Day 3: Both Sides of the Law - Hey Arnold!, Helga Pataki and Olga Pataki and Grandma Gertie

[lightbird]

Another self-rec, and stretching the prompt a bit. A dystopian-ish homeless AU in which the characters are technically breaking the law, but are also trying to survive under difficult circumstances.

Title/Link: Shelter
Prompt: Both Sides of the Law
Author: snarky_panda
Fandom: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga Pataki, Olga Pataki, Grandma "Pookie" Gertie, Arnold, others
Rating: Teen and Up
Content Notes: homelessness, poverty, non-graphic reference to the sexual harassment of a minor, in-character ablest language (see tags and notes on fic for everything)
Word Count: 4630

Summary: Grandma Gertie makes sure that anyone who needs shelter has it. Very slight h/t to the movie It Happened on Fifth Avenue.

Comments

[cmk418]

Nice. Grandma Gertie is quite the character. She fits the theme of the day perfectly.

[lightbird]

She absolutely does! And the interesting thing with her is that in canon at one point she refers to herself as an ex-cop. She definitely played both sides. :)

Thank you.

[cmk418]

For the master list, should I credit this self-rec to lightbird or snarky_panda?