dutifully as he makes his way to the kitchen, watching as a man — the fiancé in question, Keith would assume — idly offers his cheek for a kiss (which Shiro happily obliges) without taking his eyes off the vegetables he’s cutting. Keith sets his bag in the floor and slides onto one of the stools at the kitchen island to watch this play out.
The fiancé has yet to notice him.
“How was your day?”
Shiro’s bright smile never leaves his face. “My car got jacked!” he says, in the same tone someone might say that they were promoted.
To his credit, the fiancé — yikes, Keith needs to learn his name — doesn’t even hesitate.
“That’s probably for the best,” he drawls.
“Yeah, I got it back — hey.” Shiro honest-to-god pouts, and Keith bites his lip to keep his laughter down. “That was mean, Adam. You’re a meanie.”
The fiancé — Adam, finally a name — snorts, pausing for the first time to face Shiro fully. He presses a gentle kiss to his lips, grinning the whole time.
“I’m sorry, Takashi-baby. It’s just that you’re maybe the worst driver ever to pass the test.” He softens his words with another kiss, which seems to mollify Shiro a little.
Keith quietly takes out his notebook and a pencil, and starts sketching. This will make a hilarious comic. Not that he really has anyone to show his comics, but he enjoys amusing himself.
“Anyways,” Adam continues, turning back to the cutting board, “did you get the car back?”
“Yeah! Went to the police station, talked to the kid who took it. He’s actually a sweetheart, and he returned my keys and everything. Say hi, Keith!”
Keith decides he is going to do the funniest thing he could possibly do at the moment. Well, to him, anyway.
“Hi, Keith,” he repeats.
Shiro laughs.
Adam turns around, looks at him, and sighs.
“Takashi,” he says, pinching the bridge of his nose, “did steal a whole-ass child?”
“Of course not! I applied to foster him.”
Adam turns to Keith. “Blink twice if you’ve been kidnapped.”
“Hey!”
Keith snorts. “I don’t think Shiro is capable of kidnapping anyone.”
Adam nods seriously. “Good point. He’s not very organized, is he?”
Keith shakes his head, giggling. “His car is a mess!”
“Hey!” Shiro protests again, but he doesn’t really look upset. “That’s not fair. It’s two versus one!”
Adam and Keith look at each other. Adam raises an eyebrow. Keith nods solemnly. “I’m sorry to inform you, Takashi,” Adam says, “but you are never going to win an argument again.”
Somehow, Shiro doesn’t look very sad at the prospect.
Keith smiles to himself. Maybe this will turn out even better than he thought.
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Something that intrigued me about last episode is that it seems like Liam is holding back on his Fragments of Possibility on purpose. Orym took a few significant hits and poor rolls during the fight with Delilah, and it seemed like someone else reminded him about the dunamis potions, but Liam said “I’m saving that for something else” (or something nearly that verbatim). I’m going a little bit out on a limb and assuming that he was talking about the Fragments, but I think I’m making an accurate educated guess here.
What I’m then thinking will happen is Orym is going to insist on playing a part in the resurrection spell, and Liam wants a little bit of extra insurance in case of a bad roll. Fearne chose Orym over Laudna, and I’m sure that’s not sitting completely comfortably with Orym, who’s already been The Survivor™ even if he’s not chock full of guilt about it. He’s lost too much when he didn’t have any say in it, and this is a good opportunity for him to play an active role in making this very wrong situation right. He may have bonded a bit more with Imogen as the de facto leader types, but he also has been consistently introspective and observant (and he CARES...by the gods he cares SO MUCH). He knows this creepy (affectionate) woman has been struggling in general AND with Delilah specifically, and there’s not a single part of him that doesn’t want to reach out and help.
What I’m saying is, Liam is doing everything in his power to make sure whatever role Orym has to play goes off without a hitch. He already gets to reroll 1′s once, but now he’ll be able to roll ANY unsatisfactory roll. And that may make the difference. I guess we’ll see on Thursday!
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Après-match c. CBJ: Harvey-Pinard (03.25.23)
RHP: Honestly, I just wanted to keep playing. I wasn't really thinking about the hat trick. Of course you always want the hat trick, and you always want to score goals, but I wasn't thinking of anything more than that.
MSL: His details don't change. His read of the game doesn't change. He's capable of (breaking up offensive pressure) because he knows his job on the ice in the moment. Where the puck is going... There's a predictability to his game that helps his teammates both offensively and defensively.
BELZILE: [Would you say that his best quality as a player—as an individual—is having both feet really planted on the ground? That it doesn't feel like his head is getting inflated?] Yeah, that's his natural state. He's just such a good person, a nice guy. When you stay in it, and stay calm... I know that for him, it's just another day at the office. That’s kind of the mentality you need to have. Never too high, never too low. For a guy like him to get a hat trick, especially someone who deserves it this much, we couldn't be happier for him.
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