Hah, a nice use of the prompt. I like this story.

And I guess it could be said that the Bear has good manners, since he even left this tip after being angry. In my country no one ever leaves any tips at all, so it really seems like some intense act of kindness to me, lol.

And well, these family dynamics here are actually sweet in a way.

Oh, and right. You failed Thursday night goal again. XD Now I'm actually waiting for the moment when you manage to accomplish it. It's a kind of a meta-plot at this point. Good luck with it.

I'm very glad to hear you thought this one went well, thank you much for that.

Well, he might have left a tip, but he clearly didn't like dealing with the rat. Honestly, now that you bring it up, I'm kind of wondering why I left that in since they never ordered anything (I guess because I just wrote up the ending first and didn't think too much on it). I haven't worked food service myself, but my understanding is that wait staff over here rely a lot on tips so I hope that means those in your area get fair wages (it's a thankless job, if you ask me).

I am also glad you thought Grace and Ben's relationship went well in its own way here. I keep worrying that I might be going a bit overboard when trying to build this dynamic.

Okay, that was the kick in the tail I needed: I WILL have next week's prompt done on Thursday!! It'll happen now (thank you for the push)!!

Thank you much for taking the time to read over this one, greatly appreciated.

Gracie has to let something go. Then again, so does Ben. This is good, can't wait to see what happens next

Gracie and Ben have a lot going on between them, but they do actually have a repaired relationship in their main story. Regardless, this one was pretty much only done up for the prompt and while I think it accomplished its goal of showing the two during their hard times, I'm still wondering if I'll actually put it in the full version.

Either way, thank you very much for reading this one, much appreciated.

Whups! Forgot to fave it.

You know you don't have to do that. I'm simply ecstatic you'd just take the time to read over it. But thank you nonetheless.

You're welcome. If it's good and I enjoy it, I fave it.

The prompt was "manner" and I thought of "manners". At least, you could build something on that. I wonder how old Mildred is, thinking of how couples treated each other "in her day".

Yeah, "manners" was the only thing I could think of and although I had two other ideas for the prompt, it was basically the same thing but with different characters. Also, I hadn't really considered Mildred's age but the thought has me thinking now. Perhaps I could have done that a bit better as the goal was to basically just rile Ben up, the manner of which that was accomplished shouldn't really matter. Thank you for the thought, I do tend to focus in on what I perceive as being the easiest subject when writing shorts like these and should probably open up to other ideas.

I'm grateful you'd take the time to read through this one, thanks much for that.

I think she learned the hard way not to come between a fighting couple of any type... as to falling asleep at the computer... near an every day occurrence around nap time... and it feels so good...

Vix

She'll definitely be a bit more careful in the futures... at least it was a slow night.

I don't always mind falling asleep face first into my laptop, it really only bothers me when I wake up with the keys marked into my face and about three hundred pages of "jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj".

Thank you much for taking a look at this one, always grateful for that.

Oooppsss, well I don't blame Ben for being angry at her, she really was sticking her nose in where it wasn't wanted!

Might not be a "momma" bear, but it's best not to mess with a bear's cub!

I very much appreciate you having taken the time to read over it, thanks much.

Not going for the grilled cheese and onion rings? I'm shaking my head just thinking about that.

Anyways, I think you did a good job of capturing the rough relationship of the two here. Having experienced these type of situations in real life with my siblings it did feel pretty natural from the perspective of Mildred coming into the situation mid way and just seeing a bunch of nastiness.

Also, speaking of Mildred, this is why you should never make assumptions.

I'm grateful you'd say you thought that I managed to build the emotion well enough. I wasn't entirely sure if I had pulled off the outside perspective using Mildred, so I also really appreciate you having thought that went over well. I'm sure she'll be a bit more careful next time...

Thank you very much for reading over this one, I really appreciate it.
(Now I want a grilled cheese and onion rings...)

Seriously. Grilled cheese (or even better a paddy melt) and onion rings sounds really good right now and I just ate.