sunflowers | CLOSED
♞ ▌ Nile's days off at the Dawk Compound weren't the kind that most would imagine. One could argued that he didn't more work when he was at home than he ever did anywhere near the office. He could vouch to say the same thing if he really put his mind to it. Who knew that managing his little family unit took more effort than babysitting an army. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
Regardless, he had made plans for this afternoon. So had Marie apparently when she became all huffy with her husband over the fact that she needed to attend some stupid knitting circle meeting in town. Okay, whatever. She was knocked up again and by the third time around he knew better than to try reasoning with her when she had her mind set on something that wasn't sticking around the house and handling their two other spawn. Therefore, day off meant Dad Time and that was both fantastic and terrible. Terrible in the sense that all he wanted to do was catch up on his sleep and being unable to, and fantastic in... Well, Nile liked spending actual time with his kids. He wasn't Dad Of The Year material but he did his best with what small fortune he was given.
And if anyone appreciated him with all of his blunders and faults, it was his blissfully unaware children who didn't have to know how much of a fuck-up Daddy could be on a normal basis or the harshness of the world he tried to shield them from. He could take all of reality's punches because he didn't feel that they had to. Call it one of his last truly good deeds to have under his belt.
Anyway... Plans. Several weeks ago, the Commander had found it prudent to invite a certain Scout over for a little time with his wife and his kids. Well, with Marie out for the day, it looked like it would be her, himself, and the latter. Mikasa wouldn't mind hopefully. It was probably awkward as Hell to be visiting a higher-up's house like this in the first place. He'd see what disaster would await them in a minute here...