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[stackingthedeck]

"There's only so much artistic license I can take," she teases.

[bothbarrels]

"Just make sure to get my nose right."

[stackingthedeck]

"What nose?"

[bothbarrels]

"The giant tower in the middle of my face?" Yeah, he knows he has a big nose. He's kind of proud of it, actually.

[stackingthedeck]

"That's what that is? I thought it was a tumor."

[bothbarrels]

He snorts at that. "I walked right into that one."

[stackingthedeck]

"Well yeah. You can't see that much in front of you."

[bothbarrels]

He rolls his eyes, but there's a small smile on his face.

[stackingthedeck]

"Shouldn't you be working on your homework?" Oh how the tables have turned. Let her enjoy this moment for a second.

[bothbarrels]

"After I eat something." Which he isn't going to do just yet. Even the most conscientious student needed to take a little time to unwind upon getting home.

[stackingthedeck]

"You're always eating. Where do you put it all away?"

[bothbarrels]

"I stuff it in my cheeks," he says dryly. "Do you want me to fix you something too?" he adds as he rises and starts for the kitchen.

[stackingthedeck]

"Something small. I want to eat when it's dinner." Which either would be right before she went out (unlikely given the state of their kitchen normally) or she'd con her boyfriend into picking up something.

[bothbarrels]

"Banana and peanut butter toast?" he asks, going about getting the things out to prepare one of those for himself.

[stackingthedeck]

"Just peanut butter toast. You can keep the banana." While he's busy in the kitchen, she'll continue work on her art piece which is most definitely not one of her brother.

[bothbarrels]

"If you insist," he says, and when he returns his plate has two bananas on it. He hands off hers and sits back down.

[stackingthedeck]

She sets her plate down on top of the couch so she can finish what she's doing before flipping her sketchbook closed. She is not risking crumbs and peanut butter ruining her work.

"Are the bananas your secret for how you got so tall?"

[bothbarrels]

He grins. "That's it. Bananas and stretches. You should have followed my regimen. You wouldn't be so short now."

[stackingthedeck]

She sticks her tongue out at him. "I was taller than you for a few years. Before you became a giant."

[bothbarrels]

"I did it just to spite you," he teases, taking a bite of his snack.

[stackingthedeck]

"I knew it. I'll make sure your stilts are showing in my picture."

[bothbarrels]

"They're fancy stilts, they look just like part of my legs."

[stackingthedeck]

"You must have stolen them because they sure weren't a gift from anyone."

[bothbarrels]

It was true, he'd somehow managed to come out a lot taller than their parents; about four inches taller than his own father. "It's good to be able to take what you need in life."

[stackingthedeck]

"Planning to get a basketball scholarship somewhere?" Her snack gone, she stands and takes her plate to the kitchen in a rare show that yes, she can be responsible.