Awesome! This is how I imagined the situation, Xander's father being a jackass and little Xander taking it to heart.

I really love the whole setting, and young Xander being rude and speaking his mind. I also love the characterisation of Xander's mother and the fact that she's all about pretense.

The highlight for me was Rory and his relationship with Xander. I can tell he's the drunken jokester of the family and that Xander spends lots of time with him since he talks about him on the show more than his own parents.

Thank you so much for this lovely fictlet. I enjoyed reading it so much.