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Dear Diary...

Steph sighs and puts her diary back down on her lap. She's watching Hana and Loo play out in front of the farmhouse. They're happily occupied with seeing who can cough the biggest fireball, and Steph is, therefore, lightly scorched. Luckily, the girls are more excited by explosions these days than by burning people, and they're now contentedly playing with each other.

Steph's smiling at them, because they're adorable. But that's all she has to smile about. The journal on her lap is still blank, and she's chewing her pen thoughtfully. (She has not yet noticed that she's chewed through the end and therefore now has a blue ink-stained lip. It's the newest fashion, bb.)

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His laugh is automatic, just like the way he reaches to finger her jeans, grinning. "Oh crap, you didn't get burned, though, did you?"

As for Hana getting good control, his littlest niece gets a bigger grin. He's so proud of them sometimes he could burst.

"Nope, I dodge quick." Steph grins. "And they're really careful most of the time."

She wants him to talk about it, because he always feels better after talking things out - but not if she forces him to. Besides, how would she start that conversation, anyway? So you just set fire to your undead sister who killed people... how does that feel?

Nnnnnnnnno. She'll just be extra cuddly instead and make sure he knows she'll be here when he wants to.

"I'm on duty 'cause Dean dropped by again." Which gets a grin for all the sex Mel's probably having.

Sokka nods and accepts the extra cuddly. Steph is never really subtle about it but he never really minds. It bothers him that she's upset but she doesn't try to force him to talk and he appreciates that.

And he never minds an armful of Steph.

The reasons for her babysitting are reacted to with a sigh and an eyeroll, though. "I guess she must have seen him after I did. How long have you been watching the twins?"

How long does he have before it's safe to enter the bunker again.

"Ah, we'll give them a little longer," Steph says, grinning fondly. "She could use some unwinding."

"Unca!" shouts Loo, having spotted her hapless victim, and Hana turns and beams too. "Unca! Unca!" Then Sokka has two sturdy toddlers slamming into him and demanding attention, talking over each other excitedly and lapsing into twin every so often.

Which gives Sokka about half a second to wrinkle his nose at Mel's 'unwinding.'

Then he's in a twinpile, laughing and tossing Loo up in the air while Hana climbs up into his lap, switching them over and tossing Hana while Loo clambers up onto his shoulders and is shortly more of a jungle gym than a family member, really.

Steph thinks these shenanigans are best ever, and is perfectly content to sit and watch and tickle the occasional protruding limb.

The girls think Sokka is the best jungle gym EVER.

"Lookit me bend, Unca!" Loo demands eventually, disentangling herself and running back to the lightly scorched area where they've been practicing.

"No, mee!" Hana gives chase, climbing off Sokka's head and running so fast after Loo that she nearly falls over on her little baby butt.

"No meeeeee!"

"Meeeeeeee!"

Steph steals the opportunity to muss Sokka's hair up some more, giggling.

Sokka smirks and bats at his girlfriend's playful hands while his nieces scream at each other.

"I want to watch both of you!" he exclaims when his hair is safe again, grinning at the twins. "But I want to watch one at a time so I don't miss anything!"

He holds his arms out and nods for Hana to come to him. "C'mere, Tiny, let's let Bigger go first."

Hana beams, deciding that she's clearly getting the better deal here, and runs back to Sokka to tackle him and start trying to climb up his shoulders. Loo looks slightly pouty, but then realises that this means she gets to show off and promptly starts doing so. Complete with "HURR!" Firebending Noises.

Steph is laughing, half in and half out of Sokka's lap, and she slides down to avoid Hana's kicking legs and to watch Loo from a comfortable sprawl with her head on his legs. These are definitely the people she belongs with, the people who make her happiest, and Babs can just suck it up and deal. So there.

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