i wish we could stay like this forever.

hello!!! tagged by the stunning @mellaithwen @aaronsugdens @stuckinanothertimezone @nerdyfangirl76 and @dreamer-of-ships thank you all <3333 here's some of my neglected daddy sugden au

The fact that Robert fully trusts Aaron to look after his son like this sends an ache through Aaron’s chest that he’s not sure is guilt or pride. Across the dining table, Seb narrows his eyes at Aaron. “Were you and my dad having a sleepover?” he asks innocently, but the grin on his face implies he already knows the answer. Aaron startles, and a bit of his coffee goes up his nose. “No, we were just, well, I guess, sort of—” “If you’re going to sleep over again, can we watch a movie?” “Uh, I'm not sure,” Aaron says hesitantly as he wipes the spilt coffee off his chin. “Uncle John gets home this afternoon.” Seb sighs dramatically, slouching in his chair. “Not fair,” he pouts, grumpily picking at the edge of his pancake. “Is that why you stayed over? Because Uncle John was away?” Aaron pauses, trying to think of how to avoid lying to this kid.

Starting things off today (and hoping the dash isn’t totally dead 😅) and that nobody’s suffering too much in the heat!!

Also I know this isn’t my poor tractor fic or my poor romcom fic buuuuut since the show is unlikely to address the impact/trauma Kev being around again could have on Robert, I thought I’d do it myself….! >:)

Robert's avoiding the village.

He's declined multiple offers of lunch with Aaron, as well as invitations for a pint, both from Mack and Matty in their attempt to build bridges, and even from Chas, making the effort for her son's benefit.

He's blamed the farm for keeping him busy whenever they've needed some bits from David's—going as far as the big Tesco in Hotten just to steer clear of main street—and shrugging when half of the ice cream they've bought melts on the drive home.

And now that he knows Victoria's house plants are dead (having long since cleared them away guiltily) he doesn't bother popping by Keeper's Cottage at all.

Robert's avoiding the village, and he won't ever admit to that of course, but Aaron's not stupid. Even Sarah's noticed, and she's been popping up to the farm more regularly, her arms laden with squishy baby Leyla, guaranteed to put a smile on her Great Uncle Robert's solemn face.

"Less of the great," Robert grumbles, for the umpteenth time, but Aaron knows he's only saying it out of habit. There's no real annoyance attached to the words. No real emotion at all actually. And if Aaron's being honest with himself, he'd realise that it's been like that for the last few weeks.

Robert's been drifting between tasks, barely even there beside Aaron as he haunts whatever room he's in. Eat, sleep, shear-sheep, repeat. With a nightmare or two peppered in for flavour.

Robert's struggling, Aaron knows, and it's been going on ever since they'd spotted Kev in the village—arguing with Ross—standing by the bus stop as thought he hadn't tried to scare Robert to death at Christmas—as though he hadn't taken pot-shots at him and Aaron like a jealous lunatic who didn't understand the meaning of the word "no".

Thanks for the tags @capseycartwright and @illbeyourreasonwhy. This is from chapter 2 of Johnchausens Bi Proxy which I really want to finish soon by I'm struggling a bit with this scene because I'm still trying to figure out the sibling dynamics with John thrown in.

“Where’s Diane?” he demanded when he got to the bar. “Did you know?” he added to John. In that moment Aaron realised he was face to face with Robert Sugden. The first thought Aaron had is, he’s hot for a guy who just got out of hospital. It’s not an ideal thought to have about his boyfriend’s brother as his blue-green eyes flash in anger and his hair falls into his face just so. Yet it’s the situation he found himself in. “Know what?” asked John. “About Dad’s ring!” Realisation flooded John’s face, yet instead of addressing Robert, he turned to Andy and Katie. “What did you tell him for?” John asked angrily.

thank you for ydays tag @allisonrw96 and today’s @capseycartwright and @stuckinanothertimezone <3 this isn’t from any of the fics I’m supposed to be writing 🫣😬

The first time Seb calls Robert "dad" after years of being absent from his life, is when the boy’s screaming for help on the moors, terrified, and alone, surrounded by the billowing smoke of a wildfire.

"Dad!" He shouts again over the roaring of the flames as they lick at the dry grass all around him, stalking him over the hills as he desperately tries to escape, never having regretted running away more than in this very moment.

"Dad!" He calls, but his voice is quickly stolen by hacking coughs and splutters that he can't hold back any longer.

"Help!" He tries shouting then once he's got his breath back. "Please!"

so here is a wee snippet from the katie lives rewrite of the robert return i am slowly but surely returning to even if it may take the rest of my adult life to finish given the amount of scenes i keep adding to the plan

Aaron felt like he could explode with the frustration of it all as he looked at Katie, giving her his most annoyed look.

"Why did you help him crash my wedding?" he hissed, because finding out his ex-sister-in-law (also, sister-in-law to be, at the time? Aaron's life was complicated) was the supporting role in Robert's harebrained plan to crash his wedding and win him back was not how he expected his day to go.

Katie had been there, in the weeks and months after Robert had gone to prison - she'd come, with Andy, and alone, and had tried to help Aaron put his life back together before he'd made it his aim to push every and all Sugden in the village out of his life in response to Robert breaking his heart.

Katie glared at him, and as always, Aaron could see what Robert had loved about her in these moments - that fiery glare, and refusal to back down. It made him and Katie more alike than he liked to acknowledge, sometimes.

"Why didn't you just chose him, Aaron?" Katie hissed back in response, and it was weird, sometimes, to see her come to Robert's defense, after all the years they had spent at each other's throats. "You could have saved us all a whole lot of fucking hassle if you had just done what you actually wanted to do, that day, and chose Robert over John!"

the terms of business

by @butteredsc0tch

Aaron/Robert (2026, Explicit, 35k)

The audience all begin to clap like seals in some kind of waterpark show in Tenerife, and Aaron rolls his eyes and joins in too when Mack elbows him in the ribs and nods in the direction of Nicola from HR, who is frowning at him from across the room with beady eyes. Aaron sighs through his nose and turns his gaze back towards the front, raises an eyebrow in curiosity when he sees the twitch of unease in Robert’s almost photoshoot perfect grin as he takes Lawrence’s hand and squeezes tight. “I give it six months before he’s caught shagging one of the salesgirls over his desk.” Mack murmurs to him from the corner of his mouth; Aaron snorts and tilts his head in further towards him. “Bet you a tenner it’s five.”

This fic feels like having a big, delicious glass of bubbles on a hot summers day. It's sexy, it's fun, and it scratches that affair itch that I know Robron fans go feral for while still being a fully fledged au.

At the same time though, it manages to be at times both properly romantic and genuinely sweet. The particular highlight is this writer’s Aaron. He is so in character, the perfect mix of confidence and vulnerability, surly but with such a big heart under the surface.

Thank you for the tags @illbeyourreasonwhy, @robrondale and @jackiemerrick.

“It’s sounds like Andy’s going to be staying with us for a while so we need to find a way to make him feel included.” Robert knew what it was like when a new boy showed up on the farm needing to be taken in by his family, he hoped his wisdom would rub off on John. “Fine!” John exclaimed, sounding anything but. He suddenly jumped up, stormed around to stand behind Robert and started to push him. “What’re you doing?” “You’re not going very high pushing with just your feet and Kathy’s too busy with Rachel and the baby to do it,” reasoned John. “I’m the big brother, it should be me pushing!” argued Robert. “Don’t be silly, I’m good at pushing!” John retorted, pulling the swing back so he could push Robert higher.

emmerdale. aaron dingle/robert sugden. aaron dingle/john sugden. 6.7k.

rating: teen. cw: homophobia, biphobia, internalised homophobia.

my very late submission for the 'forgot my invitation event'. 🫣 my prompts were - andy sugden, jealousy, and 'what were you thinking?'

“John?” Andy asks and he sounds confused now. A small voice in the back of Robert’s head tells him that he’s said too much, that he should stop, but the anger and alcohol in his blood drowns the sound out in his ears and he flexes his fists against at his side. “Robert I know John’s a prick, but tryin’ to mess with his relationship the day before his weddin’ is low even for you.” “He thinks he’s the golden boy don’t he?” He snaps back rhetorically, doesn’t expect or want an answer to that question. “And them all in there keep on tellin’ him that. How Dad’d’ve been proud of him. But the truth is he’d’ve just been another disappointment too.” And it’s spilling out of him now, like vomit and bile, sloshing in his stomach and threatening to splatter across the pavement and both his and Andy’s shoes. “Dad’ll be turnin’ in his grave tomorrow, a son of his marryin’ another bloke. He’d be ashamed.”