#fergus bower

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Dads and dads-to-be for Father's Day

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Family Dinner

with some additional guests

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I'm just going to throw out a fact. Makenna had the privilege of being the first daughter, niece, and granddaughter of the family 💅✨

Her birth must have been as memorable as, or similar to, Simba's (from The Lion King). Prove me wrong 😌

Next big moment for the Bower family since Breena's and Neil's wedding (which was like half a year prior to this) ✨️

And that is not even including the excitement of the aunties and uncles!

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Sketch is finished, allow me to share Yvaine and Fergus :)

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Everyone: OMG Breeil content!! How cute!!😍❤️

Me: That imagen of Neil and Bree sitting on the other side of the fence, wouldn't that be an Ian's POV when the poor boy just wanted to tell his brother that dinner was ready? just to find them kissing ? lol 😂

I'm not normal at all, forgive me for that 😔

That is indeed Ian's POV :D

He's gonna be insufferable about it. Dinner is just Ian constantly making smooch faces towards Neil and Neil kicking his shin progressively harder to get him to stop. Everybody else just eyes each other but is otherwise not very reactive, cause Ian being annoying is nothing new. Only Breena is suspiciously quiet. Neil kicks once too hard and Ian yelps a "MOTHERFUC-", stopping himself midway because Yvaine and Fergus are throwing him a death glare.

"Bad word!" Maisie points out.

"Is there anything ye two wish to share?" Fergus asks.

"No. Nothing." Neil answers and stares at Ian warningly.

"Good. Then we can go back to a peaceful dinner." Fergus concludes.

Some moments of peace later, Ian tells Breena he hopes Neil's breath didn't smell bad to which she didn't get to respond because Neil slammed his hands on the table with a "I will murder ye and throw yer body to the werewolves to eat and yer remaining bones into the Boiling Sea, so ye benefit an ecosystem somehow, ye little piece of-"

"That's enough." Yvaine interrupted. "Acting as if none of us knew Breena and ye've been kissing."

"Been?! It was once! Today!" Neil argued.

"Really? What the heck have ye two been doing the past weeks then?" Blair commented.

Breena just gradually sinks more and more into her chair through it all, eventually getting a sympathetic head pat from Keith with a "There, there."

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Okay, okay, but what if that night when Blair, Neil and Ian snuck into the tavern somehow Yvaine found out and the next morning while they were having breakfast she simply strangled them with the most sarcastic comments possible?

Yvaine: The night atmosphere yesterday was lovely, don't you think?

Blair: uhm... yeah I guess?

Yvaine: Well, I didn't have anything interesting to do last night but that wasn't the case for everyone. Especially for those who believe that the tavern is their second home or who like to sneak around there ( throws them a death stare)

Blair: ...

Neil: ...

Ian: Ah... about that... da-?

Fergus: oh, no buddy , you three are on your own

I don't have the slightest idea how to write good dialogue (forgive me😭) but you get the idea <3

Yvaine: That Blair sneaks oot is no novelty, but ye doin' that is a surprise, Neil. And ye dragged Ian wi' ya.

Ian: It was my idea, mum.

Yvaine: I dinna care whose mind this plan sprouted in, all three of ye are in trouble. Blair.

Blair: ...aye?

Yvaine: Since ye like meeting Lianna so much, let her ken that she can find ye at the market stand every day for the entire week.

Blair: Stand duty??? No, mum, please, gie' me any other punishment but stand duty! Dinna send me to those lunatics we call customers! I beg ye, please!!

Yvaine: Stand duty. End of discussion. Ian.

Ian: Mum?...Da?

Fergus: Nuh-uh. Ye're on yer own, lad.

Yvaine: I want every stall and every barn so clean, we could eat off the floor.

Ian: Shite shoveling... fun.

Yvaine: And Neil. Ye will...

Neil: ?

Yvaine: Ye will... uh- erm... phew uhm.. it's difficult thinking of a punishment for ye, I feel like ye'd enjoy any task I'll gie' ye.

Breena: Sorry I'm so late! Still not used to ya guys' breakfast times.

Yvaine (smirking): I will go ta the fair in Morville next week and take Breena wi' me.

Breena: Me?

Neil: But! The fair lasts an entire week!

Yvaine: Dinna fash, Fergus will find enough work for ye ta do ta survive a week wi'out her.

Breena: Hellooo? Can somebody explain the situation to me?! I feel like I'm missing something here!

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I love the parallel between Breeil's and Snowfox's proposals and how neither of them went as planned. Neil and Robyn are so silly and absolutely adorable when it comes to their redheads 🥹♥️

Now I have to ask: how did the rest of the Bowers react to Bree's and Neil's proposal? Obviously, they were super happy about it, but I'm more curious about what they thought of how clumsy Neil was. I can imagine Edan and Blair being disappointed but still teasing, while Ian would be laughing his ass off and being absolutely unbearable about it.

They are my comfort zone characters, just get me😔

Bisexual brunets and the redhead that makes them malfunction ❤️

When word spreads of how messy the proposal was because Breena told Blair and Lianna, and Lianna is a tattletale, Neil wanted to sink into the ground and never resurface again. Blair wasn't necessarily disappointed and more amused by the fact that Neil had asked Blair on how to best propose to Bree, he had practiced his speech on her until she gave her approval and then he still messed up.

Edan went eye-roll and head-shake upon hearing how exactly the proposal went down and occasionally threw a jab at Neil the first few weeks after the proposal.

Ian was wheezing and never let Neil hear the end of it. And when I say never, I mean never. He'd bring it up at every instance he got, happy to have more ammunition to tease his beloved big brother with. Neil in the meantime had to restrain himself from choking Ian.

Keith and Maisie also couldn't help holding back a chuckle but they long were not as teasing about it as their older siblings. Though, Maisie did sigh and say it was "so romantic"

Yvaine and Fergus are too busy being happy that another one of their babies is getting married. Second wedding for the Bower household and the excitement was big.

I'm noticing as I'm thinking about the proposals of the couples in TDAAC that a lot of proposals have a spontaneous or accidental vibe to them. At least those where I have a proposal written down.

Calyn's proposal was planned (and also parallels Snowfox with the proposal on a field patch hehe) but very casual.

Breeil's was planned but didn't go as planned.

Blianna's was in the heat of the moment and thus very spontaneous.

Keilo was planned and... went according to plan? More or less. Give it up for Keith and Milo everybody.

Maisie and Lewis' was planned but, like Breeil's didn't go as Lewis had planned it.

IanVal was a slip of tongue on Val's part.

So really, Micah just experienced a typical Bower proposal as seems to be the fate in that family hahaha

I get you, anon. The amount of times the Bowers have gotten me through a shift this year is surreal. 🤧

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At this point I thought we wouldn’t go back to mentioning how funny it used to be when we could make fun of Ian’s love life in such a silly way. Let’s keep the nonsense going!

Mostly I just want to continue with this a bit because I still remember that when everything about Ian was more jokey and lighthearted I wanted to join in too but then suddenly we jumped into all his angst and it didn’t feel right to keep up the other tone.

Anywayss, if you don’t mind, here’s a headcanon of an interaction between Ian, Fergus, and Yvaine at Maisie’s wedding (since we’re on that topic).✌️

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Fergus: I was hoping you’d bring someone this time, son. No handsome guy or lovely lady that’s caught your eye? (winks) I could be your wingman, you know ;)

Yvaine: Honey, don’t tease him.

Ian : Very funny, dad. But no, I’m fine on my own. I don’t need a partner right now… I’ve got other things going on.

Yvaine: Oh really? Weren’t you crying about that the other day?

Ian: That doesn’t matter! I mean— that wasn’t about that!

Fergus: No, no, he’s right. Maybe he doesn’t have a boyfriend, girlfriend, or… whatever, but he’s got, uh…

(pause)

he’s got… something.

Ian: *sighs* I have my palisman at least.

Fergus: Exactly! And a very cute one!

Yvaine:You know, sweetie, that palisman probably worries about you more than we do.

Ian: Okay, that’s it. I’m definitely gonna need more whisky before this gets worse.

Aahhhhh Yvaine and Fergus my beloved 🥹🥹🥹

They're trying their best to make their babies - and especially this one - happy 😫

I too like to think that when his mother or father asked Ian about his love-life (more worriedly or curious than teasing), he wouldn't open up and try to shoo them away, like with his siblings. But he'd have his moments where he's so tired and broken and he just... goes up to Yvaine and rests his head on her lap silently, feeling the sob in his throat and losing the control the moment Yvaine brushes his hair aside and asks "Mo leanabh (my baby), are ye alright? What's on yer heart?"

He doesn't answer. He just lets the tears flow. Crying silently. And Yvaine lets him. She doesn't press any questions. She doesn't demand any explanation. She just sees her baby boy needs someone to hold him and leans over him protectively. Holding him.