BARTENDING

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*Bernard. In the bar.

At the Bar.

Taking orders.

Imagine that.*

[ooc: Clarice gets a flat in the Staff Wing; Tom Riddle gets a scotch and an update on Bernard's love life, which is rather awesome; Sunny is imperious and snuggly and calls Bernard Daddy for the first time; Tony is depressed (OMG SHOCK AND AWE); Ace is seduced away from Tim with Vegetable Korma; Tim and Bernard talk about Security issues, including Faith and Barty Crouch, and Bernard pricks at Tim's conscience without meaning to; Laini is over-friendly; Q offers his services in the future; the Trips get cockroaches and a knife; Ginny's just plain nice and talkative; and Raph and Bernard talk about EVERYTHING (definitely worth a read).]

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[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Oh?

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“Michelle and I, we set a date to meet outside the bar in the future, but we’re, ah, more concerned that neither of us are in the same continuum as the other.”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Oh, shit.

That's a problem.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“It is. And if she’s not…if she’s not there when we’re supposed to meet…I don’t know what I’m gonna do.” His voice breaks a little.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*He sighs*

Why can't you just live here together?

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“We could and we probably want to, but…I know we’re gonna have to leave here eventually and I don’t want to go back to a world without her.”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Well.

I mean.

I won't be leaving.

Who's to say you will?

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“You have a point. But…” He shakes his head. “I don’t know. If she’s not the Michelle in my world then who is she? And if I’m not the Tony in her world then who am I?”

Existential angst. Stay far, far away, Bernard. It hurts Tony’s mun’s brain.

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been confronted with a Wife That Wasn't, so. After that, I just figured I'd do my best to be happy where I am.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

He nods. “I guess. And if it does come down to it I think I will have to stay in the bar…I’ll just need a job because I don’t think I’ll ever bring myself to do the one I have outside the bar.”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Well, we just built a new stable.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“Afraid I don’t know that much about horses.”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Shit.

And you wouldn't be the most comfortable bartending...

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“Well, that’s what I do now outside the bar.”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Oh?

*He looks worried*

How's that going?

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“Pretty good. It’s just things that have happened in the bar have got me a little preoccupied, is all.” He pauses. “Hey, have you seen a woman named Kim Bauer anywhere in the bar? She’s real petite, has blonde hair…I’m not sure if you ever saw her before but she’s a good friend of mine and she’s missing.”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't met her; may have seen her in the past, though.

Did she go home, do you think?

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“That’s what we’re thinking. I hope that’s the case. Anyway, I shouldn’t be bothering you with my sob stories. Everything going all right with you?”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

*He laughs*

Everything's disturbingly good. Sunny's growing like a weed, Nymphadora and I are happy.

It's weird.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

He grins. “Yeah, things get like that sometimes. Who’s Sunny?”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Our adoptive daughter.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“How old is she?”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

We think she's about two. Come to think about it, we need to pick a birthday for her. She's too little to remember her real one.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

“You met her in the bar, right?”

[the-woodpecker.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she showed up in December or so. Tom and Door took her in, but they couldn't handle her, so Nymphadora and I decided to give it a shot.

*He smiles.*

She's pretty well ours, now.