Headcanons for Dad Bruno Au… Pt. 2
Warnings: Encanto Spoilers?
a/n: Thinking the next chapter will be shorter. It’s finals week for me. I’d love to here some of your thoughts on the au thus far.
Calling the posts “chapters” because I want to.
prompt: The beginning of the my Single Dad Bruno au.
Adelita Chapters: (1) 2 (3) (4) (5) (6)
Ultimately, Adelita stopped leaving plates at the back door.
Instead, she stayed up and shared a meal with him at her window.
He doesn’t eat alone anymore.
This man will just listen to her ramble about her day.
“Today I gotted a pineapple, only it wasn’t, really. So I had it and I didn’t know what to do with it. So I ate it but it didn’t taste like a pineapple cause it wasn’t, it was a mango. But I like mangoes so it was okay.” - Adelita.
He doesn’t talk much about himself, specifically his past, but he did formally introduce himself.
“Oye, el nombre es Bruno… just Bruno,” - Ratman Bruno
“Hola, just Bruno. Soy Adelita Guerreo.” - Adelita.
Bruno often puts on theatrical acts to entertain the little girl.
She had a sweet laugh.
During the day, Adelita begins to feel someone following, watching her.
“You don’t have to hide in the bushes,” Adelita called out as she trekked down the dirt path to town. “It’s kinda creepy.”
A rat appeared from the foliage.
A lizard and now a rat, Adelita’s visible companions as she went about her day.
Though Adelita might be the outsider amongst the village children, she is a regular darling according to the grown-ups.
She knows her please and thank yous and when to help someone struggling.
Ex; helping Sra. Duran load her stores onto their cart.
Lizard and rat sidekick shenanigans.
She watches the other kids play for a short while but, as always, doesn’t interact.
By early afternoon, she is one tired little girl.
Adelita’s Abuela is surprised but not shocked when she falls asleep at the table.
“Have you been sleeping well, chiquita?” - Abuela.
“Sí, I would like more bistec a caballo.” - Adelita.
The little peanut takes a needed nap following lunch.
Her fury tagalongs burrow into her bag for a nap of their own until she wakes up.
One particular evening, Adelita falls asleep at her windowsill, early on in Bruno's performance.
She apologizes the next morning while walking “alone” into town.
Bruno decides to put a pause on day-to-day evening visits.
“You’re leaving, too?”
He assures her that it’s not forever.
And it isn’t
It’s just-
-Kids need their sleep.
He still visits by Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. And has his rat watching over her during the days.
Adelita does have her own things to do during the day. Her own interests.
For example, learning to sew from her Abuela.
Adelita’s Abuela was the community's only seamstress - self taught - when they first arrived in Encanto. And her mother took up the mantle after her abuela.
Though she’s still a beginner, she finds the practice of sewing calming.
Sunday evening is her favorite. She gets to recount everything she did over the weekend.
“Abuela, she taught me to make sudado de Pollo. Your little friend really likes it.” - Adelita
(Her lizard likes crickets)
Adelita tries to rush her Abuela’s story at bedtime because she has to tell Bruno about her day.
However, her Abuela reminds her that she can’t rush things.
Adelita can be an impatient child.
“Have I told you the story of parents and the plantain tree?” - Abuela
With the topic of family in her head, she decides to ask Bruno about his.
“I’m separated from them.” - Bruno
“Oh… well, you can be part of mine. Mi familia, es tu familia.” - Adelita.
“I think it’s time to say goodnight.” - Bruno
“Alright,” Adelita beamed, “goodnight Señor Bruni.” she said, reaching out the open window and hugging him.
