It's good food, but there are few things that can beat pizza. York smiles wide and takes the offered arm without hesitation and leads them out of the restaurant.
"My luck," Delta countered, smiling softly to himself. Best result to a blind date ever. He was going to have to get Omega to delete that posting for him though. Because of creepy man. He didn't want to deal with that again.
He grins as they head down the street. It rather is luck. For all their evenings could have respectively sucked what with him being stood up and Delta's date being a dick... This is pretty great.
"Here we go." He lets go of Delta's arm only to open the door to the pizza place open for him.
"Charming," Delta smiled as he headed through the door. Smiled and found himself a nice spot at a booth and gestured for York to join him. Beside each other or across he doesn't care. "Would you hate me if I ordered calzone?"
"I mean, it misses the point of pizza, but so much cheese," Delta smiled as he took a menu, basically a laminated bit of paper, to consider fillings with. "We can share it if you want."
"Well, I suppose you have the option of leftovers then," Delta gins, because hey, that isn't a bad investment, especially since York will still probably pay less for this date than the original one he was supposed to have.
"Seems fair," he smiles, because yeah, it does. But for now he's just happy to get to know this guy more. He considers what he coudl have in his calzone as he thinks.
"So, I don't really know anything about you, York. Do you have family?"
"I do. Don't see my parents so much since I moved out, but I go see them now and then. Got a group of friends who I consider my second family. Bunch of dorks, and I love 'em." His smile is wide and fond.
"Whoa, are you serious? There's ten of you?!" His eyes are wide, but then he laughs. "Yeah, you know what, I believe you." Crazy as it sounds, but hey.
He grins slightly. "Believe it or not, I actually have. Not for very long though, and he was less a surrogate dad to siblings and more the group dad. That's some dedication on your part though."
"If it helps, there are two sets of twins. My oldest and youngest siblings both come as a pair. And are the source of my only sisters."
Still, he raises an intrigued eyebrow at York's comment. Thing is, he's even met North once, so he would be amused to know that there was that connection shared between them. Their circles overlap, and they don't even know it. He shrugs off the 'dedication' part.
"I'm the fourth oldest. My oldest brother isn't very... responsible. His twin sister isn't all that nurturing but she spends a lot of time working to help support us. That leaves the third oldest and he works harder than he'd ever want to admit to help us. But he works three part time jobs, so I'm mostly responsible for everyone younger than us. Luckily some are college aged so... Gamma doesn't need as much herding around at his age anymore, but Theta and the twins are a lot of work."
"Quite the age spread you got there. Though I guess with so many kids, that's inevitable. Third oldest sounds like a good egg." He rubs his chin, curious. "Got a bit of a Greek letter naming system going on there. Is that nicknames or...?"
If only Tex was more liberal with discussing her family, or... ever mentioned them at all, he might have recognised the pattern. But York's only ever known her as Texas or Allison, leaving the overlapping connections unknown.
"I'm surprised you had time for a date. ...Although now I think about it, I think you mentioned a sibling being the one to basically push you out of the house for it."
“Nicknames. Which our father used religiously. I was born Daniel. Grew so used to Delta that upon legal majority I changed it.”
Which not all of them had. But Delta likes what it said about him.
“Yeah, Omega. Third oldest. My oldest sister even agrees to come over and help babysit, which is rare. I love her, but she isn’t good with kids. Instead she helps pay for things. Works with some Freelance security group or other.”
"Power to you," he says with a smile. "I've been York a good long while, but not from childhood. Still quite like my real name even if few people beyond my parents still use it but hey."
That gets a head tilt as puzzle pieces he hadn't been aware of suddenly become visible in his head. Sure, there are other security groups around but a freelance group is less common. "...That wouldn't be the Freelancers would it?"
“That’s it,” Delta answers, sitting up and smiling as he did so. Interesting. “You’ve heard of them? I haven’t met her coworkers of course, well, Matt. My little brother Theta, and I, we’re partially deaf. Matt knows how to sign so my sister sometimes brings him by to help watch. Makes Theta feel more like he really can do anything.”
To reinforce the partially deaf, Delta brushes his hair back from his ear just enough to show off a small, very subtle hearing aid. Technology these days is impressive, makes it a lot easier for him to blend in.
Matt. Maine. Now he thinks, he does remember a kid signing with Maine one time. York had been quite busy that day, but he'd seen Wash with him and a skateboard later and watched them for a bit.
But Delta's sister works with them. He immediately rules the very only-child Carolina out. Connie is secretive but once while drunk she'd hinted at a rather non-existent family. Which leaves...
"Thank you for confirming what I had feared." It's not quite a squeak but it's certainly higher than normal. "...Omega can't be scarier than Tex. I choose him."
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Seemed like a fair split. They were his olives and he didn't know if York had ordered beyond his drink.
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"Lead on?"
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"My pleasure.
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"Here we go." He lets go of Delta's arm only to open the door to the pizza place open for him.
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"So, I don't really know anything about you, York. Do you have family?"
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"How about you? You mentioned a brother?"
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Funny thing, Delta doesn't even know there is overlap in their circle. One of York's 'friends' who was Delta's elder sister.
"Many of them are still young. I'm the fourth oldest, and one of the two primary guardians. Ever date someone who is more or less a father?"
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He grins slightly. "Believe it or not, I actually have. Not for very long though, and he was less a surrogate dad to siblings and more the group dad. That's some dedication on your part though."
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Still, he raises an intrigued eyebrow at York's comment. Thing is, he's even met North once, so he would be amused to know that there was that connection shared between them. Their circles overlap, and they don't even know it. He shrugs off the 'dedication' part.
"I'm the fourth oldest. My oldest brother isn't very... responsible. His twin sister isn't all that nurturing but she spends a lot of time working to help support us. That leaves the third oldest and he works harder than he'd ever want to admit to help us. But he works three part time jobs, so I'm mostly responsible for everyone younger than us. Luckily some are college aged so... Gamma doesn't need as much herding around at his age anymore, but Theta and the twins are a lot of work."
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If only Tex was more liberal with discussing her family, or... ever mentioned them at all, he might have recognised the pattern. But York's only ever known her as Texas or Allison, leaving the overlapping connections unknown.
"I'm surprised you had time for a date. ...Although now I think about it, I think you mentioned a sibling being the one to basically push you out of the house for it."
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Which not all of them had. But Delta likes what it said about him.
“Yeah, Omega. Third oldest. My oldest sister even agrees to come over and help babysit, which is rare. I love her, but she isn’t good with kids. Instead she helps pay for things. Works with some Freelance security group or other.”
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That gets a head tilt as puzzle pieces he hadn't been aware of suddenly become visible in his head. Sure, there are other security groups around but a freelance group is less common. "...That wouldn't be the Freelancers would it?"
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“That’s it,” Delta answers, sitting up and smiling as he did so. Interesting. “You’ve heard of them? I haven’t met her coworkers of course, well, Matt. My little brother Theta, and I, we’re partially deaf. Matt knows how to sign so my sister sometimes brings him by to help watch. Makes Theta feel more like he really can do anything.”
To reinforce the partially deaf, Delta brushes his hair back from his ear just enough to show off a small, very subtle hearing aid. Technology these days is impressive, makes it a lot easier for him to blend in.
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But Delta's sister works with them. He immediately rules the very only-child Carolina out. Connie is secretive but once while drunk she'd hinted at a rather non-existent family. Which leaves...
"Tex. You're Allison's brother." Oh god...
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“Beta,” Delta corrects without thinking. But that means he definitely knows more than just of them. And then his eyes go wide.
“You’re that York? Oh fuck. B is going to throttle you and Omega. Not sure which order.”
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"Thank you for confirming what I had feared." It's not quite a squeak but it's certainly higher than normal. "...Omega can't be scarier than Tex. I choose him."
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