Plot Bunny: Tylers reconnect (400 words, General Audiences)
The Tylers lose touch at some point, harder to stay friends when they're not even in the same time zone.
Years later, though, Segs is still spending his summers in Toronto. He's in the grocery store one day, and there's Brownie with three kids, one in the cart and two more walking next to him. Segs just kind of stares at him until Brownie looks up and sees him.
"Segs?"
"Hey."
The oldest of the kids tugs at Brownie's pant leg. "Uncle Tyler, do you know Tyler Seguin?"
Brownie says, "Yeah. We played in Juniors together."
"Nuh-uh," one of the kids says.
"Uh-huh," Brownie says, and then he introduces Segs to the kids. "They're Cody's," he explains, and Segs is surprised by how relieved he is that they're not Brownie's kids.
Talking to kids is something Segs totally knows how to do, so he asks them if they like hockey and if they play hockey. Brownie has paper with him in the giant bag of kids' stuff he left the house with so Segs signs autographs for the kids too.
Then he says, "I'm in town for the summer, if you want to get a drink or something."
"Yeah," Brownie says. He digs his phone out. "I have the kids for a couple more days, but give me your number and I'll call you when I'm free."
Segs puts his number into Brownie's phone, and then he has to move on and do the rest of his grocery shopping.
But later he and Brownie get a quiet drink together. Segs has grown up a lot, and he's come to terms with the fact that he's bi, even if he's not out. He manages to slip that into the conversation, and Brownie tells him about how his relationship with a guy he dated for a couple of years fell apart when they lived together.
And then there would be a lot of careful dating and eventually they would live happily ever after. (Brownie's a little sad about being so far away from his nieces and nephews when he moves to Dallas - when they ran into each other in Toronto, he had them because Cody and his wife were taking a last couple's vacation before the next kid was born - but he goes to visit sometimes, and the Tylers still spend the summers in Toronto.)
Years later, though, Segs is still spending his summers in Toronto. He's in the grocery store one day, and there's Brownie with three kids, one in the cart and two more walking next to him. Segs just kind of stares at him until Brownie looks up and sees him.
"Segs?"
"Hey."
The oldest of the kids tugs at Brownie's pant leg. "Uncle Tyler, do you know Tyler Seguin?"
Brownie says, "Yeah. We played in Juniors together."
"Nuh-uh," one of the kids says.
"Uh-huh," Brownie says, and then he introduces Segs to the kids. "They're Cody's," he explains, and Segs is surprised by how relieved he is that they're not Brownie's kids.
Talking to kids is something Segs totally knows how to do, so he asks them if they like hockey and if they play hockey. Brownie has paper with him in the giant bag of kids' stuff he left the house with so Segs signs autographs for the kids too.
Then he says, "I'm in town for the summer, if you want to get a drink or something."
"Yeah," Brownie says. He digs his phone out. "I have the kids for a couple more days, but give me your number and I'll call you when I'm free."
Segs puts his number into Brownie's phone, and then he has to move on and do the rest of his grocery shopping.
But later he and Brownie get a quiet drink together. Segs has grown up a lot, and he's come to terms with the fact that he's bi, even if he's not out. He manages to slip that into the conversation, and Brownie tells him about how his relationship with a guy he dated for a couple of years fell apart when they lived together.
And then there would be a lot of careful dating and eventually they would live happily ever after. (Brownie's a little sad about being so far away from his nieces and nephews when he moves to Dallas - when they ran into each other in Toronto, he had them because Cody and his wife were taking a last couple's vacation before the next kid was born - but he goes to visit sometimes, and the Tylers still spend the summers in Toronto.)