#《 I seem to lean towards Dedrick being born first 》

[magichcuse]

I've been thinking of fun ways for Kit and Viv to coexist while still Making Sense, so here's what I've thought of:

I think this first one might be my favorite because it incorporates Dedrick in it—after Theo finds Dedrick at his door, Kathleen offers to act as Dedrick's mother to prevent gossip. Even though Dedrick is obviously Not Kathleen's Son (and Kathleen would be honest about it with Dedrick because she thinks he deserves to know), most people don't care enough to dispute it. Unfortunately for Dedrick, having Kathleen as a mother doesn't really help offset Theo's neglect because Kathleen wasn't ready to be a mother yet and she's not exactly the warm fuzzy type. By the time Kit comes around (idk how but right now I think enough people ask when Kathleen and Theo are having another kid for her to make Kit out of spite), she's more prepared to be a mother and has learned from her mistakes with Dedrick. I could see this possibly causing tension between Dedrick and Kit. When Patrick finds out Kit was made with magic (Kathleen and Theo sure as hell aren't making her the Old Fashioned Way), he asks her to help him make a baby and Vivian is born. Patrick and Theo get together eventually, but merging the families together is kinda messy.

This is the one I originally came up with—Kathleen agrees to marry Theo to get Damion off of his case, but she also lets Patrick stay with them so he isn't forced into an arranged marriage. She lowkey plays matchmaker/shipper, giving Patrick and Theo many excuses to be left alone together. Kids come in eventually, the order doesn't really matter.

There's also a variant where Kathleen chooses to marry Patrick instead and let Theo stay with them, but it's essentially the same thing except it theoretically gives Theo time to accidentally get someone eggnant.