Just a little AU/AH drabble I wrote for kcfanficweek on Tumblr :) Enjoy!

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Caroline had to keep herself from rubbing her eyes while chopping the onions, not wanting to sting her eyes. She sniffled, trying to hold back the tears the onions were threatening to cause. They were having the family over for dinner tonight, and Caroline had several courses to prepare. Of course, everyone was each going to bring some food along to contribute to the meal, but Caroline wanted to be as hospitable as possible – as per usual – and yes, she wanted to show off her cooking skills in this new recipe for roast pork she had found.

"Jamie Oliver, you genius. I love you." She said as she scooped up the onions and added them to the bessemer pot along with the other ingredients and the pork itself.

"You wound me, sweetheart. I thought you loved me."

She laughed light-heartedly when she heard his response as soon as he walked into the kitchen.

"Yes well Jamie is helping me cook, and you aren't, so therefore I currently love Jamie Oliver more. Help me out here, Klaus."

He stepped behind the counter where Caroline was putting the roast in the oven and put his hands in his jeans pockets. "What do you want me to do then, love?"

"Well you can start by washing and drying the dishes in the sink, then setting the table." She said and closed the oven door before wiping her hands on her apron. "While you do that, I'm going to prepare a cake batter."

Caroline set to work on making the cake batter while Klaus took his position at the sink, not exactly appearing like he was enjoying cleaning the dirty dishes. He mumbled something about getting a dishwasher and Caroline rolled her eyes silently at him.

They had been married for almost eleven years now, their son Hunter almost on the brink of turning ten. Caroline had fallen pregnant with Hunter in the first year of their marriage, and though it might have been a shock to others, it was a pleasant surprise to them. Needless to say, he brought the couple even closer than what they originally were, if that was even possible.

After a few minutes, Caroline furrowed her brows. "Where's Hunter? I haven't heard a word from him all afternoon." Hunter was never silent. He was always a ball of energy. Caroline liked to call him her little pocket rocket, but he sure wasn't acting like one in that moment.

"He's outside in the backyard playing with that basketball hoop of his." Klaus said simply. "I was out there with him before."

Caroline would usually have encouraged her son to go outside and play rather than run around the house, but instead, Caroline's eyes widened.

"Please don't tell me you let him run around out there in his clean clothes. I just ironed them not even two hours ago."

Klaus turned to give Caroline a sidelong glance and bit down on his bottom lip, giving her a look that said oh shit, which was all Caroline needed to know to lose it.

"You did let him! Oh my God, Niklaus, I told you to do one thing, and that was to keep an eye on him, and you couldn't even do that."

He held his hands up in surrender as Caroline whipped him in the side with the tea towel. "Ouch! Hey, I wanted to play some basketball with him too, so –"

"You can wash, dry and iron your own clothes from now on then." She said pointedly at him and gestured to the back door. "Go get him, and if he is dirty, go get him to change into something clean. Please. Everyone is going to be here in an hour and a half."

"Okay, okay. Calm down. No need to go all neurotic control freak again, love." He teased and she whipped him with the tea towel again, only for Caroline to receive a smack on the arse as he passed by. She squealed and he laughed as he ducked through the door and dodged another possible hit from Caroline.

Caroline shook her head and rolled her eyes as she went back to making the cake batter. Once she finished making the batter, she started pouring it into the baking tin, only to furrow her brows when she heard commotion coming from the lounge room.

"What the…?"

She put the tray down and headed over to the lounge room, the voices and noise now becoming more distinguishable. She folded her arms as she leaned against the door frame, watching both her son and husband playing some war game on the XBOX.

"I thought I asked you to get him ready." She said to Klaus, but he kept his attention on the game.

"Yes, well he is ready, and so am I. And since you like being in charge of the cooking ad have a thing for Jamie Oliver's taste buds, I thought I'd leave you to it and have some father-son bonding time."

"Yeah. Dad and I are playing." Hunter said, joining in. "This is a boy's game, so you need to leave, Mum. Girls aren't supposed to play or watch these games. You might get scared."

"I married your father, carried you for nine months and went through childbirth. That was scary. This game has the fright factor of a rainbow compared to that."

Klaus turned to Caroline and gestured largely with his arms. "We aren't that bad."

Caroline laughed. "You want to make a bet?"

"You love us, Mum." Hunter cut in again, and Caroline gave him a fond look. It was easy to say that he got his quick remarks from Klaus and his occasional sarcasm from Caroline.

Caroline walked over to them behind the lounge, placing a kiss on the top of Hunter's head and stealing a kiss from Klaus.

"As much as you both annoy me sometimes," she said and Hunter grinned; once again, something he had gotten form his father, "yes, I do love you both."

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