nextgen_misc (nextgen_misc) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-06-21 00:42:00

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antaeus, anya stark, awesome andrea, griffen o'niell, holiday, inactive - qamar, kalypso, kristoff vernard, misha loganovich, npc - stature, sammy fury, svalin, tsunami, vincent vernard

Honor Thy Father (Father's Day Post open)
"He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." Clarence Budington Kelland

"It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father." - Pope John XXIII

"Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development." ~ David Gottesman

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anyastark
2009-06-21 06:09 am UTC (link)

Anya and James had talked about what to do for Father's Day, but neither of them could come up with something. Mom had given them a suggestion and it seemed like something that would work.

A day at a racetrack driving cars at ridiculous speeds. Just Anya, James and Tony. Mom would sit this one out.

Anya also had a case of beer and a box of Cubans sent to Logan. She loved her father, but he wasn't the only male who had an impact on her life. Jarvis got a sworn statement that she would never ever use a kitchen appliance without his direct supervision and a box of his favorite tea. Uncle Steve and Uncle Rhodey got appropriate gifts as well. Nothing big, just something they would like and showed that she valued them in her life.

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staturity
2009-06-21 08:06 am UTC (link)

Cassie hated Father's Day.

Father's Day meant bringing out the few pictures she had of Nate (ones she had taken from surveillance footage and printed out) and putting it in the living room as a gentle reminder to Scotty that he did have a father. It meant talking to her son to tell him that just because his father wasn't there didn't mean that he didn't love him or that he wasn't wanted.

And it meant not telling Scotty that his father was now a time traveling super villain.

She wasn't looking forward to the day when Scotty was old enough that he couldn't be distracted from asking the tough questions by the prospect of a special boys night out with his grandfather.

Cassie ran her fingers over the photograph's frame.

Nate looked so young.

"I wish you were here." She said softly. "You'd be proud of him."

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discardedheir
2009-06-22 02:38 am UTC (link)

Kristoff spent most of the day in his lab. He was aware of the...little holiday going on, but would if for some reason asked -- which of course he generally wasn't -- calmly say he hadn't seen Nathaniel in years, and had never heard the man acknowledge their biological connection anyway, so it was doubly irrelevant.

It wasn't as if he had any rights to any other fathers or children.

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staturity
2009-06-26 05:21 am UTC (link)

Cassie didn't have long but she managed to sneak away from her father and son. Scotty had drawn something for Kristoff for father's day. It was just a bunch of scribbles, really, but he had labeled the scribbles as "me," "Mom," "Grandpa," and "Kristof."

Well, even if he didn't spell Kristoff's name right it was still adorable in Cassie's eyes.

Since she didn't have time to talk she taped the drawing on the door and quickly left.

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	discardedheir 2009-06-26 05:30 am UTC (link)
	This was perhaps the first time in history that Kristoff Vernard did not care about someone's getting something wrong about his name. When he opened the door to get something and saw that, he melted. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	notinplainsight 2009-06-21 09:32 am UTC (link)
	Father's Day was always bittersweet for Kalypso. She didn't know her father and she didn't know if she ever would meet him, but she didn't let the day get her down. Instead, Father's Day was spent with her mother. They shopped in the morning, had lunch and then caught a movie. It was always a good way to spend Father's Day. (Reply to this)

quitethecharmer
2009-06-22 05:12 am UTC (link)

Vincent had no father he wished to see, but there were a select few men that had devoted much to his upbringing, and that were his family.

A box of cigars and 40 year scotch for Grimm.

A re-upholstering in leather with heat-proofing magical treatments for Storm's latest car.

For Richards, an iTunes season pass for the Colbert Report, and the collected recordings of Tom Lehrer.

And for his older brother, a home-cooked meal of all his favorites. Made entirely by hand, with no magical or high scientific aid. With the added gift of volunteering to baby-sit Scotty for an evening of his choice, so he could have an evening with Cassandra.

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	discardedheir 2009-06-22 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Kristoff --who had raised an eyebrow but willingly fronted the money for some of the other gifts -- was very touched and appreciative and very very glad that his absolute favorites were all simple enough not to require too much cooking. He knew Vincent had never had the patience to learn to do so particularly well. (Reply to this)(Parent)

sammyfury
2009-06-22 05:44 am UTC (link)

Sammy had the best dad in the world. Father's Day was just an extra reason to hang out with the old man.

She would arrive at their favorite place for breakfast and talk over full plates of steak and eggs and drink cup after cup of coffee poured by a waitress named Flo who'd flirt with Nick. Sammy would give Nick a wrapped box of cigars and a sappy card. Sappy cards are a requirement for two such non-sappy people.

They'd cover all the recent events - the godlings' arrival, the recent attack on the Avengers mansion, the club fiasco, the hydrobase, and Mikel. She wouldn't mention the pictures of her being kissed by a girl at an alternative club on Sarah's farewell tour, or the clock face tattoo on her hip. She wouldn't make Dad tense over mentioning guys. Guy. Even if he had surveillance pictures in her file.

She would make him laugh, and Nick would pretend he didn't already know about everything she was telling him, and what she wasn't telling him.

They had to save some topics to discuss on Sammy's birthday.

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sandcastlegod
2009-06-22 06:18 am UTC (link)

Cait and Corey had called Dad, and talked for some time. Corey had made a rather complicated promise. To call Grandpa William and talk long enough that Bobby could leave a message wishing his father well without having to hear for an hour all of the things wrong with living half the year in South America of All Places.

Corey did well and did it cheerfully, managing to engage his grandfather on the subjects of American sculpture and aspects of his intense interest in sustainable agriculture that didn't have too many foreign locations named for quite some time.

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	_tsunami_ 2009-06-22 06:33 am UTC (link)
	Cait talked Dad and made the same promise to talk to Grandpa William. She kept that promise. She informed Grandpa William that she graduated from high school and that she was going to a community college here in New York in the fall. He seemed pleased at the news, but it was hard to tell. (Reply to this)(Parent)

awesome_andrea
2009-06-22 07:23 pm UTC (link)

In spite of her unusual origins, Andrea probably had one of the most normal Fathers' Days of the team. He had fretted, of course, when she spoke of their most recent adventure, but remained supporting of her choice to remain a super-hero. And he had very much enjoyed the tie she had purchased for him.

After that, it had been a private box at the Yankee's game, watching them rather soundly trounce the rival team.

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	shield_maiden 2009-06-22 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	A lot of things on Migard were very strange to Svalin, but some were just peculiar. She didn't quite understand why they needed a day to honor their fathers. Shouldn't one honor thine father everyday? (Reply to this)

mishaloganovich
2009-06-24 05:55 am UTC (link)

Father's Day this year had a little extra bonus in the form of David. Their traditional bike ride had to be adjusted until David got his own, which he suspected was on the list for his birthday.

Instead they piled into Logan's jeep and drove a couple of hours to cabin on a lake that Logan borrowed every so often. The afternoon was spent fishing off the dock and talking, having a few beers from the case of Logan's favorite that Misha brought as a gift, plenty of food from the diner up the road, and the traditional offering of a cigar (which Misha declined).

A good day with the guys.

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nightingalesong
2009-06-24 05:32 pm UTC (link)

Qamar looks out on the night sky, looking up to the moon. He's left Nightingale behind, in the lab.

And he remembers the last time he spoke with his father. A report on grades from his first quarter of college. Minor and incidental talk. He held off on telling his father that he was questioning being a Muslim.

Then he remembered the phone call the following day.

The report of the suicide bombing. Once of the first in Egypt in a long time. And among the dead?

His father. A man who did no harm to anyone, who was just at the store to buy food.

Everything that has happened since was because of that incident. Everything. That's what led to that encounter in the desert. That's what led to Nightingale becoming such a major part of his life.

He looks to the moon.

"Thank you, Father," he whispers in Arabic.

Quietly, he turns to descend back to the lab. Nightingale needs him.

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madscienceman
2009-06-25 01:37 am UTC (link)

Griffen was never one for such things like Father's day. Not since he was a boy who thought what he saw as impossible things now. He did though decide to acknowledge people this year.

A good new work smock for his grandfather and a six pack of his favorite beer. He ended up being talked into sharing half of that.

For a well loved professor who took him under his wing he brought him a new coffee cup and a new pair of goggles fitted to be comfortable.

Then he chose to pretend his father wasn't real.

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