The Perk; Early Saturday Afternoon

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If Chuck had to guess, he would say that the island never turned him into a child because wee!Chuck had acted almost exactly like adult!Chuck, sans all the sex and booze. It just wouldn't be all that much of a difference if he had turned wee like everybody else, so the island decided to punish him for his lameness by making him babysit all weekend.

At least that was Chuck's guess.

That didn't mean he wasn't going to at least try to escape responsibility so as soon as he realized what was going on he headed to the Perk. One, he figured he'd need the caffeine. Two, he thought kids weren't supposed to have coffee and, therefore, should not be hanging out in there.

Such an optimist.

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While Hannibal wasn't planning on getting anything resembling coffee, that didn't mean he wasn't going to slam his way into the Perk to try and find something to eat.

Maybe this place had donuts! Or candy! Candy donuts!

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Chuck lifted an eyebrow when he saw a kid come in, but couldn't really be surprised that his theory that kids wouldn't come in here was wrong. He didn't have donuts but he did have one of those coffeehouse cookies that were ridiculously over-sized. But he wasn't about to share with anyone.

You try to take the cookie and you die, kid.

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Hannibal's attention wasn't going to be on looking for something long, not when there was someone to annoy talk to sitting right there.

"Hey!" Hannibal greeted, bouncing over. "Whatcha got? Issit chocolate chip?"

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"Yes, it is," Chuck said, pulling the cookie over towards himself. "And you can't have any so don't ask."

Chuck liked kids, he really did, but he liked cookies more.

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"I wasn't gunna," Hannibal said, about as offended as someone can be. "Can you get one for me? From the people over there?"

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Chuck thought about that for a moment before sighing and getting up from where he was sitting. "What kind do you want?"

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"Chocolate chip peanut butter with M&M's!" That probably wasn't an actual cookie but what did Chuck expect, really?

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"Chocolate chip. Right." True, if this had been a few weeks ago with his own kids he would have totally gone the distance and gotten chocolate chip peanut butter cookies with M&M's, but Hannibal wasn't his so he'd have to deal with second best.

Chuck went up to the counter and got another cookie (no, baristas, he wasn't a fat ass, thank you) and came back to Hannibal a moment later. "They were out of peanut butter and M&M's."

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"Tanks!" Hannibal said, grabbing at the cookie and forgetting about the extras he'd ask for on the cookie. "You're nice! Why're you all alone?"

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"Because I'm an adult and we like to be alone sometimes," Chuck said. "Why are you alone?"

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"Cuuuuuuuz I'ma big boy!" Hannibal crowed, grinning. "And cuz everyone else is boring and I wanted to have fun! Like we could...go swimming!"

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Yeah, that'd be tons of fun until Hannibal drowned. "Don't you think you'd have more fun doing something where there isn't the possibility of ending up in a watery grave?"

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"I can swim!" Hannibal said, trying to make himself seem as tall as he could. "Maybe you can't, dorkface!"

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"I can swim better than you, shorty," Chuck said. He didn't need to do it to be taller than Hannibal, but Chuck stood up straighter anyways.

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"You ain't never seen me swim, old man," Hannibal retorted through a mouthful of cookie. "You look like you could float like a beach ball!"

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"What does that even mean?" he asked.

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"It means you're tubby," Hannibal informed him smartly.

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"Don't make me kick your ass, kid." He was not fat, despite what people on ONTD thought.

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"You'd hit a kid?" Hannibal wondered, making a face. "What a douche!"

Yes, he knew that word.

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"You said I was fat!" Chuck said. "You're also a douche."

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"You're a bigger douche!" Hannibal said challengingly.

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"Yeah?" Chuck said. "You're ugly."

Nice, Chuck. Very mature.

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"Am not," Hannibal argued, frowning. "You look like a baby girl!"

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Oh, look. Some giant ears wandered into the shop, hoping there were sweets he could, you know, just have.

Money wasn't really in the plan so far.

"What's that?" Was it sweet? Could Merlin have it? C'mon, Chuck.

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"If anyone here is a girl, it's you," Chuck said. "Even your voice is all high pitched and squeaky. Shouldn't you be in a dress?"

Great, now make fun of him because he hasn't hit puberty yet.