sith_happened | Anakin's office, Saturday morning

You know, most days, Atton prided himself on not being the walking, flouncing, cloak-dropping pile of melodrama that Anakin Skywalker was. He really did. If you were going to be a Jedi, at least you could try and keep the pompous grandstanding and the hissy fits out of your daily routine, right? Right.

Of course, there were always situations that required a different approach.

Like situations that started with him being kicked out of bed by a broody 11-year-old at seven in the morning.

That? That warranted a certain level of melodrama. Specifically, the level of melodrama he was about to display right about... now.

He kicked Skywalker's door in.

He was wearing his nice durasteel-tipped boots.

Anakin	"What the FRELL, Atton?!" Anakin demanded, glaring hard: first at Atton, then at the giant coffee stain on his robes.
Atton	Atton rolled his eyes. He didn't have time for your melodrama, Skywalker. "You," he said flatly. "You're paternal. Allegedly. You deal with this." He gestured Very Pointedly at the general area behind the door.
Tebb	A tall, skinny kid with hair that needed a cut and a wry, cynical smile on his face, gave Anakin a wave. "Yo."
Anakin	"What."
Atton	"That's what I said," Atton ~~bitched~~ ~~complained~~ said. "I don't know how this happened. I don't want to know how this happened." He shot Tebb a look. "That's not an invitation to tell me."
Tebb	"When two Force-users who pretend not to be Jedi get really, really drunk together--" Tebb began, looking at his fingernails and pretending to be blase. Wasn't like this was all that different from how his dads normally interacted.
Atton	"What part of 'I don't want to know' don't you understand, kid?" Atton snapped. Did the kid absolutely have to be as much of a pain in the ass as he'd been at that age? ... or most ages afterwards? He glared at Anakin. "This is your fault."
Anakin	"How is this my fault?" Anakin replied. "He's your kid."
Atton	"Are you paying any attention at all?!" Atton demanded. "Do I need to kick your door down again just to wake you up?" He eyed Tebb. "Tell him your name, kid. Then please, please, please stay here."
Tebb	And since Tebb had gotten all of the unhelpful asshole genes. All. of. them, he replied, "Tebb."
Atton	It was a good thing Atton was upright and there was no flat surface nearby, or he would have hammered his head against it. "He's yours," he said, through gritted teeth. "Too. You can tell by how helpful he is!" Yeah, that was totally all Anakin.
Anakin	"Oh, please, you're twice as much of a pain in the ass as me! Ask anyone!" "I'll go," Tebb volunteered. "Conduct a poll." Anakin glared at him. "Funny."
Atton	"Anyway, let's get back to my original point, which is that I'm not dealing with this, and you claim to be a parent, so you're dealing with it instead. I got enough on my plate without the island messing with me." As opposed to Anakin, whose time clearly consisted largely of stomping around being dramatic at things, so he had plenty room on that plate.
Anakin	"I am a parent," Anakin said. "I don't fingerpaint pictures of aliens in my spare time or anything," he said, pointing to artwork Chris and Juliet made. "But you're not just walking out on this." Frowning, he corrected himself. "On him. Sorry, I hated when grownups spoke like my ears didn't work," he said to Tebb. Tebb. Must have been Atton's idea.
Atton	Atton rolled his eyes. "Nobody wants me to be a parent," he said. "Hell, nobody should've wanted my parents to be parents. So yes, I am most definitely walking out on this." Turning on his heel, as a matter of fact. Classy, Rand.
Tebb	Tebb pressed his lips together and glared at the back of Atton's head. "Not like I'm not used to this," he muttered.
Atton	"Oh, guilt tripping, now that's a new one," Atton muttered as he made it as far as the door. Stop arguing with the kid, Atton. Anakin never made the mistake of talking during his flounces.
Anakin	"It only works because you have a reason to feel guilty," Anakin called after him. "Jerk."
Atton	"Asshole!" Atton bellowed, and stalked into the hall. Yeah, he hadn't gotten any better at this in the past few years, go figure.
Anakin	Anakin reached into the Force to give him a Force-thwap to the back of the head, and made an apologetic face at Tebb. "Is it normally like this?" he asked. "Sometimes you guys start levitating stuff too," he said, sounding bored.