#maddie grew up with rachel in her life
I keep thinking of one of Tika Sumpter’s interviews where she mentions how Maddie is the calm, laid-back parent and Tom’s the more anxious one and I just really like that so much. Especially because, as sheriff, you know, he’s very collected and cool, organized, but everything is a situation that has to be handled. Like, my girl WOULD be the one just strolling through the library, checking out a few books to read in bed, or at work between appointments, while Tom is the one looking shit up at 11:45 PM on his phone, chewing the inside of his lip, because he can’t sleep until he knows the answer to ‘child eight small mammal fox eat chocolate harmful how much’ or whatever.