can I pls pls pls get an other single dad Spencer I'm on my knees here jade baby! I would love a fic where they r dating and reader comes over and basically Amy is like ur his gf?? But I thought u were my best friend?! And she's upset and reader is just like babe I can be both! Obvs we r bffs! And then May be she asks Spencer if she can take amy out of ice cream or something just the girls
thank you for your request! fem, 1.4k
Peeling Amy’s grapes is a repetitive, calming task. You press your nail to the top of the grape where the stalk had been, carving away a sliver of the fruit as you pinch the skin and pull. It comes away in small, triangular pieces that you put in the bowl on your lap.
You put the naked grape in Amy’s hand. They’re seedless, so all she has to do is chew.
“Thank you,” she says, distracted by the TV.
“You’re welcome.” You move to another grape.
You’re sitting together on the couch in Spencer’s apartment. Spencer sits at the dining table across the way, writing a letter, his eyebrows furrowed in concentration. Bright afternoon sunlight ebbs in through the window behind the kitchen sink to kiss his arms and illuminate his workspace, a beam of it catching his arm, his fine hairs like strands of gold.
“Spence?”
“Yeah?”
“Are we still going to the library?”
“Yeah…” His writing gets very fast. He finishes it off with a smile and a resounding period, picking the paper up and folding it in a clean half. “I can post my letter at the same time.”
You watch him give his hair a vigorous scratching as he stands. “I’m gonna go get a sweater,” he says, making for his bedroom.
You follow him until he’s gone. Amy hums, kid-talk for please pay attention to me.
“Oh, sorry. Forgot your grapes.”
“Why do you look at him like that?”
You smile shyly. “Uh, like what?”
Her brown eyes widen as her eyebrows pinch together. “I don’t know. You looked at him for a long time.”
“I guess I like looking at him, ‘cos I really like him. You’re beautiful because of so many things, but your dad is part of the reason. He’s beautiful, so you’re beautiful.”
She wrinkles her nose, but she’s smiling. “You really like him?” she whispers.
“Of course I do,” you whisper back, “he’s my boyfriend.”
Amy winces hard. “What?” she asks.
She’s suddenly and emphatically incredulous. You take her hand, but she takes it right back and stands up on the couch. She gives you a weird look as she backs away, sitting heavily on the armrest. “He’s your boyfriend?”
“Why do you think I’m always here these days?”
You know you’ve said the complete wrong thing the moment it leaves your mouth. You’re honestly shocked she didn’t know; Amy is a very smart little girl, and you were under the impression she knew about you and her father being a couple. But she’s also just a little girl, with big feelings.
“I thought you were here to see me,” she says softly.
You push the bowl of grapes across the coffee table, remorseful. “Amy, I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it like that. I come here to see you, too, of course I do, I love spending time with you.”
Her eyes fill with tears. She’s not a crocodile crier, at least not when you’re around. You know these to be the genuine deal, and that makes it much worse for you.
“Babe, I’m sorry! I really didn’t mean it like that, I promise. I’m here to see you, too, it’s not just to see your dad.”
“Because we’re best friends,” she says.
“Of course we are.” You open your hands. “Of course.”
She finally takes your hands, despite her tears. Her face has turned dark with a hot flush, embarrassment twisting her lips into an expression that turns your heart.
“I’m sorry for what I said,” you whisper. “Can you forgive me? You’re so important to me, Amanda.”
Spencer appears behind her looking like a deer caught in bright headlights. You ignore him, giving Amy’s fingers a rolling squeeze.
“I thought we were best friends– and– and–” She sucks in a shaky breath as a fresh crest of tears fall. “I thought you were here to see me.”
“I am here to see you.”
You’ve done loads of things with Amy without Spencer’s involvement. If he sleeps in, you and Amy watch cartoons together in your pyjamas eating breakfast burritos. You’ve babysat her on short notice, you had her for a sleepover once so he could give a talk in Michigan. You and Amy do tons of things without her father, like eating peeled grapes, and jigsaw puzzles while he reads, and girl talk. You cuddle.
Poor girl.
“Amy, I love you.”
“You do?”
“So much!” You wipe the tears from her chin.
“I didn’t know that– that dad was your boyfriend,” she says bashfully.
“Me and your dad started as best friends, that’s why. He’s my second bestest friend ever.”
“Who’s number one?” she asks.
You poke her chest gently. “Who do you think?”
She nods and looks down. She wipes her cheeks, and that’s what upsets you the most in the whole ordeal. Her hands look small and uncoordinated.
“You okay, angel?” Spencer asks, coming up from behind to hug her.
“Sorry,” she says.
“It’s okay. Crying is okay,” he murmurs. “What happened?”
“I didn’t know you were boyfriend and girlfriend.”
“I’m sorry, I thought you knew,” Spencer says, giving her arm a soft up and down, “when I told you we were dating I should’ve been more clear about what that means. I’m very sorry we confused you.”
“It’s good!” she says, sniffling, pressing a little sob into Spencer’s chest.
You bite your cheek. You really hadn’t meant to do this to her, just she’s as empathetic as her father. She’s a bubbling mess against him.
You look at Spencer. It’s your fault, you misspoke, and you’re asking him to save you as a kindness.
“What’s making you cry, sweetheart?” he whispers, pulling her right into his chest.
“I just wanted to be her best friend.”
“You are,” he whispers, nose against her temple, “I might be her boyfriend, but you think she likes me so much she’s here every single weekend? No way. She sees me every day at work, she doesn’t need to come over if all she wants to do is see me. But you know who she doesn’t see at work?”
“Me…”
“Exactly. She comes here every weekend to be with you, so we can all be together. Okay?”
“Okay,” she says, taking in another shaky breath.
“Are you crying because you’re still upset, or because it’s just a feeling?” he asks softly, slowly. “It’s okay if you’re still sad, but maybe we need to have some water?”
“Okay,” she says, stretching it into one big cry.
“Could I give you a hug?” you ask. You’re lost.
She nods. Spencer says, “Okay, you guys hug and I’ll go get my Amy a glass of water.”
You fold Amy into an embrace carefully. She’s heavy with her upset but she wants the hug, her arms at your sides as she rubs her nose against your shoulder. “Amy,” You say, taking a pause to brush her hair from her warm neck, “I’m sorry, angel. I really am. I didn’t mean to upset you.”
She sounds just like her dad as she replies. “I didn’t mean to cry.”
“Well, that’s okay! If I thought you didn’t want to be my friend either I would be just as upset.”
“You would?”
“Amy, do you know how much I love seeing you? I would sit here and watch TV and peel grapes with you every day of the week, I’d love to…” You hope Spencer won’t mind what you’re about to suggest. “In fact, maybe you and I need to do more things together, what do you think? When was the last time we went to Penny’s Ice Cream Parlour?”
She looks up at you with love and apt suspicion. “You just want me to feel better.”
“Of course I do. I should be allowed to take my favourite girl for ice cream, right?”
Spencer hesitates in the kitchen with the fairy glass half full. You’re stroking Amy’s hair away from her neck, so sorry, and so lovely. He couldn’t want anything more in life than Amy, but if he got to choose, he would love to have you, and to have you treat her as you are now, nothing but affection in your touch as you soothe her overstimulation. “We can go alone?” Amy asks.
“Sure, bubby, we can go just you and me. Banana splits?”
Spencer loves her, but he loves ice cream, too. “Wait, why can’t I come?”
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