This is inspired by an NCIS fic called "Through the Eyes of Our Children" by Sophie Ranier. If you like NCIS and haven't read it, I advise you to check it out, it's very good!
This is in the same universe as the oneshots I have/will be posting for M*A*S*H. I'd love to hear what you think.
Enjoy!
Christina x
XOXOXOX
Like Him, Like Her
Susan 'Susie' Pierce, 14
Eldest child of Hawkeye Pierce and Margaret Houlihan
Everyone says I'm just like my dad. Yeah, I look like him, a blind man could see that. Same hair colour (before his went grey), same height, same nose. And our grins. Man, I bet if you took a picture of just our grins, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. They're more alike than my twin brothers.
And I guess we are pretty similar when it comes to our personalities too. We both love jokes. When I was little dad would sit for hours telling me jokes. They were all pretty terrible. We have a thing for terrible jokes. I'm pretty easy going but have a hell of a temper. But I'm neat, really neat, and dad's so... not. Mom's always telling him that they don't live in a pigsty and it wouldn't kill him to tidy up once in a while and this isn't the swamp so he can't leave everything lying everywhere.
Mom especially is always saying that I'm like him. "You're just like your father." That's her exact words. I kid you not. Sometimes she says them laughing or fondly, usually though it's when I've annoyed her. Which I kinda do a lot. Not on purpose, it just seems to be a natural talent. I know she loves me though.
But you see, the thing is, dad doesn't think I'm like him at all.
Dad's always saying "You're just like your mother" or "You're too like your mother". And I'm not. Not that there's anything wrong with mom, there's not, I love her. But I'm not like her. I'm not really like dad either. I'm my own person. Well, I think I am anyway.
But if she says I'm just like him and he says I'm just like her, what does that say about them?