Major League Parenting

Ed tries on his parenting hat for a day and takes Alma to a baseball game.

It had actually been Stede’s idea for Ed to take Alma to a baseball game, just the two of them. Ed loves baseball, has loved it ever since he first wandered to the ballpark on a whim when he moved to the States fifteen years ago, and he had been so excited to take Stede and the kids to their very first game this summer as an anniversary present. The day itself had partially lived up to the expectations he had set for himself. Stede and Louis couldn’t get into the game no matter how hard Ed tried to engage them with it, preferring to spend the afternoon distracted by everything but the baseball - watching the seagulls hovering over the stadium, pointing out fans sporting increasingly ridiculous outfits, giggling as they split a bag of cotton candy. Alma, though - Alma was watching the field from the moment they found their seats.