#jean-heron vicquemare x reader

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how he is as a father hcs ; jean-heron vicquemare

requested by ; anonymous (06/06/23)

fandom(s) ; disco elysium

fandom masterlist(s) ; here

character(s) ; jean-heron vicquemare

outline ; “Yo! Here I am humbly asking for Harry Du Bois and Jean-Heron Vicquemare as fathers. Of course not together,no, no they no longer go well together (friendship ended with Jean, now Kim is my best friend). Every time I see an old man I go:" You are my parent now" haha. 

Have a great day!🌞💫”

note ; as this is my first time writing for this fandom (and this character) this might come across as a bit shaky. as such this may end up being altered/amended in the future

warning(s) ; canon typical angst

despite all of the work he puts into his job, and despite his own struggles with his mental health, jean still manages to be an incredibly loving and attentive father

he’s not too proud or too stoic to tell you that he loves you and that he’s proud of you — always showing up to support you when he’s able (or, rather, when he’s not been assigned to a pressing case)

when you’re younger he’s very physically affectionate with you: shoulder rides, picking you up and carrying you, letting you dance on his feet, cuddles and so on are all common place during this time in your life

you make his job worth it — make the emotional abuse he suffers from harry during his benders worth it — whenever he’s able to stumble back through the front door of your home and be met with you calling out for him and pulling him into a hug

jean keeps every drawing you make for him in a fancy little binder and he’ll look through them whenever he’s having a particularly difficult day

even when his cases take him further a field, he makes sure that you’re able to stay in contact as much as possible — calling you at least once every evening to check in and tell you that he loves you before you go to sleep

he’s definitely more of a gentle parent but he’s not above scolding you if you do something wrong — his approach being conversational with you talking about why you did that thing, him explaining how it’s wrong and the two of you reconciling

won’t ever talk to you about his work or his mental health in much detail until you’re old enough to understand (late teens, most likely) — usually sticking to simplified explanations whilst you’re young like ‘i take these to make me feel better when i’m sad’ or ‘i put bad people away when they do bad things’

sentiments that aren’t technically wrong but they’re also not quite correct

would let you paint his nails and dress him up when he’s on holiday from work, but if he’s still on call then he’ll very apologetically ask you to hang on for a little while

he tends to call you by your first name but some relevant nicknames did get used when you were younger (think: ‘bee’ instead of ‘beatrice’ or ‘tommy ’ instead of ‘thomas’)

whenever you’re sick he’ll take off of work to take care of you — and he makes a shockingly good heart soup when you’re under the weather

makes sure that you’re able to protect yourself however he can — he’s seen what happens to those who can’t (or even those who can that happened to be caught at the wrong moment) and he has regular nightmares about being called to investigate your passing instead of a stranger’s