Modern au where Qifrey is the girls foster parent but instead of just found family fluff there's also the reality that as a Foster parent Qifrey must juggle his attachment to the girls and his desire to give them a safe home and be a good parental figure with the reality that as a Foster parent the GOAL is to be a temporary home.
The best case scenario for all of the girls is that their time in the foster system is only temporary until their parents/original homes are safe and stable again. Qifrey having to remind himself often that it's better for the girls if he and Olly ultimately do NOT become perminent fixtures in their lives, that Coco's mother will recover from her illness. that Agott's parents will take the court mandated parenting courses and therapy seriously. that Richeh and Rilliphin's parents are found innocent of the complacency and abetting charges they are facing in court and the siblings are not kept apart within the system. That Tetia's father will get through rehab and pass inspections.
Qifrey loving the girls with all his heart and having to brace himself constantly with reminders that he cannot speak Ill of any of the girls parents, that he should not judge any of them and that wanting what is best for the girls includes hoping just as sincerely as the girls do that one day they will be able to go home and he will have to say goodbye.
