Tooth is an Awesome Mom
"Jackson Overland Frost, you get down here this minute young man!"
Jack freezes, as does North, not that she is paying any attention to him, both of them gaping at her with open mouths and wide eyes.
"Now, young man." she says sternly yet more quietly, pointing to a spot right in front of her.
Jack glides down, his face averted not able to meet her eyes. He lands, looking away, and she sighs, then gently pulls his chin to meet her serious expression.
"We've talked about this before, Sweet Tooth," she says sternly.
His eyes dart away.
"I know, Tooth. I'm sorry." She gently shakes his chin to get his eyes back to hers. "I'm not the one you should be apologizing to, am I?"
"No," he says.
"Good lad," she says approvingly, and then turns the winter spirit to face North. Jack looks down obviously ashamed and starts to fidget.
"I'm sorry for ruining all of those toys, North. I really didn't mean to."
"Oh Jack." North sighs, letting go of his astonishment of how well Tooth handled him while also addressing the young spirit. "It iz big mess, but not one that cannot be fixed." He smiles at the boy. "Thank you for zee apology, my boy. I forgive you." Jack looks up at him with a grateful grimace, then looks down again until Tooth clears her throat, causing him to turn back to look at her.
"Alright, Jack." She says calmly with a firm edge. "Why don't you head to your room, and North will be there to talk with you soon about how you can help fix it over the next few weeks. I think it is only fair if you stay here until this situation is fixed, don't you?
"Yes Tooth," is barely heard from the bent head of the young spirit, before he dejectedly flys off to his room.
The door shuts behind him, and all is silent. North takes a deep breath, and then yells out in shock and incredulity-
"How did you DO that? How did you get zee boy to listen?!"
The Queen of Memories reels sharply to face the elder Cossack, her eyes shooting glares. "I showed him I cared about him, North! That I wasn't just angry, but that I could be calm and talk with him, instead of just at him."
"Oh." North looks down embarrassed. "I can zee how zat would make all zee difference."
"And that is exactly what you are going to do when you talk with him!" she says heatedly. "He is a child, North, 300 years or not, he needs to know that we are here for him even when, especially when he screws up!" she finishes exasperatedly.
North stares at her as if coming to a new realization, and she growls lightly at the obliviousness of some of the so-called adults.
"So go show him that he is loved and forgiven, even as he still has to fix his mistake!" she says, pointing towards the door that their youngest member exited a few moments ago.
North jumps slightly as if coming out of a stupor and looks at her in shock.
"Vat, Now?!"
"Yes North. Now."
Tbc...
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