(no subject)
For Bart, for Christmas, because the best way to wish someone a merry Christmas is to mangle their character. In a loving way. Anyway.
Bart/Molly, Kon/Buffy, unapologetic fluff. Yeah, it's what I do. Shh. And posted now because fluff obviously makes finals better. My logic is awesome yo.
It is not a double date.
Okay, it is a double date, but since one of the couples really just knows what a double date is in theoretical terms, it probably shouldn't count, but Bart definitely knows it's something. He just isn't sure what.
"But she's never been here before!" Bart explains, picking up a pile of comic books and stuffing them onto an overfull shelf. "What if supervillains attack the amusement park? What if the Supercycle malfunctions or aliens abduct us or they're out of cotton candy or I can't get the bear she wants cuz she probably'd like a bear and..."
"Bart," says Buffy, elbowing Kon in the ribs to try to stop his snickering, "no one is gonna get abducted by aliens."
"But not all the aliens are as nice as Kon! Some of them probably would abduct us and then we couldn't get Molly home in time and Nico'd be mad at me and she's kinda scary and I don't want her to be mad at me cuz then she wouldn't let me visit anymore."
Kon manages to compose himself well enough to actually offer some support. "Come on, dude. Three superheroes and a Slayer. No one's getting kidnapped."
"And we're gonna get all the right bears?" asks Bart sulkily.
"We can totally get all the right bears," says Buffy, trying to smile reassuringly.
"Okay! Then I'm just gonna go make sure my room is clean cuz it's normally messy but I want Molly to get to walk cuz Robin says it's hard without stepping on action figures and I think it's clean but I gotta check again and maybe Kon's room too cuz it's really messy and I dunno if his magazines are all under the bed and those aren't good for..." Bart rushes out again still rambling and Buffy grins.
"So, you're bringing a camera, right? Cuz this is an important developmental stage in your son's life."
"Not the mom," Kon mutters.
"Camera," Buffy repeats, ignoring the obvious falseness of the statement.
"Yeah, yeah."
Bart tries to do something to his hair, which fails, but it's the thought that counts, and he even manages to get Molly all by himself without making Buffy come for backup.
Chase opens the door when he gets there. Bart sort of likes Chase, because Bart likes everyone, but then there are reasons he just can't totally like Chase.
"Hey, Bruiser, your boyfriend's here!"
Reasons like that.
"He is NOT my boyfriend! And my name is Princess Powerful!" says Molly. Bart wants to roll up in a little ball and die. Except he doesn't. Because he wants to go the amusement park with Molly and win her a bear. Or a rabbit. Or a kitty. Whatever she wants.
And once Molly gets there it's easy to forget about Chase being mean because he's always really really happy to see Molly. He can even kind of ignore the way Chase snickers when he picks Molly up, because he has to pick Molly up to bring her back, and he does that to everyone even if there are all these funny feelings in his tummy when he picks up Molly, but that's probably just cuz it's weird picking people up and nothing to do with Molly. At least, he keeps thinking that, because he doesn't know why else it could be and definitely knows it would be a bad idea to ask Kon or Robin or Cassie or...anybody. So he keeps it to himself.
"I wanna ride everything!" says Molly. "We didn't get to go to any cool places at all cuz we were hiding, but I don't hafta hide here so I wanna go everywhere!"
"Where do you wanna go first?" asks Bart.
"Roller coaster!"
"Which one?" asks Kon. "There are like fifty."
"There's one where you go upside down!" says Bart.
"I wanna go on that one!"
Bart and Molly are already running off before Buffy realizes this is probably a bad idea.
"Are you guys gonna be okay on your own?" she asks.
"You don't wanna come?" asks Molly.
"Well, you guys are a little fast for us old-timers," says Buffy. "Plus I'm not big on the upside downness. But long as you guys stick together, should be okay. We can meet up with you two later for some healthy snack-like stuff."
"Okay! We'll stay together and I won't let anything bad happen I promise! And if we do get separated I can go around the whole park really fast and find her again!"
"You guys could hold hands," Kon suggests.
Bart thinks he should protest this, but before he can Molly says, "That's a really good idea, Kon!" and takes his hand, and Bart's not sure why he was objecting in the first place.
"Meet back here in two hours, kay? And don't throw up too much," says Buffy.
"Kay!" says Molly, and drags Bart off.
"That was about the cutest thing I've ever seen," comments Buffy.
"Yeah. So, should I be winning you lavish prizes?"
"Definitely. I am totally a material girl."
But we all know they just made out for two hours. Let's not kid ourselves here.
"I haven't got to go to an amusement park in forever!" says Molly, taking a bite of sno-cone. "This is really cool."
Bart finds himself rubbing the back of his neck, which is an unfamiliar motion. "It's cool cuz I really like amusement parks too and I don't get to go much cuz Max doesn't, so it's really cuz Kon and Buffy took us so you should thank them."
"But it's even better cuz I'm with you."
Bart's tummy feels funny again. "D'you wanna a bear? Cuz I'm not really good at the strength tests but they have whack-a-mole and I'm awesome at that and I bet I could win you whatever you wanted if you want anything but if you don't want anything that's okay too."
"They have some dinosaurs that look like Old Lace," she says happily. "They're really cute!"
"I can get one of those easy!" said Bart, and squeezes her hand, because it seems like a good idea. She squeezes back and grins.
Bart loves the amusement park.
"Nice dinosaur," comments Kon.
"Bart won it for me! Did you win the bear, Buffy?"
"Yeah. Kon sucks at aiming."
"I do not," says Kon. "You're just better at aiming."
"I wanna try the strength one! Cuz I bet I could hit the bell and not even get very tired. And then I could win Bart one of the hats. If he wants a funny hat."
"Yeah!" says Bart. "And I can never get one cuz I'm not good at the strong people ones. There aren't really many that are good for being fast."
"Well I can be strong and you can be fast and Buffy can do the aim-y ones and Kon can..."
"Sit around and look pretty," Buffy supplies.
"Yeah! And then we can get something from all the games!"
"Good plan, Molly," says Buffy.
"But I guess it might be a little weird if I got the strong ones cuz I'm kinda little and you guys don't have mutants here so maybe Kon should do that?"
"But Kon's so good at the sitting and looking pretty."
"But Molly's prettier than Kon!" Bart protests.
Kon looks at him. Bart realizes what he said and blushes. Buffy smirks. Molly is still holding his hand.
Life is good.
"Buffy, you need to take a picture. Right now," says Kon, glancing in the rearview mirror.
"I do?" she asks. She turns around to look in the back seat. Bart and Molly are asleep, Molly's head on Bart's shoulder and Bart's head on top of hers. They're still holding hands. "I do." She roots around her bag and comes out with the camera. "You're never gonna let him live this one down, are you?"
"Course not," Kon scoffs. "Maybe if he just figured it out..."
"You'd still tease him."
"Well, yeah. That's what teammates do."
"Y'think Bart's gonna be up for taking her home?"
"No way. I told Arsenic she was gonna stay here tonight. It's cool."
"Wow, planning ahead. I'm impressed."
"But she's not allowed to sleep in Bart's room."
"Well, they'd probably have to share. And Bart'd probably die of embarrassment in the morning."
"I figured she can stay in your room."
"Well, it's not like I use it," she says with a smile. She goes around to the back seat to pick up Molly, but Bart's stirring and peers at her.
"'s it?" he asks groggily.
"I was just gonna bring Molly in," she says with a smile.
"I c'n do it," he says, pulling her close. "'m strong enough for that."
"Kay," says Buffy. "She's gonna sleep in my room."
"Nico's no' gonna get mad?"
"Nah, Kon covered it."
"C'n we have pancakes for breakfast?"
Buffy blinks. "Sure. Course we can. I'll work on it."
Bart nods and picks Molly up, zipping up into Buffy's room. He puts her down on the bed and then runs into his room, putting his Wolverine plushie into her arms. She murmurs and pulls it close, and he pulls the covers up over her.
"You're lots prettier than Kon," he says quietly, and watches her just a little longer before he goes to sleep.
Bart/Molly, Kon/Buffy, unapologetic fluff. Yeah, it's what I do. Shh. And posted now because fluff obviously makes finals better. My logic is awesome yo.
It is not a double date.
Okay, it is a double date, but since one of the couples really just knows what a double date is in theoretical terms, it probably shouldn't count, but Bart definitely knows it's something. He just isn't sure what.
"But she's never been here before!" Bart explains, picking up a pile of comic books and stuffing them onto an overfull shelf. "What if supervillains attack the amusement park? What if the Supercycle malfunctions or aliens abduct us or they're out of cotton candy or I can't get the bear she wants cuz she probably'd like a bear and..."
"Bart," says Buffy, elbowing Kon in the ribs to try to stop his snickering, "no one is gonna get abducted by aliens."
"But not all the aliens are as nice as Kon! Some of them probably would abduct us and then we couldn't get Molly home in time and Nico'd be mad at me and she's kinda scary and I don't want her to be mad at me cuz then she wouldn't let me visit anymore."
Kon manages to compose himself well enough to actually offer some support. "Come on, dude. Three superheroes and a Slayer. No one's getting kidnapped."
"And we're gonna get all the right bears?" asks Bart sulkily.
"We can totally get all the right bears," says Buffy, trying to smile reassuringly.
"Okay! Then I'm just gonna go make sure my room is clean cuz it's normally messy but I want Molly to get to walk cuz Robin says it's hard without stepping on action figures and I think it's clean but I gotta check again and maybe Kon's room too cuz it's really messy and I dunno if his magazines are all under the bed and those aren't good for..." Bart rushes out again still rambling and Buffy grins.
"So, you're bringing a camera, right? Cuz this is an important developmental stage in your son's life."
"Not the mom," Kon mutters.
"Camera," Buffy repeats, ignoring the obvious falseness of the statement.
"Yeah, yeah."
Bart tries to do something to his hair, which fails, but it's the thought that counts, and he even manages to get Molly all by himself without making Buffy come for backup.
Chase opens the door when he gets there. Bart sort of likes Chase, because Bart likes everyone, but then there are reasons he just can't totally like Chase.
"Hey, Bruiser, your boyfriend's here!"
Reasons like that.
"He is NOT my boyfriend! And my name is Princess Powerful!" says Molly. Bart wants to roll up in a little ball and die. Except he doesn't. Because he wants to go the amusement park with Molly and win her a bear. Or a rabbit. Or a kitty. Whatever she wants.
And once Molly gets there it's easy to forget about Chase being mean because he's always really really happy to see Molly. He can even kind of ignore the way Chase snickers when he picks Molly up, because he has to pick Molly up to bring her back, and he does that to everyone even if there are all these funny feelings in his tummy when he picks up Molly, but that's probably just cuz it's weird picking people up and nothing to do with Molly. At least, he keeps thinking that, because he doesn't know why else it could be and definitely knows it would be a bad idea to ask Kon or Robin or Cassie or...anybody. So he keeps it to himself.
"I wanna ride everything!" says Molly. "We didn't get to go to any cool places at all cuz we were hiding, but I don't hafta hide here so I wanna go everywhere!"
"Where do you wanna go first?" asks Bart.
"Roller coaster!"
"Which one?" asks Kon. "There are like fifty."
"There's one where you go upside down!" says Bart.
"I wanna go on that one!"
Bart and Molly are already running off before Buffy realizes this is probably a bad idea.
"Are you guys gonna be okay on your own?" she asks.
"You don't wanna come?" asks Molly.
"Well, you guys are a little fast for us old-timers," says Buffy. "Plus I'm not big on the upside downness. But long as you guys stick together, should be okay. We can meet up with you two later for some healthy snack-like stuff."
"Okay! We'll stay together and I won't let anything bad happen I promise! And if we do get separated I can go around the whole park really fast and find her again!"
"You guys could hold hands," Kon suggests.
Bart thinks he should protest this, but before he can Molly says, "That's a really good idea, Kon!" and takes his hand, and Bart's not sure why he was objecting in the first place.
"Meet back here in two hours, kay? And don't throw up too much," says Buffy.
"Kay!" says Molly, and drags Bart off.
"That was about the cutest thing I've ever seen," comments Buffy.
"Yeah. So, should I be winning you lavish prizes?"
"Definitely. I am totally a material girl."
But we all know they just made out for two hours. Let's not kid ourselves here.
"I haven't got to go to an amusement park in forever!" says Molly, taking a bite of sno-cone. "This is really cool."
Bart finds himself rubbing the back of his neck, which is an unfamiliar motion. "It's cool cuz I really like amusement parks too and I don't get to go much cuz Max doesn't, so it's really cuz Kon and Buffy took us so you should thank them."
"But it's even better cuz I'm with you."
Bart's tummy feels funny again. "D'you wanna a bear? Cuz I'm not really good at the strength tests but they have whack-a-mole and I'm awesome at that and I bet I could win you whatever you wanted if you want anything but if you don't want anything that's okay too."
"They have some dinosaurs that look like Old Lace," she says happily. "They're really cute!"
"I can get one of those easy!" said Bart, and squeezes her hand, because it seems like a good idea. She squeezes back and grins.
Bart loves the amusement park.
"Nice dinosaur," comments Kon.
"Bart won it for me! Did you win the bear, Buffy?"
"Yeah. Kon sucks at aiming."
"I do not," says Kon. "You're just better at aiming."
"I wanna try the strength one! Cuz I bet I could hit the bell and not even get very tired. And then I could win Bart one of the hats. If he wants a funny hat."
"Yeah!" says Bart. "And I can never get one cuz I'm not good at the strong people ones. There aren't really many that are good for being fast."
"Well I can be strong and you can be fast and Buffy can do the aim-y ones and Kon can..."
"Sit around and look pretty," Buffy supplies.
"Yeah! And then we can get something from all the games!"
"Good plan, Molly," says Buffy.
"But I guess it might be a little weird if I got the strong ones cuz I'm kinda little and you guys don't have mutants here so maybe Kon should do that?"
"But Kon's so good at the sitting and looking pretty."
"But Molly's prettier than Kon!" Bart protests.
Kon looks at him. Bart realizes what he said and blushes. Buffy smirks. Molly is still holding his hand.
Life is good.
"Buffy, you need to take a picture. Right now," says Kon, glancing in the rearview mirror.
"I do?" she asks. She turns around to look in the back seat. Bart and Molly are asleep, Molly's head on Bart's shoulder and Bart's head on top of hers. They're still holding hands. "I do." She roots around her bag and comes out with the camera. "You're never gonna let him live this one down, are you?"
"Course not," Kon scoffs. "Maybe if he just figured it out..."
"You'd still tease him."
"Well, yeah. That's what teammates do."
"Y'think Bart's gonna be up for taking her home?"
"No way. I told Arsenic she was gonna stay here tonight. It's cool."
"Wow, planning ahead. I'm impressed."
"But she's not allowed to sleep in Bart's room."
"Well, they'd probably have to share. And Bart'd probably die of embarrassment in the morning."
"I figured she can stay in your room."
"Well, it's not like I use it," she says with a smile. She goes around to the back seat to pick up Molly, but Bart's stirring and peers at her.
"'s it?" he asks groggily.
"I was just gonna bring Molly in," she says with a smile.
"I c'n do it," he says, pulling her close. "'m strong enough for that."
"Kay," says Buffy. "She's gonna sleep in my room."
"Nico's no' gonna get mad?"
"Nah, Kon covered it."
"C'n we have pancakes for breakfast?"
Buffy blinks. "Sure. Course we can. I'll work on it."
Bart nods and picks Molly up, zipping up into Buffy's room. He puts her down on the bed and then runs into his room, putting his Wolverine plushie into her arms. She murmurs and pulls it close, and he pulls the covers up over her.
"You're lots prettier than Kon," he says quietly, and watches her just a little longer before he goes to sleep.