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The Fire in Us

Summary:

Set a tad post-canon (a tad being about 28 years, give or take). Simon & Baz's twin teenagers have just finished their fifth year at Watford & the family makes their annual summer visit to Hampshire. There's something odd about the place, though, & this trip might just end in flames.

"The magic returned to Hampshire a long time ago, & so did the Grimms (Granddad & his family). I can really feel the fire in me there. Something about ancestral ground & all that.

I'm not talking in metaphors, either. I've got a literal fire inside me. I come from two long lines of fire mages - the Pitches & the Grimms - & when we go there I can feel the fire trying to burn its way out of me, sometimes. My feet start to feel like I've gone for a really long walk, like there's only a thin layer between them & a bed of hot embers. & when I can really reach down deep & harness that power...Crowley, it feels like I could conquer the world."

Updates are currently sporadic as I had no idea I'd be writing a series when I first started & I want to avoid retconning as much as possible! Thanks for your patience 💜

Notes:

Okay, some disclaimers because I have a few...

I read Carry On (well, listened to the audiobook) for the first (and second) time last month and I haven't been able to get Simon and Baz out of my head since. Then one day I started thinking about them with their teenage kids and this is what happened.

I haven't written a lick of fiction in years, and I think this is my first foray into fanfiction in about 15 years? Long story short, I'm rusty as hell. If hell is rusty, IDK.

I have no idea if this will turn into a larger story with a plot or if it'll just be little ficlets. There's lots of little scenes in my head but not currently anything that could be made into a consistent storyline, so we'll see. (EDIT - Alright, I've got a story now. So hopefully it's not terrible.)

Also I've always been terrible with titles.

Also, I'm not British, so I apologize in advance for any errors in the dialect, etc.

I *think* that's all I've got for now. Hope you enjoy. :D

Chapter Text

“Baz!” Dad calls out from my parents’ bedroom on the first morning of summer holiday. Then suddenly he's stood in front of us all - Daddy, Ty, and me - at breakfast wearing nothing but his pants and an incredulous stare.

 

Daddy looks up from the paper he's been grading and quirks an eyebrow. He gestures at Dad with his pen and says, “You're wearing my pants.”

 

“They made it into my drawer somehow, yeah. But the real question here is how do you wear these ?”

 

Daddy glances down in what becomes a curt nod. “You seem to have the hang of it. What are you getting at, Snow?” He still calls Dad that sometimes, even after all these years. He says it's ingrained. Dad likes it anyhow, I think. I think he thinks of it as flirting, which it probably is.

 

“They haven't got a dick hole.” And there it is, the crux of the matter.

 

Daddy lets out an exasperated sigh and drops his eyes to his paper again. “Wonderful topic of conversation for breakfast, love-”

 

“I've already eaten-”

 

“Now go put some clothes on; you're traumatizing the children.”

 

I sneak a glance at Ty, who blinks a few times while he chews his toast - open-mouthed but still managing to smirk, somehow - before looking at me. Sat there with a messy tawny bun, mouth full of toast and eyes full of sleep, he doesn't look the least bit traumatized. He shrugs and I can't help but smile.

 

It's always good to know that nothing's changed around here while we've been away at school.