this may have been in my head for a few days
but
everyone thinking simons in charge in the household and that hes the one to tell off the kids and everything but they find out that no hes the laid back parent and the head of the household is this 5 foot 8 woman who ends up keeping the boys in line and simons just there smirking at them for thinking he was the bossy one
i keep saying i love the ideas you guys have, but you all are honestly doing so good with these (keep them coming, i'll try to actually answer my inbox when i don't feel like dogwater <3)
you'd bugged and pestered and fought simon for nearly two weeks before he'd finally allowed you to invite the 141 for dinner. 'i just want to meet your other family, si,' you whispered to him one night. 'just wanna know the people who are saving your ass,' and he huffed and nudged you.
after weeks of fighting with him, the taskforce was finally allowed into his home. 'what d'ye think his missus is like?' soap nudged gaz, snickering from the backseat. they were all buckled up, as simon was driving them because he knew the way home. price had made sure they'd buckled up.
'i dunno,' gaz answered simply. 'she's gotta be a beast to be able to deal with the lieutenant,' he added. soap shrugged, gave a noncommittal noise.
'feel like l.t is the one running the house. he's got the military training, after all,' and simon had to stop himself from laughing. him? running the house? that you took care of when he was away? and the kids, who were sometimes the literal spawn of satan? it was funny. genuinely.
and as he pulled up the driveway, he watched as you came onto the front porch. a nice little sundress, one he especially loved on you, and some little kitten heels. christ, he'd have a hard time keeping away from you today.
parking the car, he opened the door and was the first one to greet you. pressing a gentle kiss to your cheek, and allowing you to greet everyone. price gave you a soft handshake, thanking you for inviting them all over. soap, the bastard, pressed a kiss to the top of your hand. your eyes rolled, a little smile forming on your face.
gaz gave you a little wave, smiling softly. he was always rather quiet, but from what simon had told you he'd warm up. you invited them all in, sliding your heels off before stepping fully into the house. simon followed suit, pulling his boots off as price followed his lead.
soap, on the other hand, tried to walk on your freshly cleaned floors. you stopped sharply, staring the man down. 'if you get mud on my clean floors i will wipe it clean with you,' and he blinked at you. there was a few little giggles from upstairs, and you gave simon a little gesture upstairs.
'i can get you guys something to drink? water, maybe some whiskey?' you asked, waiting to move until gaz and soap had both taken their boots off. gaz shook his head, muttering something about being okay.
'water is fine for us, ma'am,' price spoke for him and soap. there were more little whispers and hushed whines coming from upstairs. soap peaked up the stairs, but they turned just at the top so he couldn't see what was happening.
you gestured to the living room around you. 'please, make yourselves at home. simons home is yours, afterall,' and they thanked you. simon had come back down, helping you hand waters off to the others. a few little footsteps came from upstairs, and two little girls appeared there.
'i tried to tell them that the makeup wouldn't work today, lovie,' simon whispered, just loud enough for soap to hear. he turned to see bright pink blush spread across their faces, some lipstick spread halfway to their chins. they watched you take a deep breath.
it was silent for a moment, a little smile coming from you. 'how did you get into my makeup?' and neither of them answered. 'while it is quite pretty, i'm sure our company would much rather see your pretty faces without anything,' and they stood there for a moment.
you stared at the two kids, who looked at their feet. simon stifled a little laugh as the 141 turned to look at him. 'upstairs,' you told them. 'clean that off, make yourselves presentable and come back down when you're ready,' you spoke calmly. they huffed a little, heard a hum from you and hustled on upstairs.
for some time, the group of you spoke. you'd talked about how simon had reacted in the hospital room ('christ, john, he actually passed out. full on, and the nurses just left him there,') and the group cackled.
simon had taken to helping you plenty, keeping the kids humored enough to not begin complaining, refilling drinks and helping set the table.
'sam, honey,' simon spoke up. 'please don't play with your food, if you don't want to eat it, that's okay. we should save it if not,' and she gave a little huffed whine.
'but daaaad,' she complained. 'there's nothing else to do,' and the group watched as you looked to said girl.
sam looked down at the food, dropping the fork. 'sam, apologize to your father,' and soap found himself stifling a laugh. a little girl, apologizing to the big, bad ghost? she did it, rather unhappily, but perked her voice up after you gave another look.
outside of that, dinner went quite well. the other little girl, sara, had kept to her manners. simon took to taking them to get ready for bed while you cleaned dishes with the help of soap.
'diddnae think that you'd be the one to be uptight with the kids,' he spoke softly. price and gaz were in the other room, helping to clean up the living area. 'thought it would've been simon doing all a' that,' you gave a little laugh.
shaking your head, you handed him another plate to dry. 'no, he's the cool parent. he doesn't have to take care of the kids early during school. he gets lucky, they're real bastards when they want to be,' and you gave a fond little laugh. 'love them to death, believe me, but they really take after their father,' and soap laughed with you.
christ, the 141 hadn't been expecting this at all, but it was different seeing their lieutenant be the relaxed person. it was nice, honestly. seeing him finally relax fully in the comfort of his little family.
'don't tell him i told you, but there's another on the way,' you whispered into soaps ear and he spun to look at you, surprise etched on his face.
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We had a shitty makeshift gallery for my grandma and it was awesome.
My grandma’s always been disappointed that she couldn’t get higher education (especially higher education in art) because “It just wasn’t what you did back then.” (she got married quite young which meant she had to take up a lot of jobs immediately after getting out of school).
She’s said a few times that she feels like people think she’s stupid because she spent a lot of time teaching kids with special needs and people thought it meant she was too thick to teach ‘normal’ kids. And she somehow refuses to acknowledge how great of a painter she is like babe. I take Art GCSE. I’ve SEEN the average person’s painting ability.
So in the February half term we all dressed up like posh guests and blu-tacked her recent paintings to the wall, then we all walked around pretending we were at a very prestigious exhibition. She was equal parts flattered and embarrassed, so mission successful. My 10-year-old cousin was very happy to pretend to be a rich, snooty woman coming to buy the whole lot with her 50p coin.
This is the woman who insists she can’t paint, lads.
We’ve tried to tell her lmao. We’ve tried our best.
We had a great night and everyone got really drunk except me and the kids, and then someone broke a glass and we had to evacuate. 10/10.
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The Cambridge/Wales Family moments in 2022
↳ February 26: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George attend the Six Nations Rugby match between Wales and England at Twickenham Stadium.
↳ March 29: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend the Service of Thanksgiving for The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey.
↳ April 17: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend the Easter Sunday Service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor with other members of The Royal Family.
↳ June 2: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis attend the Trooping the Colour celebration in London.
↳ June 4: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte visit Cardiff Castle in Wales as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
↳ June 4: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend the Platinum Party at the Palace in front of Buckingham Palace, as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
↳ June 5: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis attend the Platinum Pageant on the last day of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
↳ July 10: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George attend the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London
↳ August 2: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte attend the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
↳ September 7: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis attend a “settling in afternoon” at Lambrook School, their new school in Windsor.
↳ September 19: The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
↳ December 13: Kensington Palace released the family’s Christmas card photo, which was taken earlier in the year.
↳ December 15: The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend the ‘Together at Christmas’ carol service at Westminster Abbey.
↳ December 25: The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis attend the Christmas Day Service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham with the members of The Royal Family.
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