your kids asking the cod men (+konig and graves) about area 51
a/n: i know area 51 is in the US but this is just a fun crack fic
♡ john price (dad mode: engaged)
you’re washing dishes in the kitchen. wearing that robe he bought you. your youngest is drawing on the fridge whiteboard. your oldest, spoon in hand, squints up at him like a little detective.
“dad, do aliens live in area 51?”
price, sipping his tea, doesn’t miss a beat:
“they did. we evicted ’em in ‘98.”
you laugh softly. “john—”
“one of ’em tried to take your mum on a date,” he adds, folding the paper, eyes twinkling. “had to break four of his fingers. little green shit never came back.”
he winks at you. you roll your eyes. your kid is stunned.
and later? your child draws an alien with a broken hand and writes “DADDY GOT HIM” on the page.
♡ soap mactavish (unhinged uncle energy but dad edition)
he’s making pancakes in the kitchen. shirtless. your toddler’s sitting on the counter with pancake batter on their nose.
“daddy, do you have alien friends?”
“aye,” he says, flipping a pancake. “one of ‘em owed me five bucks. i never forget.”
you walk in mid-convo and he’s just saying:
“—and their hands are like spaghetti. weirdest handshake ever.”
later, your kid tries to shake your hand using only four floppy fingers.
♡ gaz (the realist but turns into a menace)
sitting on the sofa with a kid on each side. watching cartoons. sippy cup half-empty. suddenly:
“dad? what’s in area 51?”
he sighs. dramatic. long.
you giggle from the kitchen. but then—he leans in real close to the kids, drops his voice:
“but one time, i saw a guy walk through a wall. he’s probably still there.”
he grins. the kids are silent for the next twenty minutes, watching the door.
♡ ghost (dad of silence, until he isn’t)
your kid is colouring next to him at the table. he’s drinking coffee in complete silence. you’re folding laundry.
he doesn’t answer at first.
“only met one. didn’t speak. just stared.”
“it blinked sideways,” he adds, sipping his mug. “still see it in my dreams.”
“what?” he shrugs. “builds character.”
your kid doesn’t sleep that night. neither does he. bonding.
♡ graves (suburban menace. king of dad lies.)
he’s mowing the lawn. your kid runs up with popsicle-stained hands yelling:
he stops, takes off his sunglasses.
“kiddo, not only are they real—your mum was one.”
you from the porch: “phillip!”
“how else you think she got eyes like that?” he calls, grinning.
later, he lets your kid wear his sunglasses and says,
“you see any green guys? tell your old man. we’ll handle it.”
♡ könig (gentle giant, terrified)
you’re all sitting on the couch. popcorn. cartoons. one of your kids looks at him and whispers:
“papa… what’s in area 51?”
he stiffens. visibly. clutches the bowl.
“we… we are not allowed to speak about it,” he says, voice trembling slightly. “they made us sign… papers.”
you: “honey. you can tell them it’s just a base—”
“no,” he says, deadly serious. “they scan your teeth.”
your kid slowly covers their mouth.
later, you find tinfoil hats made out of cereal boxes in their room.