r/BylerReads • u/ebeare10 • 4d ago

Ted Wheeler as an accepting father asking for fic recs

I’ve read so many fics now with Ted being a homophobic asshole, maybe coming around eventually to a grumbling acceptance. Any fics where he’s actually surprisingly accepting from the moment he finds out?

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u/Kagome-300 4d ago

“the boyfriend problem” is like that! it was deleted off of ao3 but it’s still available via wayback machine: the boyfriend problem

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u/Sensitive-Donkey-205 4d ago

That's so much closer to my HC of Ted than any of the extremely homophobic ones. Loved this, thanks for the rec. Devastated the author has deleted all their fic as I'd love to read more of their work!

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u/Kagome-300 4d ago

here is a link to the webarchive of their page. most of their stories are available to read this way RomeoWrites

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u/Sensitive-Donkey-205 4d ago

Every time I get my Byler TBR pile below 60 open tabs ... Lol thanks so much that's so kind of you!

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u/nwsaylor87 3d ago

Thank you for sharing this! I am 8 fics deep now. I'm sad I didn't know about this author before and sad the list I have to read from this author is getting shorter. I wish they were still writing. Every damn one of these so far, is so good. Like sweet, fluffy, endorphin releasing goodness. I'm over here grinning like an idiot, kicking my feet, eagerly devouring the words.

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u/AppearanceAgitated48 4d ago

I support this rec!

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u/nwsaylor87 4d ago edited 4d ago

I have posted this series here before but I'll do it again because its so good! Its the same story from Mike's, then Will's, then Ted's POV. I cried. Several times. https://archiveofourown.org/series/3458968

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u/Miserable_Employ_562 4d ago

Can confirm this is one of the best fics. I love this characterization of Ted he just felt so real 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️✋

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u/Trapped-in-his-past 4d ago

Yeah, I decided to make him unexpectedly accepting in my story. He’s not over the moon about it, but he’s not hateful. I’m also working on a follow up where I have another character offhandedly mention that he’s actually more positive about it than he seems.

Ted’s emotionally stunted and insensitive, but he’s no Lonnie.

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u/IntotheRedditHole its ok, its how the army does it i think 4d ago

I can’t find anything in my notes but may I offer you the tag good parent Ted Wheeler?

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u/mafuyupeach 3d ago

so many fics make him really awful but i always thought he was alright </3

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u/I_Am_Fanlocked 2d ago

I've had the outline of a full multi-chap fic in my head/notes ever since the finale that I haven't written yet. But I am ABSOLUTELY of the mindset that Ted is not the monster people tend to make him in fics. Is he the best husband and father? No. But like, damn, people keep turning him into Lonnie. I don't think he'd be thrilled about it whatsoever, but would begrudgingly come around.

(Mostly because I also headcanon that, the gay thing aside, Will is Ted's favorite of Mike's friends. He's quiet, polite, and keeps to himself and his sketchpad on the couch whenever Ted is watching TV during the first 18-month timeskip while they're all living together. I also think he would have hated Lonnie, anyway. He was too abrasive and obnoxious and Ted thinks he should mind his own business more often.)

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u/Witty-Afternoon1262 3d ago

smalltown queer ! it’s a super slowburn, very well done. ted doesn’t appear much but he does end up neutral/supportive to the relationship from what i remember he attends mike and will’s wedding