AU headcanon game: Hilldane meet the family and the family's cool with them. 💕
Hey @lizisodd ! I’m tagging you because this has been in my drafts for so long I’m afraid Tumblr won’t notify you! Thank you for sending this and thank you for waiting forever for me to answer!! 💚
Omg I needed this. I’m being so mean to them recently, I gotta give them some love.
So, we know Eddie had younger siblings. And that’s a lot to come home and tell everyone at once. So I think he tells Mamma and Daddy first. Like, maybe this is a more modern au? They’re out to dinner or Mamma has made dinner and they know they’re gonna meet Eddie’s SO. And Eddie is nervous, bc why wouldn’t he be, but also he knows his parents love him no matter what.
Andy is NERVOUS. Like taking-off-his-hat-to-shake-hands, hello-ma’am-how-do-you-do nervous. Eddie keeps rubbing at his arm or his back, squeezing his hand while they wait. And of course, Mamma and Daddy are… surprised, to say the least. Maybe dinner is a little awkward, “So what do you do for a living, Andy?” Rather than “What are your intentions with my son?” And after the dinner Andy gets an approving handshake from Daddy and a hug from Mamma, thank God. Eddie’s got this smug smirk like he knew all along there was nothing to worry about.
Meeting the siblings is a different story. Which is that Eddie just pulls off the bandaid and Andy gets to meet all of them at once. They ask so. Many. Questions. And half of them are none of their business. Eddie lets Andy field most of them, but every once in a while he speaks up when Andy looks a little lost or overwhelmed or just doesn’t know how to answer. It’s entertaining. it’s cute! Eddie’s siblings are protective, so they DO give Andy the shovel talk, the older ones do anyway. Honestly, Andy might find it flattering.
As for Andy’s family. Eddie is a little terrified because Mr. Haldane is sort of a gruff man (on the outside). And Andy’s dad thinks he’s so fuckin funny and decides to speak in Scots at first just to watch Eddie try to keep up, meanwhile Andy is like “DaAaDd!” Andy’s mom has already adopted him, she’s knitting him a Christmas stocking as we speak. She’s like the lord has blessed me with another son, god is good, end of story. (And if Eddie were to break his heart she’d probably burn his house down, don’t worry about it)
Bill is supportive but also a little shit (youngest siblings stand up) and really makes Eddie work for it. Gives him the third degree over beers at his place. By the end of the night though, they’re drunk and getting along like a house on fire.
Thank you again!!! 💚
