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I love Will Harper, and I love his chubby dad belly. I have wanted for YEARS to be given a canon chubby version of dad Roy Harper, and I was given it in the last place I expected. Seeing that everyone else loves Will's dad bod has made me feel less self conscious about myself and my interests and I hope Young Justice gives us more.

Will tossed the pair of jeans back on the bed and frowned in confusion.

"Weird, they fit the other day," he muttered. "Must've shrunk in the wash."

Today was his day off and he'd just returned from doing a couple of quick errands with Lian. Nothing big, just some light grocery shopping and then they had to pick up some doggy medicine for Brucely. For some reason he'd felt uncomfortable during their time out and wondered why his pants had been digging into his waist so much. He noticed a red mark from where the button dug into his skin. Yikes.

Pulling out a different pair of pants from his drawers, Will finished getting dressed and was about to head downstairs when he noticed his reflection in the mirror. Frowning again, Will took a good look at himself and then turned to the side. He inhaled and then he exhaled. Then he patted his stomach and groaned.

The jeans hadn't shrunk. He'd gotten bigger.

"Ugh, how'd I get so fat?" Will complained as he wondered about the new softness of his midsection. He wasn't sure how he could've gone for so long without noticing since his shirt wasn't doing much to hide it. Then again, it wasn't like he spent his free time sitting around the house doing nothing. It took a lot of energy to keep up with a hyper toddler who might wake up at 3 in the morning shouting about the boogeyman, running around and screaming.

He poked his belly and realized it had definitely gotten squishy. His sides were soft too. Will folded his muscular arms over his chest and sighed, thinking for a minute.

"Well," he conceded, "I don't look THAT bad." Looking back, this was a definite improvement over the walking skeleton he'd practically become two years ago.

Still...

"Whatcha doin', daddy," Lian asked as she appeared behind her dad and hugged his legs, taking his mind off his new softness. He couldn't help but smile at how affectionate his daughter was and picked her up as easily as he always had.

"Nothing peanut," Will kissed her forehead, "Just contemplating my old age."

"You're not old, daddy," Lian giggled. Technically she was right. As a clone, Will was really only 10 years old despite physically appearing to be at least 25 or 27. But why confuse her like that?

"Is it snacktime yet, daddy?" Lian asked as Will carried her out of the room, and Will felt a slight twinge of something as she did so. Of course she'd mention that now.

"Sure sweetie, what would you like?"

"I 'unno, what would you like?" Lian responded.

"Oh," Will shrugged, thinking a snack was the last thing he needed, "I'm not very hungry ri-"

As if on cue, Will's stomach growled in protest and Lian couldn't help but giggle. Betrayed twice in one day by a major organ. It didn't pay to be a clone.

"Well, maybe I'll have some carrot sticks," Will decided as he brought Lian into the kitchen.

"That's all?" Lian wondered as she hopped onto her chair and her dad started rooting through the fridge.

"Unfortunately, your dad's starting to get chubby," Will explained as he took out some apples, strawberries, and melon slices to make a small fruit salad for Lian, while taking out a small container of carrot sticks for himself. He set the fruit on the table near Lian, thinking about the teasing he'd probably get from everyone for letting himself go and dreading ever having to squeeze into his Red Arrow costume again. A small voice told him he hadn't "Let himself go," and it was about to gain an ally.

"You are?" Lian replied as she stood on her chair and started poking her dad's side. "You are!" Lian's eyes lit up and she wrapped her arms around her dad's waist and gave his new curves a squeeze. "That's great!"

"It is?" That was the last thing Will expected to hear.

"Now I have a new pillow for when we watch cartoons!" Lian laughed. "Ooh you're soft!"

"You don't mind having a tubby dad?" Will was a bit shocked by how enthusiastic she was about his shift in body size.

"Nope," Lian answered as she nuzzled his soft belly.

"Well that's all I needed to hear then," Will smiled and completely forgot about any thought of teasing. It's amazing how she always managed to make him feel better about things just by being her.