FAKE Ficlet: Putting Family First
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Title: Putting Family First
Fandom: FAKE
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo, Mother.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Vol. 7.
Summary: They’re supposed to be talking the weekend off, but instead Dee and Ryo have a family emergency.
Word Count: 596
Written For: Challenge 351: Amnesty at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fan_flashworks, using Challenge 296: Sideways.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
It wasn’t the first time Dee and Ryo’s plans for their days off had been knocked sideways. Life happened, although it was usually the Chief calling them into work because someone had called out sick or been injured.
Their cancelled plans were down to injury again this time, but for once the injured party wasn’t one of their colleagues.
“I’m so sorry,” Mother told them as they helped her into the front seat of Dee’s car. “I didn’t know who else to call. Father Macready doesn’t own a car, and taxis are so expensive.” Every cent the orphanage managed to raise was needed for the children; Mother would have considered it a criminal waste to use any of it for her own needs.
“It’s fine, Mother. I’ve told you before to call me anytime, day or night. It’s why I got you the ‘phone in the first place. Good thing you had it with you.”
“I know, dear, and I can’t begin tell you how much I appreciate everything you and Ryo do for me and the children, but I also know how much you were looking forward to getting out of the city for a day or two. I really should have been more careful and watched where I was going. Such a silly thing to do.”
Dee shot a sideways look at his lover and rolled his eyes. “It was an accident, you slipped, it could’a happened to anyone. Hell, it’s happened to me and Ryo often enough.”
“Language, dear,” Mother chided.
“Sorry, Mother.” Dee winced. Using the ‘H’ word in front of a Catholic nun was not a good idea.
“Nevertheless, I knew water had been spilled on the kitchen floor and I should have cleaned it up right away, but I had my hands full, and then Michael and Eric were fighting, and when I got back from sorting them out, I stepped right in the wet patch.” Maria Lane sighed and shook her head. “So foolish of me.”
“You’re lucky you only sprained your ankle,” Ryo said, getting into the back seat with Mother’s crutches, on loan from the hospital. “You’ll have to keep off your feet as much as possible for the next few days though. Elevation, rest, and ice, that’s what the doctor said.”
“But the children…”
“The Sisters can look after them, and we can help out for the next couple of days,” Dee said firmly.
“Nonsense, I can’t ask you to cancel your trip!”
“You’re not asking,” Ryo pointed out. “We’re offering. Anyway, according to the forecast it’s going to be wet and windy, not the kind of weather anyone wants for hiking, and we’re not cancelling our trip, we’re just postponing it for a week or two. We can go once your ankle’s healed and the weather’s better.”
“Ryo’s right, so no arguin’.” Dee slid into the driver’s seat and started the engine. “Now, let’s just get you home and settled with your feet up. We’ll fix you a cup of tea, and then you can tell us what you need us to do. Laundry, grocery shoppin’, cleanin’… We can rope in some of the older kids to help too.”
“You’re both such good boys.” Mother smiled warmly at Dee, and he grinned back.
“Family always comes first. After all the years you took care of me, I figure it’s time I returned the favor.”
She was more than just family, she was his mom, and always would be. He owed her more than he could ever repay; there was nothing he wouldn’t do for her.
The End
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, Ryo, Mother.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Vol. 7.
Summary: They’re supposed to be talking the weekend off, but instead Dee and Ryo have a family emergency.
Word Count: 596
Written For: Challenge 351: Amnesty at
fan_flashworks, using Challenge 296: Sideways.Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
It wasn’t the first time Dee and Ryo’s plans for their days off had been knocked sideways. Life happened, although it was usually the Chief calling them into work because someone had called out sick or been injured.
Their cancelled plans were down to injury again this time, but for once the injured party wasn’t one of their colleagues.
“I’m so sorry,” Mother told them as they helped her into the front seat of Dee’s car. “I didn’t know who else to call. Father Macready doesn’t own a car, and taxis are so expensive.” Every cent the orphanage managed to raise was needed for the children; Mother would have considered it a criminal waste to use any of it for her own needs.
“It’s fine, Mother. I’ve told you before to call me anytime, day or night. It’s why I got you the ‘phone in the first place. Good thing you had it with you.”
“I know, dear, and I can’t begin tell you how much I appreciate everything you and Ryo do for me and the children, but I also know how much you were looking forward to getting out of the city for a day or two. I really should have been more careful and watched where I was going. Such a silly thing to do.”
Dee shot a sideways look at his lover and rolled his eyes. “It was an accident, you slipped, it could’a happened to anyone. Hell, it’s happened to me and Ryo often enough.”
“Language, dear,” Mother chided.
“Sorry, Mother.” Dee winced. Using the ‘H’ word in front of a Catholic nun was not a good idea.
“Nevertheless, I knew water had been spilled on the kitchen floor and I should have cleaned it up right away, but I had my hands full, and then Michael and Eric were fighting, and when I got back from sorting them out, I stepped right in the wet patch.” Maria Lane sighed and shook her head. “So foolish of me.”
“You’re lucky you only sprained your ankle,” Ryo said, getting into the back seat with Mother’s crutches, on loan from the hospital. “You’ll have to keep off your feet as much as possible for the next few days though. Elevation, rest, and ice, that’s what the doctor said.”
“But the children…”
“The Sisters can look after them, and we can help out for the next couple of days,” Dee said firmly.
“Nonsense, I can’t ask you to cancel your trip!”
“You’re not asking,” Ryo pointed out. “We’re offering. Anyway, according to the forecast it’s going to be wet and windy, not the kind of weather anyone wants for hiking, and we’re not cancelling our trip, we’re just postponing it for a week or two. We can go once your ankle’s healed and the weather’s better.”
“Ryo’s right, so no arguin’.” Dee slid into the driver’s seat and started the engine. “Now, let’s just get you home and settled with your feet up. We’ll fix you a cup of tea, and then you can tell us what you need us to do. Laundry, grocery shoppin’, cleanin’… We can rope in some of the older kids to help too.”
“You’re both such good boys.” Mother smiled warmly at Dee, and he grinned back.
“Family always comes first. After all the years you took care of me, I figure it’s time I returned the favor.”
She was more than just family, she was his mom, and always would be. He owed her more than he could ever repay; there was nothing he wouldn’t do for her.
The End
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Date: 2021-11-20 01:29 pm (UTC)Thank you!