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Part 29 of Drabbles for the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies , Part 9 of Antichrist & Company: Tales of Adam Young, his Friends, his Family, and/or his Dog
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Twelvetide Drabbles 2022, Good Omens Drabbles, Adam & The Them-Centric, Ixnael’s SFW corner, Ixnael’s Recommendations
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2023-01-04
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100
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1/1
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The Beginning of the Them

Summary:

“Brian, honey,” said his mother worriedly, “what happened to your sweater?”

Her hopes for her son’s first day of school had not included battle wounds.

Notes:

For the prompt: "Sweater."

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

“Brian, honey,” said his mother worriedly, “what happened to your sweater?”

Her hopes for her son’s first day of school had not included battle wounds.

“A girl,” said Brian, squirming a little as she removed the aforementioned sweater — sporting a large, ragged rip that had definitely not been there in the morning. “Called Pepper,” he added helpfully.

“A girl named Pepper? Tore your sweater?!”

“Gonna call her Pepper,” Brian clarified.

“Okay, but—”

“She’s my friend now,” he added cheerfully, to his mother’s total bafflement. “An’ Adam an’ Wen’ley.”

“...That’s great, honey.” She rubbed her eyes. The sweater would need mending.

Notes:

As per canon:

 

There are only two ways a child can go with a name like Pippin Galadriel Moonchild, and Pepper had chosen the other one: the three male Them had learned this on their first day of school, in the playground, at the age of four.
They had asked her her name, and, all innocent, she had told them.
Subsequently a bucket of water had been needed to separate Pippin Galadriel Moonchild's teeth from Adam's shoe. Wensleydale's first pair of spectacles had been broken, and Brian's sweater needed five stitches.
The Them were together from then on, and Pepper was Pepper forever.