Luke's, Saturday

[betterthanaplan]

Duke hadn't been back to the Rouge yet. As far as he knew, Octavia was still there, trying to bludgeon her way through the hold, and he couldn't deal with her yet.

He also couldn't deal with staying in the hotel, once he was awake and sober enough to move. He needed coffee if he was going to have to deal with literally anything today, and the Perk felt weirdly more public than his diner did.

Sure, this was the first place his trouble had been triggered in Fandom. The very first day he'd owned it, even. Somehow that just ended up feeling appropriate, today.

Today's specials
Vanilla berry waffles
Mac and cheese waffles
Kitchen sink dessert waffles

Luke's was open, if not particularly festive, today.

[no OCD. Will be slow periodically as I attend zoom family gatherings. But in the meantime, WHY NOT POKE AT THE WOOBIE]

The beach, Saturday afternoon

[heroic_jawline]

There were an inordinate number of rocket pops around--Steve kept taking new ones he found and putting them into a kiddie pool--and everything down at the beach had been draped in red, white, and blue: bunting, streamers, and weird little pinwheels the woodchucks kept running off with.

There were grills going with hot dogs, hamburgers, and veggie burgers, plus corn and other veggies. (The attempt at grilling green beans had been an error.) There were also sides and more things stuck into Jello than should be put in Jello (which was basically anything put into Jello). There were all kinds of sweets other than the rocket pops--ice cream sandwiches, red, white, and blue Oreo cookies and the Oreos with the pop rocks in them--watermelon, brownies, and a huge cake that managed to fit 102 candles onto it.

Music was playing--mostly regular pop music with the occasional big band song to make Steve grin--and a bunch of weird outside games to play including badminton, cornhole, and croquet.

When the sun went down, there would be a fireworks display designed by Tony, but there was plenty of fun to be had before then, too!

Come on over!

And don't ask too hard about why the sand appeared to be made of Old Bay seasoning.