Thread: Father, son, and kitten. Characters: Anthony Stark NPCs: Howard Stark Location: Outside, near the athletic fields. Timeline: Friday 18 November 2011 Description: Howard comes upon Anthony playing with his kitten outside. The two talk. Or yell. Or something. Rating: No doubt there will be PG-13 swearing.
Anthony was ruining his clothes. Again.
It was a certainty around Sir Pounce-A-Lot the kitten. No matter how many times Anthony trimmed her claws, Linus always seemed to be pointy. It was a warm fall day, so Anthony had taken Linus out to play in the leaves. The groundskeeper had piled a lot of them up from the athletic field, and Anthony and Linus were making a mess. There really was something fun about a big pile of crackling autumn leaves, and Linus's enthusiasm for leaping into them was infectious. Soon Anthony was climbing around in them as well, wrestling with the kitten and giggling.
Finally, he just flopped down in the leaves. He was breathing hard—he lost his breath easily these days—but that didn't really bother him. It was nice just to play for a while. Not think about things.
Linus climbed over the leaves to affectionately chew on his hair. "Menace," he scolded her affectionately, reaching up to give her a scritch.