Nov. 17th, 2023

coprime_recs: Chouji and Shikamaru on a roof cloud-watching (Default)
Belonging (Della-Louie-Donald | G | 4,124 words): Huey gets injured, and Donald and Della have to take him to the doctor. This is a great look at Della and her struggles with how to be a mom after she's missed so much of her children's lives.

Excerpt:
"I'll, uh… eat later. I was looking for Uncle Donald. He wasn't on the houseboat."

"Oh, he's helping Uncle Scrooge in the attic!"

"Which attic?"

"The one with no kids living in it and lotsa boxes. We're gonna see what stuff of mine is up there! I guess Uncle Scrooge kept my room the way it was for a while, but after Mrs. B. became the housekeeper, he had her pack everything up. I was just gonna go find you and your brothers to see if you wanna help!"

"Yeah… coooool… Good idea, Mom! You find Huey and Dewey, and I'll go straight up to the attic…" He inched his way to the left as he spoke, and she knew he was going to turn and run for it – as much as he hated running – as soon as he was done speaking. It was like he was trying to hide his left side from her… and wasn't his mosquito bite from the night before on his left shin? The bite that got so puffy so quickly?

"How's your mosquito bite, by the way?" she asked just as he turned.