Fitz and Brandon’s family tree

As I was working on this one, it was kind of small. I decided to include Brandon’s extended family (thus Fitz’s other nieces and nephews) after that one time in The Learning Curve where I mentioned he had two sisters. Haha.

YES. YES GUESS WHAT??? DAVEED INSPIRED HIM. 

So, in the original Pride and Prejudice, Colonel Fitzwilliam is the only person other than Darcy and Wickham who know the whole of the situation with Georgiana. So, in all fairness, this should translate to LBD.

My headcanons:

Fitz was Darcy’s roommate in college, randomly assigned, but they hit it off because Fitz knows how to see a good person under supreme awkwardness and he can get along with just about anyone. 

Fitz was with Darcy when Darcy got the news about his parents’ accident. Fitz insisted on driving Darcy back home because he didn’t think Darcy should have to face that alone. Darcy had to deal with things at the hospital, so he sent Fitz to pick up Gigi from school and bring her to the hospital.

Gigi impressed Fitz on that drive, with her fire and her passion how well she held herself together but also how she refused to get in the car and go with him until he told her the truth and stopped trying to protect her on her brother’s orders.

When their parents were declared dead, Fitz stood guard outside the hospital room, holding lawyers and doctors at bay so the siblings could grieve. He was an official member of the family after that.

When everything went down with George, he blamed himself. He’d gotten caught up in work and in his own life and he’d fallen out of touch with Gigi, and maybe if he hadn’t, he’d have seen it happening. Darcy called him, the day George broke Gigi’s heart, the day she shouted hateful things at him. She never wanted to see him again, she said, but Darcy needed someone to look after her. Fitz stepped up.

When he first came through the door with a lasagna to make sure Gigi was eating something, she threw a vase at his head because she thought he was Darcy. Fitz gave her a talking to of no small proportion. 

That’s when they got close, really close, rather than just being part of each other’s lives because of Darcy. Gigi became the little sister Fitz never had, and he helped her to heal. He saw her lowest moments, saw her almost break, and he vowed that anyone who ever hurt her like that again would have to answer to him. Well, obviously to Darcy first, but then to Fitz, and Fitz wasn’t nearly as decorous.

EXCELLENT

LYDIA AND MARY

who steals french fries off the other’s plate: lydia, all the time, like at every opportunity, even when she has her own fries

who jokingly moves in for the kiss when someone asks if they’re a couple: lydia. lydia. lydia.

who has to bust or bail the other out of jail: mary, and she complains the entire time she’s doing it, but on the drive home she stops at CRASH (the only 24-hour diner in town, copyright the epic adventures of lydia bennet, pre-order your copy from simon & schuster today) and they get burgers and fries and mary just kind of sits there and waits for lydia to start talking. and maybe it really was just a misunderstading, or an epic prank gone epically wrong, and it’s fine, and they cam laugh about it! band sometimes mary just...listens.

who gives the other advice/comfort about dating issues: lydia TRIES to, certainly. but mary does okay without her advice, tbh. mary is actually also very good at the silent moral support and quiet nuggets of advice every now and then.

who shamelessly cheats at games by reaching over to cover the other’s eyes: lydia, but mary REFUSES to play along

who immediately calls dibs on the top bunk: lydia definitely has an obsession with claiming the top bunk that comes from YEARS of being told “no you’re the youngest, you can have the bottom bunk” on EVERY TRIP, EVER.

who starts and who wins the pillow fights: lydia starts. mary wins.

who says “your pants would look better on their floor” to the other’s potential crush: oh come on that is SUCH a lydia kind of line.

LYDIA AND GIGI

who steals french fries off the other’s plate: gigi, actually. lydia worries a little bit about coming off as “unpolished” or energetic or whatever, the first time she has dinner with the darcys and lizzie , and then gigi is just talking a hundred miles a minute and casually stealing fries of lydia’s plate, and okay, she thinks she’s feeling a bit better about this whole thing already.

who jokingly moves in for the kiss when someone asks if they’re a couple: they both do this all the time. it’s literally a routine by this point. they have it down to an ARTFORM. 

who has to bust or bail the other out of jail: plot twist - the answer is lizzie, because they both manage to get arrested, probably while trespassing on pemberley digital’s roof at three in the morning. probably drunk, possibly wearing swimsuits and clutching bottles of super expensive vintage wines.

who gives the other advice/comfort about dating issues: actually, i think they steer clear of talking about dating for a really long time, like it’s more than a year into the friendship before they can talk about that to each other. but then it’s pretty give-and-take, they both give advice when the other needs it.

who shamelessly cheats at games by reaching over to cover the other’s eyes: still lydia. gigi kind of goes along with it, though, mostly because she’s too busy cheating SNEAKILY and quite enjoys lydia’s diversionary tactics.

who immediately calls dibs on the top bunk: ah, see, as two younger siblings, they definitely have to fight this one out. gigi usually wins.

who starts and who wins the pillow fights: gigi starts, and usually wins as well.

who says “your pants would look better on their floor” to the other’s potential crush: this is still SUCH a lydia line

TEAM FIGI

who steals french fries off the other’s plate: gigi.

who jokingly moves in for the kiss when someone asks if they’re a couple: fitz does this ALL THE TIME mostly to freak gigi out (and make her laugh so hard she snorts her drink out of her nose). it works.

who has to bust or bail the other out of jail: oh man, the THINGS gigi has had to deal with over the years. bailing fitz out of jail once or twice doesn’t even begin to cover it.

who gives the other advice/comfort about dating issues: fitz is disgustingly monogamous, and is always happy to give gigi advice and comfort if she needs it

who shamelessly cheats at games by reaching over to cover the other’s eyes: gigi, it’s a childhood habit that had fitz utterly wrapped around her finger then and now.

who immediately calls dibs on the top bunk: gigi, obnoxious baby sister friend that she is.

who starts and who wins the pillow fights: gigi starts. fitz lets her win.

who says “your pants would look better on their floor” to the other’s potential crush: gigi says this to fitz’s boyfriend like once a week at least. he still PRETENDS to find it funny.

FITZ AND DARCY

who steals french fries off the other’s plate: fitz. darcy just kind of narrows his eyes at him.

who jokingly moves in for the kiss when someone asks if they’re a couple: usually fitz, because it makes darcy SO UNCOMFORTABLE AND IT’S HILARIOUS, but after a few drinks darcy has been known to TURN THE TABLES ON HIM/

who has to bust or bail the other out of jail: darcy has definitely bailed fitz out a fair few times.

who gives the other advice/comfort about dating issues: disgustingly monogamous fitz strikes again. “COME ON MAN JUST TALK TO HER”

“nO NOT LIKE THAT”“JUST HAVE A NORMAL CONVERSATION WITH HER”

“YOU JUST INSULTED HER ENTIRE FAMILY DARCY COME ON WORK WITH ME HERE”

who shamelessly cheats at games by reaching over to cover the other’s eyes: fitz tries doing this, but darcy is having NONE OF IT.

who immediately calls dibs on the top bunk: darcy is used to gigi having the top bunk, so lets fitz claim it without too much fuss.

who starts and who wins the pillow fights: fitz usually tries to start this to no avail. but if darcy’s caught in just the right mood he will rise to the challenge and ABSOLUTELY CRUSH HIM.