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i like to think of a lot of the guards on Coruscant having this running gag where they make up cartoonishly evil things Fox does and bring it up to him out of nowhere as if it's casual fact, typically around newer guardsmen or GAR troopers that barely interact with him if at all. Fox doesn't really care about any of this and ignores the jokes, but does occasionally worry that certain high ranking people are just constantly hearing about him doing things like drinking the blood of widowed women in order to slow his aging, or that he survives off of nightmares he gives his men by hiding under their bunks and making scary noises.

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Leo And Jason DoorDash A Baby

Summary: Jason made a displeased noise as the lights came on. He said something that sounded like half a nickname in garbled Spanish and grumbled about it being late and being abandoned to sleep on his own.

“Yeah. Sorry about that, Sparky,” Leo said. “More importantly, though: look at this baby I found.”

“Can you please come to bed first and make jokes at me after?” his husband complained, yawning. “I just want to cuddle for a bit.”

“I would, but I think we’ve got more immediate problems than me depriving you of cuddles. Namely: the fact that I’m holding a child.”

“Leo, I love you, but what in the world are you talking about?” Jason murmured, finally starting to untangle himself from the blankets.

Then the little girl in Leo’s arms started crying.

Jason sat up with a start, wide awake the instant it dawned on him that this wasn’t one of Leo’s jokes. “What did you do?”

Leo looked his husband dead in the eyes and said, “I cloned myself.”

—

Or: someone leaves a baby at the entrance of the Waystation in the middle of the night. It’s not quite how Leo and Jason expected this whole adoption process to work, but, well… when has anything in their lives ever gone the way they expected it to?

Word Count: 7.3k

Rating: Teen and Up (just to be safe)

CWs: mentions of past traumatic experiences, since those are gone into to a certain extend (Jason is not going to be okay about finding an abandoned child when he’s been an abandoned child in the past).

I have spent a lot of time waffling with @queenjunothegreat about this concept and had a lot of fun writing it out! Ended up quite a bit longer than I expected, but I’m not complaining.

Main focus of the fic is accidental baby acquisition feat. married Valgrace, but there is also some lost trio content (Piper is having a great time during that particular Iris message, lmao), and little Emilia McLean from this fic is also here, a little older now! There’s references to that fic in this one but reading it is not a requirement to understand this fic.

———

It was 3 am, and Leo was just trying to get to the bedroom after finishing up his latest magic object repair project in the workshop. As was the case with the Waystation sometimes, he tripped out the front door instead.

That was just how it worked, living in a magic building. Sometimes it was convenient, like when someone was hurt and the Waystation made the infirmary appear in the next room, or when Leo and Calypso had needed space after their breakup and simply hadn’t crossed paths for a week. Sometimes, it was a little less convenient, like when the workshop was suddenly next to the bedroom so Jason only had to cross one room if he wanted to drag his sleep-deprived husband to bed. Once, when Leo had neglected maintenance for too long, the Waystation had dropped him into the pool fully clothed. It had an attitude like that.

Currently, Leo couldn’t think of anything he might have done to piss off the building, though, so there was probably a different reason why he’d ended up out here. 

The air was cold enough that he pulled the large hoodie he’d borrowed from his husband a little closer around himself. He realized how stupid the impulse was a moment later—he could have just upped his body temperature instead. That was sleep deprivation 1, Leo Valdez 0.

It was a night of a full moon, and between the moon’s soft glow and the street lights, Leo could see alright. No need for a flashlight or to light himself on fire. 

He let his eyes wander, trying to figure out why he’d been thrown out of his home in the middle of the night. They didn’t have to wander far. 

Someone had placed a basket beside the entrance to the Waystation. And inside that basket…

“Holy shit.” Leo pinched himself, trying to confirm he wasn’t so sleep deprived he was hallucinating the whole thing. 

Nope, the basket was still there. And that was definitely a baby. What the hell?

He kneeled down next to the basket, looking at the infant that had been left here all alone, with no one but the moon to guard her.

They were wide awake, looking at him with large, dark eyes. 

“What are you doing out here, hm?” 

He scanned the area again, trying to see if there was a parent around who’d come back to collect their baby. He couldn’t see anyone. Not that leaving a child on some stranger’s doorstep to go buy groceries or something would have been peak parenting, exactly.

The wind was bitingly cold. And if it was that bad for him, Leo couldn’t imagine basket baby was doing much better, in their thin onesie and blanket.

“Okay, we need to get you inside,” he decided, reaching out towards the basket, then stopping suddenly as he spotted something tucked underneath it.

It was a small piece of paper, no larger than a postcard. He pulled it out from beneath the basket so he could take a look at it, slowly, so as to not startle the child in the process. Words had been hastily scribbled onto the paper. 

‘I can’t care for her, but I know she’ll be safe here. This is what’s best for both of us.’ 

Leo’s heart was hammering in his chest, aching for the poor kid and whatever demigod had dropped her off here—and it had to have been a demigod. No one else would think to drop their child off at what the general public considered to be a generic event space—never mind in the middle of the night—expecting her to be safe.

Leo folded the note and put it into one of his many, many pockets. 

He hesitated again, trying to remember whether he’d washed his hands properly coming out of the workshop. He decided better safe than sorry and went for the effective, if slightly unusual, disinfecting technique of temporarily setting his hands on fire.

Once he’d put them out and cooled them back down to a semi-normal temperature, he reached out to scoop the baby up out of the basket.

Thankfully, Leo wasn’t completely useless with babies. Em, his honorary niece, was three now, but he’d held her enough times as an infant to know how this went. Make sure the head and neck are supported first, then place the other hand under the baby's bottom and lift them up carefully.

He still remembered how Piper had first explained it to him, Reyna glaring at him from across the room like she was fully expecting him to drop the baby. That had made two of them.

He’d been weeping, still reeling from the declaration that the girl was named after him—as a gesture of love and because in a world where names had power, the name of someone who’d defied death twice and found his happy ending against all odds was good luck. He’d spent so long thinking of himself as a curse that someone choosing his name as a blessing hadn’t quite computed.

“Don’t mind my lovely wife. Rey’s just nervous,” Piper had whispered to him, patting his arm encouragingly while he held Emilia for the very first time. “You’re the first person aside from us and the hospital staff who gets to hold Em.”

Leo had understood nervous, then, with his best friend’s kid snuggled up against his chest. He understood nervous now, with this small, vulnerable human in his arms. Despite knowing exactly what he was doing, he was still anxious he might hurt her accidentally. This had to be terrifying for her, and the last thing he wanted was to make it even worse.

The Waystation roulette was merciful. After walking back up the ramp with the baby in tow, Leo found himself standing right outside his bedroom door.

Thank the gods. He really needed Jason right now.

Okay, technically Emmie and Jo would probably have been more convenient than Leo’s poor husband, whose experience with babies was about the same as Leo’s own—limited to playing with Em and babysitting for Percy and Annabeth back at uni. But Emmie and Jo weren’t here right now. They were in New Rome with Georgina.

The thought of Georgina at NRU was still weird as hell. Leo had known this kid since she was seven years old. The fact that she was attending university now would never, ever, feel normal to him. 

But in all honesty, even if his foster parents had been at the Waystation right now, Leo probably still would have wanted Jason. He was pretty sure wanting your husband there was a natural instinct when one found a child on their doorstep. He’d have to ask around for reference.

Leo pushed open the bedroom door with his hip, wincing as it creaked. He’d been meaning to take care of the rusted hinges for a while, but between the dracon incident last month and an emergency pegasus landing two weeks ago, he’d been preoccupied with other fixes and forgotten about this one. He hadn’t exactly thought to account for the inconvenience the issue might cause to any babies found on the doorstep in the middle of the night.

The little girl in his arms scrunched up her face like she might start to cry.

“Shhhh. Hey. You’re okay,” he tried to soothe her, bouncing her awkwardly. “That’s what I get for prioritizing fixing the person-sized hole in the roof over some rusty hinges.”

The baby didn’t start crying, though she still looked very unhappy about the entire situation. Leo couldn’t say he blamed her.

Jason shifted in his blanket heap.

Leo wasn’t surprised he’d woken up. Creaky door or not, he almost always woke up when Leo came to bed. His husband had always been a light sleeper—all too ready to jump out of bed with his sword drawn at even the hint of a threat. Even though more than a decade had come and gone since he’d been an active member of the legion, he’d never quite managed to break that particular habit. 

Usually, Leo felt bad for waking him. Right now, that he woke so easily was a huge relief. Having to shake Jason awake with one arm while balancing a baby in the other wasn’t an experience Leo was particularly sad to miss out on. 

His husband made a displeased noise as the light was switched on. He covered his face with one arm, said something that sounded like half a nickname in garbled Spanish and grumbled about it being late and being abandoned to sleep on his own.

“Yeah, yeah, I know. Sorry about that, Sparky. More importantly, though: look at this baby I found.”

“Can you please come to bed first and make jokes at me after?” Jason complained, yawning. He patted the mattress next to him. “I promise I’ll laugh, even if I’m way too tired to understand the joke. I just want to cuddle for a bit.”

“I would, but I think we’ve got more immediate problems than me depriving you of cuddles. Namely: the fact that I’m holding a child right now.”

“Leo, I love you so much, but you know I don’t have the capacity for your sense of humor at this hour. What in the world are you talking about?” Jason murmured, finally starting to untangle himself from the blankets. 

As if on cue, the little girl in Leo’s arms started crying. Whether this was because she was hungry or cold or because the existential dread of being ditched on a stranger’s doorstep by the only person she’d ever known was starting to hit her, Leo couldn’t immediately tell.

Jason sat up with a start, wide awake the instant it dawned on him that this wasn’t one of Leo’s weird jokes.

He looked at the two of them, eyes wide as saucers. “What did you do?”

“I cloned myself,” Leo said, looking his husband dead in the eye. The joke didn’t entirely work. Her skin was a shade darker than his and the tufts of hair on the girl’s head were clearly brown instead of black.

He rocked the baby gently against his chest. 

“What?” Jason was out of bed at a speed that was honestly frightening, even for someone who had seen him go from zero to battle-ready in under thirty seconds before.

Jason looked frantic, apparently completely willing to believe Leo’s stupid joke, the obvious inconsistencies be damned. He moved to stand beside them.

“Kidding, mi cielo. I’m still working on cloning.” Leo grinned at him. He felt as terrified as Jason looked, and even now, despite the fact that he was supposed to be a semi-responsible adult and had been married for almost a decade, jokes were sometimes the only thing that helped. “I just ordered DoorDash. Not sure why they sent a baby. I’m pretty sure I just asked for fries.”

“Leo, whose child is that?” 

Okay, that was enough with the jokes. They might have been helpful for Leo, but it was obvious they were doing the opposite for Jason, and getting him even more worked up would probably not help the situation.

“I have no idea,” he admitted. He continued to rock the baby, but it wasn’t helping. She just wouldn’t stop crying. “It wasn’t DoorDash, but someone did leave her at the entrance of the Waystation with no intention of coming back.”

“Oh.” Jason’s posture immediately changed. The tension went out of his body, replaced with a kind of vulnerability Leo had only seen his husband show a handful of times. “But she’s so small.Someone just abandoned her?”

Leo’s chest constricted. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d heard Jason sound so utterly broken.

The parent that had left the girl here probably had their reasons—and, speaking as someone who’d spent a lot of time in the care of foster parents who hadn’t been fit for the job, sometimes not having a parent at all was definitely the preferable option.

But how could Jason have thought of anything other than the feeling of being that small, abandoned child, waiting in the woods for a mother who never came back?

Leo wanted to pull his husband to his chest and soothe him, but currently he had an armful of wailing baby, which made that a little difficult.

“Come on, let’s sit for a while, yeah?” Leo suggested gently. Jason nodded, and together they sank down onto the edge of their bed, the mattress creaking slightly as they did. “You wanna hold her for a bit?”

“I…” Jason hesitated, then nodded. “I do, actually.”

Leo very carefully handed him the baby. That made her crying even worse. Leo gulped, wondering if she thought she was being abandoned again.

“Hey, cariño, I’m not going anywhere, okay?” he said soothingly. “That’s Jason. He’s nice, I promise. I wouldn’t have married him otherwise.”

He gently poked one of the girl’s palms with his finger. She immediately grasped for it, meaning she had to be very little. He knew that because he loved being Em’s tío and had been endlessly bummed out when she’d grown out of automatically grasping his fingers at five months.

“Hey. You’re going to be okay,” Jason said to the girl, sounding almost shy. His voice was quavering as he cradled the child protectively. He looked at her with all the determination of someone who knew exactly what it was like to be abandoned and would have done anything to make sure it didn’t happen to anyone else. “I’m sorry. This is so, so much, and it has to be so overwhelming for you. But you’re safe. We’re not going to let anything bad happen to you, I promise.”

His voice cracked.

Leo wrapped his free arm around his husband, placing his head down on Jason’s shoulder. Jason was shaking.

“You’re okay, too,” Leo reminded him gently, pressing a kiss to the side of Jason’s head. “I’m not going anywhere. Expert at sticking around, remember?”

Jason nodded, smiling weakly.

“I love you,” he sniffled, leaning into Leo. His eyes were brimming with tears. “She’s so upset.”

“I know, Jase.”

Leo thought for a moment, then started humming the melody of an old lullaby his mom had sung to him when he’d been little, the words of which long since been lost to time.

Between this, Jason’s gentle rocking and Leo’s finger grasped tightly in her little fist, the baby startled to settle down, staring at them with large, dark eyes.

“There you go. That’s better. You’re way too young for that level of existential dread,” Leo joked, heart aching. “I could go find you a warmer blanket, if you want? You’re a little cold.” He tried to pull his hand back, but the second she lost her grip on his finger, she started crying again. “Or not! Maybe you’ll continue to hold my finger hostage instead,” he decided, letting her grasp it again.

She immediately quieted back down.

Leo’s tool belt wasn’t super helpful at producing blankets. It could do car covers and cleaning rags, but Leo wasn’t convinced those materials were baby-safe, so instead he leaned as far as he could off the bed without removing his finger from the girl’s little fist again and pulled a fresh bed sheet out of a drawer. Then, he asked the tool belt for scissors.

~~~

A few minutes later, Jason had wrapped the baby up in the remnants of a very wrecked bedsheet. She cooed happily, still hanging onto Leo’s hand, though he put a stop to it when she tried to stick his finger in her mouth.

“Trust me, kid. You do not want to do that. My hands are clean-ish, but you don’t know where I’ve been.” She scrunched her face up again. “Nope, I’m not budging on that. You do not need to know what oil tastes like yet. Spoilers: I’ve tried it. Do not recommend.”

He hummed at her again, which slightly soothed her offense at the terrible injustice of not getting to eat his fingers.

“I wish we had a pacifier we could give her,” Jason said quietly. 

“I’m not sure Georgina’s twenty year old pacifiers still exist, but even if they do, I don’t think they’d be any safer for her than my fingers,” Leo commented, sighing. “I wish we had something to give her, too. Her bio parent at least could have had the decency to dump her on our doorstep with some basic necessities.”

“They’re really not going to come back for her, are they?” Jason asked. He didn’t look like he was about to break down in tears anymore, but his breaths still came shakily.

“No,” Leo said, running his free hand soothingly down his husband’s arm. “The note they left made it sound pretty permanent.”

Looking at him—at the way Jason was smiling down at the child, so, so very gentle despite all his grief, and the way all three of them fit together—something in Leo’s mind began to click into place. 

Before he could decide what, exactly, that something was, Jason beat him to it.

“Can we keep her?” he asked suddenly, with no preamble or warning. He was tense, anxiety written all over his face. He continued hastily, “I know it’s not really how we planned to do this, but-”

“She’s here now. And she needs someone,” Leo finished, smiling at the fact that their minds had gone to the same place. They were like two gears in the same machine, running perfectly in sync.

Jason nodded. Some of the tension went out of his shoulders. 

“You don’t think I’m being completely ridiculous?”

“For wanting to adopt a child you met maybe ten minutes ago?” Leo beamed at him. “I mean, a little. But I can’t be making all the ridiculously impulsive decisions in this relationship.”

He pressed a kiss to Jason’s temple.

Jason smiled weakly. The grief in his expression started to melt away into something soft and almost hopeful. “So you’re saying we’ll think about it?”

That would have been reasonable. This was maybe not the sort of decision one should make at this hour of night. But Leo had never been the reasonable sort. Mostly, this had been to his benefit—if he had been reasonable, he would have been extremely fucking dead, and Jason with him.

Honestly, Leo made some of his best choices when he wasn’t overthinking things. 

Besides, considering how easily the girl had settled in his husband’s arms, and the soft way Jason was looking at him…

Well, fuck being reasonable.

“Eh, I’ve told you before that I try not to think too much. It interferes with being nuts.” Leo grinned. “So, I guess we have a kid now?”

Jason leaned forward and kissed him.

~~~

Maybe Leo should have been freaking out more. That seemed like the reasonable way to act when you’d suddenly become a dad from one minute to the next with no warning.

But apparently he’d gotten most of his frantic energy out of his system when he’d found the baby, and now that Jason was with him and they knew they’d be keeping her, the whole thing didn’t seem quite as ridiculously terrifying anymore.

When the baby started crying again—utterly inconsolable this time in a way that, from all their past baby experiences, made Jason and Leo agree she was probably hungry—he didn’t let himself panic. He briefly left his husband and the baby to go bother the nice mortal couple down the street about diapers and formula and a baby bottle, fumbling his way through an explanation about unexpectedly ending up with a Safe Haven Box baby. He figured that was close enough to the truth. 

Preparing the formula wasn’t too hard, but he was glad he had practice from babysitting.

When he got back to the bedroom, Jason was hovering—like, literally hovering a good foot above the ground—and talking to the baby in a hushed tone. 

“What in the world are you doing?” Leo laughed, raising an eyebrow at his husband.

“I don’t know. She seems to like it,” Jason told him, slowly floating back down.

The baby was still obviously unhappy, but she wasn’t crying quite as hard anymore. Huh. They'd have to put that down for future reference.

“Hey, cariño. I brought food.” Leo waved the bottle at her. “Jase, do you wanna feed her?”

Jason’s eyes gleamed. “Would that be okay?”

“I mean, it’s not like this is a one and done kind of deal. I can feed her next time. Besides,” Leo continued teasingly, “seems only fair that you take more of the baby feeding shifts. We both know I’m gonna be making most of her food once she grows out of formula and puree age. You’re a safety hazard in the kitchen.”

“You’re impossible,” Jason laughed, sitting back down on the bed and adjusting his hold on the baby to get her into a better position for feeding.

“I’m also right.” Leo smirked. “Remember that time back at NRU when you tried to make popcorn and somehow exploded the microwave?”

“That was ten years ago,” Jason pouted. 

“And you’ve since managed to fry our microwave a minimum of five times, and the oven at least twice. You are not helping your case, mi cielo.” He handed over the bottle. The baby looked at it suspiciously for a moment. “Solid instincts, cariño, but I made that one. It’s good, promise,” Leo told her, feeling incredibly smug when she started to drink.

Her tiny scrunched up face started to relax.

“There, that's much better, isn’t it?” Jason asked soothingly. 

“Look at that. A bit of Chef Leo food and she’s immediately content,” Leo announced, ignoring the fact that in this particular case, his specific input in preparing the food had been minimal. “I can’t believe she’s been with us for all of an hour and she’s already taking after you.”

His husband gently headbutted Leo in the neck, like he sometimes did. He was a fucking weirdo. 

But he was Leo’s fucking weirdo. Forever.

“Hey, it’s not our fault you’re a great cook.” Jason was smiling softly. “She’s gonna fit right in.”

“Yeah, she is.”

Leo was transfixed on the image of Jason holding their baby. Their baby. They had a daughter now. 

It was almost startling, how quickly the certainty of it had settled over him. How right it all felt. They’d been talking about adopting for a while, and it had felt more and more like it was the right time.

Her appearing on their doorstep now… it was something like destiny. 

Normally, the concept of destiny would have set off alarm bells in Leo’s head. For most of his life, destiny hadn’t been a good thing. So little of his and Jason’s lives had ever been coincidental. They’d both spent their entire childhoods tangled up in strings the Fates had woven for them.

But he figured after all the awful things he’d been destined to be—an orphan and a hero and dead—being a dad wasn’t a destiny he minded all that much.

“The note didn’t mention a name, right?” Jason asked as he put down the bottle. Leo shook his head. “Does that mean we get to choose one?”

Jason shifted the baby in his arms, holding her upright and gently patting her back to burp her. 

“Yeah. She seems very enthusiastic about being named.” Leo chuckled. “I’m partial towards Leo 2.0, personally, but between me and Em, that might get a little confusing, so 3.0 might be better.”

“Serious suggestions only, please?” Jason asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

“Sorry, if that’s your condition you’re gonna have to find a different husband.” 

Leo flicked him in the head, still grinning, but then he dutifully redirected his attention towards the baby. He thought back to the list of baby names they’d made—a list that he’d always figured they most likely wouldn’t need, considering most adoptees came much older than this, with a name already attached. Jason had insisted they make a list anyway, just in case. Leo hadn’t had the heart to tell him no.

And, well, considering their 3 am postal delivery baby, that was a point in favor of Jason’s incessant need to prepare for all possible scenarios.

Names—especially demigod names and the power woven into them via the Fates—were kind of a huge deal, and not a decision to make lightly. He was more than glad their past selves had narrowed it down.

“What do you think of Sofía?” he asked, tilting his head at the baby. 

She cooed at him. 

“She seems to like it. I think that’s a good sign.” Jason smiled, but there was a hesitation in his expression, like there was something more he wasn’t saying.

“Whatever it is, you can tell me. If you’d rather name her something else-” Leo started, but Jason shook his head.

“It’s not that. I think Sofía fits her. I just thought maybe she’d like a middle name.” He bit his lip, but then he looked right at Leo with those startlingly blue eyes of his that Leo loved so much. “We don’t have to, if it doesn’t feel right to you, but… what do you think of Sofía Esperanza?”

Leo’s heart skipped a beat.

It had taken him longer than he felt comfortable admitting to talk about his mom to Jason—to really talk about her. The good times they shared and the joyful memories and the stinging feeling of loss that still remained, despite everything.

Leo had gotten closure. He had a mother who loved him dearly, throughout life and beyond death. Jason’s mother had been such a dickhead that she’d made a point of breaking out of the Underworld to re-traumatize him. How was it fair to burden him with all this—to share his mourning for a kind of love Jason had never known?

But when Leo had finally fully shown that part of himself, Jason had held him through it, and gladly. Through the joy and the pain of it all. 

They carried each other’s burdens, the way they always had.

Jason wouldn’t have made the suggestion lightly. He must have been thinking about this for a long time. Maybe since they’d first made that list, back when the child in question had still been entirely hypothetical.

“Would that… is that really okay with you? I mean-” Leo stammered, struggling to find the words—struggling to find any words at all. His thoughts were failing him utterly. 

In his defense, it was almost 4 am, and they’d just adopted a baby on a whim. These things tended to turn one’s brain to mush even when they occurred separately.

“Of course I’d be okay with it. It was literally my suggestion, mi vida.” Jason smiled softly at him. “Besides, Esperanza��means hope, right? If we’re worried about names having power, I think this one is powerful in a good way.”

And, as was the case far more often than Leo would ever admit out loud, his husband was right. They’d both learned a long time ago that hope was perhaps the greatest power of all.

“Wisdom and hope, hm?” Leo gently booped Sofía’s nose. “Guess we’re really trying to drive home the fact that you’re not related to either one of us.“ Sofía smiled up at him, catching one of his fingers in her little fist again, and Leo laughed. “Look, Jase, she’s got your reflexes.”

Her hand was warm and soft and her adorable little smile made Leo melt. 

Jason looked down at their daughter with pure adoration in his eyes. 

Oh, they were in so much trouble. Leo wasn’t sure how they’d ever manage to tell her no on anything.

On the upside: they’d make sure little Sofía Esperanza would never feel unloved a day in her life.

~~~ Leo was officially never sending a vaguely worded Iris Message again.

His first impulse had been to call Piper—because, well, it was Piper—which would have worked great if she had been awake, but that seemed like a long shot at this hour. The thing was: Piper slept like a log. When she was out, she was completely dead to the world, and if that was the case, they would be sent right to rainbow voicemail.

Going with “McLean household, Oklahoma. Just give me whoever is most awake,” had seemed like a safe bet at the time. If Reyna and/or Piper were up, they were good. If neither of them was, then they’d at least know that it was pointless to call again tonight and they’d just try again in the morning.

Except, well… Leo was currently looking at his three year old niece.

“Tío Leo!! Uncle Jason!” Em beamed at them. “I’m up!”

“We can see that.” Leo blinked at her. “Uhm, as awesome as it is to see you, could you maybe get one of your moms? Either one works.”

“But I wanna talk,” she pouted. Then she sat bolt upright. “You’re playing dolls? Without me?”

“I would never,” Leo said in mock-offense. “Also, that's a baby, not a doll.”

He shifted Sofía in his arms so his niece could take a proper look at her. Jason had handed her back to Leo when he’d gone to collect Georgina’s old bassinet from the attic that had mercifully decided to pop up next door, and Leo had been holding her since.

“A baby?” Emilia stared through the rainbow with wide eyes. “She’s so small.”

“Yeah. Babies are kinda just like that. They don’t come in too many different sizes,” he explained with a shrug. “This is Sofía. Say hi to your prima, cariño.” The baby just kind of blinked at Em, but she was smiling, which he figured probably counted. “Sorry. They don’t come very talkative at that age, either.”

Em didn’t seem to mind. She waved at the baby excitedly.

“Hi Sofía.” Her voice was full of wonder. “She’s adorable.”

“Yeah, she’s kind of perfect, isn’t she?” Jason’s voice was stupidly fond. Leo would have married him all over again in an instant.

Before anyone could say anything else, the door to Emilia’s room opened, light spilling inside from the hallway.

Leo made a little shushing noise at his niece, holding the baby just out of frame. Emilia giggled.

“Emmy, I thought we decided you were going back to sleep,” Piper’s groggy voice came from somewhere beyond the rainbow’s visual range. “Hang on, is that an Iris Message? What the-” A second later, her face appeared in the corner of the rainbow. “Leo? Jason?”

“Pipes! Hey!” Leo beamed at her. “Fancy seeing you here.”

“I say this in the fondest way possible, but I am literally going to kill you guys. I just managed to get her settled back in bed.”

“Sorry,” Jason said immediately. “It’s kind of an emergency.”

“What sort of emergency requires you to call my toddler in the middle of the night?” She looked at them incredulously “Leo, it’s four thirty in the morning. I know it’s a full moon, but can you please get your werewolf husband under control?”

“No, I cannot. May I remind you that you were the one who said if you wanted a responsible godfather, you would have picked someone else?” Leo asked with a grin. “Though, in our defense, we were technically trying to call you or Reyna. Iris just decided to be funny.”

“Uh-huh.” 

“I think you’ll probably forgive us, considering the circumstances.”

“What circumstances?” Piper narrowed her eyes, looking suspiciously from Leo to her giggling toddler, like she expected them to have hidden paint bombs across the house together.

Talk about bearing grudges. They’d only done that once. 

…okay, maybe twice. But still. 

Besides, Leo was halfway across the country right now. That made getting into trouble with his niece a lot more difficult.

“And what were you trying to call us about? Because you both seem way too cheerful for this to be an actual emergency.”

“It is an actual emergency. The good kind, though,” Jason explained, voice soft. He wasn’t even looking up at Piper. He’d gone back to smiling at Sofía. The little girl cooed happily at him.

“I don’t think that’s a thing.” Piper paused. “What was that noise?”

“Surprise! You’re an aunt now!” Leo lifted his armful of baby into the frame. “Sofía, this is Piper. Piper, Sofía Valdez.”

Piper rubbed her eyes. Then, apparently realizing that the baby was very much still there and not going anywhere, she stared at him in utter disbelief. “Leo, what the f-”

“No cursing!” Jason yelped, moving to cover Sofía’s ears.

Emilia burst into a fresh fit of giggles. “Mommy said a bad word.”

“Yeah, I did. But it’s a mommy only word, reserved for special occasions, so please don’t use it, okay?” Piper said quickly. She covered her face with her hands. 

“Okay, no saying fuck,” Em agreed, causing Jason to make a fresh offended yelping noise while Leo just burst into laughter.

“Not. A. Word,” Piper grumbled, glaring at him. 

Leo would have pointed out that technically, he hadn’t said anything, but figured that if he was planning to see his daughter grow up, he should probably leave it.

“Sorry, sorry,” he said instead, taking a few breaths to try and get himself to stop laughing. It was only semi-successful. “Emilia, listen to your mom, okay?”

“I am!” she pointed out, grinning. “No using the word. Just said I won’t.”

“Smart kid,” Leo said approvingly, which just made Piper glare at him even harder. Hey, it wasn’t his fault his niece had inherited Piper’s chaotic energy and Reyna’s ability to win political debates. His only crime was not discouraging her. 

And honestly, which decent tío would have? As far as he was concerned, she should be allowed to make use of her natural talents.

“Matters of teaching my child to curse at four thirty in the morning aside,” Piper sighed, shaking her head, “would you guys please tell me what in the world is going on? Whose child did you two kidnap?”

“She’s ours,” Jason said, completely matter-of-factly. “No kidnapping involved.”

“I’m a prima,” Emilia told her mom, beaming.

“That’s great, sweetheart.” Even through the rainbow filter, it was easy to tell that Piper was barely listening to Emilia. She looked from Jason to Leo to Sofía, wide-eyed, apparently reassessing the situation. “You two are actually serious.”

She sat down hard on her daughter’s bed. 

“Yeah. Why would you think we were joking about that?” Leo asked, shaking his head. “Gods, Pipes, I’m thirty years old, for crying out loud. Don’t you think I’m a bit too mature to prank call you at four thirty in the morning?” Despite the fact that she was obviously in shock, Piper still raised an eyebrow at him at that question. “Okay, fine, maybe I would do that, but what would the punch line even be in this case?”

“I don’t know!” Piper gestured vaguely. “Where did you guys get a baby at four in the morning?”

“Annabeth had Cooper at one in the morning,” Leo told her with a shrug. “Babies don’t exactly come with business hours.”

Sofía cooed in his arms. 

“That’s different!” Piper protested, clearly exasperated. “I saw you guys last weekend! If one of you had been pregnant, I’m pretty sure I would have known!”

“Someone left her on the doorstep of the Waystation an hour ago,” Jason explained, that same fragility from earlier creeping back into his voice. “She’s ours now.”

“Oh.” All the fight drained out of Piper in an instant. She turned to Emilia, putting a hand on her daughter’s shoulder. “Can you do me a favor? Can you go wake your mamá for me, sweetheart?”

“But I wanna stay,” Emilia pouted. “Sofía’s cute.”

“I know, honey. But she’s still gonna be here when you get back. And mamá’s gonna want to meet the baby, too.”

Emilia thought about this intensely for a moment. Then she nodded and climbed out of the bed. “Okay.” 

“Besides, mommy might need to use a few more curse words, and I do not want you around for that,” Piper muttered after her daughter had left.

Jason crossed his arms. “Hey, you can’t curse at our child, either.”

“She’s not gonna remember at that age,” Piper said. She looked a lot less confused and a lot more upset now. “Is she okay?” she asked, wringing her hands.

“Dunno. She had a bit of a crying fit when I brought her inside, but Emilia had a lot of crying fits at that age without you guys ditching her at a random event space, so I’m not sure that’s related,” Leo told her. He gently bounced the baby in his arms. Sofía was cooing at him again, waving her little hands around. Considering everything that had happened tonight, Leo was surprised she still had this much energy. “We’ll ask Nico if he can shadow travel Will over in the morning so he can check her over. She doesn’t seem hurt or sick, but we figured it’s better to be sure.”

“She’s really small. I don’t think she actually understands what’s happening,” Jason added. “But we’re gonna make sure she’ll be okay.” He said it in such a fierce, protective way, and Leo’s heart broke for his husband for the umpteenth time. 

“Are you guys okay?” Piper asked. She was looking directly at Jason now. “This is a lot.“

“We’re okay,” Jason said, in a way that made it blatantly obvious to both Piper and Leo that he wasn’t. “It has been kind of overwhelming, but I’m managing. Leo’s been amazing.” 

“Superman’s being unnecessarily modest,” Leo told Piper, shaking his head. “He’s doing a great job. He fed her and found her a crib and everything.”

Jason smiled weakly. “I- thanks.”

“She’s lucky to have you both,” Piper said. She still looked tired and seriously worried, but her voice was fond. “I mean it.”

“Yeah, yeah, we’re amazing, and you only want to kill us a little bit for Iris Messaging your toddler in the middle of the night,” Leo said, smiling at her. 

“Just this once, you’re pardoned due to extenuating circumstances,” Piper decided solemnly. “Besides, I’m not orphaning your child.”

“Thanks?” Jason said. It came out more like a question than a statement, but his voice was tinged with amusement, and after everything that had happened tonight, that was a huge relief. “We wanted you and Reyna to be the first ones to know. And, uhm. Maybe ask if you’ve still got some of Em’s old baby clothes?”

“We do.” Piper smiled softly. “Reyna couldn’t bring herself to get rid of any of them. She’s incredibly sappy at heart.”

“Oh, we know,” Leo said with a grin. “We’ve seen the way she looks at you.”

Piper sighed contently. She opened her mouth to say something else, but she was interrupted by the sound of a door banging open.

“Em said you used a bad word and also something about a kidnapping?” Reyna asked, sounding seriously concerned. “Who are you IMing at this hour? Is anyone hurt? Do we need to send out search parties?”

She stepped into range of the rainbow, but she wasn’t looking at the Iris Message. Her eyes were firmly on her wife, their daughter clutched protectively to her chest.

“No one’s hurt. No one’s missing, either.” Piper made a noise somewhere between a sigh and a laugh. “So glad our three year old covered all the important bullet points.”

“I got mamá awake,” Em reported, yawning.

Leo couldn’t blame her. It was almost morning. He was starting to feel seriously tired, too.

Sofía wasn’t. She was still wide awake, cooing and wiggling happily in his arms. Leo wasn’t sure if that was normal, but he figured it did not bode well for the amount of sleep he and Jason would be getting going forward.

“That you did, sweetie,” Piper said, smiling at her daughter. Then she looked up at her wife. “Morning, Love. I promise it’s nothing bad, but you might still want to sit down.”

“Hi Reyna,” Leo greeted her. “So, uhm, funny story. You know how Jason and I have sort of been talking about adoption for a while?”

~~~

By the time they got off the line with Piper and Reyna, it was well past six am. Em had dozed off on her mamá’s lap more than an hour ago. Sofía was somehow still awake, though she’d been wiggling a lot less and yawning a lot more in the last half an hour. 

In the end, it took a diaper change and a second feeding session for Sofía to finally start dozing off in Leo’s arms. By then, the sun was starting to come up.

He still held her for a while after, making sure she was well and truly asleep before swaddling her properly and gently transferring her into the bassinet. The sunlight through the window was tickling his face as he sat back down on the bed with a quiet thunk.

“I can’t believe she’s inherited my awful sleep schedule. That's not good,” he joked, letting himself sink into Jason’s side. “Make better choices, kid!”

“On the bright side, you probably won’t have any trouble staying up with her,” Jason said, wrapping both arms around Leo and pressing a kiss to his curls. “We’re really doing this, hm?”

“Yeah. Weirdest adoption circumstances of the century, maybe, but we are.” Leo laughed. “Man, this is so on-brand for us. We can never do anything the normal way.”

Jason laughed right along with him—a low, rumbling sound that reverberated through Leo’s body with how close they were pressed together. Leo loved that laugh. Loved that it wasn’t the suppressed chuckle that had been Jason’s default when they met. It had been so hard to make him laugh, back then. Not that it had ever stopped Leo from trying.

For a while, they just sat there, all wrapped up in each other as the sun slowly rose on the other side of the window.

“There’s so much we don’t know,” Jason said eventually, breaking the silence. Leo didn't have to see his face to know he was looking at Sofía. “Do we have any idea what we’re doing?”

“Do any parents? Especially demigods?” Leo asked, raising an eyebrow. When that just made his husband grow even more tense, Leo hugged him tightly. “Hey. We managed to save the world when you didn’t know anything except for your first name, sword fighting and whatever vague mythology fun facts your godly stepmom decided to leave inside your skull. Compared to that situation? I think we’ve got a lot to work with here.”

“I just don’t want to fail her,” Jason said, very quietly.

“I don’t think we’ve ever failed at anything we did together.” Leo paused. “Well, at least not when it comes to anything important. Despite your best efforts, I’m still a really shitty dancer,” he amended.

“You’re not that bad,” Jason insisted, pressing another kiss to his hair.

“Right. And you’re only a mildly terrible cook,” Leo teased, still holding on tight. “We’ll figure things out, Jase. We always have.” 

“You’re probably right,” Jason sighed, sinking into him and gently nuzzling Leo’s cheek. “Together.”

“Always. You married me, so you’re never getting rid of me now,” Leo told him, failing to suppress a yawn. 

It had been a long night, but he wouldn’t have traded it for anything in the world.

Leo looked back at Sofía, who was peacefully snoring away in her bassinet. 

If ‘together’ meant three of them instead of two of them now… well, he was more than okay with that.

Leo had faced the end of the world with Jason by his side. He figured they could probably handle parenting, too.

———

Fic Notes:

-Sorry about the extremely silly fic title. Juno made a joke about this to me forever ago when we were first talking about this concept and it just kind of stuck.

-Fun fact: I've been working on this fic on and off since last year! I cannot believe how long it ended up being, lmao.

-Family stuff is super fun to me, and considering Jason’s was abandoned as a little kid and Leo knows exactly what it’s like to not have anyone look out for you from his later childhood and teens, I always knew they'd somehow end up adopting. Me and QueenJunoTheGreat have been chatting about Sofía forever now, and I’ve made several tumblr posts about her, so it’s a little strange that this is technically the first fic I’ve posted about her.

-This kid has a lot of lore and thoughts attached to her (as does Em, though this is technically her second fic), so if you wanna read more about her you can always just scroll through my tumblr and specifically the (specifically the “pjo next gen” tag)! -Would actually love to write some more fics about these kids, but we’ll see how it goes.

Thank you so much for reading! Comments extremely appreciated!

[yellowocaballero]

I love your moon knight fics so so much — would you ever consider writing more of them? Sorry if you’ve answered this question before.

Also, the way you portray Boba and Fox inspired me to write a fic about the two of them which is not very good but is so in my brain all the time that I have written like 40k words and counting in a week. Twilight On Owl Creek Bridge is such a masterpiece that it has irrevocably changed the way I view Star Wars as a whole. I genuinely could not have cared less about the Clone Wars before reading it, and now it is on my mind 24/7. Boba and Fox are the most tragic characters in the SW universe and nobody can change my mind about it. They both just want to live goddamnit!

On another note, have you watched Thunderbolts? I’m not usually a marvel movie fan but watching that one really hit me in a way I seldom feel except for reading your works. The idea that a group of unambiguously, absurdly fucked up losers are truly the only people that could feasibly make a team of heroes we deserve felt like it just fit so well with all of your marvel stuff.

I will not be writing more Moon Knight stuff! I told all of the stories I wanted to tell, and then some. I did recently post a 60k thing that I should have probably put on the masterpost...here's the post, I'll stick it onto the masterpost. Beyond that, I do have a bunch of unposted stuff lmfao, but none of it is really fit to print. When I first got this ask I poked around my drive a bit to see if I should throw any of it on here...the third story in the MK mens rea trilogy was really ALMOST done, there's the entire Heroes For Hire backstory fic, it's a lot but none of it's really...I might reblog this with some of it, when I have a second.

And I'm SO HAPPY that Fox and Boba live rent-free in your brain because they also live rent free in mineeeee. Fishhooks was a solid little story, but I ended up touching on some concepts that got much, much more fleshed out in the Boba POV story for the No Chip AU. Every time I write Boba I really do just go deeper and deeper into how fucked-up weird that entire situation is. Also Fox. Unfortunately, my takes are very - uh, Meg specific, they're very much a me thing, so it makes me happy to know that the vision is spreading (somebody wrote a Supernatural/SW AU influenced by my Boba and it was FANTASTIC).

Obviously I need to see the fic once it's done. Obviously you have to link me. Obviously. Give me it. It's also very hard on me being the lone cowboy in this town.

I have not seen Thunderbolts, and I wasn't really planning on it! That tracks with the Heroes For Hire thing lmfao - the connecting thread between them is honestly how they were all fucked over and disenfranchised by society (or is Danny), and that feeling is very coherent with them Just Being Guys. Something I liked to do in the best life world was to just imagine superheroes being things other than superheroes, living their lives in their own way - MK as an indentured servant, She-Hulk as both a superhero and an influencer, the HFH as losers who live like college students helping people for very little pay, Dr. Strange working retail, MCU!Peter Parker being his assistant and finding his own path, Ghost Rider doing Doordash. It makes the actual superheroes in the story a lot more purposeful - the Avengers (She-Hulk, Wasp, Monica, Hawkeye, Sam!Cap) are Avengers on purpose, it is a very specific kind of thing that a very specific kind of person does. It creates this rich and robust feeling world and I ended up being very fond of it.

I'll let you know if I do see it, but I wasn't expecting to. I haven't seen an MCU movie innnnn a while (I would say that the last I saw was No Way Home In Literal 2021 but Wikipedia says Wolverine & Deadpool is MCU, which - doesn't feel right at all). Glad everybody has the Avengers 2012 fanfic life that we all wanted, though.

[consolecadet]

I’m curious about Colonial Goose Company Ltd!

I wrote a draft of this story in early 2020.

I was inspired by Bombay Duck Company, Ltd., a "restaurant" I encountered when I was doing severely underpaid gig photography for Doordash.

I was creeped out by the lack of information about the restaurant online when I picked up the gig, especially since the email address didn't match the restaurant name. It turned out to just be a ghost kitchen in an industrial park, nothing creepy at all. I wanted to write something slightly surreal about it, like what could have happened if my anxiety were correct.

Excerpt:

"One of the dishes had a lemon wedge off to one side. The lemon wedge was perfectly rendered – and the images did seem rendered – and next to it was a convoluted mass of brown stuff, topped with green shreds that suggested chopped herbs but, maybe, were not. The patterns in the masses were just a little too regular, like someone had used the clone tool to try to cover up a gaping hole in a piece of meatloaf."

I would love to clean this one up and try to send it out, but I'm not sure it's strong enough and it feels very 2019 to me rn.

A Bombay duck is a type of fish.

[securityessentialsfordoordashapp]

Security Essentials for Your DoorDash Clone

We all live in a digital era and food apps such as DoorDash have transformed the way in which meals are ordered. Security is one of the major concerns you need to take into account provided you decide to develop or introduce a DoorDash clone application. Food delivery servers contain sensitive customer data including payment data, personal addresses and their real time location, and are thus one of the most vulnerable targets of the cyberattack. 

Having strong security ensures not only safety of your users but also establishes credibility and trust to your app. The following are the major security requirements that you should apply to your DoorDash clone app.

1. Secure User Authentication

Strong user authentication is one of the initial lines of defense. Use multi-factor authentication (MFA) to secure additional protection with more identifications than only a username and password. OTPs (one-time passwords) delivered through SMS or email are possible and biometric identification, e.g. Fingerprint/Facial identification. This greatly minimizes chances of unauthorized login to the user accounts protecting personal details and payment channels.

2. Data Encryption

Encryption of data is needed to secure user data in transit as well as at rest. Transmit SSL/TLS data in HTTPS so that hackers cannot intercept data transmitted on user device to your servers. For more protection, your databases containing sensitive information, e.g., the passwords, the payment details, and the addresses, should be encrypted with powerful algorithms, e.g., AES-256. Data encryption would tackle this because even in the event of such breaches, the data stolen can not be read or used by the assailants.

3. Secure Payment Processing

Because your DoorDash clone application will make money transactions, the secure transactions are a must. Incorporate reliable payment gateways which are api-compliant with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). You should never keep a complete credit card record on your servers, but employ tokenization where sensitive card details are swapped with meaningless tokens that cannot do anything when stolen. User confidence is also established through secure payment processing and prevents expensive data breach.

4. Real-Time Location Security

The food delivery applications base their functionality on real-time location data used to trace the orders and delivery drivers. This sensitive information should be secured. Communicate the location information with encrypted APIs, and implement steep access controls, so unauthorized users cannot track drivers or customers. Also, reduce the lifespan on location data to reduce the exposure should the data become leaked.

5. Regular Security Audits and Penetration Testing

Security does not refer to a recognition procedure once but rather it is ongoing. Do penetration testing and security audits on a regular basis, it helps in finding the vulnerabilities in your app and infrastructure. They conduct attacks in these tests to detect vulnerabilities before the actual hackers attack the system. Proactive problem solving enables you to respond before the threats show up and ensures a safe space in which the users operate.

6. Secure API Integration

Most probably, your DoorDash clone app will be based on several APIs- maps, payment gateways, SMS messaging, etc. Make sure the genre of all third-party APIs you combine meet high security standards and the app can communicate safely with them. Introduce APIs keys, rate limiting, and IP whitelisting to contain these abuses.

7. Data Privacy Compliance

Finally, comply with applicable data privacy regulations, e.g. GDPR, CCPA or local requirements based on your area of operation. Place your privacy policy clearly on your site using terminologies well understood by the users, and provide information on what data is gathered, what it is used on, and how they should expect the data. Considering compliance ensures that your app is out of legal problems and strengthens your dedication to user privacy.

Final Thoughts

A DoorDash clone app development without a prior emphasis on security is one risk that no business wants to undertake. People trust your app with their personal and financial data, and you have to secure it conscientiously. With secure authentication, encryption, secure payment processing, and constant security checks, you will have a credible site that people feel secure to repeatedly use. Keep in mind that to make it to the top of the food delivery app market, solid security is not merely a plus but a pillar.

[sharonpaula4]

How DoorDash Strategy Made It America’s Top Food Delivery Service

DoorDash has emerged as the leading food delivery service in the United States. This prestigious company has outpaced its competitors and dominates the market with its innovative strategies and commitment to customer satisfaction. This blog explores the key elements of DoorDash's strategy that have contributed to its success by focusing on its market approach, technological innovations, and strategic partnerships.

Market Approach 

The rise in popularity of DoorDash can be linked to its clever market strategy and aggressive expansion efforts. When this business was first established in 2013, it focused on local markets before gradually expanding to cover broader regions. Another vital aspect of its strategy was identifying and targeting underserved markets. DoorDash quickly made a name for itself by entering areas and cities with limited food delivery options.

Another way the business set itself apart was by providing a wide selection of delivery choices. Unlike many of its rivals, DoorDash has expanded its offerings to include convenience stores, groceries, and alcoholic beverages in addition to restaurants. Besides attracting more clients, this diversification enabled DoorDash to establish itself as a one-stop shop for all delivery needs.

Technological Breakthroughs

Technology has played a pivotal role in DoorDash’s success. The company has invested heavily in developing and refining its platform to enhance customer and delivery partner user experiences. One standout feature of DoorDash's technology is its cultured algorithms for facilitating delivery routes, thus saving delivery times. DoorDash ensures the fulfillment of orders by using real-time data and machine learning.

Another significant innovation is the DoorDash Drive program, which allows businesses to use delivery infrastructure for their delivery needs. This program increases revenue streams and strengthens relationships with partner businesses. The company integrates advanced research to provide insights into customer preferences and behavior, enabling more targeted marketing and promotions.

Strategic Collaboration And Advertising

Strategic partnerships have been a cornerstone of DoorDash’s growth strategy. The firm has formed alliances with major restaurant chains, grocery stores, and even alcohol retailers to expand its reach and service offerings. These partnerships not only increase the variety of products available to customers but also enhance the market's credibility and appeal.

Marketing has also been a crucial component of DoorDash’s strategy. It has employed a mix of traditional and digital marketing techniques to build brand awareness and attract new users. Also, high-profile advertising campaigns, sponsorships, and promotions have helped DoorDash stand out in a crowded market. 

To summarize

DoorDash’s rise to the top of America’s food delivery industry is due to its strategic market approach, technological innovations, and effective partnerships and marketing. Therefore, if you are considering developing a clone app like DoorDash, SpotnEats is your ideal companion. Additionally, we have customized numerous apps, integrating features tailored to your business needs, enhancing revenue and consumer satisfaction.

[onlineappreviews]

Transforming your brand into something unique requires a multi-disciplinary effort. In this blog, learn how to develop one effectively for your Doordash Clone app.

[miracuvesseo]

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[demigod-shenanigans]

Little Sofía fic sneak peek because I need someone to kick my ass about finishing this <3 Jason shifted in his blanket heap when the door opened. 

Leo wasn’t surprised. His husband had always been a light sleeper—all too ready to jump out of bed with his sword drawn at even the hint of a threat. Even though years had come and gone since he’d been an active member of the legion, he’d never quite managed to break that particular habit. 

Usually, Leo felt bad for waking him. Right now, that he woke so easily was a huge relief. Having to shake Jason awake with one arm while balancing a baby in the other wasn’t an experience Leo was particularly sad to miss out on. 

His husband made a displeased noise as the light was switched on, said something that sounded like half of an affectionate nickname in Spanish and grumbled about it being late and being abandoned to sleep on his own.

“Yeah, yeah, I know. Sorry about that, Sparky. More importantly, though: look at this baby I found.”

“Can you please come to bed first and make your jokes after?” Jason complained, yawning. He patted the mattress next to him. “I promise I’ll laugh, even if I’m way too tired to understand the joke. I just want to cuddle for a bit.”

“I would, but I think we’ve got more immediate problems than me depriving you of cuddles. Namely: the fact that I’m holding a child right now.”

“Leo, I love you to death, but what in the world are you talking about?” Jason murmured, finally starting to untangle himself from the blankets.

As if on cue, the little girl in Leo’s arms started crying. Whether this was because she was hungry or cold or because the existential dread of being ditched on a stranger’s doorstep by the only person she’d ever known was starting to hit her, Leo couldn’t immediately tell.

Jason sat up with a start, wide awake the instant it dawned on him that this wasn’t one of Leo’s weird jokes.

He looked at the two of them, eyes wide as saucers. “What did you do?”

“I cloned myself,” Leo said, looking his husband dead in the eye. The joke didn’t entirely work. Their skin tones were similar but not identical, and the tufts of hair on the girl’s head were clearly brown instead of black.

He rocked the baby gently against his chest, humming the melody of an old lullaby his mom had sung to him when he’d been little, the words long since lost to time. 

“What?” Jason was out of bed at a speed that was honestly frightening, even for someone who had seen him go from zero to battle-ready in under thirty seconds before.

Jason looked frantic, apparently completely willing to believe Leo’s stupid joke, the obvious inconsistencies in it be damned. He moved to stand beside them.

“Kidding, mi cielo. I’m still working on cloning.” Leo grinned at him. He felt as terrified as Jason looked, and even now, despite the fact that he was supposed to be a semi-responsible adult and had been married for almost a decade, jokes were sometimes the only thing that helped. “I just ordered DoorDash. No idea why they sent a baby. I’m pretty sure I just asked for fries.”

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[lily22223]

How DeliveryBee’s Customizable UberEats Clone App Helps Local Restaurants Thrive

As a restaurant owner, I know how challenging it can be to keep up with customer expectations, especially when it comes to offering quick and seamless food delivery services. These days, the competition is fierce, and the pressure to stay ahead of the game can feel overwhelming. But what if I told you there’s an easy way to meet customer demand and grow your business without having to start from scratch? That’s where DeliveryBee’s customizable UberEats clone app comes in.

When I first heard about the concept of an UberEats clone app, I’ll admit, I was skeptical. After all, the food delivery market is already crowded with big players like UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub. But after diving deeper into how the UberEats clone app development works, I realized just how much potential it holds for local restaurants like mine (and possibly yours, too).

So, What Exactly is an UberEats Clone App?

Before I get into how DeliveryBee’s UberEats clone app can help local restaurants thrive, let me quickly explain what an UberEats clone app actually is. It’s a ready-made solution designed to mimic the features of a popular food delivery platform, like UberEats, but with the added bonus of customization. In simpler terms, it’s like having your own personal food delivery service—without needing to reinvent the wheel.

Now, imagine having an app that’s completely tailored to your restaurant’s needs. DeliveryBee’s customizable solution makes this possible, allowing you to brand the app as your own and integrate everything from menu items to payment options, all while ensuring that your customers have a smooth, easy ordering experience.

How DeliveryBee Helps Your Restaurant Stand Out

One of the things I love most about DeliveryBee’s UberEats clone app development is the flexibility it offers. Unlike larger third-party platforms that have strict rules and high commission fees, the DeliveryBee clone gives you full control over your food delivery business. You get to set your own pricing, create personalized promotions, and interact directly with your customers, all through an app that represents your restaurant’s unique brand.

For example, if you run a small bakery or a local pizzeria, you can showcase your signature dishes, add custom features like loyalty programs, and even set up special offers to keep customers coming back. The ability to personalize your offerings means you can create an app that not only reflects your brand’s personality but also helps you attract a loyal customer base.

Streamlining Your Operations

As much as I love the idea of delivering food to customers, I also know that logistics can be a nightmare. Managing orders, deliveries, and ensuring everything runs smoothly is a huge task. But with DeliveryBee’s UberEats clone app, that burden is lightened significantly.

The app comes equipped with a user-friendly admin panel that allows you to monitor orders in real-time, track deliveries, and even manage your restaurant’s inventory. It’s all in one place, which means I can spend less time worrying about the behind-the-scenes stuff and more time focusing on what I do best—cooking up delicious meals for my customers.

Plus, the UberEats clone app development ensures that everything runs smoothly on the customer’s side too. From placing an order to tracking delivery in real time, the app offers an intuitive interface that keeps customers engaged and satisfied. And as we all know, a happy customer is a repeat customer.

Cost-Effective and Scalable

Another major benefit of the DeliveryBee UberEats clone app is that it’s incredibly cost-effective. Building a custom food delivery platform from scratch can be an expensive and time-consuming process. But with DeliveryBee, you get a fully functional, ready-to-use app that can be launched quickly and at a fraction of the cost. Plus, as your restaurant grows, the app is scalable, meaning it can adapt to meet your expanding needs.

For small businesses and restaurants just starting to venture into the world of online delivery, the UberEats clone app development allows you to compete with larger players without breaking the bank. Whether you’re offering local delivery or expanding into new areas, the app grows with you, making it a smart long-term investment.

Enhancing Customer Loyalty and Retention

In today’s competitive market, customer loyalty is everything. And let’s be honest—most customers are more likely to order from a platform they trust. That’s why DeliveryBee’s UberEats clone app allows you to offer personalized features like loyalty programs, discount codes, and exclusive promotions. These tools help you build stronger relationships with your customers and keep them coming back for more.

I’ve noticed that by offering unique features through my app—such as a “refer a friend” program or early access to new menu items—customers are more likely to return and recommend my restaurant to others. This creates a cycle of repeat business that is essential for long-term success.

Final Thoughts

If you’re a restaurant owner looking to expand your business and reach more customers, DeliveryBee’s customizable UberEats clone app is an absolute game-changer. Not only does it help you stand out from the competition, but it also empowers you to run your delivery service your way. Whether you’re looking to personalize your app, streamline operations, or build customer loyalty, this app gives you the tools to thrive in a competitive market.

So, if you’re ready to take your restaurant to the next level, consider exploring DeliveryBee’s UberEats clone app development. It’s a cost-effective, scalable, and customizable solution that can help your restaurant grow, one delivery at a time.

Let’s face it—if your customers are ordering food online, why not make it easier for them to order from you directly?

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How Much Does a Doordash Clone App Cost? | Build with Enatega

The food delivery market has seen explosive growth over the past few years, with platforms like DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub leading the charge. For entrepreneurs, food delivery businesses, and tech startups, creating a Doordash clone app could be the perfect opportunity to tap into this thriving market. But how much does it actually cost to develop one?

This blog will take you through the features and functionality of a Doordash clone, the various factors influencing development costs, and why a ready-made solution like Enatega might be your ideal choice. Let's break it all down.

What is a Doordash Clone App?

Think of a Doordash clone app as a prebuilt framework designed to replicate the core functionality of a popular app like DoorDash, but with opportunities for customization to align with your brand and business model.

Key Features of a Doordash Clone App Include:

Customer Panel:

Advanced search options for restaurants and cuisines

Real-time order tracking

Multiple payment gateways

Restaurant Partner Panel:

Order management and live status updates

Menu customization

Earnings reports and analytics

Delivery Partner Panel:

GPS-enabled navigation

Order history and earnings insights

Availability toggles and communication tools

Admin Panel:

Customer, restaurant, and delivery management

Promotion and discount management

Insights through data analytics for decision-making

These features ensure a seamless user experience while providing a full suite of tools for restaurant owners and delivery drivers alike. The beauty of a clone app lies in its flexibility—features can easily be added, removed, or tailored to meet your business's unique needs.

Factors That Influence the Cost of Development

Creating a Doordash clone app isn't as straightforward as putting together a team of developers. Various factors come into play that significantly affects the final cost.

1. Technical Complexity

Are you working on offering unique features like AI-driven delivery time estimates or gamification to enhance user engagement? The more complex your desired app functionality, the higher the development cost.

2. Design

Sleek, user-friendly UI/UX design ensures your users stick around, but achieving that level of finesse isn't cheap. Custom designs will cost more than using basic templates, especially if your app needs to reflect strong branding.

3. Platform

Are you planning to launch on iOS, Android, or both? Dual-platform development will naturally require more time, effort, and investment compared to focusing on a single platform.

4. Third-Party Integrations

Third-party integrations like payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal, etc.), mapping APIs (Google Maps), and notification services contribute to smoother operations but can add to the overall cost.

5. Ongoing Maintenance

App development doesn’t end once it's live. Regular updates, bug fixes, server costs, and customer support add to the long-term expenditure.

These aspects can cause the cost of development to range from $30,000 to $150,000, depending on your choices. But is there a more affordable path?

Cost Analysis: From Scratch vs. Using Enatega

For entrepreneurs working with limited budgets and tight deadlines, developing an app from scratch might not always be the best option. This is where ready-made solutions like Enatega come in.

Building From Scratch

Development Time: 4–12 months

Cost: $50,000–$150,000 depending on the features and complexity

Key Considerations:

Offers complete creative freedom.

High upfront costs.

Longer time to market.

Enatega Readymade Solution

Development Time: 2–4 weeks

Cost: $10,000–$30,000 depending on customizations

Key Benefits:

Prebuilt and customizable to fit your brand.

Substantially faster time to market.

Affordable and scalable solution.

With Enatega, you benefit from tried-and-tested models while still personalizing your app to fit your unique needs. It’s a solution tailored for startups and entrepreneurs who want to get their food delivery service up and running quickly without compromising on quality.

Why Enatega is a Game-Changer for Startups

Still on the fence? Here’s why Enatega stands out among its competitors:

Affordability

Enatega offers competitive pricing compared to starting from scratch, giving startups a professional-grade app at a fraction of the cost.

Quick Deployment

With Enatega, your app can be up and running in under a month, allowing you to start generating revenue sooner.

Scalability

Enatega’s architecture is designed for growth. Whether you're adding more restaurants, expanding delivery zones, or offering new features, scaling up is seamless.

Ongoing Support

With technical support and regular updates, Enatega ensures your app runs smoothly, so you can focus on growing your business.

Community-Driven

Whether through collaborative forums or real-life partnerships, Enatega fosters a sense of camaraderie among food delivery entrepreneurs, helping you learn and grow as you build your business.

Case Studies of Enatega Success Stories

1. BiteEasy – A Niche Vegan Delivery App

When BiteEasy decided to cater to vegan food lovers, they turned to Enatega to create a user-friendly app that delivered curated vegan meals. Within six months of launch, they had onboarded 150 restaurants and saw revenue growth of 40%.

2. NightBites – Late-Night Delivery Startup

NightBites used Enatega to fill the gap in late-night food delivery. With Enatega's quick deployment, they launched in just three weeks and captured a loyal customer base by offering 24/7 service.

These examples are just two of the many ways Enatega has empowered food delivery businesses to thrive.

Build Your Food Delivery Empire

The food delivery industry is booming, and leveraging a Doordash clone app might just be your ticket to carving out your piece of the pie. While building from scratch offers creative freedom, tools like Enatega make food delivery app development accessible for startups and entrepreneurs by saving time, money, and effort.

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A Complete Guide to Create a Doordash Clone

Food delivery apps like DoorDash have completely changed how consumers order and eat in recent years. For entrepreneurs, developing a DoorDash clone can be a profitable business opportunity given the rising popularity of on-demand services. In this thorough guide, we'll show you how to create a successful DoorDash clone software that meets the needs of contemporary users.

1. Recognize the market for food delivery

It's crucial to comprehend the dynamics of the food delivery sector before beginning to design apps. Examine consumer preferences, market trends, and the competitive environment. Determine where there are gaps in the current services and concentrate on providing special features that make your app stand out.

2. Describe Your Business Plan

For your DoorDash clone to succeed, you must have a well-defined business plan. Select if your software will use a subscription model, commission-based model, or hybrid strategy. To establish a smooth environment, form alliances with nearby eateries and delivery services.

3. Essential Elements of a DoorDash App

Your app needs to include the following features in order to draw people in and maintain their interest:

Panel of Users:

Simple login and registration via social media, phone, or email.

Restaurant exploration with sophisticated filters.

Order tracking in real time.

Channels for safe payments (digital wallets, credit/debit cards, etc.).

Reviews and ratings for eateries.

Panel for Restaurants:

Pricing and menu management.

Get updates and notifications about orders.

Information about sales and client opinions.

Panel for Delivery:

Route optimization to ensure prompt delivery.

Toggles for delivery staff availability.

Tracking of earnings and performance.

Admin Panel:

Management of users, restaurants, and deliveries.

Tools for reporting and analytics.

Marketing resources such as specials and push alerts.

4. Select the Proper Technology Stack

The technology stack you select will affect how well your DoorDash clone performs. Think about applying:

Frontend: Flutter or React Native to support multiple platforms.

Backend: Python or Node.js for reliable performance.

Database: For effective data management, use MySQL or MongoDB.

APIs: Twilio for communication and the Google Maps API for location services.

5. Employ a Qualified Development Staff

Working with a skilled development team is essential to making your idea a reality. Seek out experts who have developed food delivery applications before. Advanced features like real-time tracking, AI-driven suggestions, and different payment channels should be able to be included by them.

Conclusion:

Crafting a DoorDash clone takes meticulous preparation, technical know-how, and ongoing innovation. Successful food delivery app development business can be established by comprehending consumer needs and applying a user-centric strategy. Begin your adventure now and benefit from the expanding on-demand market.

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