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xVerity: @GlitterDoctor, if that’s true, I’m sorry to hear it. I hope everything is resolved quickly.

xVerity: That being said, if you need me to make alternate arrangements for Parker’s pickup and drop-off, I can accommodate them. If you need anything, don’t hesitate to ask.

LoveHarley: you guys didnt know?

LoveHarley: sorry @GlitterDoctor :(

GlitterDoctor: It’s fine

It wasn’t.

GlitterDoctor: I guess it’s time I told you guys what’s really going on, huh?

Jayne squeezed his eyes shut and collected his thoughts. There was no reason for him to tell the Single Dadseverything.He could weasel his way around the fact that he was staying with not one, but two incredibly handsome men who’d both expressed interest in him. In fact, they didn’t need to know he was staying with men at all.

GlitterDoctor: Last Saturday on my way back to my place after picking up Parker from Gwynn’s, I discovered my apartment building was on fire, and I had to find somewhere else to stay. It turns out the floor I live on and the floor beneath it were totally gutted. They’re still investigating what happened.

TeenDad2: HOLY SHIT

TeenDad2: Bo told me that he’d gone out on an adventure and seen your house burn down, and that he wanted to give Parker some blankets and toys, but I thought he was taking a game of pretend with his uncles too seriously. They go out on ‘adventures’ all the time, and most of the time he talks about them like they really happened. FUCK!!!

TeenDad2: Glit, are you okay?!?!

KnotMyProblem: TD, he’s obviously talking to us from the land of the dead.

KnotMyProblem: Press F to pay respects

KnotMyProblem: F

Gwynning: F

xVerity: F

TeenDad2: F

LoveHarley: ??? F

LoveHarley: but you guys know hes not actually dead right?

KnotMyProblem: Harley, I fucking love you

KnotMyProblem: Yes, I’m pretty sure most of us know he’s not actually dead

A tiny, breathy laugh escaped through Jayne’s nose.

GlitterDoctor: Yeah, I’m alive. I found somewhere to stay and I spent the last week working on getting the documents I lost in the fire reissued. Our birth certificates, my SSN, Shep’s report cards and my school transcripts, my degrees…

It really was a lot, wasn’t it? Until Jayne listed it out, he hadn’t realized how big of a challenge he was facing.

KnotMyProblem: Holy shit, the glitter

KnotMyProblem: It’s all gone, isn’t it? Up in smoke. I’m sorry that you lost your stuff, Glit, but at least you can take consolation in knowing that North America has never seen such a fabulous glitter inferno.

To show he wasn’t letting the memory of the fire get to him, Jayne sent the chat a row of alternating flame and sparkle emojis.

GlitterDoctor: and yes, @xVerity, I’ll be stopping by to drop Parker off tonight as long as it’s still okay with you

xVerity: Of course it is. Bo, Penelope, Violet, and Emily will be there tonight as well. It’ll be a full house.