so I don't remember other people mentioning this but the Burns siblings ages are hard to understand, there's a huge plot hole. Cal being 16 makes a little sense of you stretch it but Apollo a doesn't have a canon age and b literally makes zero sense. So I've chosen the headcanon that jack and his first wife were polyamorous and Talia was their third, because the only other way it works is if Jack cheated. I even with my dislike of him, don't think he's that much of a piece of shit
Regarding Apollo, how you do you imagine his relationship with Aunt Dani and Uncle Kade?
Something like this... ahahahahhahaha sorry...
Dani is #3 best aunt, the title for #2 belongs to Frankie. While Kade has his own unique title "the pizza eater king"...
Dani is very active in her aunt mode, always taking care of Apollo but in her own way, which means that she takes the little kid to fly without the permission of Cody and Priscilla.
While with Kade... he is trying his best while also taking care of his own children, something he sometimes wants to avoid because his children don't like to be in Apollo's company.
(Apollo Burns is a Cody/Priscilla fankid created by the @geluatekurama, so it was only a matter of time before I wrote a fic featuring this boy. I also want to thank @geluatekurama for helping me write this and I hope you all enjoy reading this.)
"Care to tell me why we're doing this again?" 10-year-old Apollo Burns asked his father.
Cody smiled at his son as he picked up a box. "Because its Earth Day, so it's a perfect day to clean the house."
It was Earth Day on Griffin Rock, so Cody decided it was a good idea to give the house a good clean. He and Apollo were currently in the attic, clearing out storage boxes. He and the rest of this family were going to clean the attic of dust and cobwebs and go through boxes to see what could be kept, donated, or thrown away.
"I thought Earth Day was about helping the environment, not doing chores." Apollo pointed out.
Cody chuckled. "We all celebrate in our own way."
Apollo frowned. "If that's so, then why isn't Mom up here with us?"
Cody smiled at Apollo. "Because according to her, cobwebs aren't her thing." Then he handed the box to Apollo. "Tell you what, I'll clean out the attic while you and your mother look through the boxes."
"Are you sure, Dad?" Apollo asked. "I don't mind helping you up here."
"I'll be fine." Cody assured as he picked up another box. "Let's just take care of these for now."
Apollo nodded and the pair walked out of the attic, both carrying a box with them. They carefully placed the boxes in the living room, where several other boxes sat. Priscilla, Apollo's mother and Cody's wife, sat among them, opening one of the boxes and already going through them.
"You two go ahead and start going through boxes while I get cleaning supplies for the attic." Cody suggested.
"Will do, dear." Priscilla agreed. Apollo nodded in agreement and started to go through the boxes. Cody smiled at them before leaving them.
Apollo opened one of the boxes, and he was greeted to a bunch of photo albums. Picking up one the albums, he opened it and started going through the pages.
"What've you got there, honey?" Priscilla asked her son.
"Just a photo album." Apollo replied, showing her the album.
A wide smile grew on Priscilla's face as she took the album. "This isn't just an album; this is your baby album." Then she started going through it, showing one of the photos to her son. "Look, this is when you were two."
Apollo looked at the photo, it was a picture of him when he was two years old, he was sitting in a small bed, surrounded by stuffed fish and frogs.
"I had a lot of stuffed animals." Apollo commented.
Priscilla nodded. "You did. Whenever you saw a frog or a fish, you wanted it. And I couldn't say no to my little Guppy."
Apollo let out a groan. "Mom..."
"What's going on?" Cody asked, returning to the living room.
"Look what Apollo found." Priscilla showed her husband. Cody smiled at the photo album.
Cody sat beside Priscilla as the two began to look over the photo album, with Apollo looking over their shoulders to get a better look.
"What's that one?" Apollo asked, pointing at one of the photos. It was a photo of him as a baby, in his mother's arms as she laid in a hospital bed, by her side were his father and an old looking man holding a stuffed animal.
Cody's smile became more nostalgic as he looked at the picture. "That was taken the day you were born. See? There's you, your mom and I, and your grandfather, Charlie."
"Grandpa was at the hospital when I was born?" Apollo asked, surprised.
Cody nodded. "Yes, he was. I thought we told you this."
The boy shook his head. "Not that I can remember."
"Well, sit down and let me tell you." Cody instructed. "This is what happened."
Cody anxiously tapped his foot as he sat in the waiting room at the hospital.
"This is completely unfair." Cody thought in frustration. He hated that he had to wait here, he should've been in the delivery room with Priscilla, comforting her as she went through her ordeal.
Letting out a groan in frustration, Cody rose from his seat and began to pace around, fighting the urge to just charge in there and be by his wife's side, no matter how tempting it was.
"You're going to tiring yourself out if you keep pacing like that." An older man's voice teased. Looking up from his pacing, Cody was greeted with the smiling face of his father.
Cody frowned. "Dad, what are you doing here?" Then Cody glanced at his watch. "It's almost 2 in the morning. You should be sleeping."
"There was no way I was going to miss this." Charlie declared. "And I figured you'd want someone with you."
"What I want is to be with Priscilla." Cody admitted. "She shouldn't have to be in there by herself."
Charlie put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "I know, but I promise everything will be okay."
Cody sighed and sat back down, with his father sitting next to him. Then Cody noticed his dad had a bag with him. "What's that?"
"Oh, I wanted to bring something for the baby." Charlie explained as he took something out. The man then presented Cody with a stuffed shark.
"Aren't you usually supposed to bring teddy bears?" Cody joked.
Charlie shrugged. "I wanted to be a bit more original."
The two men shared a laugh. Then a nurse came approached them. "Mr. Burns? You can see your wife now."
Cody quickly stood. "Is she okay?" He asked, a bit panicked.
The nurse smiled at him. "Yes, both her and the baby are fine."
"The baby!" Cody thought as he rushed to the delivery room. When he arrived, the first thing he saw was Priscilla resting in a hospital bed, giving a tired smile to something in arms, carefully wrapped in a blanket.
Cody quietly walked to her side. Priscilla smiled at him.
"Say hello to your son." Priscilla whispered to Cody, allowing Cody to take a better look at the baby.
To say Cody didn't cry would be a gigantic lie. The moment he laid eyes on the bundle in her arms, Cody was enraptured. At that moment, nothing was more beautiful to him than the small precious being sleeping in his wife's arms. When Priscilla handed the baby, Cody was terrified he his tears would disturb the tiny being in his arms. While the baby squirmed a bit, he remained asleep, seemingly content in his father's arms.
Then Cody heard his father. "Mind if I join?" The older man gently asked.
Once Cody and Priscilla nodded, Charlie carefully entered. He smiled at the bundle in Cody's arms. "He's a beautiful baby." He complimented. "Have you two chosen a name?"
"Apollo." Priscilla replied.
"Apollo?" Charlie repeated.
"Of course." Priscilla stated. "This baby is going to do great things someday and his name should reflect that."
"Apollo Charles Burns." Cody stated. Charlie was surprised by the inclusion of his own name but was nonetheless flattered.
"No doubt this kid will do great things," Charlie agreed.
For a while, it was just the four of them, enjoying the quiet and each other's company, each the adults getting a chance to hold little Apollo. After they all had a chance to hold the baby, they were able to get a nurse to take a picture of them.
"Grandpa was the one that gave me Gabby?" Apollo asked after hearing the story.
Cody smiled at his son. "Yep. And when you got older, you would carry that thing everywhere you could, and you would throw a fit if we tried to take it from you."
Apollo glanced away, seemingly embarrassed. Priscilla laughed at her son and pinched his cheek gently. "Aww, there's no need to be embarrassed. Its good you loved his gift so much."
Then Apollo frowned a bit. "I wish I knew him better."
Cody's smile turned a bit sad. "Yeah, me too. But while he was still around, he adored you so much."
Apollo smiled. "Are there more pictures of me with him?"
Priscilla nodded. "Yes, there are plenty. I'll make sure to find them."
Then Cody stood. "We can look at them after we finish cleaning up."
Apollo nodded. "Deal."
Then the trio continued to clean their house. But the moment they finished, they made sure to look through more of Apollo's baby photo's, mostly one with his grandfather, Charlie.
