Welcome back! We're taking another look at Logan and his new family. We first saw them in ch 6.5. If you haven't read that, I would strongly recommend doing so first. Logan's story is basically a stand alone so you don't absolutely have to read the rest of Dave in Dallas first. It's good though, so you should. Also a good idea to dig in to all the other Quaranteam stories.
My thanks to all the guys in the QT writer's room for suggestions and edits. This story was originally part of the early intermission, but held back so that Corrupting Power could be the first to publish a story involving Operation Funnel Cake. In doing so, he set some parameters that required a few modifications to this story. Those are doen now, and here for your enjoyment is ...
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QT:DiD Intermission 2 - Logan, pt 2
Cast of Characters
Logan Hoskins -- 18yo HS athlete, district champion in discuss. had dreams of being a transportation engineer
Lacey Tanner -- 22yo, recent graduate of UT-Dallas in arts, prefers painting, but reasonably skilled in digital and graphic art.
Anh Nguyen -- 20yo, former personal shopper for 'a rich Karen'
Misty Hoskins -- Logan's sister, second partner of Charles Everwood, after his wife Kaitlyn.
Carrie Hoskins -- Logan's mother, came home from Dallas Vaccine Center to find her husband dead, returned to Vax Center to make a new match through Oracle.
Daryl Hoskins -- Logan's father, deceased
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For those who missed my replies to comments, the stories mentioned by Anh in part 1 are, in order,
AMA: The Boyfriend by BreaktheBar
Home for Horny Monsters by writerannabelle
Mindgames by lovelyandsad
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October 2, 2020
Logan noticed the message pop up on his phone, and grinned when he checked it. Perfect surprise for his first partner. He still needed to figure out something special to do for Anh. Anyway, today would go in the plus column.
Misty's stuff was packed up, the boxes in one corner of her room. The mattress and box spring were standing to one side, out of the way and the frame was deconstructed, with the parts in the closet. This left most of the floor space open. And he had a plan.
Logan trotted down to the porch, finding all the boxes he expected. Not all were for his surprise though.
Lacey's voice drifted over his shoulder from a short distance. "Did the Amazon deliveries come in?"
"Yup." Logan kept cool. Anh and Lacey showed up behind him. "Here, these two are the grocery stuff. Can you two take these to the kitchen, and Lacey, put stuff away? I'd like Anh to help me cart the rest upstairs."
"K" both ladies said.
Logan shooed Anh out of the room once they'd gotten the boxes in place. Then he started unboxing. The one part needed some assembly, but not too much. He hoped this would work out. Misty's room had the best view in the house. Two nice large windows and not an overage of built-up space.
He laid out the other materials in a somewhat logical fashion on Misty's old desk. It surely wouldn't be how Lacey would want them, but organized well so she could easily see what she had and go from there. He'd just finished when he heard approaching footsteps. Logan raced to the door, just in time to block it from opening too far.
It was Anh.
"Hey. Lacey made tomato soup and grilled cheese. Hungry?" Her curious eyes made it clear she had more on her mind, but Logan just grinned, slipped into the hallway with her, and shut the door behind him. "Okay sly guy, what's going on?"
"You'll see. After lunch."
She gave him a little side eye before leading the way to the kitchen.
The trio were seated, eating a comforting, warm lunch when Lacey broke the companionable silence.
"Okay, so what's going on up there? Are you doing something up in Misty's old room?"
"He wouldn't tell me." Anh pouted playfully.
"I just finished getting it ready. I'll show you when lunch is over."
Lacey gave him an amused scowl. "Our man is up to something."
Logan gave them a grin and an air kiss to each lady. They rolled their eyes and laughed. As Logan finished his second sandwich, he started gathering saucers and bowls and taking them to the sink. When he started to wash them, Lacey protested.
"But Lace, you made lunch, so it's up to us to clean, and I think it's my turn."
"But I wanna see now." She stomped her foot playfully. Anh rolled her eyes and Logan laughed.
"Just wait a few minutes." Logan kissed the tip of her tongue when she stuck it out, extending the bratty approach. That made her giggle. It didn't take him long to wrap up the few dishes, then he took her hand and led her upstairs.
"Cover your eyes."