Author's Name: Laurie Q

Title of Story: Tread Softly

Type of Story: AU

Rating of Story: G

Characters in Story: F, J, Ca

Warnings: none

Plot Blurb: Joe, and some soup, offer an apology to an injured Frank

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In the midst of the disaster a flour dusted version of her brother-in-law was peering at a handful of something, apparently debating whether or not it was okra. “Joseph Hardy, I can see where Vanessa wouldn’t let you do this at home, but what have you done to my house?!”

“Sorry, Callie.  Frank wanted the gumbo soup, so I tried to get it started, but I swear I think there were less steps to the D-Day invasion and, well, I…is this or is it not, okra?”

Callie smiled in spite of herself.  “It is.  Why don’t you work on clean up and I’ll take over the soup? Let me check on the walking wounded and I’ll be right back.  I wouldn’t have gone out at all with him like this, but we were out of ibuprofen and Frank wanted a replacement stair tread.”

“Thanks, Cal.  You’re not mad at me?”

She raised an eyebrow, puzzled.  “No.  Should I be?”

He didn’t tell her.  I hang him out to dry and he still covers for me, and here I am grousing over stewing a little soup…

Special Notes:  A bit of fluff that wouldn’t go away while I was writing something else.  Hopefully funny, in that sibling sort of way…

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