CONSIDER THIS: single parent docnut and tuckington au. doc is a single parent of problem child o’malley, and tucker of junior. they attend the same kind of parent-and-child bonding classes or whatever, and their kids are more or less buddies. maybe junior is the only kid that’s not afraid to get within 10 feet of o’malley. the class is run by butch flowers. donut and wash run the joint daycare next door that the kids are dropped off at when the parents are at work. junior is super curious and o’malley throws tantrums, so they take a lot of attention from donut and wash and the two have to work together just to keep up with them (idk maybe there are other people running it with them, like, the freelancers or the LTs or something, so donut and wash can focus on junior and o’malley)
eventually junior and o’malley (tho he probably doesnt like admitting it) get really attached to donut and wash, and junior starts crying/o’malley throws ANOTHER FIT (hes crying) when they have to leave one day and the parents are just like “???? i am so tired why is this happening they were JUST having a blast over there like 5 seconds ago w h y”
the kids finally go over to get their things and the parents are just standing around talking to donut and wash (more like donut was all HEYYY UR THE PARENTS TELL US ABOUT YOURSELVES). doc mentions that he works at a florist shop and donut is ALL ABOUT FLORA so they start excitedly chattering about what kind of flowers would “brighten up the atmosphere in this stuffy daycare room” and tucker is like “you look like you havent slept in like 10000 years unlike mr sunshine over here” and wash tells tucker that he’s pretty convinced that both butch flowers and donut are not humans. he is convinced and has conspiracy theory ready and prepped. tucker laughs like “lmao yeah you definitely need to go to sleep”
and suddenly theyve got plans to all have dinner at donut’s house that weekend (”you can bring the kids and they can have a playdate :D!!!”)
bonus maybe it turns to polyamory (docnutuckington ????) and everyone is in love and the kids are now siblings with four dads the end