A collection of humanized drabbles and prompts that take place in the Park Avenue series, which does not have to be read to understand, but is highly encouraged. Each entry can range from 1 sentence to a few paragraphs, I'm going to try to include all of the zoo animals, but it's mostly the Penguins and Marlene. Some are episode based and others are just my own headcanons, most of these are also K-T, if any are close to M I'll make a note of it at the beginning.

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Disclaimer: The Penguins of Madagascar is not mine, nor shall it ever be, and I'm still a dirt poor college student making no profit from this work of fanfiction.

Slices of Life

1-20

"You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing."

― Kate Morton

1) Laughter:

Each of the Penguins had a distinct laugh, Skipper had a hardy chuckle that rumbled deep in his chest, Kowalski had a tendency to snort which really cemented the nerd image, Rico's was more of a mad cackle, and then there was Private who giggled.

2) Sweet Tooth:

It had been pointed out many times to Kowalski that if he didn't over indulge on sweets so often, he wouldn't have to go to the dentist so often.

3) Cooking (Truth Ache):

After Private let it slip that Skipper's Monk-fish Surprise tasted like elephant sweat, the leader turned over all cooking to Rico, with the exception of grilling, there was no way he was going to give that up.

4) Nicknames:

It was a combination of Skipper always nicknaming everyone and everyone on Park Avenue only knowing the Penguins by their nicknames or last names (Rico was the only exception, although his last name was a mystery) that lead to the great debate of what the Penguins' real names were. It was easy for the most part; James Quinn, Nicolai Kowalski, and Rico Hernandez. However, Skipper was a different case, not even Marlene could get anything but his last name, which was Davis.

5) Cold:

Just because they swam, ate fish, and wore black and white on a regular basis didn't mean they enjoyed cold weather. Even in the natural world, you could find penguins in places like Chile and Peru.

6) Laundry:

To save some money (and time, the machines where never available at her apartment) Marlene had gotten in to the habit of doing her laundry at the Penguin's apartment. Strangely enough she wasn't bothered by the bloodstained clothes that she'd come across if the guys were in the middle of their own laundry. That would be enough to make most people run, instead, it was the navy blue, white polka dot G-string that she saw Kowalski pull out of the dryer with the rest of his clothes that had her decide that going to a Laundromat wasn't a terrible expense.

7) Trust:

Rico was the odd man out when it came to trust, not that he couldn't blame his team. If his appearance wasn't enough to put you on edge, his mile long rap-sheet certainly would.

8) Family:

The more Skipper thought about it, the more he began to see that they didn't just come together and make a great team, they actually made a hodgepodge family of some sort. Kowalski easily fell into the role of the older brother who always thinks he knows best, Rico was clearly the middle child who likes to see how far he can go over the line and Private was the little brother who no one wants to accept is growing up. He was left as the father figure, breaking up fights, dishing out punishments, and getting them out of tight situations.

"Oi! I was watching that!"

"You've already seen that episode of Lunacorns 27 times Private; there's a documentary on Quantum Mechanics I've been wanting to see."

"Boring! Evil Dead, remake."

Skipper sighed as the three began to trade insults which sooner or later would turn into fists and cheap shots, just another day with his boys.

9) Complaints:

Most of the neighbors had no complaints when it came to the Penguins, unless Kowalski and Rico were doing unauthorized weapons testing.

10) Technology:

If you were to ask Kowalski if he cried when he lost his smart phone his answer would be no. If you were to ask anyone else, they would reply that Kowalski cried for three weeks.

11) Bonding (A Kipper for Skipper):

Skipper's idea of bonding was a little twisted; Private still had bruises from their last Team Building Week.

12) Sin:

Rico had been only thirteen when they put a gun in his hand and another to his temple. The choice was clear, either take a life or have your life taken. The fact the he was still around at 27 showed what his decision had been and for the most part, he had accepted what he had done. Even if he still could not close his eyes without seeing all the faces of the people he had killed and no matter how many lives he had saved he would forever be one of La Sombra del Diablo. The word sinner burned between his shoulder blades serving as a reminder of how far he had fallen.

13) Weakness (Littlefoot):

For their third date Skipper took Marlene out for dinner under the stars, it was there she learned that Skipper could play Spanish guitar. If she hadn't fallen for him before then, she was completely head-over-heels for him now. After all, it was her greatest weakness.

14) Undercover:

"You're kidding right Skipper?" Kowalski and Rico stared at their leader in horror. An undercover mission at an exotic resort had sounded too good to be true and it was.

"Of course not, now which sounds better, Rico and Nikolai Hernandez or Nikolai and Rico Kowalski?" Skipper was only half-paying attention as he looked over the two files in front of him. "Oh, remind me to book you two love birds the honeymoon suite, it'll really sell your cover." Both men groaned in unison, they had gone through missions in drag and that sounded more appealing now than posing as a newlywed couple on their honeymoon. Or least that was Kowalski's opinion.

15) Insult:

Kowalski found himself on the receiving end of Private's insults due to a malfunction of his latest invention, to say the least Private's bite was worse than his bark.

16) Timeline:

Just as Rico was pulling the trigger on his first kill, Kowalski was 5000 miles away lighting his first cigarette.

17) Regret:

If Kowalski had any regrets, it would be the tattoo he'd gotten in honor of Doris. Though he couldn't even remember getting it, all he could recall was being carried him home that night and even that was fuzzy. Then upon catching Rico's reflection in the mirror, the younger man making his way down to the hall in only a pair of black boxer shorts revealing the stark white bandages wrapped around his torso Kowalski felt sick. He then pressed a hand to his left side, just a few inches above his hip where a small blue dolphin was forever part of his skin. The tattoo was only one of his regrets and it weighed nothing compared to the regret of betraying his best friend.

18) Temper:

There were many things Private was known for, cuteness, mini-golf, and being voice of reason, but having a temper certainly wasn't one. Everyone was shocked to discover he was second to Skipper when it came to rage.

19) Abuse:

Kowalski had put up with plenty of abuse in his life, from a father that drank too often to the emotional torture brought on by his peers, there was very little he couldn't take.

20) Traitor (Private and the Winky Factory):

Everyone had been shocked by Private's attitude towards Rico after returning from a not so successful mission. They didn't think the word 'traitor' was in the younger man's vocabulary.