So my thoughts on making a kid for Graveyard Flowers is something like this...
A couple years into Beej and Ro's little partnership Beej gets summoned by a woman.
She had escaped an abusive marriage with her baby and ended up dying in a car crash that the baby survived. Instead of being tied to a house she's tied to her daughter. She gets so fed up with the foster homes she's been placed in she does something drastic.
Now, BJ has never, and I mean never, been asked to take care of a kid, babysitting isn't exactly a service he advertises on his flyer, but the whole thing is a basically a blank check waiting to be cashed.
It may not be his ticket back to living, but having a live one on his charge could get both him and Ro some sweet upgrades. That doesn't mean he's not reluctant.
So imagine Ro's confusion when he shows back up in the office, completely perplexed, before heading off to do actual paperwork, and only pausing to ask, "You like kids, right?"
Obviously, before he hands the paperwork in, he does the most outrageous thing, and asks her whether she'd be okay helping him take care of a kid.
Her first instinct is to say no, because he should in no way be allowed to raise a child, but once he fully explains the circumstances she agrees.
Once the paperwork is signed by the mother, approved, and a house up top is acquired, they finally get to actually meet her.
And she is the cutest little three-year-old, with blond hair, and big brown eyes, named Mila.
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Her mother was able to explain the situation, that she can't take care of her anymore, but that's all before her spirit finally gives out.
Of course they're both a little nervous how she's going to react to them, BJ especially. With a little make up and a scarf Ro looks pretty normal, if not just really pale.
Much to their confusion, she finds Rosie the more unsettling one, and is completely fine with BJ.
She warms up to her eventually, but she definitely prefers Beej and his weirdness.
She also calls him 'Beebs' and thinks it's funny when his head spins and pulls snake and rats out of his pockets. Definitely a strange little girl, but perfect for them.
don’t ask what the drizzle is (it’s fucking icing I added it for aesthetic purposes and I just realized I fucking forgot the sprinkles on his body what the actual shit)
also.. he leaves a trail of glitter and sparkles wherever he goes.. and his paws leave behind glittery paw prints as well shhh he’s just full of whimsy guys /j
Maggie is Bradey's little cousin on her mom's side.
When Mags was 7 her mom OD'd and Bradey was the only next of kin able to take her in. She and Derek didn't hesitate to take custody of her, and they moved her from the rundown apartment in New York to their house on Anna Maria Island in Florida. Along with her dog Perdi, who was her older sister's, but no one has heard from Jordan since she ran off after she turned 22.
When they first take her in she is super shy around Derek, her mom had a few boyfriends, but she'd never really had a dad, and Derek can look pretty intimidating. But after a couple weeks she starts warming up to him.
Sometime during their 3rd Disney trip, a weekend stay at the Contemporary (Because Derek is loaded and will take every opportunity to spoil his girls), she called him dad for the first time. And if she didn't already have him wrapped around her little finger, she did after that.
I'm not sure if she ever really starts calling Bradey Mom because she's more like a big sister to her.
But they're a family. They live in a big house, with a private beach, they own an old books store, and they go on Disney trips and are super cute and I love them.
