You Set My Heart Aflutter (Dad/Tavros)

"Do love me some spice," Bro hummed.

"I know you do" Robert chuckled.

"You know, I've got a confession to make." Bro tipped his hat to a young lady holding the door open for them at the entrance.

"Thank you miss" Robert smiled. "Oh? and what is that?"

Bro waited until Robert was outside in front of the airport with him before answering. "I didn't come all this way to discuss spices with you."

"I had no idea" Robert replied in mock surprise.

"Not to say that I wouldn't go to great lengths to discuss cooking with you. I would light every one of my fireworks and rocket my kitchen sink to the moon if it meant I could get my hands on that pear pie recipe of yours," Bro chuckled. "Seriously though, you and Tav. Could you run it by me again on just how the ever-lovin' Christ that even happened?"

"It was a mis-understanding" Robert sighed.

"I figured. You pick up those kinds of signals like a broken satellite." Bro looked out across the massive parking lot for Robert's car. "From what I've gathered from his chats with my lil bro on skype, Tav's had a grade A, major high school crush on you for some time, Rob."

Robert sighed. "How could I not notice?"

"To be fair, Tav doesn't really seem like the type of guy who knows how to put those kinds of feelings into action," Bro admitted. "As the evidence already tells us."

Robert sighed again. "I didn't mean to lead him on"

Bro pat Mr. Egbert on the shoulder. "I'm sure you didn't."

"I get the feeling that you're getting a kick from this" Robert frowned.

"I'd do no such thing," Bro snorted. "I'm here for both of you. We're gonna work through this."

"If you say so" Robert replied, climbing into his car.

Bro slid into the passenger's seat after his door was unlocked, placing his belongings at his feet. "I do say so. Vigorously so."

"What exactly do you have in mind though?"

"That's for me to know and for you to find out later." More like for Bro to figure out and act accordingly later.

Robert rolled his eyes. "And where do you plan on sleeping?"

Bro gave him a shrug, having presumed that Dad would just offer up the couch as per usual. "Dunno. The floor, kitchen counter, coffee table? Maybe I'll bunk with you and we could have a pajama party. Maybe Tav's got room in his bed for one more."

"I want to repurpose the den into a room for him." Robert stated suddenly. "The stairs are so steep, I worry he's not going to be able to make it up them one day."

"Better yet, why not move him into your room? We both know he'd love it in there." Bro cleared his throat. "Really though, the den sounds like a great idea. Poor guy's dealt with enough tumbles as it is." And this was coming from the same guy who deliberately ninja kicked his brother down the stairs. Whatever, he trained Dave to be able to take a hit. He wouldn't even consider putting someone like Tav through that high caliber of a strife unless he knew he could handle it.

"The only problem is the downstairs bathroom doesn't have a tub. I don't know if he'd be comfortable using the master bath." Robert stated.

"Could try installing some handles on there so he can help himself in," Bro suggested. "Maybe get a step stool that can latch onto the tub for when he needs to get in or out. I'm not sure how you have things set up upstairs."