Prompt: Rory brings Gail + Holly to school for show and tell and gets into a fight over another kid talking about Gail + Holly (I deviated from the prompt a little, I hope the person who prompted this still enjoys it!)
'Mama Mama Mama!' Rory exclaims as he spots Holly waiting for him outside school one day. 'Hi Baby, sounds like you're in great form, did you have fun at school?' 'Mama, next week we have to bring our parents to school to talk about their jobs!' 'Oh and let me guess, you want to bring Gail?' Holly asks, still a little bitter about the whole Bring Your Child to Work day debacle almost 3 years earlier. 'What? No, I want you to come…and Gail as well! Can you both come together?' 'Oh, Ok Ro I think we can manage that, when is it exactly?' Next Wednesday at 12 o'clock' 'Ok little man, you'll have to ask Gail as well but I'm sure it won't be a problem'.
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'Ok Rory, it's your turn now, will you please introduce us to your parents?' Mr Collins, Rory's teacher asks. Rory makes his way to the front of the class from his seat while Gail and Holly wait by the door for their introduction. 'Hi everyone, I brought both my parents cause they work together sometimes and their jobs are kinda connected. My Mums work to help solve crimes, My Mama is a fooorensic patholygist and my Gail is a police officer' Gail holds in a giggle at Rory's complete mispronunciation of Holly's job, she knows he'll get it right one day. 'So they are gonna tell you about their jobs and it's gonna be great!' Rory ends enthusiastically as the class and their parents all clap. Holly and Gail quickly launch into their short explanation of their jobs in the most first grade age appropriate way they can. Of course all the kids love Gail and want to see her gun, which she didn't actually bring with her, but she shows them her badge and when Rory announces that he has one of his own all the kids are suitably impressed. There are a few who ask Holly some funny questions as well, but most are a bit freaked out by the idea of working with dead bodies.
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After Gail and Holly finish speaking and the children are finished asking questions it's time for lunch and all the kids go running out to the playground. All of the parents hang around for a little while chatting to each other and watching the kids play. Gail and Holly are keeping a close eye on Rory who is playing on the jungle gym; suddenly he gets down from climbing and launches himself at another little boy. The two of them go running as fast as they can a long with a man who they can only assume is the father of the boy Rory is fighting. Gail gets Rory off the little boy as the man picks up his son. 'RORY CORNELIUS STEWART WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU JUST DOING?' Holly yells, absolutely appalled by her son's behaviour, knowing she instilled the importance of non-violence with him before he started school. Rory's lip starts to quiver as he holds back tears 'C-c-Calum said that Gail's not my real Mum and it's not allowed cause everyone only has one Mum and he kept saying it over and over and it made me mad and I got angry' Rory chokes out. 'Cal is that true? Did you say those things to Rory?' The man asks his son. Calum looks suitably ashamed, and it also thankfully not badly hurt, just a little shocked 'Yeah, but I have a Mum and a Dad and the other kids have a Mum and a Dad too' 'Calum, we've talked about this before, there are all sorts of different families and none of them are better than others, they're just different, and that's a good thing because the world would be awfully boring if everyone was the same wouldn't it?' Calum nods his understanding, 'I'm sorry Rory'. 'Rory, what Calum said wasn't ok, but neither was your reaction, it was completely unacceptable and you need to apologise as well' Gail tells him 'I'm sorry Calum, I should have just talked to you not hit you' 'Good man, now boys I really don't want to see or hear anything like that from either of you again ok? Just try to get along or play with other kids ok?' Gail asks the two boys 'OK' they reply in unison as they both run off towards the jungle-gym.
'Hey, I'm really sorry about that, I thought he understood us before when we talked to him about stuff like this but I guess it went over his head, I'll make sure it never happens again' Calum's Dad says 'Don't worry about it, we'll talk to Rory about it too, and of course make sure he understands that what he did today is not to happen again' 'I'd better get back to work, it was lovely to meet you both' he nods his goodbye and Holly and Gail are left alone watching the kids play. 'Well that was unexpected' Gail begins 'Yeah I've never seen him act like that before, ever!' Holly responds. 'Yeah, and not that I really doubted it before, but it was nice to hear that he thinks of me as his Mum, it was a lot better than nice actually, it was really awesome' 'You know Rory adores you Gail' 'Yeah I do, but he's never really called me his Mum before and he did it twice today and it kind of melted my heart' Gail says with a soppy smile at Holly 'Let's leave the little man alone and make the most of our half day from work shall we?' Gail asks with a wink. 'Also, Cornelius, really?' 'It's a nice name! I wanted something different!' Holly replies a little outraged at Gail's judgement. 'Ok well you certainly achieved different, just don't go getting any ideas that our future kidlings will have names like that' Gail responds with a cheeky grin.
A/N: Thanks for all the amazing feedback for this story, this fandom is the best thing ever :)