[ Twins Background ]

[bothbarrels]

X

Comments

[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.

[bothbarrels]

"That would probably require being good at basketball." And while he was athletic, the type of crowds that hung out on the basketball court at the local playground had never been the type of people he had wanted to be associated with.

[stackingthedeck]

"You're tall enough you could figure the rest out once you got there."

[bothbarrels]

He can't help chuckling, even though she's speaking idly. "I'd have better luck in football."

[stackingthedeck]

"I don't know if you head could handle being knocked around that much. You already have such a hard time staying focused."

[bothbarrels]

"What's wrong with my focus?" he says, half scoffing and half laughing. "I spend more time working on my homework than you."

[stackingthedeck]

"A lot of things." She leans forward and makes a poking motion towards his forehead. He's lucky she doesn't feel like moving close enough to actually do that right now. "Like the fact you only use it for your homework."

[bothbarrels]

"There's that and fighting," he says. Because yes, he still spends time practicing with those MMA instruction videos now and then.

[stackingthedeck]

"You look like an idiot when you practice alone like that, you know." Which is partially why she joined in with him on occasion. She can't have her brother looking like that much of a fool.

[bothbarrels]

"I'd look like a bigger idiot if I got beat up by some street punk," he points out with a wry smile. "Can't rely on you coming to rescue me every time something happens."

[stackingthedeck]

She loves it when her ego is stroked. "Maybe if you weren't so scared to fight dirty once in a while you wouldn't need me to be within yelling distance."

[bothbarrels]

"Hey, you remember how things were that one time I got put in juvie," he says. It was only two days, but things were pretty shitty at home afterward, for a little while.

[stackingthedeck]

That's not a memory she likes to have brought up and she shrugs and turns away to hide her frown. "I didn't say you should get locked up again."

[bothbarrels]

"Neither should you," he says, slightly pointedly. "We're over 18 now."

[stackingthedeck]

"I don't need a reminder. We have the same birthday," she replies with a roll of her eyes. She damn well knows the consequences are higher now.

[bothbarrels]

"Just saying." He shrugs and moves to clear his dish. After that he'll grab his homework, just as expected.