75 Godiva, Sunday morning

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If Parker had been any less than 100% enthusiastic about having Archie around, Eliot would have happily let him spend the whole weekend getting room service at the Arms.

But Archie was, however grudgingly, family. Which meant he got an invite to the small family brunch Eliot planned for Nana. And -- well, honestly, the old guy was pretty fun, once you got past the whole "could have been so much better for Parker growing up" thing. He had some amazing stories about his days at the top of his game. Eliot's favorite was the one about thwarting Nate the one time IYS sicced him on him.

And, well. Eliot wouldn't trade getting to see both his partners happily interacting with their family for the world.

[for the team and guests, and likely a lot of slowplay]

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[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Parker was still beaming happily, and now telling Archie about turning into a ferret.

"...so I missed most of Christmas, but we did all the presents and food after I was back, and I can remember playing in the snow which was amazing." She paused and added, "And Hardison can't turn into anything this Halloween, because I think we should all go as the Three Musketeers. That would be harder if he were a teddy bear."

[almostcarygrant.livejournal.com]

Archie was out on the porch, sipping his drink, and getting his head around what he'd just figured out, so that there wouldn't be any awkwardness. Really, he quite liked Hardison (and the fact that he could intimidate him was an amusing bonus), and it wasn't that he disliked Spencer. It was just...

He wondered what Ford thought about the situation, then immediately shut that speculation down as futile and tiresome.