fandomhigh | Summer Shenanigans, Wednesday, June 30, 2021

"Today, since it's between sessions, Beaker has decided to take point," Anakin announced from where his bullhorn was poking out from an absolutely enormous pile of donuts.

The new raccoons had apparently decided to show up today to get new customers through their amazing donuts...tower...things.

So. There were a lot of donuts.

Just. A lot.

"Today we're going to use these donuts--thank you, County Donuts--in a relay race...thing. You can only pass them under your chin. Fortunately, we have a lot of extras for when you drop them!"

He turned to Beaker. "Are there any other rules?"

Beaker meeped extensively. Anakin's eyes went wide. "Well, that's going to get messy."

"Meep meep."

Anakin coughed. "Apparently the donuts are also on a timer and they will disintegrate into sprinkles--or jelly, or cream--if you take too long."

Thank you, Muppet physics.

"Listen for your names! There will be four teams of seven."

Beaker meeped smugly.

Anakin sighed. "And I, apparently, have been included. Come get your t-shirts."

TEAM 'MERICA
Harry
Wanda
Ignis
Beaker
Sam
Astrid
Ulysses

TEAM BEN DRANKIN'
Cait
Five
Stark
Summer
Clare
Din
Anakin

TEAM BANG
Alexis
Alluka
Malia
Diego
Shunsui
Lana
Jaskier

TEAM PICK UP
Belle
Ben
Miguel
Amaya
Dwight
Prompto
Hannibal

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"I'm not about to argue with the fried dough master about it," he said, lifting up his hands. "I know I'd lose."

"Do you know why I like donuts?" Annie asked, knowing that he did not actually know this about her. "It's not just that they're usually, like, amazing."

Even though they were.

He shook his head. "There's a specific reason?"

"When I was little and my mom was really nuts about monitoring my weight," Annie explained, "my dad used to sneak me out every weekend and take me out for donuts. It was like, our secret thing. And he'd ask me questions, and like, he'd actually listen. Highlight of my week from preschool until middle of fifth grade."

A pause, and, "And plus donuts are really versatile. So many kinds."

But it was mostly the first thing, yeah.

Edited 2021-06-30 18:15 (UTC)

That was pretty sweet (no pun intended), and it had Diego leaning in to kiss her on the cheek. He was getting kind of used to that lemon-cinnamon flavor. "I'm glad you got to do that with him."

Annie smiled, leaning into him a little. "Me too. But that's why it's donuts and not, like, cookies or muffins or croissants. Or funnel cake."

Though, like, she would take your cookies and muffins and croissants (and funnel cake), everyone. By all means.

"We used to sneak out at night to go to the donut place down the street," he shared. "One or all of us would usually eat donuts until we puked."

"All seven of you?" Annie asked, smiling softly. "Oh my God, that's so cute."

Even the puke was cute, honestly.

"And, like, really impressively sneaky!" Especially for children!

"I don't know if we actually achieved the sneaking out part or if Dad let us go off hoping we'd be punished in some way," he admitted. "The house has, like, two hundred security cameras."

"Which is still sort of unsettling," Annie admitted with a wince. "And like, maybe if your dad took you guys out for treats you wouldn't have felt the need to sneak off, and now I'm glad this didn't end in you guys having to like, evade criminals at a donut shop."

Not at that time, anyway.

"That would have made sneaking out to get donuts even better." He knew from experience that it was fun!

"There were never any shootouts when I went for donuts as a kid, either," Annie assured him, leaning over to kiss his cheek again (and to once more kind of try out that cinnamon-lemon flavor.) "Sad to say."

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