#.......probably

This started as me going haha what if.../jkjk

I don't think its a joke anymore

I think in the town of neverafter there's a small coffee shop/library (like Barnes and Nobles with Starbucks in it except instead of it being like 80% library and 20% Starbucks its more like. 60% library and 40% coffee shop) Henry ownes and works mainly in the coffee shop area while Mother goose works in the library (with their son Jack, who i imagine to be in his late teens because??? Thats the vibe man idk what to tell you)

Mother goose definitely reads to the children, including his own books and other fables and fantasy stories of frogs and princesses.

And then there's Gerard...I imagine him to be Tim & Henry's neighbor and they both looked at the man and his failing marriage and went, yep! We can adopt some late 20~ year old into this family bookstore coffeeshop.

But there's trouble abrewing, as books, snacks, and small toys (mostly snacks and small toys) start to go missing. Gerard finds the culprits and for some reason I imagined him to find the culprits while he's taking the garbage out??? Because. Of course.

The culprits obviously being Ylfa and Pinocchio and Gerard being like. Wtf do I do with them.

(They get adopted into the family, too)

Pinocchio brings in a little cat who Always wears his little cape and boots and if you dare take it off of him you WILL get his claws. His name is Puss in boots but everyone just calls him Pib.

Ylfa meanwhile gets a big wolf stuffed animal from mother goose, who she names The Big Bad Wolf. Because, of course.

I think Pinocchio enjoys the more hands on activities and starts to sculpt little wooden mini figures of the characters that are in the stories Tim reads the children (and him, but he swears he's definitely not listening. Its just a coincidence. Totally.)

Ylfa is a warrior cats fan because, like,

Come on.

Come on.

Rosamund joins the family later when she's got no where else to go and looks to her cousin for help.

On the other side I think the princesses own a shop called Daughters of The Crown thats just a flower shop. They sell variety of flowers and gardening things and trinkets. And. Gerard definitely doesn't stare at the shop where Elody works in (although I imagine its not her full time job? Rather shes there part time.) Hes fine. Everything's fine. Yep. Their marriage is. Totally a-okay.

(No one believes him)

And the last thing to close this. Ramble

I lowkey imagined the lines between to be a mall?????? With Aesop owning a bookstore there too. Idk if everything happens in the line between (mall) or not but. That sure was a thought.

Though my soul may set in darkness it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.