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rsadelleI'm never going to write this, but someone else totally should! Also, since it's not in the plot bunny, the way you get around the plot hole that Danny doesn't cook is that in this world, he put all that focus on cooking instead of hockey.
There should totally be a Flyers restaurant AU. Danny is a chef of some sort (not the head chef, but maybe the fish guy or the pastry chef). Isabelle is either a hostess or a waitress. Then her brother Claude moves to town (possibly he and his boyfriend broke up a while ago, and Claude is ready for a change) and he also becomes a waiter at the restaurant. (Or maybe he's a waiter who wants to be a chef.) Maybe Danny and Claude have noticed each other, chatted a tiny bit, but haven't really had a chance to get to know each other until the afternoon Claude is helping with the front of the house switch from lunch to dinner and a trio of unaccompanied pre-teens careen into the dining room. They stop when they see him, and he asks, "Can I help you?"
"You speak French," one of them says to him in French. "Are you Isabelle's brother?"
Claude says yes and wonders where Isabelle went, because he could really use a clue here.
Then Danny comes out of the back and tells the kids to leave Claude alone, but introduces them before he gets them settled in a corner table.
Danny apologizes for them. "My ex had something come up and there's no one to cover for me until this evening. Let me know if they get out of hand."
Claude says, "Don't worry about it," and takes the snack Danny throws together out to the boys. He gets back to work, but he keeps an eye on them, refills their water when they run out, and answers one of their questions about long division.
Danny comes out to check on them a couple of times, until they start to get the early dinner rush.
"They're fine," Claude calls across the kitchen the next time he's back there, and Danny flashes him a thankful smile.
Danny and the kids pack up while Claude is taking orders from a table of eight, but they hang out until Claude is done and swings by on his way to put the order in.
The boys all say goodbye, and Danny squeezes his arm and says, "Thank you."
Claude doesn't find out until the end of the night, when Isabelle hands it to him, that Danny left him a note, a quick thank-you scrawled on a page torn from an order pad, that also has his phone number at the bottom: "I'm off tomorrow. We'd like to have you over for dinner if you're free."
"If you don't go," Isabelle says, "I'm telling Mom."
"I'll call him tomorrow." Claude points at her. "Because I want to. Not because you're threatening me."
Isabelle laughs. "Good. Now I really have something to tell Mom." She sails out the door with one of the other waitresses and calls a cheerful, "Good night. Have fun tomorrow," over her shoulder.
There should totally be a Flyers restaurant AU. Danny is a chef of some sort (not the head chef, but maybe the fish guy or the pastry chef). Isabelle is either a hostess or a waitress. Then her brother Claude moves to town (possibly he and his boyfriend broke up a while ago, and Claude is ready for a change) and he also becomes a waiter at the restaurant. (Or maybe he's a waiter who wants to be a chef.) Maybe Danny and Claude have noticed each other, chatted a tiny bit, but haven't really had a chance to get to know each other until the afternoon Claude is helping with the front of the house switch from lunch to dinner and a trio of unaccompanied pre-teens careen into the dining room. They stop when they see him, and he asks, "Can I help you?"
"You speak French," one of them says to him in French. "Are you Isabelle's brother?"
Claude says yes and wonders where Isabelle went, because he could really use a clue here.
Then Danny comes out of the back and tells the kids to leave Claude alone, but introduces them before he gets them settled in a corner table.
Danny apologizes for them. "My ex had something come up and there's no one to cover for me until this evening. Let me know if they get out of hand."
Claude says, "Don't worry about it," and takes the snack Danny throws together out to the boys. He gets back to work, but he keeps an eye on them, refills their water when they run out, and answers one of their questions about long division.
Danny comes out to check on them a couple of times, until they start to get the early dinner rush.
"They're fine," Claude calls across the kitchen the next time he's back there, and Danny flashes him a thankful smile.
Danny and the kids pack up while Claude is taking orders from a table of eight, but they hang out until Claude is done and swings by on his way to put the order in.
The boys all say goodbye, and Danny squeezes his arm and says, "Thank you."
Claude doesn't find out until the end of the night, when Isabelle hands it to him, that Danny left him a note, a quick thank-you scrawled on a page torn from an order pad, that also has his phone number at the bottom: "I'm off tomorrow. We'd like to have you over for dinner if you're free."
"If you don't go," Isabelle says, "I'm telling Mom."
"I'll call him tomorrow." Claude points at her. "Because I want to. Not because you're threatening me."
Isabelle laughs. "Good. Now I really have something to tell Mom." She sails out the door with one of the other waitresses and calls a cheerful, "Good night. Have fun tomorrow," over her shoulder.