Season 1:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Finale Pt. 1 Finale Pt. 2 Season 1 Ending

Season 2:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 4

Context: Last season, your son, Danny, appeared to skip town. While you were searching for him, you were taken hostage by Aldo Mitzrati, a rather charming mobster, who revealed that your son had stolen from him. Worse, that he worked for him. Yet, you and Aldo hit it off, agreeing to a date and, well, the rest is history. You thought you’d put the past behind you. Buried it with your abusive ex-husband. But, tonight, another ghost from your past has resurfaced… and he’s your father.

Setting: A cafe

Tags:[MMM4F][Father Speaker][Big Brother Speaker][Son Speaker][Mother Listener][Reverse Comfort][Family Drama][Ghosts From The Past][Motherhood][Confessions][Cute][Angst][CW: Pregnancy?][TW: Mentions of Toxic Family Life/Abuse]

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[D] = Danny, your son. Trying.

[C] = Cael, your big brother :3

[F] = Frank, your surly ex-cop Dad. Also trying.

[Scene opens at a cafe - the next day]

[SFX: General cafe fanfare]

[You sit with Danny, nervously checking your phone. Your son is trying to remain cool but you can tell he’s anxious]

[Pause]

[Danny snorts]

[D] “Yeah, I was just about to say, ‘Don’t be nervous’ to you, too… Am kind of grumpy that Aldo took Julian to do some father-son bonding… ain’t like he’s asked me…”

[Pause.]

[D] “OK, yes, he’s asked me… Sorry. This… all of this is hard…”

[Pause <3]

[He smiles a little]

[D] “Yeah, yeah, love you, too. Least the cafe’s good… Um… Is it just gonna be Grandpa coming, or…?”

[...]

[Before you can answer him, your son frowns and nods his head towards someone]

[D] “Ma… That guy’s making a beeline for us… Who is that?”

[Pause!]

[C] “Beans!!!!”

[Your big brother sweeps you up in a hug, already a blubbering mess by the time you catch your breath]

[D] “Hey, whoa, easy on my Ma! She’s been nauseous lately!”

[Pause!]

[Your son pauses, looking at the man in disbelief]

[D] “Wh-? You’re… my Uncle Cael?”

[C, sobbing happily] “I am! Good Lord, look at you! I remember seeing you as a baby and Mom always laughed about how grumpy you always looked… Can’t believe that grumpy little pout stuck!”

[D, flustered] “Wh-hey!”

[Your father catches up, though he seems a bit out of breath]

[F] “Cael, you could’ve waited two damned minutes… Oof, this hip is trying to quit on me harder than an underpaid office worker…”

[C] “Sorry… I just…”

[D] “Yeah, we’re… all kind of in disbelief… Maybe we should sit down?”

[SFX: A cafe-style sitdown/showdown]

[...]

[You sit and, for a moment, the awkward silence takes over before your son breaks the silence:]

[D] “God, alright, enough of this awkward silence - why did you demand that my mother give me up?”

[Your father sighs deeply, eyes haunted]

[F] “...are you sure?”

[D, stern] “Yes, I want to know why the Hell you wanted my mother to give me up!”

[Your father sighs deeply once more]

[F] “...Do you know what abusers do to their victims, Danny?”

[D] “Look, don’t fucking patronize me-!”

[F, stern] “They convince their victims that they can’t do better. Even that other people aren’t safe. When I asked her to give you up, it wasn’t in that sense. All I suggested was that she let Lorenzo have you long enough that she could escape and we could get custody of you. She refused, claiming that neither you nor he could survive without you. That is what I meant.”

[...]

[D] “...He hit me, too, Grandad.”

[At that, your father’s expression crumbles. He breaks]

[F] “...I’d hoped so badly that wasn’t the case… You were right, Princess. You were right all along…”

[Pause…]

[D, quiet] “...Why did you give up on us after that…?”

[C] “We didn’t…”

[F] “We used to live nearly three thousand miles from this city, Daniel. Once Lorenzo had his incident with Cael, the bastard took you and your mother and moved as far away as possible. All social media, gone. He forced your mother to stay at home, so no job records, just… nothing. We tried for years and years and… like I said, I expected the next time I’d see your mother was in a casket…”

[Danny is quiet for a bit, eyes dark. Even hateful]

[D] “...So you could have had a chance to go home, be free of all of that, and you didn’t? What the Hell is wrong with you?!”

[F, stern] “Daniel!

[Pause.]

[D] “... Sounds like you should’ve… S’ all I’m saying…”

[Pause…]

[F] “...You aren’t responsible for what your father-”.

[D, angry] “Lorenzo”.

[F] “-...Lorenzo did. You are not him, Danny… We asked your mother to do something with what little information we had, and it was wrong. I’m… I’m sorry… but don’t take it out on your mother, not after all she went through!”

[D, angrier] “What do you know about what she went through?! Huh?!?”

[Pause…]

[D] “I-! … Rrgh, I remember… I remember Dr. Ohm’s technique… I’m breathing.”

[SFX: Pat pat]

[C, with a bit of a sad smile] “Yeah, that protectiveness runs on our side… Jesus, I just… You still look like… you. Like I’m seeing a ghost… Sandy said she’d give us time, but she’s so fucking glad you’re OK… We all missed you.”

[Pause…]

[F] “We know you don’t regret staying with him. You did what you thought was best and, somehow, it worked out. At the end of the day, the fact that you’re all alive and relatively unscathed is all I could ever ask for…”

[...Pause <3]

[At your earnest admittance, your father and brother both quietly blubber as they hug you both]

[C] “We missed you, too!”

[F] “And we never stopped loving either of you, not for a moment… I just wish we’d handled things better or… knew what to do… Even with my connections, Lorenzo’s criminal empire was terrifyingly difficult to navigate without taking casualties… I lost some good men…”

[Pause…]

[F] “Therapy? What, like, family therapy?”

[Pause]

[C] “I’m willing. I’ll go. I don’t care, I just… I want us to be a family again, all of us, even your stupid, sexy silver fox fiance!”

[D] “...Huh. I guess we are related, after all, eh? Don’t talk shit about Aldo, though, capiche?”

[F] “...Capiche... However this happens, we need to take it slow. No wounded egos, no blaming anyone but that dead sack of goldfish feed, and we move on in good faith. And no more punching me in the jaw, alright? I can’t tank hits like I could when I was your age, young lady.”

[Pause <3]

[Your father snorts, similarly to Danny]

[F] “Yeah, well… It was a good hook… Don’t tell Aldo, but you hit a LOT harder, hehe. Got so heated you became Baked Beans!”

[C, laughing] “Dad!”

[Pause…]

[You side-eye Danny. He’s red in the face from heroic effort]

[SFX: Danny dying from internal laughter]

[Pause <3]

[F] “Ah, right… I meant to ask… Julian? What’s the story with him? He didn’t exactly clarify when he was politely telling me off the other night.”

[D] “Glad that man’s finally growing a spine… Enh, he’s a good kid. Still an idiot. Who doesn’t know how to swim at nineteen??”

[Pause.]

[D] “Sorry, Ma.”

[Pause…]

[F] “Affair child..?”

[C, scoffing] “Glad I broke his nose, all over again.”

[Pause]

[F] “Mom wanted nothing to do with him… Eesh, poor kid…”

[D, bitter] “She doesn’t know what she gave up…”

[Pause]

[F] “He knocked you out and took you hostage?! Right in Aldo’s home? Jesus, what is this kid, a damned ninja?”

[D] “He is really good at sneaking up on people…”

[Pause!]

[F] “So you adopted him?!?”

[C] “It’s the squirrels all over again…”

[D] “Squirrels?”

[C] “Oh, sure! Animals flocked to her when we were young. We had a whole room in the house that was her little ‘doctor's room’. She’d take sick animals in, clean ‘em up, make sure they were fed, watered, and so on. She used to really want to get into wildlife conservation but, ah… Life.”

[Danny smiles to himself, though it’s a little sad]

[D] “...Yeah. Life…”

[Pause <3]

[D] “Pfft, you hush… I am not a squirrel… And I’m definitely not a bunch of squirrels in a good suit either, despite Julian’s conspiracy theory. Me, personally, I think he’s a lizard person. Ain’t no one that chill on this planet that’ll casually let a snake crawl on them.”

[F] “I had a Burmese when I was twenty! She was a good girl.”

[D] “Yeah, OK, maybe I’m the only non-lizard person here…”

[He takes a breath]

[D] “...Look. I’m willing to try this with you guys, but Ma has the final say, no matter what. I’m not letting anyone else hurt her.”

[Pause…]

[D, rolling his eyes but good-natured] “I love you, too, Ma, but I’m trying to be intimidating here! I’m laying down the law!”

[Pause <3]

[F] “Heh… He is still a cutie. I remember when he’d take the little ruler I gave him, and wave it around like he was giving orders in his little baby talk. ‘Bah gah bu’, ‘Yes, King Daniel, a bottle, henceforth!’.”

[C, laughing] “Agreed!”

[D, smiling] “Enh, fuck both of you… Where do we go from here?”

[F] “I guess therapy is a good place to start… Cael, if you could help me look-?”

[C] “Of course!”

[D] “There, see, Ma? Nothing to worry about, right?”

[...]

[D] “...Ma? Ma, you just went real pale…”

[C] “Oh no-”.

[F] “Don’t let her hit her head!”

[You collapse, your father managing to catch you. You can hear the three of them talking: Danny panicking, Cael calling for an ambulance, and your father issuing commands to anyone staring]

[F, faint] “Hold her head up, hold her head up so she doesn’t choke on her tongue!”

[D, faint and scared] “What’s happening?!”

[...]

[D, even fainter] “...pregnant-?!”

[That’s about when you pass out fully]

[Fade out on that because I’m an asshole :)]

[To be continued]