Twins run in the family.
Aaron and Katelyn get married after graduating from Palmetto, before they go off to med school together. It takes them pretty far from Andrew, but they work to keep in touch.
In the last year of their four year MDs, Kate gets pregnant — A happy accident. Then, they find out they're having twins, just, holy fuck. Kate is determined to not let it slow her down, though, because she's a bad bitch. Then Andrew suggests that they move closer to him and Neil once they graduate.
This leads to a few long and difficult conversations. Andrew admits that he would like to see Aaron more and to have a relationship with his nieces. Aaron admits that he does miss Andrew being close by and that they could use the extra support. In the end, they agree after Andrew actually apologies to Katelyn for the way he treated her in the beginning.
No one regrets the decision. Aaron and Katelyn are beyond grateful for the support as they start their careers. Andrew absolutely adores his nieces, more so than he ever thought he could. Neil is happy because Andrew is happy.
But it isn't always easy. It's hard because they both see it; the girl are what Andrew and Aaron could have been if they were never separated. If Tilda had been capable of being a good mother to her twins. And it fucking hurts.
Somehow, this pain leads to Aaron planting a seed in Andrew's mind — What if Andrew and Neil were to start fostering? Andrew thinks his brother has finally lost it. It's ludicrous, insane, impossible, but– Is it? Helping foster kids could be nice, and it's not like they can't stop if it's too much.
Once Neil has his own separate crisis about it, they decide to go for it. Andrew and Neil sure as hell know how not to raise a kid and they have yet to completely traumatise any of the kids in their lives. So a fuck ton of paperwork and hoop-jumping later, they find themselves in a group home to see if there's a kid there they can help.
That's when they find not one kid, but two. Tucked away in a corner they find twin girls, maybe a year younger than Aaron's girls, who only speak Russian. They hadn't intended to jump in at the deepend like that, but something about them puts Andrew on alert. So they take the girls home with them.
And it is so, so much harder than they had expected. They had only prepped for one kid, but that's easily fixed. It's not so easy to fix the fact that the girls absolutely do not trust them. But Andrew and Neil are persistent; they don't push for trust, but they make sure to prove to the girls that they are safe at every turn.
Slowly, achingly slowly, the girls start to relax. They start to open up. And Andrew realises something so much worse than the pain that got them here.
Andrew realises that his twins are like him and Aaron too, but if Tilda left them both in the system. They are the real life result of his own worst nightmare.
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Alabaster "wants Percy Jackson to suffer for the death of his siblings" Torrington: I have no idea where Lamia got the every demigod will pay for the death of my children thing.
Hecate, who would pull down whole Olympus on the Olympians's heads if Alabaster wasn't spared: Such a mystery it is, hmm?
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Gaz: What if I lied this whole time and I'm actually 18?
Dib: Gaz, stop trying to get drugs.
Gaz: Don't suppress my interests.
Professor membrane : Clembrane? What are you doing here?
Clembrane, wearing a hawaiian shirt, sunglasses and holding a gatorade: My best.
Zim: I woke up and chose VIOLENCE. I WILL COMMIT ARSON AND BURN EVERYTHING TO THE GROUND!!! I AM ANGRY-
Dib: Awwww, you’re so adorable! Give me a hug~
Zim: Wh-What? nO, yOURE SUPPOSED TO BE SCARED OF ME! TREMBLE BEFORE MY WRATH-
Clembrane, recording: This is so cute.
Clembrane: How would you like your pancakes?
Professor membrane: Plain.
Dib: With sprinkles!
Zim: Chocolate chips.
Gaz: Potatoes.
*Zim, Dib, and Professor membrane look at Gaz*
Gaz: What? They're good.
Dib: I love murder mysteries!
Zim, trying to impress them: I've been a suspect in four murder cases.
Gaz, to Dib: When was the last time you let someone hug you?
Dib: *thinking*
Dib: 2012.
Zim: 2012…?
Dib: Yeah. I almost died and it really freaked dad out so I let him hug me.
Dib: If I had a face like yours, I'd put it on a wall and throw a brick at it.
Zim: If I had a face like YOURS, I'd put it on a brick and throw a wall at it.
Zim: When did you become a hero?
Dib: Um… the moment I saved you from getting killed.
Zim: You’re the last person on earth I wanted to rescue me.
Dib: Well… sucks to be you, don’t it.
Gaz: Clembrane, gather the others. We need to have another Dib-is-doing-something-stupid-again-and-we-have-to-stop-them-before-they-hurt-someone convention.
Clembrane: What are you writing?
Gaz: The government wants to know what kind of weapons we have in the house. I'm letting them know it's private information.
Dib, looking over Gaz's shoulder: This just says 'fuck around and find out' in calligraphy.
Zim: I’m a bad person, I’m a very bad person, I’m a horrible person.
The Squad:
Zim: No you’re not, Zim! We still love you, Zim!
Dib: Ok so, apparently the "bad vibes" I've been feeling are actually severe psychological distress.
Zim: How do tall people people possibly sleep at night when the blanket can't possibly cover you?
Dib : Zim, it's four o'clock in the morning.
Zim: So, you can't sleep, huh? Is it because of the blanket?
Dib: If you see me talking to myself, go away! I’m self-employed and we’re having a staff meeting!
Dib: Wow, it sure smells like wrong dog in here!
Professor membrane : Oh buddy...
Dib, already sobbing: ASK.
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incorrect spectrum club 7 quotes
(things my neurodivergent siblings have said edition)
Drew: “Imagine being in the top 5% [on this test] in the country and not caring.”
Marideth: “Gotta love the Bolivia Salt Flat that you can see from space.”
Caroline: “Ughh, my glittery soul.”
Jessica: “That hurt so bad, but for dramatic effect it was worth it.”
Mel: “I am indifferent, as I am to many things.”
Tommy: “Okay, I got us lost because I didn’t know where we were going.”
Remy: “That’s not a throwback. That’s me right now.”
bonus - Ashley: “I’m unemployed and uneducated. Nothing touches me.”
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