#but I've been following some foster care youtuber for years so I know enough buzzwords to make shit sound realistic

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Anything else from the foster au that you're willing to share? I'm a sucker for foster care fics and I can't wait until this gets posted!

I can't wait to post it though right now I'd settle for 'stop adding more chapters, me'.

I too am a sucker for Foster Care AUs and also Best Dad Ray Molina, so here's some Ray being a good (foster) dad, a snippet where Ray wonders if Reggie is maybe more of an auditory learner after he flunked a test he studied hard for:

“How about for your next test, I read the chapters out loud for you?” Ray suggested. “And we’ll see if that makes any difference.” “I don’t want to waste your time,” Reggie said. That sounded like a lot of work, and Ray had his own kids to worry about, and his job, and fending off Aunt Victoria’s comments about how they were eating spaghetti again by making macaroni instead. “It’s not time wasted if I’m hanging out with you,” Ray said, giving him a smile. “Let’s give it a try, and see if it helps, alright? If not, we’ll try something else.” The tears that prickled at the edges of Reggie’s eyes weren’t in frustration this time. “Okay,” he agreed.

#foster care au #julie and the phantoms #best dad ray molina #I am writing a thing #not me projecting my trauma onto Reggie after I switched to a higher level in secondary school and suddenly my grades tanked #I tried to find you a very foster-care-y bit but without context those are all rather boring lol #but I've been following some foster care youtuber for years so I know enough buzzwords to make shit sound realistic #that and binging Judging Amy several times over