#dadfail

[fatherhoodsurvivalguide]

[eluxcastar]

hi ive never written a request before so im sorry if its bad or too vague

could you write a dottore with an adopted child reader? like maybe he found them on the outskirts of a small town and just was like “im adopting you now”?

Dottore slightly dadfailing his way to fatherhood

── ୨୧：il dottore & reader

୨୧﹑synopsis :: dadtore picks up a kid and takes it in like a box kitten

୨୧﹑genre :: fluff

୨୧﹑content :: gn reader, child reader, reader's backstory is mostly ambiguous, this is literally exactly as is written on the tin

୨୧﹑words :: 753

you're doing just fine honey I'm sorry you've had to wait so long for me to complete this and the fact that it's basically a ramble, I'm just getting back into it so please forgive that it's slightly messy

It was cold when he found you, too cold for a child to wander about unchecked. Little children were never his thing, but scooping you up under your arms like a boneless little ragdoll and carting you off with him that night felt right somehow.

It would be simple to discard you on the doorstep of the House of the Hearth and simply forget you had existed, as that is hardly uncommon in the children there. Being delegated to the orphanage by a Harbinger is usually a visual shorthand: "They had parents once- just yesterday, in fact. Thanks to the Fatui's involvement, they don't anymore."

You're different. Circumstances demand it when Dottore has no access to the House.

Dottore swaddled you in his coat, shedding it in the same motion he scooped you up, carried you back into town where he could set you up on the closest thing you could get to a bed, situated on a chair in the basement where he got you a change of clothes. You didn't ask where they came from or what he did with your old clothes.

A bath of warm water did you well, easing the chill in your bones and washing away the dirt sticking to your skin. You popped the soapy bubbles with your fingers and sat quietly as the water ran over you. Dottore is good at giving baths, experienced from the days of sterilising subjects.

It's nice to feel clean. Dottore let you get out on your own and dress yourself in a fresh change of clothes.

The pillows were thin, blankets not enough to keep out the cold, but for the first night, he let you keep his coat.

Perhaps he intended to turn you over at that time, but a month has passed, and nothing has happened. You thought Dottore would be cold and distant, but he lets you poke around and play with things befitting a child. You watch and observe what he does but don't understand it. Many ask, and he evades answering.

Dottore isn't one for affection, not typically, and you've given up on having him read to you or play with you. It's not in his nature to treat you too softly. You have to be self-sufficient because his work demands it, and while he can monitor you, he can't stop to cut the crust off your sandwiches or do any more than offer that you sit by his side when you get scared.

He cares, but not typically. At first, it's almost...comforting how little he tries to push you into normalcy when you're so used to being by yourself. You can wander and aren't coddled too much beyond being unable to get into dangerous things.

You're well-fed and well-dressed, and you get to listen to Scaramouche, the strange doll man when he comes down. By all means, you are well-kept for a child. Apparently, it is because he got attached, as Scaramouche put it.

You don't quite understand how that could motivate him until he points out everything he's done, from making you comfortable to buying you clothes and even embracing you as his own. Rearranging the way he stores things to practically babyproof his lab was a feat just so you could wander around it safely in a place where he can watch you easily. How could he give you up? He obviously has no intention to.

It feels like the lightbulb to your little mind that sets off a domino effect as you look around you and start to realise these things. There is almost the sense that, despite Dottore’s informality towards his role as a father, Dottore doesn't want to give you up to the orphanage and maybe never did in the first place.

He likes it when you pester him and have to rely on him. He set everything that could kill you on the highest possible shelf, took note of the clothes you didn't like, the foods that put you off eating and collected the blankets he could find to make your bed more cosy, the occasional toy, plenty of visitors coming in and out to listen to. It's always warm where you sit.

Dottore let you keep borrowing his coat to sleep under, and you even convinced him to read you a storybook, if only once. There are many nights you fall asleep somewhere and wake up wrapped up in blankets and his coat, just as you like.

It seems very pleasant to live this way.

[movinghumor]

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[perfect-mom-daily]

April 14, 2019

Today, my husband found what he was looking for on his own.

[manupathletics]

That Piñata Strong As Hell 😂 #Manup ______ Video: @_jackfreeman (Twitter) ⠀ #Boxing #BoxingNews #Boxeo #GenderReveal #GenderRevealParty #GenderRevealFail #DadFail #Champion #ManupAthletics #BoxingHype #BoxingFanatik #Lol https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx1LxTeHANP/?igshid=z653s38tmpb

[petpeevescomic]

Pet Peeves 8/7/18, in which CJ has pitcher's remorse. #baseball #littleleague #pitch #pitcher #plunked #bonked #coaching #baseballdad #dadfail #comicstrip #humor #parents #moms #dads #children #kids #family #parentfail #webcomic #snoopy #dogs #dogsofinstagram #familylove

[philadelphiaflipfactory-blog]

I think I did this wrong. I called it "Robutts" and now that's what we're all calling it. #dadfail ...or is it? (at Tampa, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/COns2qyJsH4/?igshid=1tetogdpxwqs5

[joshnix120]

Real life story: Jordan, Canaan and I were hanging out in the bed when Canaan decided to throw up all over Jordan. Being the husband that I am, I jumped out of bed immediately to go grab something to wipe it up... and just as quickly as I jumped out of bed, my back instantly locked up! 😂 So, while I’m wincing in pain, Jordan casually gets up and cleans it all up by herself. Now, my back is hurt... but not as much as my pride. #dadfail #backproblems #turned30 #pridegone #momforthewin https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Gyj7EASUu/?igshid=v36bjv5fs7hd

[mcfirearms]

😂🤣😆 #nailedit #halloween #dadfail #dadlife #halloweencostume #lol #kids #mcfirearmsllc #lmao #funnymemes #costume #pepsi https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ded7jpnb1/?igshid=2n39f4r3o9hi

[fatherhoodsurvivalguide]

[solarosa]

They tried to make me go to rehab... . . . . . #wig #wigs #fakehair #dadfail #dad #dadlife #daddysgirl (at Avondale, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0k03GGHOkb/?igshid=fbiy422b5ed9

[daycarehero]

Any luck in experimenting new recipes today? 😆 You know where to look to get honest opinion from. Credit: @alrightmom . . . . . . . . . . #motherhoodunpluged #honestlymothering #dadfail #momfail #kidfail #parentinglife #kitchenmom #cookingmom #cookingdad #workingmom #sahmlife #wahmlife #parentingishard #parentingjourney #newrecipe #cookingfail #techmom #momsintech #dontgiveup #kidsarehonest #funnymeme #parentingfunny #dadjokesfordays #childcare #childcaretips #earlyyearslearning #motherhoodsimplified #fatherhood101 #toddlermomlife #threeyearsold (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/By9RiiShH5U/?igshid=69k2i6oepcso

[movinghumor]

Oops Daddy! . . . Follow @_moving_humor . . . . #dadlife #dadbod #dadjokes #daddyyankee #dadaism #dadar #adad #adaduacintarcti #adadana #dadbeast #dadbods #dadblog #dadcap #dadcaps #dadcrush #daddylongneck #curiosidade #antiedad #dadfit #dadfail #dadfitness #dadfeet #dadgoals #dadgirl #dadhumor #dadhack #dadjoke #dadjokesfordays #dadkids #dadkidding (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CADLkKLjo_-/?igshid=1ev6k4sxsaaro

[alanfahd]

De sombreros 👒 estamos hablando!!! Y la cara del papa... pero la foto es tan linda 🥰🥰🥰 . . . . #elpapadeamal #daddy #dad #father #baby #bebe #bebek #bars #kip #fitkids #fitness #fit #fail #dadfail #gymdad #mygymdad #fun #funny #familyfun #family #gym #gymlife #gymnast #gymnastics #instafit #instagood #love (at zandona odontologia) https://www.instagram.com/p/By3NitcASiJ/?igshid=15umsf5uh7fvt

[automaticwastelandfox]

My friends daughter is in a pageant and she asked her boyfriend to bring her some flowers. This man legit bought and brought this child a hanging flower pot.