#theres a running conflict where he keeps going hot n cold towards his allies thanks to his ill temper and fear of intimacy*

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assorted roleswap au doodes, which is very self indulgent & stars jay as the single dad protag with a missing kid. some context under the cut. did i mention this is extremely self indulgent.

1) jay and his newborn babby girl, years before the events of the hospital takes place. there’s a whole story behind how baby blue came to be, but that means i gotta tread waist-deep into the headcanons i have for jaybird. long story short, less than a year after divorcing karen, he is urged by good natured coworkers who tire of seeing his miserable ass work day in and day out to get back into the dating game-- only to come back out with babb. oops.

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2) panel redraw; post-cafeteria arc, which is the equivalent of the morgue arc here. for a bit of backstory: flair planted seeds to strain the burgrr crew’s relationship that led to them separating, that left an open gateway for her to successfully hijack the conceptual core of the cafeteria zone and fulfill her never-ending greed for more,more and more profit.

back at the hospital, flair is nothing more than a fun-sized pin. jay could easily kick her across the room.

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3-4) jay being appreciated by his new companions, whom he supposes aren’t so bad.

he shows up to the cafeteria, meets the burgrr gang one by one, gets ‘em to reconcile, get ‘adopted’ by said gang, and teamed up to take down this Soulless Corporate Witch™ to take back their much beloved kitchen...all by sheer accident. they sure took to heart his rant about his shitty job back at the gray...

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5) gynnie’s a new pal he finds in the plank maze, gynecologist and former head of the maternity ward- which she cant go back to, as she knows in current hospital conditions she’d likely be a threat to him than help. she is kind and patient with jay, as she is with everyone she comes across, but she also knows when to be firm when the latter acts out irrationally.

#awful hospital #awful hospital jay #awful hospital flair #burgrr #harmburger #grinding chuck #bbq girll #gynnie specula #doodes #dad jay au #jayposting #yeah i miss jay. what about it. *inhales copium* #might be ooc but we really dgaf in this household #this au is really just an excuse to explore the 'what if' jay had a support system who sympathized with him but took none of his bullshit #while he's not AS bad as his canon counterpart he is still troubled and that causes him to push away/lash out at those around him #theres a running conflict where he keeps going hot n cold towards his allies thanks to his ill temper and fear of intimacy* #*this bit's a HEADCANON #he's definitely gonna have to clean up his act if he wants his friends to stay #hes not gonna be Mr Nice Guy(tm) overnight but he really is gonna make an effort #hes not exactly dad of the year either. he provides his kid w the basics but overall leaves her with a babysitter (another essay for later) #this entire ordeal is one big wake up call for him to Do. Better. #i have plans for other charas as well feel free to ask about them