#frichard? no we arent going there. i refuse

[kitcheninaman]

i gotta know, what’s up with fred and richard??

i am SO glad you asked

Fred is odins father. full name Frederick George Lester. Richard is madisons father. full name Richard Graham Harpham

they went to school together in the 80s/90s, specifically a really fancy private boys school because they're both really rich and come from important families (Freds family r oil barons and Richards family r aristocrats)

in sixth form they were put in the same room together in the boarding house (it's a boarding school i forgot to mention) and at first Fred is like ew i hate this guy . wtf

eventually they become friends. and then theyre both grappling with their boatloads internalised homophobia bc theyre tories. and eventually they kiss (on the mouth)

they enter a relationship but they keep it a huge secret bc they both want to go into CONSERVATIVE POLITICS. they both get girlfriends. Richard promises Fred that one day gay marriage will be legalised and they can get married.

after school they both marry their respective girlfriends (psa their girlfriends have 100% slept with each other but that's a whole other thing) and sort of. get on with their political careers. neither of them are that successful theyre both extremely irrelevant but Richard becomes the mayor of the city this is all set in and Fred becomes the chairman on the local council.

Richard has a daughter (Madison) in 2005/2006 i think? and Fred has a son (Odin) in like. 2007??? Richard loves his daughter dearly but Fred....

Fred has had straight sex once. he hated it and he accidentally conceived Odin at the same time. he's having a bad time. also he's mad he had to marry Lilith in the first place

in 2014 gay marriage is legalised and Fred divorces his wife. he goes to Richard and asks him to leave his wife and marry him. Richard refuses, scared of losing his job and wanting to protect his daughter. he WANTS to leave his wife he just thinks he's not allowed

they keep seeing each other, unable to stop loving each other, while resentment builds between them. Richard wants to love Fred openly but he's too scared to, and Fred is growing so impatient about it.

this is never mentioned in the main plot i just think its silly bc it explains a lot about why Fred (and as a result odin) is the way he is!!! also Richard and Freds dynamic.......

thank you so much for asking!!!! i love all ur questions so much

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