Tidewoven Inc | The Dishwasher Incident: The Apron Finale

Two days later, Mom and Pop invited everyone over for dinner. Nothing unusual. Except when Daniel and Micah walked into the kitchen, they found two aprons hanging from the hooks by the pantry. Matching. Dark slate blue. Sturdy canvas. Embroidered across the chest in warm gold thread:

FULL STACK DOMESTIC ENGINEER

Underneath each title, smaller script:

• Daniel’s said: Senior Dishwasher Loading Specialist
• Micah’s said: Assistant to the Senior Dishwasher Loading Specialist

Micah stopped mid-step. Daniel made a sound no grown man should ever make.

Mom clapped her hands. “Put them on. You’re helping cook.”

Daniel groaned. “Mom, please—”

“No complaining. Aprons on.”

Micah took his down, holding it like a sacred object. “Assistant to the senior—” He glared at Daniel. “This is slander.”

Daniel put his apron on with resigned dignity. “It’s accurate.”

“You’re going to die,” Micah muttered.

Lucy wandered in. “Oh! They match.”

Nora adjusted Micah’s strap. “You’re crooked.”

Micah scowled. “I’m not crooked.”

“You are now.”

Mom kissed both of their cheeks with the loving intimidation of a woman who commands empires. “Good,” she said. “Now chop vegetables. And no fighting in my kitchen.”

Daniel nodded. “Yes, Mom.”

Micah nodded. “Yes, Mom.”

Lucy announced to no one in particular, “This is the greatest saga of my life.”

Elise leaned against the doorway, drinking coffee, watching her ridiculous family settle into place.

Micah and Daniel, brothers of the heart, bonded by years, love of family, and dishware shenanigans, begrudgingly chopping veggies in matching aprons like the idiots they are. Home. Stupid. Warm. Perfect. And with the Dishwasher Incident firmly behind them, united in purpose to bring a little chaos to Mom when she least expected it.

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