#best dads

[feminist-knuckles]

my favorite trope

[lulublack90]

Prompt 10 - Traitor

@jegulus-microfic April 10, Word count 292

James had the perfect hiding place. They would never find him there. For once, he was warm and dry and so high up no one could see him from the ground. 

He heard a shriek from somewhere below and shuffled himself as far back as possible. 

Footsteps hurried towards his hiding place. He held his breath. The footsteps clattered away again. 

James could hear voices, one urging the other to check again. 

The footsteps returned, followed by a much heavier set. 

“Lift?” A small voice asked. He heard a snort. And then a hand pushed under his cover and poked him in the eye.

“Ouch!” He cried. A fit of tiny giggles erupted in front of him. 

He yanked the bed sheet off his head and, with a bit of twisting, dropped out of the cupboard onto the floor. Regulus was standing there with Harry wrapped securely in his hands. “You found me!” James beamed at the toddler.

“Papa told me where you were.” Harry grinned up at Regulus.

“Tiny traitor,” Regulus said indulgently. He stroked Harry’s hair, trying to get it to life flat. It was a losing battle.

James gathered them both into his arms. 

“Okay, my turn. You go hide.” He covered his face with both hands. “1,2,3,4,5,” He peeked between his fingers as Regulus and Harry ran away giggling. “6,7,8,” Harry was going to be so easy to find. James could still hear him making far too much noise. Regulus would be impossible to find. He made it easy for Harry. But he made James work for it. “9,10! Ready or not! Here I come!” James removed his hands from his face and purposely ran past the giggling curtains with the tiny feet poking out from underneath them.

[bastionrojo]

For Jack

[002yb]

Hello, may I get jaydick accidental child acquisition? (a/b/o or not)

Note: there's Dickjay way, way far down below the cut. My love of Dick and Roy being friends and Dick having a place in Lian's life got away from me. No capes, modern AU!

Dick happening upon a baby on the doorstep of the flat he shares with Roy and all he can do is stare, unable to process because he's just gotten off of a double shift plus some and he cannot with this situation.

He openly grimaces as he checks that he's on the right floor, that he's at the right unit and heaves the weariest of sighs because yep, it's them alright.

The pressing question is: is the baby Roy's or Dick's?

But then the baby cries and there's no time for Dick to think about it. He startles into motion, crouching down to mind the baby. Picking them up and being generally confused and intimidated because yeah, it's a baby.

The dark hair isn't promising if Dick is honest with himself. The green eyes give him some hope though. Those are definitely Roy's eyes. Right?

As Dick holds this baby at arm's length and stares them down, they look back at Dick in wonder and then they're giggling and, oh.

Dick smiles despite himself; smitten, easy as that.

'Hey, baby.' He says to them, bringing them close to hold them properly while crouching down to search the carrier and bag that were left behind.

Like out of every cliche, there's a note. While Dick reads it, he holds the baby - Lian - leaning away when she swats at him before tucking her head beneath his chin and forcing himself to breathe as he finishes reading the note, crumbled in his hand as he wraps himself around Lian and holds her dear and tells her she's gonna be alright and ahhhhhhh. ;3;

This isn't the dickjay portion, but it is the Roy portion:

Where there's a jump to Roy coming back home from his mechanic job. He's grungy, but chipper enough up until he opens the door and finds Dick sitting with a baby propped up on his legs and looking stressed as all get out.

Because Roy is quick, he puts together what's happened in an instant. And because he's a good friend, Roy laughs. Both Dick and he knew this day was coming. Who's the lucky lady? The dad look looks good on Dick! Just endless teasing as Roy goes over to see Dickie Jr.

Roy staring for a long moment, head tilting as he takes this baby in because - uh oh.

To confirm Roy's suspicions, Dick holds the note out to him. Which Roy snatches up and frantically reads because oh no oh no oh no.

While Roy goes through a crisis, Dick is all sorts of woeful because Dick is not the father but this baby is beautiful she's so sweet wtffffffff ;A;

Anyway, Roy is panicked. He's not ready to be a dad! He's not qualified, he's not--

Dick passing baby Lian to Roy, only for Roy to abruptly pass her back because 'don't do that, Grayson! I'll drop her!' Roy can't be trusted. He's just barely gotten on his own feet; he can't do this!

Lian thinks the game of pass the baby is funny. Dick and Roy don't quiet share the sentiment at that moment.

But yes, Roy is convinced that he can't do this. He just can't.

Only he does.

Of course he does.

Dick has full faith in him, too, even if Roy doubts and sells himself short.

Which leads to Dick being Dick, claiming that he has to go back to work to cover another shift. To which Roy adamantly argues against because Dick can't leave him with a baby; Dick's exhausted anyway. Stay!

But Dick 'goes to work' (he's sat just outside the door, or hidden in the stairwell) in a manipulative tactic for the greater good; it's tough love to show Roy that he's dad-material.

So Dick leaves. Roy struggles. (So does Dick because Lian screams and cries and Roy might, too. And he wants to help, but Roy needs this so Dick stays put).

Then eventually there's a father daughter heart to heart moment of connection and it's beautiful. Maybe Lian smiles that same smile that stole Dick's heart and Roy is just so taken despite being so incredibly overwhelmed and ahhhhhhh. Just cute little baby hand slaps to Roy's face as he has a breakdown; Lian comforting her dad and Roy is just so taken by her sweetness. Taking her little baby hand in his and kissing it, pressing it to his forehead while promising to take care of her fawoi;ejfaowijef;oajwef. Cute Roy and Lian sweetness. ;3;

And now the dickjay portion and spoilers they're cute:

Basically Dick's life is still hectic as ever, just in a different way. He trades in double shifts for more reasonable work hours and uses the free time to babysit Lian while Roy is caught up at his own job at the garage.

And Dick doesn't mind. He wants to help Roy however he can. Possibly more than that, Dick adores Lian with his whole heart. Of course he wants to spend time with her when he can.

Which leads to this: Dick running errands for their makeshift household, baby in one arm and shopping basket in the other

And what the hell Dick doesn't know what the fuck to buy for a baby. Why didn't Roy and him take pictures of what was stocked in the bag that Lian arrived with fuuuuuuuck

To make matters more stressful, Lian is not feeling it that day. Because maybe she's teething. Or the abrupt shift in her life has left her fussy. But point is she's stressed and it starts to stress Dick out, which stresses Lian out worse and it's a vicious cycle

Just Dick putting down his basket to try and comfort this screaming, crying baby and feeling helpless and frazzled because obviously something is wrong but she can't tell him; she doesn't understand how he tries to soothe her either and Dick is ;A;

Enter: Jason. An angel dressed in grunge clothing and who, despite his gruff tone, is polite when he asks if he can help. And just. Yes please. Help. Him.

Which eventually leads to Lian passing hands (after a comical exchange of keep-away because Dick is equal parts desperate and protective and paranoid) and it's like Jason is a baby whisperer because only a few moments later - she's calm. Soothed in an instant when she's brought to Jason's chest and Dick is just. Hold him, too? Dick is so damn distraught.

But Dick keeps his composure and smiles instead, relieved because Lian is finally not miserable. Big sighs and a weak laugh because he's bad at this parenting thing.

To which Jason calls it like he sees it: Dick was doing good. Not all parents are as patient. Not all of them care like that, either. So. Dick is fine.

Which flusters Dick just a little bit, because ugh. Maybe he needed to hear that a little bit. OTL

Dick asking after if Jason has kids, too. Or maybe younger siblings? Because Jason looks young.

Which is when Jason introduces himself as an au pair. Caretaker of babies of the infant and parent variety.

Dick smiling at the light teasing. Being especially fond because when Dick shifts Lian's arm to be in a more comfortable position, she holds onto Dick's finger which brings Jason and him real close and when they make eye contact there's something electric there and - whoah.

Dick finally getting a good look at Jason and being very 👀, which is only made worse when Jason comes to their rescue again by helping Dick shop for baby necessities.

Jason holding Lian the entire time, rocking her gently and Dick keeps getting distracted and no, nope. This isn't a thing for him. Not at all.

Only it very much is.

It doesn't help that the cashier compliments them on being such a beautiful family. Dick's thoughts were already straying; he didn't need the fantasy spoken into the world. Just Dick having all the internal screams because he's so far gone ffs.

Let this be a universe in which Dick is charming and likes to flirt, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has game. Just confidence being everything and Dick has plenty of it, but like. There are those few people he wants to impress and he's not scared to ask them out, but he wants it to last and doesn't want to come on too strong and basically he overthinks everything and gets lost in his own head and intimidates himself and ack.

Dick asking Jason out on a date and Jason startling at the come on, eyes wide and cheeks flushing

To which Dick panics because oh shit, too much too fast

Just because Dick has their future planned doesn't mean Jason is interested oh fuck

But Dick is smooth in his recovery, smiling the most devastatingly charming of smiles and gesturing to Lian when he says, 'Like a play date.' Because that's something babies do, right?

Jason breathing a sigh of both relief and disappointment because Dick is 👀 and Jason is not immune to attractive man doing his best to be a dad (/uncle/friend/person the situation is complicated and messy, but Jason is used to that)

ANyway, Jason agreeing and they exchange numbers and Dick floats all the way home

Like this man is straight up bouncy he's so giddy. When Roy gets back, it's to the sound of Lian giggling because Dick is so smitten in love and it's everyone's problem. //u///

Thus proceeds Dick borrowing Lian at every opportunity to hang out with the au pair and have little play dates with the babies. And Roy becomes so l: because 'dude, you're infringing on my time with my daughter.' But Roy doesn't get it, Dick has found the one. Lian is his wing-baby.

[squash-artz]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[mysterythief]

Just watched Across the Spider Verse, and let me tell you, go watch it now! It is such a good movie!

[misc-obeyme]

I lied. I'm not stuck in the parental figure agenda, it has me in a choke hold.

Calling barbatos grandpa by accident because he technically is. However he is a dad figure, only he and Luci can master that disappointed dad stare and sigh of disappointment. Diavolo is a dad figure because we need him to balance out barbatos.

Like me going to barbatos for help with history because I suck at it. 'daaaaad, can you help me with this?'

Or going to diavolo cause I wanna go out with the little D's for a walk. 'daaaaaaaaaad, the Little D's wanna go for a walk with me, can we?'

Bows for barb

Oh yes, strategically asking a specific parent for specific things to increase the chances of getting what you need.

I also really love the idea of these two getting stuck in a Dad loop.

Like you ask Diavolo something and he says, "Go ask Barbatos."

So you go ask Barbatos and he says, "You had best check with the Young Master."

And on and on...

I kinda think Barbatos would take all such names in stride. Grandpa, dad, whatever you want to call him is fine.

I think Diavolo would love being called Dad. And also more likely to say yes to things lol.

I agree that they would balance each other out pretty well. It sounds so cute~

[free22screenshots]

[sevi-fuk]

Here's something wholesome, in a grilling competition would Yang, Tai or Ghira win?

Yang wins. Here's why:

Summer, Kali and Blake were picking the winner. Kali and Summer choose Yang cause "dear, you're an old man. Let the child pass". Blake choose Yang cause "I'm just picking my wife". That's why Yang wins the dad grilling competition

[callmegaith]

"Hope, my brothers"

[thehelluvabossandhazbinhotelblog]

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*Whispers* You cant

Magic??? sourcery??? Same image?? help??

✎ : I am planning to post some more soild writing, but that takes time so some days my publishing may not be as frequent but you'll end up with a larger chunk of content- If that makes sense.

Just until I get a handel with life and I learn to handel it ect.

[agrestive-archive]

Based on the events that have happened based off the last episode, I fixed it everyone:

bonus:

[cottoncandyreaper]

((I haven't posted Skeledad stuff in a looonnggg time; this came to me this morning so welcome to this cuteness 😭💜🥺))

*Something you miss from when the girls were babies*

Sans: "I miss when she use to lay in my arms and do that really big stretch; arms up, legs as straight as they can get then end it all with a little happy sigh. She would just look up at me after all that and just smile through that silly pacifier."

Red: "Just carrying her around where ever I wanted. She grew out of it really fast but as a baby she didn't have much of a choice. Having her propped up in my arm or on my shoulder, I always had her with me for the first couple of years till she really got good at walking. I miss those days so much."

Stretch: "Hmm, I think I miss the baby talk the most. Win was super talkative as a baby, gibberish for hours and I loved it, I'd have full conversations with her even if she answered me in her own special way! We even had a yes/no game kinda going on for a while. She's older now but still I think I have the best conversations with her."

Mutt: "Easy: all her firsts. First word, first steps, first signs of magic; I could go down a entire list. They're...special, because she'll never have those certain firsts ever again. She still has firsts these days of course and I cherish those but just something about the baby ones, I hold them a little closer in my soul."

Horror: "From when she was a baby? Huh...I think, I miss...the co-sleeping the most. Even though it took years to get her to sleep in her own bed when we got to the surface, those first few times waking up to a small baby sleeping in her own little nest of blankets next to me every morning always brought a sense of, peace over my soul. It made the underground more tolerable to know she'd be there with me for every good night and good morning."

[erodani]

<3

[bakedbeanchan]

random fire nation diplomat #492 will never understand the complex and fucked up relationship between the water siblings like I do 🙄

[arabella-s-arts]

Scenes/Things in Supernatural that genuinely don't make sense to me if Dean was straight:

The confession booth scene.

Sam just rolling with the fact that Dean's siren is a guy while still thinking sirens infect people through sex.

Dean being flustered by several men: Gunner Lawless, Aaron, Doctor Sexy, etc.

All the parallels between Destiel and other couples. (A big one being "last night on Earth" bc how do you do that accidentally.)

Having all the gay jokes be on Dean instead of Sam.

Paralleling Sam meeting his childhood celebrity crush with Dean meeting Gunner Lawless.

The boner Dean got when Cas cleaned up.

Dean gulping after Cas does an impression from a Western movie.

Charlie, a lesbian, calling Castiel "dreamy."

The way Mary looks at Dean and Cas when they hug.

Dean wondering why everyone assumes he's gay, while Sam not caring.

The logic that Charlie can't flirt with guys because she's only attracted to women, but then having Dean flirt with the guy for her.

Dean seeming disappointed when learning that Aaron's flirting was fake.

The amount of time Dean and Cas spend staring at each other.

Dean canonically having an orgy with Crowley.

A woman saying that she knows when someone's pining for someone else to Dean, just for us to learn that Dean was never in love with Amara.

The set design and script choices that lead to a cross in the background while Dean said "I do." to Cas after he came back to life.

Edit: To the people who say I can't use the siren as an example because the siren is supposed to be his brother, and therefore his siren being a man doesn't work. If you reread that bullet point, then you will realize that I didn't put it down as just simply Dean's siren being a man. I recognize that the siren is supposed to be his brother. It's the fact that Sam still thinks the siren infects people through sex, not knowing that it's actually through saliva when he realizes who the siren is. So when he sees that Dean's siren is a guy, he had to assume they had sex, and he does not seem surprised by this at all.