How to Survive Ballet Lessons, Part 1

[madamroyale]

Title: How to Survive Ballet Lessons, Part 1
Author: madamroyale
Pairing: Ryan Lochte/Michael Phelps
Rating: PG
Part: 1 of 2
Word Count: 2,003 words
Summary: Lo wants to take ballet lessons. Panic ensues.
Disclaimer: This is pure fiction. I am not, nor do I have any connection to, Mr. Lochte or Mr. Phelps.
Author's Notes: So, this took me awhile. It was

Comments

[hadrons]

this is adorable! love michael taking notes and them freaking out over her hair. :)

[madamroyale]

Thank you so much! I figure Michael is never far from his goal sheet former self.

[mugglemiranda]

LOVEDDDDDDDDDDD THISSSSSSSS!!!!

First omg you wrote it! 2) it was amazing! I couldn't stop laughing at a lot of parts and it just made me happy. Ollie's surprise fire drills and when he catches Michael and Ryan, I snorted. That was just perfect. Lo is the cutest! That bun is serious business. Even with notes, it still tripped Michael up tsk tsk. Fire chief dog groomer, dream big Ollie! The dads were so hilarious with their banter and now I need to listen to Big Poppa, silly Ryan. Ollie is such a sweet big brother. Even though they're twins, I like to believe Ollie was born a few minutes earlier. This of course doesn't need more but I will be greedy and ask for more :)

Great job!

[madamroyale]

I'm so happy you liked it! You really gave me some great ideas.

Hmmm, I like the idea of Ollie being born earlier. I can see him saying things like "as your older brother..." and Lo just rolling her eyes and replying "by ten minutes Oliver!"

[mugglemiranda]

I loved it! It was so perfect and funny, glad I could help.

Oh you know Oliver would totally always make a point of saying he's the older brother. Whenever their dads ask them to do something he must add,"well since I'm older." Those ten minutes would annoy the crap out of Lo. She might even ask her dads like "are you sure it was ten minutes?"

[madamroyale]

I love that! Ryan always has to be the one to confirm that yes, it was ten minutes, because he was there remembers.

[madamroyale]

The funkytown remark is something I pulled from real life. I have a six year old Goddaughter. I also have the mouth of a sailor, something I'm not totally proud of. When she started to talk, I had to be extra careful. One day while visiting, I made the remark "you know, he's such a fu...funkytown person" having originally intended on saying the words fucking douchebag. Her mom thought it was hilarious and we still use the term to this day.

I can relate to the hair thing. I had long, thick hair as a child and my father wasn't about to do anything near or involving it. The one super girly thing he did was paint my toe nails when I was 10 years old (my mom threw her back out). Surprisingly, he did a decent job. Thanks for reading!

[icygrace]

This was great! Specifically, I love the balance of humor and realism - like this could actually be a "day (days) in the life" for this family: the post-pancake bliss and too-good to be true quiet, the dads struggling with Lo's hair, the kids catching them during sexy times and having to explain that (a boo-boo, nice? save, guys), the kids getting excited about careers and making the rest of the family get with the program.

I especially love Ollie the awesome brother calming Lo down and making her laugh over their crazy but-trying dads. Aww. Four for you, Ollie.

[madamroyale]

Thank you so much! I strive for as much realism as I can get. Miranda suggested the bun thing and it took on a life of its own. I mean, these are two bros (Ryan though has had more personal hair experience as evidence from his various styles) who now have to produce bun excellence? Yeah, not happening easily.

[icygrace]

Haha yes to all of this! Miranda has wonderful ideas and you wrote the heck out of this one :)

You don't even wanna know just how many hours of Youtubing and Skyping (and in-person lessons, hey Elizabeth!) poor separation!fic Ryan had to do to get to his level of expertise. Daily schedule: eat, swim, eat, learn how to do hair, eat, sleep. Tough times, bro.

[madamroyale]

Separation fic!Ryan has had to learn/cope/perform perfect bubble bath ratios. I'm still pissed at Michael. I'm glad Michael knows how fucked it was to cheat on Ryan. But why would he do it? Besides Ryan deciding on the spot to go for another Olympics. That can't be the only reason. It's so..selfish. Dammit, MP!

See what your verse is doing to me?

[ch33rylips]

Lolol i wonder if mp hated him cause he didn't think of big poppa first and lmfaooooooooo poor ols hopefully he won't remember papa kissing daddy's booboo better.

[madamroyale]

Thanks for reading!

In my head, MP was just pissed because of what you said, he didn't think of it first and also, it's the day their twins are born as Ryan has to be so Ryan. Also, I'm tempted to write another fic in this verse where Ollie learns about oral sex and remembers the boo boo incident. I have this vision of his face going white and saying aloud "Dad didn't have a boo boo then? Oh God...oh God!"

[icygrace]

THIS. Please.

[ch33rylips]

Omg that sounds amazing you should totally write that