#say hello to an extra kooky section of mike's wacky family

[standfortheangels]

“Rodents of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.” [brandon to mike!]

"Brandon! Hey! Over here!" Mike beamed as his favourite familiar face entered the cafe, and stood to greet him with a hug. It wasn't like it had even been days since they saw each other, but still, any lunch hour Brandon could get out of the hotel was such a blessing, he couldn't help but to smile like a child opening their birthday presents~ "We haven't started yet, you're just in time!"

"By 'just in time', he pretty much means he wouldn't let us start until you got here." Kate grinned at her brother's boyfriend as he stood taking off his jacket.

"Oh, you didn't have to do that~"

"Well I couldn't let you miss out on anything important~ Besides, we haven't been here that long. Come on, sit~"

Mike pulled out a fourth chair (almost over his own foot with his enthusiasm) for Brandon to sit on, between him and his most eccentric brother, Tyler, who greeted their guest with a smile and an upward twitch of his eyebrows.

"So uh, what's this club all about?"

"Mike didn't tell you?" Kate asked quizzically.

"He said he wanted it to be a surprise~" He smiled across at his still-beaming boyfriend, who nodded, bouncing his curls as he did.

"Oh, you'll be surprised alright~" Tyler smirked, leaning back in his chair as their sister finally got to setting up her little laptop on the table. "See, the three of us- as the most fitting Lucketts for the task- are on a mission. For evidence. On a potential... R. U. S. Nest." His slowed and emphasised delivery had Mike glancing back and forth between his boyfriend and his brother, waiting for a reaction. Although, it wasn't quite the excitement he was hoping for.

"You mean.. Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist."

Though his tone was polite as always, there were audible gasps as the three angels in the room all looked over to him at once. Kate's fingers hovered, now still, over the keyboard, and she turned her bright eyes across the table.

"Mike.... Is your boyfriend, a skeptic?"

"A what?"

"A non-believer." She whispered dramatically, quickly followed by the other blonde man at the table.

"You know, we only accept the most loyal mystery-hunters into team Beaver."

"Ew, what?" Kate leaned away from him. "We are not calling it that."

"Well you already said no to team rat and team sewer paws, I had to come up with something else~"

"No, no, you didn't. In fact, I make a motion that Tyler is banned from name-choosing."

"Aw come on-"

"Seconded." Mike chipped in, though offering their brother a short apologetic look. "Although for the record, I'd like to put forward The Night Eyes as our team name." He glanced across at Brandon with a glint of joy in his eyes. "I think that's the coolest name I've ever come up with, waiting to say it has been so hard."

"Rrright.. I'll add it to the notes here, we can vote on it later~"

"Thank you~"

While Tyler shook his head at the apparent injustice, Mike rested his hands on the slightly sticky surface of the table. "Back to the big picture here. Maybe we should show Brandon our leads. Maybe, with some more evidence- which we will get hold of eventually- you'll come to see what we mean." He grinned hopefully. It was kind of a ridiculous premise, on the one hand. But on the other... Well. A thorough investigation might just come up with something interesting down the line. And if they managed to capture whatever weird mutant creature had been going through their parents' bins at night, that ought to be convincing enough for any skeptic. Or at least provide a few neat camping/stakeout opportunities~