Connor had followed Hank into the gas station. He didn't need to stretch his legs, but it was less boring than just sitting in the car waiting (plus he could make sure Hank picked a snack that wasn't too unhealthy).
As they were waiting in line for the checkout, they came up to a shelf full of stuffed animals. A little dog with a big head and its tongue sticking out caught the android's eye. Something about how it looked made him... smile. He reached out and picked it up to look closer, trying to think of the appropriate word..
The line moved forward and Connor stayed where he was. Hank turned around to find out why. "Connor?"
Connor turned to Hank, a little smile still playing at the corners of his lips. "This is really cute," he said, showing Hank the toy.
The lieutenant looked down at it and back up at the happiness on Connor's face- he'd almost never seen the kid smile for this long before. Kid... he really was just a kid in a lot of ways, wasn't he?
Hank also started to smile, and a gleam entered his eyes, both amused and somehow excited. "Do you- want it?"
Connor looked up and blinked, then his head turned down to the little dog again. "It is really cute..." he reiterated.
"It's only a few bucks, wouldn't be any trouble."
Connor's head turned down to the adorable little stuffed animal again. "Okay," he said after only a moment's hesitation.
Once they were back on the road, Hank was constantly glancing over at his son in the passenger seat, watching him happily flopping the dog's ears and wagging its tail, practically grinning to himself. When he lifted the tongue and let it fall, wiggling back and forth, he even chuckled quietly. Hank had never seen him like this, and it made him have to fight off the urge to beam ear to ear. In some ways he really did have a kid in the house again.
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