DC Headcanon's 6: Sparkle Sparkle!

Healing

disordered eating mention tw

DC gently took a sip of his soup and swallowed the hot broth slowly.

"Want some more Wheat Thins?" California asked holding out a box to his boyfriend.

"Poppy, no offense." DC said with a soft smile. "But this soup is already swimming with it."

"Doesn't mean there can't be more." California said teasingly, nudging his boyfriend. DC took another sip of soup just as the front door opened and closed, and Gov walked into the kitchen.

"Afternoon Cali, Dee how are you?" Gov asked immediately going to his cousin's side.

"I'm alright." DC muttered, stirring the soup with his spoon.

"Good. I've got some paperwork IDC wants you to glance over, but only glance. Not work on." Gov scolded making his cousin roll his eyes. He adjusted himself and turned to California.

"Can you tell everyone that we're having a meeting in two minutes?" Gov ordered. California nodded, squeezed DC's hand, and jumped up to grab the others. DC immediately perked up.

"A meeting? Oh if you give me a second, I can finish this soup and then be..."

"No Dee, we talked about this. You need to recover." Gov scolded pushing DC back.

"C'mon Gov, it's been five months. I'm okay now." DC begged.

"No. Not until you're one hundred percent better. I got this, don't worry." Gov said with a soft smile, patting his cousin on the back and walking out. DC sighed and leaned his elbows on the table, putting his head in his hands and tugging at his hair. He felt so useless. Florida happened to be walking by with a few states heading to the meeting when he spotted DC, immediately side-lining and going to his boyfriend's side.

"What's wrong Dee?" Florida asked.

"I just wanna run a meeting like the old days. I just wanna feel useful." DC whimpered a hot tear sliding down his face.

"Baby you are. You are useful." Florida pointed out. DC whimpered as Florida rubbed his back, just as North Dakota entered the kitchen with California.

"Rosie, North isn't going to the meeting today so he can help you finish." California announced.

"Ope, yeah and maybe I can finally get you to finally get rid of South Dakota." North Dakota announced cheerfully. California spotted his boyfriend's distress, and watched Florida jump up and push past the two states towards the meeting room. Gov didn't even glance up at the southern states entrance, just continued shuffling his papers.

"Gov, can you please let DC run this meeting?" Florida asked.

"Florida, we agreed that DC couldn't run the meetings...."

"Until he's better, but he misses them!" Florida whined.

"Look, maybe we can discuss him doing the smaller meetings in a month or two." Gov said slowly. "But as a family, we came to the conclusion that he needs a break."

"Yeah but-"

"That's FINAL Florida." Gov yelled. Florida pouted and made his way to his spot at the table, slumping down on his seat.

"You tried your best, sha." Louisiana pointed out, patting Florida's hand.

"Yeah, but my best isn't good enough." Florida muttered as Gov shushed everyone to get started for the meeting. "I'm getting DC a meeting if it kills me."