Because Nat wanted me to expand on the drabble. With thanks to delga. I don't own Mac or Stella; I do own Calista.
Ice Cream Breaks
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i. tidy
'Everything's connected', he'd always maintained. It was his motto; through good and bad it was something he always stuck by. Stella often wondered if Mac was her motto, because no matter what happened, she always stood by him through thick and thin. He repeated the phrase again when three-year-old Calista bounded into the kitchen, green eyes shining, curly pigtails bouncing, and knocked over a carton of milk. Stella comforted their whimpering daughter and informed her that there's no use crying over spilled milk, and Mac talked about Quantum Physics while tidying the mess and trying to keep the dog away.