I don't own.

I may or may not continue this. It's just an idea. It depends on feedback and inspiration.

Non war AU.

Ages: chap 1|chap 2+

Flowers: 29|33-34

Sarge: 27|31-32

Lopez: 22|25-26

Church: 11|14-15

Grif: 11|14-15

Tucker: 11|14-15

Simmons: 10|14-15

Caboose: 7|11-12

Donut: 9|13-14

Blood Gulch Bakery:

prologue:

Sarge met Butch Flowers in Culinary Arts at university. When Flowers won the lottery they decided to move to a city called Blood Gulch once they had their degrees and they opened the Blood Gulch Bakery and Patisserie. They bought a shop with two four bed apartments above it and were soon in business.

Only one month later Flowers came home with a boy called Epsilon Church who only went by Church. He'd managed to get away from his family and the government had just signed him over because paperwork was difficult and Leonard Church hadn't cared. Church, it turned out, was brilliant with decorations for cakes, biscuits and pastries even if his accuracy had quite a bit of room for improvement. His photographic memory also meant he could memorise a recipe before starting.

Then Sarge had found and adopted a boy called Dexter Grif who had been in the system with his sister before they were separated. Despite being lazy; Grif, who was very good with breads, was keen to help if it meant he could stay. He also liked to taste test.

Flowers then rescued Lavernious Tucker from juvie, he'd stolen some of the bakery's bread to feed himself. He had no-where to go and they decided to take him in. He skill at multitasking meant he often managed more than one cake at once. He loved making cakes.

Richard Simmons was taken in next. Sarge found him after he'd run away from his abusive father. Richard Simmons senior was taken to prison and Simmons ended up with them. He wasn't very good at baking but he was a brilliant mathematician and he loved to help with finance.

Flowers found Michael Caboose not long after. His group home had been closed and Flowers had been more than happy to take in the orphaned boy. He'd lost his parents in a car crash that had left him with some residual brain damage. Caboose didn't do much at the bakery but he, and his dog Freckles, were happily accepted and much loved.

The final addition to the families was Franklin Donut. The boy had lived nearby and had a part-time job. When his parents had been killed on a holiday, Sarge had been more than happy to take the boy in. Like his name suggested he was brilliant with pastries especially donuts.

The people Flowers took in stayed in Blue and the others stayed with Sarge in Red. The kids grew up, slowly becoming more confident and growing in personality.

The bakery/patisserie grew in popularity and over the next four years the reds and blues became a family. Then things started going wrong.