•They adopt deformed cats that no one else wants; so far they have a cat with no ears and two with a stub leg. Blitz likes to hold them like newborn babies and sing to them, Bandit lovingly calls them bastards, stinkmen, trash babies, etc.
The plate crashes to the ground and shatters instantly, the white porcelain sliding across the hardwood floor in all directions. Everyone jumps at the sudden noise; Jäger bangs his knee on the bottom of the table and lets forth a slew of curses which IQ quickly stops with a sharp hush. “Sorry, sorry,” Blitz mumbles sheepishly, shaking his head, “I don’t know what’s gotten into me.” IQ looks him over and can instantly tell what’s gotten into him; the kitchen is awfully empty without their fourth member. “Jäger, would you go grab the broom out of the closet? If it’s not in the one downstairs then it’s in the one beside the bathroom,” IQ asks with a perfect smile. “Why do I have to?” She catches his eye and gives him a hard look. “You said the one downstairs?” He asks with a nervous smile, already halfway out the door. “Yep. Thank you Jäger!” She turns to face Blitz, the man looking down at the littered floor with a blank look. Her eyes soften, shoulders falling with a sigh. He’s not looking very hot: his hair is greasy and hanging limply on his forehead, his eyes are red and dull with dark bags pulling his lids down, he seems subdued in every possible way; IQ hasn’t seen him smile in a couple days. “Blitz,” she prompts softly, the man slowly looking over at her with a crumbling expression. She opens her arms, and like a kicked puppy, he trudges over. And he’s much taller and much larger than her, but she still cradles him against her chest. He feels so fragile in her arms as she rubs his back. “I know, you must miss him.” She whispers and gets a wet reply back, “You couldn’t imagine.” A little smile stretches her lips, no she probably couldn’t. “Come on, sit down. You want me to make you a new plate?” She leads him to the table, rubs the underneath of his eyes with her thumbs. He gives her a small nod and she sets off to get him some new pancakes and fruit. When she returns, he’s fiddling with his phone; looking through his old messages. “Here. Do you know what day it is?” He takes the plate with a small thank you and picks up a strawberry. “Not really,” he admits, “Monday or something.” She shakes her head with a knowing smile, “It’s Thursday. Do you know what that means?” She gestures at his phone. The lack of sleep must be making him slow on the draw because he blankly looks at her with his mouth open dumbly. IQ can see the cogs in his brain moving, his face erupted in a wide smile and that bright look in his eyes returned full force. “He’s coming home,” he laughs, “he’s coming home!” Blitz jumps up, shoves a pancake in his mouth as an afterthought. “He’s coming home!” He repeats to a confused Jäger, who’s just walked in with the broom and is squeezed in a bear hug. Blitz disappears through the doorway, leaving Jäger to look between the spot where the other man just was and a smiling IQ. “Did he just remember Bandit is coming back today?” He asks while making his way to the table. “Yep,” she replies, watching the man take Blitz’s discarded plate of breakfast for himself. “Cool, I’m leaving. I’m not gonna be around to hear them fucking.” She huffs out a laugh; her boys were a handful, but she wouldn’t trade it for the world.