#alexa play ‘father to son’ from falsettos

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Sees your last post that I was the the anon for. Loves it. Reads the tags. Yesss please do Charles and Beej headcanons I love their dynamic

u better watch your step, buddy, or i might just have to ask for your hand in marriage! thank you thank you thank you for listening to the many feels i have with this dynamic!

ok so charles was the last person in the household to become comfortable with beej being there, simply because his biggest priority is lydia, and he wanted to keep his guard up in case beej tried to hurt lydia

originally, his intention was to stay a bit distant from beej, to make things a bit easier for everyone involved. however, for reasons beyond charles’ understanding, beej just couldn’t seem to leave him alone

anytime something happened in the house, even if it was just barbara saying that they were having tacos for dinner, beej would instantly burst into charles’ office and tell him. when charles gets home from work, he learns to expect a 20-minute-or-more play-by-play of everything that happened around the house, delivered very enthusiastically by beej

after a short while, begrudgingly, charles has to admit that beej doesn’t pose a risk to anyone in the household, so he drops his guard a bit; starts engaging beej when he comes running. it doesn’t take long after that for him to realize that really, beej is just seeking some sort of validation, and he mentally berates himself for not realizing it sooner

of course beej would have dad issues after going through life without one, and it only makes sense that with all the time beej and lydia spend together, beej would start to see charles as a way of getting that stoic-dad validation he so desperately craves

now, charles may hide all of his emotions in a vault concealed within a four-foot-thick brick wall, but he’s no monster, and if submitting to the mortifying ordeal of showing emotion will help beej, it wouldn’t kill him to do

so, he starts offering validation in his awkward, stilted way, and beej can’t get enough. the time charles said “well done” when beej showed him a drawing of Big Sandy, beej cried for half an hour. charles sat next to him all the while, uncomfortably patting his back and silently cursing the heavens that he didn’t have delia’s emotional intelligence

as could be expected, the more validation charles offers beej, the more beej opens up to charles, and it doesn’t take long for charles to unlock major parts of his life story. after all, beej is a natural oversharer, so the moment he knows charles is listening, he lets himself ramble

it starts out as a harmless discussion about food preferences, but beej doesn’t stop himself when it ultimately descends into talking about how his mother never gave him anything to eat when he was young. if that weren’t horrifying enough for charles, the nonchalant tone in which beej describes it makes the whole story ten times worse

it’s so awful for charles to even imagine that he does something he never, in a million years, thought he would do. he puts down his work, he closes his laptop, and he looks beej in the eye from where beej was sitting across the home office, and he talks seriously. he explains to beej that none of what he just described is normal or okay, and that he would do whatever it took to make sure that he never had to go through that again

beej, already raw from the aftermath of an intense over sharing session and now faced with a ton of emotions from the most unlikely source imaginable, breaks down, his head falling onto charles’ desk as his body shakes with sobs

charles watches helplessly for a moment before getting up and hurrying around his desk to sit next to beej. and, like he had done with lydia more times than he could count, he carefully pulls beej into a tight hug, murmuring reassuring words into his ear. beej buries his head deep into charles’ shoulder, soaking it with tears in seconds

it takes just over 15 minutes for beej to calm down, his body still jolting with the occasional hiccup or gasp but otherwise still. charles keeps holding him for a few moments longer, hoping to keep him grounded enough to prevent another descent into tears. after the serious discussion that they just had, charles really wouldn’t be able to blame beej if he did go through another round of tears

after this episode, it was like a switch flicked for beej, and he became about a thousand times more eager to hang out with charles. maybe it was the realization that charles wasn’t actually out to get him, as he once thought, or the knowledge that he actually cares about beej’s wellbeing. as well; charles’ lack of disgust at seeing beej cry gives him the confidence he needs to ask charles for favours once in a while.

when he is able to muster up the courage to ask for one, they’re usually very small and unobtrusive, and a lot of these favours revolve around reading, not exactly beej’s forte. second only to adam, charles is his favourite person to read with, and his favourite person to read to. the validation that comes from charles’ pat on the back and “great job, buddy!” when beej makes it through lydia’s old Dr. Seuss collection without any help is enough to fuel beej’s confidence for an entire week

the most common favour though, is when beej asks charles to read to him. reading is hard work when you’re still struggling through sight words (and probably dyslexic, though that’s an hc list for another time), and when beej finds a book that he knows would simply be too difficult to tackle alone, he brings it to charles who, more often than not, will drop everything to read to him, at least for a chapter or two

a few months after beej moves in, he wakes up one night sobbing after a nightmare. without a word, charles, who had been finishing a report for work in his study, picks up a copy of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” that lydia had left lying on a hall table, and takes it to beej’s room. he sits down in the armchair next to beej’s bed and gently cards his fingers through his hair as he begins to read out loud, not stopping until beej is completely asleep again, about a half hour later

they hang out together on charles’ days off as well. nobody except beej had ever shared charles’ passion for birdwatching, and charles is thrilled. they spend more weekends than they can count in a nearby forest, trying to check off every bird in the local birdwatching guide. after work one day, charles brings home a book on birds for beej, offering to read it with him later

their relationship is a bit bumpy, though. for one thing, beej has a tendency to barge into charles’ study without knocking, and when charles asks him to please knock, he instantly perceives it as charles not wanting him there, when really, sometimes charles is just in important skype meetings and doesn’t want to interrupt his boss to explain to beej that no, he doesn’t know where his left shoe is.

it’s an issue that takes several conversations, but with the help of a sign stuck to his study saying “please knock” (both of which are words that charles made damn sure beej knows how to read), they manage to overcome it

beej also has a hard time with personal space, something which drives charles crazy when he’s trying to do things like unloading the dishwasher, or even just walk through the house. beej seems to be constantly colliding with him, and it takes charles having one sit-down conversation with beej, and about thirty reminders per day, but with enough positive reinforcement, beej seems to make promising progress

the pros far outweigh the cons for charles, though. after all, beej never really had a childhood, so he gets to relive the joy that came with things like teaching lydia how to ride a bike, play catch, fish. y’know, all the cliché dad stuff. beej has even more fun. charles and delia take him and lydia to play laser tag, to the beach, to the movies, everywhere you’d take your kids, and beej cant believe he’s lucky enough to get another shot at his childhood

at one point, without really thinking, charles refers to beej and lydia as “his kids”, and he couldn’t pry beej off him for the rest of the day. since then, he always makes sure to call beej “his kid”, if only to watch his hair turn a bright green

[cosmic-acee]

Here have a goddamn list of "musical songs explained in crack" because its 1 in the morning and I'm bored and i caNT SLEEP(contains spoilers and the "the pants song" one is based on the bootleg-)

Falsettos:

Four jews in a room bitching: biTCH BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH BITCH

A tight-knit family: he divorced his wife he left his child and ran off with a friend

Love is blind: HIS NAME IS MENDEL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The thrill of first love: Gay gay homosexual gay

Marvin at the psychiatrist: a three-part mini opera: mendel is bad at his job part one

My father's a homo: trina is not thrilled at all.

Everyone tells Jason to see a psychiatrist: geT THEE TO A PSYCHIATRIST

This had better come to a stop: act 1 marvin is the worst person ever part one

I'm breaking down: local woman has a breakdown while making a banana carrot surprise

Please come to our house: exorcise a deVIIIIIIIIIIL cause it inhabits marvin's son

Jason's therapy: local kid is scared he's gay

A marriage proposal: mendel is bad at proposals

A tight-knit family reprise : whose side are you on???

Trina's song: *trina sings about how she's tired of happy men who rule the world* marvin, jason, mendel, whizzer: this is so sad, alexa play march of the falsettos

March of the falsettos: BEHOLD, THE "I'M NEVER LEAVING YOUR THOUGHTS I WILL BE HERE FOR ETERNITY" SONG

Trina's song reprise: s h e ' s b r e a k i n g d o w n , g e t h e r a p s y c h i a t r i s t

The chess game: act 1 marvin is the worst person ever part two

Making a home: THE POOR DOG

The games i play: we worship andrew rannells in this house.

Marvin hits trina: ACT 1 MARVIN IS THE WORST PERSON EVER PART THREE, THE END

I never wanted to love you: you fucked uo marvin

Father to son: okay that dialed it down a little.

Falsettoland/about time: FINALLY GROW THE HELL UP MARVIN | WOOOOOOO SPIKY LESBIANS

Year of the child: if this song isn't how your family reacts to some big event that involves you i dont know anymore

Miracle of judaism: ...at least he's not gay-

The baseball game: WHIZZER RETURNS LOOKIN LIKE A GAY ICON

A day in falsettoland: mendel is bad at his job part two | mARVinS baCK wiTh wHizzEr | NOUVELLE. BAR MITZVAH. CUISINE. SHE'S BEEN PRACTICING. | 1234 1234 1234

Everybody hates his parents: HE'S A PSYCHIATRIST GET LOST

What more can i say?: good song. the last happy song you will ever get in this musical

Something bad is happening: oh shit oH SHIT

More racquetball: oh look tears

Holding to the ground: local woman tries not to feel bad

Days like this: the almost is there for a reason

Cancelling the bar mitzvah: "jason we cant be certain if he'll ever get better" oh look my heart shattered

Unlikely lovers: MORE TEARS

Another miracle of judaism: PLEASE MAKE HIS FRIEND STOP DYING

Something bad is happening reprise: OH WOW MARVIN HAS IT TOO HAHAHA I AM NOT FINE

You gotta die sometime: damn the tears are back

Jason's bar mitzvah: MORE GODDAMN TEARS

What would i do?: WhEN ARE THEY GONNA STOP FUCKING SPILLING

Falsettoland reprise: CRY YOUR EYES OUT WHERE IS THE AWARD FOR THIS MUSICAL

Be More Chill:

Jeremy's theme: sci-fi noises

More than survive: ccccmon ccccmon go go

I love play rehearsal: christine is amazing. thats it theres no crack thats just a true statement

The Squip song: IT'S FROM JAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN

Two player game: someone called for gay energy?

The Squip enters: screaming

Be more chill pt. 1: j e s u s c h r i s t

Do you wanna ride: piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK BERRY

Be more chill pt. 2: ah yes bribery

More than survive reprise: no masturbating you horny fucking twink

A guy that I'd kinda be into: LOL IT AINT YOU JEREMY

The Squip lurks: sci-fi noises 2.0

Upgrade: JEREMIAH FUCKING HEERE DID YOU JUST LEAVE YOUR ONE REAL FRIEND FOR A FUCKING TIC TAC

Halloween: THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF THIS SONG IS JUST👌

Do you wanna hang: GET AWAY FROM HIM CHLOE

Michael in the bathroom: ah yes the most relatable song in this musical

The smartphone hour: rICH SET A FIRE CUZ HES TOTALLY GAY

The pitiful children: lets go nano drug the school

The pants song: w h a a a a a a a t ?

The play: MICHAEL MAKES AN ENTRANCE

Voices in my head: wE UN-NANO DRUGGED THE SCHOOL

Six the Musical:

Ex-Wives: HER-STORY

No way: bitch nO✋

Don't lose ur head: 👏👏👏

Heart of stone: what's worse than a broken heart?

Haus of holbein: *screaming with a German accent*

Get down: BOW TO YOUR FUCKING SUPERIOR

All you wanna do: katherine deSERVED BETTER

I don't need your love: FUCK YOU HENRY

Six: GO FUCK YOUSELF HENRY THEY DON'T NEED YOU