Tag for 1x04 Designer Complicity. The kid didn't show up. Bright was supposed to be here an hour ago but he still hasn't shown up yet. Gil knows something is up. He's never late when there's a case. Gil was going to make sure he was okay. AKA Malcolm has bad night terrors after his mother hits him and Gil is there to pick up the pieces. Just some whump & hurt comfort for our boi

Rejection was another thing Malcolm couldn't handle, which is why he did exactly what his mother wanted to prevent. (AU0

After that not so nice chat with her mother, Ainsley decides its time to pay dear old dad a visit.

Martin has been waiting for the day Malcolm returned, and he wasn't disappointed.

Malcolm needs love, so he goes to the one person he knows will give it to him.

Malcolm wonders if monsters are real. His father didn't look like a monster, but could looks be deceiving? On the flip side, Martin adores his son and doesn't want him to leave. (AU)

It seems that Malcolm just can't help but to visit dear old daddy, not that his father is going to complain. Worst of all? They both know he'll come back, he always will.

A oneshot I did modifying the ep. 4 scene in which Malcolm watches the tape of his mother's interview, and what I imagine it would have looked like if Gil had stayed with him, because I love Malcolm and hated that he had to go through that alone!. Spoilers if you haven't seen the episode yet!

"I think, Malcolm, I MAY understand you a bit more than you give me credit for. I mean, you keep coming back..." Malcolm keeps coming back. Martin keeps being a lil sh!t. Gil, JT, Dani and Edrisa are there to pick up the pieces.