Babysitter's Club

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[catchacold]

"For all you know I meet him all the time. But yeah, I don't know. He just likes the name, don't you? Twinkle star." Not surprising, given how much he loved the song.

"You're not a dumbass, Axel. You're an artist. That cake you made the other night? It was beautiful." Hartley laughed at the face Axel pulled and shrugged. "Don't like the licking?" There was something endearing about Axel being freaked out by a puppy. "Once some guy was making his dogs attack me, but I got them to stop." Homelessness, not a fond memory there.

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Teddy started to sing it and hell, Mick loved him so he sang it too as he flipped pancakes and watched his boy, even doing the hand gestures for Leonard like Hart had taught him. Twinkly hands and up into the sky.

"It was pretty cool. The cake, I mean. It tasted pretty good." Axel was starting to get really good at making cakes. He moved his hand away from the puppy and held it close as if he'd been mauled, eyeing the mutt curiously. "I don't trust dogs. One of my foster families had a dog and it was a horrible thing. Used to chase me up the stairs. Bit me a few times."

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"You two could take this show on the road." Leonard leaned in and kissed Teddy's cheek. "All right, I gotta go. I'll eat my pancake when I get back and I'll try not to wake you."

"It was delicious. Everything you make is delicious." With a frown he pulled Ash closer to himself, petting his head again gently. "I'm sorry, Axel, that's awful. But keep in mind that dogs are always just a reflection of how they've been treated. Even more than people."

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"See you in a bit. Don't be out too long." Mick warned as he lifted his boy up and waved at Leonard, encouraging Teddy to do the same. As Teddy and Mick waved Leonard away, Mic headed over to Axel and dumped Teddy in his arms before he could even protest. He was the only one not holding stuff or cooking stuff. "Watch Teddy. Do. Not. Drop. Him."

"You say that every time, I've never dropped him." Axel huffed as he bounced Teddy on his knee, ignoring him as he still sung twinkle twinkle little star. "I know that, Hart. I guess dogs make me uneasy now. I get they're not all bad. Ash seems cool. He's a cute pup."