An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Relationships: Bruno Madrigal & Julieta Madrigal & Pepa Madrigal, Bruno Madrigal & Madrigal Family, Antonio Madrigal & Bruno Madrigal, "Abuela" Alma Madrigal & Bruno Madrigal
Characters: Bruno Madrigal, "Abuela" Alma Madrigal, Julieta Madrigal, Pepa Madrigal, Antonio Madrigal, Pedro Madrigal
Additional Tags: Bruno Madrigal Has OCD, Neurodivergent Bruno Madrigal, Bruno Madrigal Needs a Hug, Madrigal Family Needs Therapy (Disney), "Abuela" Alma Madrigal Tries, Angst, Mother-Son Relationship, Complicated Relationships, Brunos Rats, Antonio is a sweetheart, the others are mentioned - Freeform
Summary:
When Alma found out about his deception she tried to get rid of them herself. They were big and healthy now, no reason why her son should try to stop her, no reason why he should cry and beg as she gathered them in a box and brought them to a field outside of town and set them free.
No reason at all, in her opinion.
But by the next day they were back! Riding in his unruly hair (her Pedro's hair!) and hiding under his clothes.
Alma had been furious with her son, convinced that he had gone out and brought them back but he'd promised that he didn't.
"They came back on their own." he'd said, stroking the biggest of the rats.
"I think they like me." he had whispered with such a look of wonder and wistfullness on his face that it had thrown Alma for a loop.
A story about how it all started. Because it didn't start with Mirabel. It started with one rat in a kitchen.