The Park - Sunday Afternoon

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Okay, so being a "dad" was just fucking weird. About as weird as a stable wormhole coming into Fandom but with multiple entrance points from various dimensions, space and time.

So if you think Barry was going to pass up on the chance of studying it, you were wrong.

Barry had his mobile lab set up outside of the portal and was in the process of sending various probes into the portal but something was off on the telemetry and was causing problems with the transdimesional signal coming back to his sensors.

And he was doing his best not to swear about it.

[Open but with warnings for slowplay]

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"Your telemetry on your probes are all fucked up," Annabelle noted while looking at his monitors. "You should edit the subphotronic field because these readings are for shit."

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Barry gave the girl a curious look as he responded. "I know that. How the f-"

...

"How do you know that?"

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"She's a genius," Jeremy said from his place on the ground where he was lying down and looking up at the sky. By the tone in his voice you could tell this was something he was tired of hearing. "I'm bored. Can I go throw rocks at the flamingoes?"

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"No," Barry said giving his... son a stern look. Son? Jesus. This was weird. "Why don't you help me with the equipment?"

He gave Annabelle a serious look. "So when he says you're a genius you..."

His voice trailed off. For once he couldn't think of a word to express it.

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"I'm not as fucked up as you if that's what you're trying to ask," Annabelle said frankly. "Can I work the positron output filter?"

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"Language, Annabelle," Elsa said serenely, walking into the park with a box of J,GoB muffins in one hand, and a tray of drinks in the other. Apple juice for all. "Just because your father has a crude mouth on him doesn't mean you have to."

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"You didn't think it was too bad when we made him use the swear jar," Jeremy said making grabby hands for the muffins. "Arendelle had the biggest budget surplus in a century."

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"Yes, well, we don't have a swear jar just yet." Pause. "Though that's an excellent idea."

Elsa held out the box of muffins so that Jeremy could take one, and then offered him some apple juice to go with it.

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"Don't give her any fucking ideas," Barry said with a smirk as he watched Jeremy devour a muffin in almost two bites. "I'll go broke in a week."

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"Like that would ever happen," Annabelle said adjusting some of the equipment. "And don't chew with your mouth open, Jeremy. You look like an effing pig. It's like Uncle Kristoff and those damn carrots."

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Elsa sighed. 'Effing' would have to do.

"Carrots?" Well, now Elsa was looking a little confused. "Kristoff?"

She didn't know any Kristoff.

"Friend of Barry's?"

IT SEEMED LIKE A FAIR GUESS.

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"He's better friends with Sven," Jeremy said making a face. "It's gross."

Annabelle kicked Jeremy angrily. "No telling about the future, dumbass!"

"You brought up Kristoff first!" Jeremy said kicking back. "Dork!"

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"No kicking!"

Elsa didn't often raise her voice. Apparently, this was what it took.

"Jeremy, you stand on my left. Annabelle, you stay on my right. Both of you, stop talking about the future. It ruins all the surprises."

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"Listen to your, Mother!" Barry said sternly and then gave Elsa a weird look.

Did he really just say that?

"This is so fucking weird."

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"What does Dad get to swear and I don't?" Annabelle said with a huff as she did what Elsa told her to do. "It's unfair."

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"Because I can't ground your father," Elsa replied, giving Barry a raised eyebrow all the same. "From most things."

She'd come up with something if you kept it up around the kids, Barry. So help her.

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"Hey. Let me make this perfectly clear," Barry said wagging his finger at Annabelle. "Do as I say, not as I do. So don't fucking swear."

Yeah. That's going to make a difference.

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"Yeeeeeah," Jeremy smirked. "Don't swear Annabelle!"

And hid behind Elsa so he wouldn't get kicked.

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Elsa was seriously contemplating stuffing a snowball down the back of Barry's shirt right now, though.

"Don't taunt your sister, Jeremy," she sighed, reaching up to pinch the bridge of her nose.

She and Anna had never been like this.

...

For... obvious reasons.