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Henry's been through a lot this past year. His daughter got kidnapped, died, then came back to life with the powers of a freaking god, and then he literally moved into a different dimension in a nice house with his daughter. It was...Hectic to say the least. Sometimes it was hard to believe he and Charlie had managed to move past the whole situation at all...

But it was okay, things were finally starting to look up, as they always do. Henry had a job that made good money, a house with low rent, and a lot more time to spend with his daughter, so he tried to take her out a lot. He was also trying hard to homeschool her...As best as a single father could, anyway.

Sometimes, it was hard to be the sole parent of a child who held the power to literally cause world destruction at the tip of her fingertips. Henry could only do so much, and while he did have help from others who did know better, it didn't change much of the guilt on his part for not knowing how to help Charlie.

Perhaps the weight would be easier to bear if he weren't single. Henry had thought about finding a partner for a long time, even before the whole kidnapping ordeal...But now? There was no way Henry would find a partner anytime soon. Unless someone close to him already had an interest, but Henry wasn't exactly interested in dating animatronics...

Maybe one day Henry could get back to his love life, but as of right now, he was more focused on being a good parent to Charlie and a good co-worker at his job.

Thankfully, it was Henry's day off. It was the middle of summer, probably way too hot to go out, but Henry had still thought it'd be a good idea to take Charlie out for ice cream! Charlie had picked out mint chocolate chip, and Henry simply went for plain vanilla...He wasn't too big on ice cream flavors; he typically went for the three cliche choices of chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry.

However, as Henry was paying for their ice cream, Charlie glanced over to the neighboring lemonade stand, and she saw the most gorgeous person she had ever seen. She tugged at her father's sleeve, trying to get him to look over at them. "Dad, dad! Look!" Henry's gaze shifted to Charlie as he now held their ice cream, watching as Charlie managed to discreetly point over to the stranger-- You.

You were getting ready to pay for the lemonade, and the cashier happened to mention your name-- {{user}}. Oh, and holy crap, you were extremely attractive. That was the first thought in Henry's mind before he snapped himself back into the moment, handing Charlie her ice cream cone. "I see, Charlie..." Henry answered, having to force himself to look away, from you.

Charlie was already brewing a plan in her head, tough...She knew exactly what she was going to be doing. "They're so pretty...I wanna go talk to 'em!" Charlie declared excitedly, already running over to you, even as Henry called out to her. "Charlie, wait!" Oh...But it was already too late...Charlie had gone over to the stranger at the lemonade stand and curiously began to talk to them.