Characters:
Peter 'Sealand' Kirland
Joshua 'Alaska' Braginski-Williams
(Mister) Matthew 'Canada' Braginski-Williams (Joshua's Mama)
Kuma [Kumajiro, a dog in this AU]
Berwald 'Sweden' Oxenstierina (Peter's Papa)
Hanatamago (Hana)
Ivan 'Russia' Braginski-Williams (Joshua's Dad)

Pairings; Alaskan Family (CanRus), suggested SuFin

Peter follows Joshua into his house, politely taking his shoes off at the door. Joshua's 'Mama', a soft-spoken Canadian, introduces himself as Matthew, no need for Mister Braginski-Williams, that's a bit of a mouthful anyway.

While Joshua is quite soft-spoken himself, he's very friendly once you pull him out of his shell. Which Peter had been determined to do. He knows how tough it is, moving to a new school, being the kid with foreign parents, being the kid with two dads.

Matthew and Peter's Papa had talked about it while waiting for school to finish, and so Peter and Joshua had permission to go to each other's house. Which was incredibly exciting for both boys, seeing each others houses and bedrooms and playing their games and eating their food.

Joshua and Peter sit watching cartoons for a while. Kuma, a huge fluffy white dog, sits himself on top of Peter. He's heavy, but Peter doesn't mind it. Matthew apologises about Kuma, but agrees to talk to Peter's Papa about maybe taking Kuma and Hana for walks together.

Joshua calls their dinner poutine. It just tastes like cheesy chips and gravy to Peter, but he likes chips, gravy and cheese so there's nothing for him to complain about.

"Joshua," Peter asks idly as Matthew scoops ice-cream into a couple of bowls, "How come your Dad didn't come to eat with us?"

Matthew sighs, pausing.

"He's not here right now," Joshua says, and looks up to the ceiling, "He's up there, watching over us."

"Oh," Peter deadpans, "I… I am so sorry, I didn't know he'd passed away."

Matthew snorts.

Joshua stares at him in horror. "My dad," he whispers, "Is an astronaut."

From a post on the funnystories blog, link in the profile.

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