Title: Close, but no cigar
Summary: Never make a bet and then side with Leo. At least in concerns to food.
Prompt: 8 "Cookies"
Timeline: Galaxy (Post-"Stolen Beauty"); Mike is 26, Leo is 21
"Are they supposed to look like this?" Maya puzzled over the object in her hand. Her expression was mirrored in the faces of Mike and the other Rangers as they examined the misshapen rabbit shaped cookies on the smooth platter that belonged to Leo and himself.
Just across from his were perfectly shaped rabbit head cookies that Kai and Kendrix made no more than a half-hour ago. Kai was looking particularly proud of his achievement, Mike regarded his brother, who looked like he'd come out of a battle with a monster from baking cookies, with bemused expression.
Leo tried not to look too defeated at the same time he pretended not to covet the perfect cookies that were Kai and Kendrix's. Damon took one bite of Leo's cookie and braced himself for the worse; the taste was somewhere between burnt coco and baking soda (though how that was even possible was beyond him).
Maya nibbled on the cookie and made a remark in a language they could assume was Mirian. Half of cup of milk later, Damon tried Kai and Kendrix's cookies, to which their delighted expression needed no description. With a decisive nod, Damon and Maya raised their mini-flags in favor of Kendrix and Kai. "The winners," Maya declared, dragging their plate of cookies over her side of the island.
Wordlessly, Mike and Leo fished out a combination of fifty dollars. Leo would be washing dishes for another two weeks, Mike had simply lost a couple dollars because he'd chosen to side with his brother.
