"Trading Favors Family"
Summary: Bud saved Mattie's homework, so now Harm and Mattie have to hold up their end of the bargain.
Note: This is a follow-up to the previous flash-fic in the series (and alludes to Plumbing 101 at the end). Trading Spaces and its family- oriented spin-off inspired the title, not that this has anything to do with redecorating...
Disclaimer: Harm, Mac, etc. are not mine, so don't sue me because I have an imagination and too much free time. And I still don't own Trading Spaces, nor Trading Spaces Family.
Written 18 March 2004
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"Wasn't Harm supposed to be the baby-sitter?" Harriet asked Mattie while she happily cuddled her eight-month-old after an entire weekend away.
"He owed Bud because of me, so I was obligated to help," the teenager shrugged. "It was a good thing I was here, too, because Jimmy would scream any time Harm held him. He wouldn't have survived without me and Jennifer."
"Jennifer is here, too?"
"She was. She watched Jimmy for a little while so I could get some homework done."
"That was nice of her."
"Yeah," Mattie agreed. "You know, I think it really bothered Harm that Jimmy wouldn't warm up to him. But he covered it up by spoiling AJ with attention."
"I'm sure AJ loved having someone's undivided attention all weekend," Harriett admitted.
"Especially after flushing some dirty socks down the toilet," Mattie snickered.
"He didn't!" Harriett looked sufficiently appalled at her son's behavior.
"Don't worry. Harm's good at fixing toilets."
Summary: Bud saved Mattie's homework, so now Harm and Mattie have to hold up their end of the bargain.
Note: This is a follow-up to the previous flash-fic in the series (and alludes to Plumbing 101 at the end). Trading Spaces and its family- oriented spin-off inspired the title, not that this has anything to do with redecorating...
Disclaimer: Harm, Mac, etc. are not mine, so don't sue me because I have an imagination and too much free time. And I still don't own Trading Spaces, nor Trading Spaces Family.
Written 18 March 2004
*****
"Wasn't Harm supposed to be the baby-sitter?" Harriet asked Mattie while she happily cuddled her eight-month-old after an entire weekend away.
"He owed Bud because of me, so I was obligated to help," the teenager shrugged. "It was a good thing I was here, too, because Jimmy would scream any time Harm held him. He wouldn't have survived without me and Jennifer."
"Jennifer is here, too?"
"She was. She watched Jimmy for a little while so I could get some homework done."
"That was nice of her."
"Yeah," Mattie agreed. "You know, I think it really bothered Harm that Jimmy wouldn't warm up to him. But he covered it up by spoiling AJ with attention."
"I'm sure AJ loved having someone's undivided attention all weekend," Harriett admitted.
"Especially after flushing some dirty socks down the toilet," Mattie snickered.
"He didn't!" Harriett looked sufficiently appalled at her son's behavior.
"Don't worry. Harm's good at fixing toilets."