#also apollo was a name proposed by pyro

[gophergal]

Since you're still doing the 2012 tropes... Rapidfire nextgen?

Here's Pyro with the kiddo. I'm thinking his name is Apollo Mundy-Cusack

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(under the cut is a family photo and more thoughts I've had about this triad starting a family)

Biologically, Apollo is Jeremy and Mick's offspring, but Pyro is the primary caregiver here. Despite what anyone expects, they're a fantastic parent. Pyro was already a house spouse, so being a SAHP is only natural

He was born in 1974, after his parents retired from Merc work

Apollo loves playing in the dirt and carries his little stuffed doggy with him everywhere

Pyro still wears their mask most of the time because it's comfy (read: I don't want to come up with a pyro design), but their son loves his parent's face with or without it.

Ma is obviously the most doting grandma on earth. She loves her grandson so much. She gave him that doggy when he was a wee baby

Mick teaches his son how to use a slingshot and identify cool bugs, Jeremy is the stereotypical dad playing catch in the front yard with his son, and Pyro plays pretend with him and teaches proper fire safety (they will one day show him how to use a flamethrower. When he's old enough)

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SURPRISE NINE MERCS AND A BABY CROSSOVER: despite being 6 years his senior, Sonya Bernhard (my HeavyMedic fankid OC) loves their baby cousin/nephew (look, its confusing to use traditional relation terms for this very non-traditional family) to bits. Given how large the extended family is, there was really never any reason for Sonya to babysit him, but they still helped out wherever they could

While Bernhard was a very quiet kid, Apollo is super outgoing. He's 100% the type of kid who asks strangers questions at the supermarket

When he grows up, Apollo goes into wildlife photography