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Long, hard, sweaty day... take a load off, brother.
Gonna bring this Dorito home to the wife and kids
‘Surprise! - Part One
Synopsis: They don't know a lot about Bob, they make fun of him sure but he was apart of the team. Out of everyone on the team they hadn't expect Bob to be the one keeping secrets. Especially not an entire human being. Single Parent Bob x Top Gun
Master list, Part Two
Robert ‘BOB’ Floyd wasn't a man of many words, he let people walk all over him. He stuck by his pilot’s side, tagging along on bar nights but he never stayed longer than one beer. He was always the designated driver if he stayed but never once did, he ever offer any information about his family. He knew Phenix has the only girl in a group of 6 boys. Hangman was an only child, along with Rooster. Payback had a sister and grew up with Fanboy and his two brothers. Coyote grew up with Hangman on his farm.
Bob never mentioned anyone, they assumed he was an orphan. They didn't pry, it never stopped them from asking if they wanted to stay with them during home coming, he always denied it with a small smile.
But on one particular home coming Bob seemed excited for once, he brushed off their offers. That was the day the image they had painted of little sheltered Bob was shattered.
They stepped off the ship hanging back instead of greeting their families watching Bob with a careful eye. That's when it happened. The Wizzo dropped his bag to the ground and crouched as a little girl ran and jumped into his arms, “Daddy!”.
An older couple came up to bob as he hugged the little girl, his grin never falling from his face, “Hello darling”. She had his brown flowing hair that stopped at her mid back, and she had his small timid smile and green eyes.
“Annabelle! What have I told you about running off?” the older woman scolded the child who attempted to hide her face in Bob’s neck as he stood.
The child mumbled and the woman huffed unimpressed, “Face me when you speak child”.
“Sorry Granma,” the child said sheepishly as he turned to look at the woman, bob stepped forward and hugged the older woman with his free arm shaking hands with the man.
“Barbra, John. Thank you for watching her” Bob greeted them as he turned his attention back to the little girl in his arms a look of pure adoration on his face.
Barbera looked at them with a small smile “Don't worry about it darling, you know you can call anytime. I'm glad your home safe” she took her husband’s hand who nodded at the distracted man and walked away.
Bob looked up from his daughter into Phenix’s expectant gaze he signed shifting the girl higher into his arms and ducking down to grab his bag as he shifted her onto his hip, “Come on Annie, let’s go meet a few of Daddy’s friends”.
“You have a kid?!” Hangman asked when they joined the rest of the group, Bob looked confused, “Of cause I do?”.
“When were you going to tell us?” Rooster asked still slightly shocked and slightly hurt, Bob looked at them slightly worried, “I did?”.
“When?” Phenix demanded, “I knew I’d been drunk but never drunk enough to forget my Wizzo has a kid!”
Bob huffed, “I don't drink and if I do it’s never more than one, I don't stay out late and I'm always back home before 9pm”. “And we were supposed to guess from that?” Payback asked, Bob, rolled his eyes with an easy smile. “I have a photo of her in my cockpit, I assumed one of you went snooping and found it when the questions of my family stopped” he shrugged, and Hangman looked like he was about to strangle the Wizzo if it wasn't for Coyote’s grip on his arm. “We thought you were an orphan!” Hangman hissed, “I am”.
Rooster blinked, “Then who were those people with you before?” he asked with a frown, “That was my wife’s parents” Bob gave a sad smile.
Coyote pulled Hangman away for a walk while the man started muttering, “a wife! Next thing he’ll tell us is he’s secretly the prime minister of France”.
“Your wife?” Phenix asked spectrally, “and where's she?”
“Where I left her I suppose” Bob shrugged, “and where was that?” Rooster countered sarcastically, “In a gave”.
Rooster stuttered and looked at the man wide-eyed “Shit Bob”, the man talked so causally about a dead wife. Holy shit, they knew nothing about this man. He shrugged with a smile “No harm done, it’s been a while, hasn't it honey” Bob turned his attention to Annabelle who had been laying on his chest just watching them from her perch, she sent Bob a beaming smile and nodded.
“So that means your...” Phoenix trailed off, “a single parent yeah” Bob rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
“Daddy” a small timid voice interrupted, and he looked down at Annabelle's innocent look, “Can we get ice cream?”.
He smiled softly, “Of cause, we can darling”, Rooster clearly finding a way to escape the awkward situation cleared his throat, “I've got to get back to...yeah” he turned on his heel and fled into the crowd.
Phenix rolled her eyes at the man’s lack of tacks, “Bye Bob, goodbye honey” she smiled softly at them both before disappearing into the crowd looking for her own family.
“Well,” Bob said with a sigh picking up his pack and readjusting his daughter, “That certainly could have gone worse”. His daughter giggled, “Can I get chocolate?”.
He looked at her in pure love, “of cause, you can darling” he said softly.
Bringing home my money haul after a long day
It ain't much but it's honest work
I had a long day of neuropsych testing scheduled for DD this week. We drove an hour to the appointment and DD went back with the provider. After about an hour, they came to get me and basically said the testing they had planned to do wouldn’t help her. They essentially sent us home. DD cried and said, “I’m unhelpable.” This has been such a long road for her with tons of dead ends. I think she’s beginning to feel hopeless.
I came home to DH in a tizzy because he had gotten a “threatening” email from work stating that his time off has been “excessive” and they were threatening disciplinary action. This kind of thing (which has never happened to me but I’ve had variants of it in the work place as a single mom raising kids). He’s legally protected under FMLA, but apparently a skull fracture and brain bleed are not enough to comfortably take time off of work. Cue even more stress on me as I’m now not supposed to depend on him to be available for any appointments from here until the end of the school year. Thanks helpful employer. I’m only parenting kids from home during a pandemic while simultaneously managing the aftermath of a tbi, a mental health crisis, and a gallbladder. I guess I’ll just do that while working FT and not expect any help from my spouse at all.
I told him to quit. His take home pay is like $20k/year. The benefits are really good. And because we don’t take my benefits, I get a small kick back from my job, plus I have significantly more take home pay (my benefits cost a lot more than his). That’s the big downfall to him not working-money, but mostly benefits. I hate that insurance is so tied to employment.
He has a masters degree. He should be able to get a better job. The biggest stress for us right now is time. We need more time. Our kids need us to be available, and I don’t want to miss out on this time with them while they’re young. Of course, I also want to retire when I’m old(er) which means it would be nice if DH had a retirement fund.
