Ooooooooh, so there's backstory to the fic I've already read! Awesome, awesome. Happy endings, they look like this.

There actually is. I think there was more, too -- questions answered by Jason and a fic called Dentists and Bravery (or something like that) all set in this universe. It was started before s4 ended, and according isn't supported by canon, but I love the idea of this family unit, living in San Diego and working, and catching up with old jail-breaking buddies every summer.

It's sort of hilarious to imagine Michael - only ever had Lincoln, lonely recluse Michael - with twenty people over for every birthday, holiday, weekend, etc.

Hee. In my mind, it would only be every summer they'd all catch up. They'd all live in different cities (I think Linc would have settled in Panama with Sofia, Sucre would be in Chicago with Mariecruz, Michael, Sara and Alex would be San Diego), but once a year, there'd be a big camping trip where all three families hung around for weeks together. They'd be late night talking, and someone watching over the kids, and this real sense of belonging to large family, despite the distance that usually seperated them.

I don't think Michael would be able to handle more so many people more often than that. (And even once a year, he'd probably try to escape to be on his own for a while during the camping trip, when everyone got too much for him.)