"Daddy Dearest" --------------- Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this characters they all belong to the WB, and Joss Whedon. Any character that you don't recognize is probably mine.

Autor's Notes: Hi everyone! I hope you enjoy this fic, it will be mainly Connor&Angel Centric and it is currently a work in progress and it will be updated at least once a month (sorry but with school and everything :S I can't promise more!!) And it currently has 4 chapters, which I will update very soon, since they are already typed up and ready to go. Also I wanted to WARN YOU, this story WILL CONTAIN INSTANCES OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, so if you don't like that kind of thing, please do not read this. It will not be in every chapter, and it will be in a loving parental type of thing, so this is in no way disrespectful, I just thought that should have happened in the show, and it would have saved a lot for both Connor and Angel.

I in any way condone the hitting of a child but this is fiction, and it fits my story and it will stay that way, for later chapters I will accept suggestions regarding where to go with the story... Thank you for reading!!

Rating: PG13 (This chapter, will change in later chapters)

Spoilers: None really, just some basic canon, and stuff regarding Angel being thrown to the ocean by Connor, and stuff... just that. )

Warnings: Language, angstyness... etc.

Story Notes: Almost everything will be AU, and it's out of the ordinary deal, nothing to do with any episode, just some canon for bases. In this story Connor is 17, and Angel just kicked him out of the hotel for sending him to the bottom of the ocean. Hope you like it; this is my very first fic, so try to be understanding, lol.

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The night was cold, and the shelters were very crowded this time of the year, but it wasn't like Connor had a choice, although he was pretty sure that anything was better than this. He had a very thin blanket, with which he barely covered, and as the shelter was only a storage place, he had to sleep on the cold floor because there weren't enough beds, and the ones available were given to the oldest people.

He was messed up, confused about what he had done, what he had lost. He spent all summer lying to Gunn and Fred, but he really did cared about them, he was very concerned that they would never forgive him for what he had done to Angel, especially Fred. And he was very surprised that he felt loads of guilt about sending Angel to the ocean, because he had been having this strange dreams, they were really weird.

At first they just happened about once a week, but the past days they had been daily, and even at daytime, he would just close his eyes and continue having these bizarre thoughts, random scenes of a life that he never got to have.

Back at the hotel the gang was worried about Angel. He had been very distracted, sad looking, and didn't seem like doing anything at all, which was unusual. Ever since Wesley had brought him back to the hotel, and even more after he had thrown Connor out, he really seemed like he had lost a part of his heart. Gunn and Fred were unsure about what to do with him, it wasn't like Angel was telling them that he had a problem, but all three of them knew what it was about. Over the past few weeks, Angel had been going out of the hotel very late at night, just to check out how Connor was doing, because he was his son after all. He had seen that Connor usually sneaked out of the shelter to go hunting, which was something that really disturbed him. He knew his son was a good fighter, but he also knew that he was too self confident, and that he didn't really think things through before jumping into them.

One night Angel spotted him fighting a vampire in a dark alley. He noticed that Connor seemed somehow distracted, like he wasn't even paying attention to his opponent. And the vamp, taking advantage of the kid's unawareness kicked him really hard and stamped him on the alley dumpster. Connor went unconscious. So Angel stepped right before the vamp got closer to his son and said:

"You better get away from here if you don't want more problems, this is my son and I'm not going to let you hurt him". To which the vampire answered:

"Oh really? How come you don't kill me right now?".

"My son was fighting with you, it was his fight, not mine, but if you wish to be killed, then I have no objection about making it happen" Angel replied. Having said that Angel threw the creature a punch, which it skipped, and then the vamp tried to kick his legs, so he would be off balance, but Angel was too smart for this. He jumped and the staked the vampire right to the heart, so it became dust.

From inside the dumpster, Connor was just regaining consciousness and was staring at his father who had just killed the vampire. Getting out of the container he yelled angrily: "Who the hell do you think you are? Coming here like this? Interrupting MY fight?".

"Interrupting your fight? I think the only thing that I interrupted was your death." "I think you know better than to go on fighting when you are not on top of your abilities, but then again you've managed to surprise me and tear apart all I had thought of you this summer"Angel replied a little upset about the attitude that he was getting from his son.

"Screw you! I don't care what you think! And you shouldn't care about me either!" Connor yelled back in desperation.

"I know that's not true" Angel said calmly "You and I both care about each other, our bond is way bigger than all our misfortunes, and I know someday we will act like family again".

"Yeah right! Like I didn't know that you have been spying on me for some time now" Connor continued "You don't even trust me to be safe on my own, how in the name of hell would we be a family?".

"Maybe that's exactly why we are family, because we are both stubborn, hardheaded and think we are always right" Angel said trying to convince himself of what he said.

"I know I'm right" Connor replied in a cocky tone.

"That is a perfect example of what I said son" Angel whispered trying hard not to laugh.

"Well daddy, it was nice to chat with you, but I need to look for a place to crash tonight, so I guess I'll see you on my next adventure, you know, with your spying and all" Connor said in a sarcastic tone, and started to get away.

"What do you mean you are looking for a place to stay? I thought that you were living in a shelter" Angel asked kind of worried.

"I got kicked out, but then again, one gets used to that…" Those were Connor's last words as he ran out of the alley, and suddenly there was no trace of him.

Angel just stayed there, thinking about his son, and wondering if he had made the right decision by throwing him out. After a while Angel seemed to come back to his senses and also disappeared almost instantaneously, leaving the alley completely alone.

As Connor was walking down a deserted street, he was cursing his bad luck, he did not only proved his father right about being distracted buy he had also let him know that he had no place to stay, such an idiot for bringing that up. But he also felt good, knowing that his father cared, that every night no matter what he was there for him, helping him when the battle got too difficult, it made him happy and mad at the same time, he didn't want to believe that he needed anyone, much less, Angel.

Far ahead he saw some empty apartments, and he thought that he could use them to crash for the night, and it wasn't like he had many options, so he climbed in, and looked for the cleanest one. It looked like no one had lived there in ages, but anyway he just jumped on the bed which was in very bad condition, and all of a sudden, without any intention he fell asleep.

The next thing he knew is that he was being forced to stand up, and a police officer was reading him his rights, like it would help him. When the policeman was about to handcuff him, he punched him in the face, then the kicked the other officer and jumped off the building. What he didn't know was that downstairs there were two other officers, which caught him right away, and handcuffed him before he could do something else. After he was handcuffed they put him into a police car, where he was driven to the station. There they asked him how old he was, and after saying 32 years old, which nobody bought, he finally said he was 17, which made him an underage by law.

The policemen asked him who his father was, and after struggling a bit with his thoughts, he finally decided to tell them, because if he didn't he was going to spend his time in prison, which he really didn't want, and besides he thought: 'What's the worst thing that Angel could do? Lecture me! Ask me to come home? Which I absolutely won't do! Hell I'll tell them!'. With that he finally resolved to tell them that his father lived in the Hyperion Hotel, and his name was Angel. When they asked him the phone number, he mumbled that he didn't know it, because he really didn't, so the officers looked for the number in the yellow pages, and finally managed to contact the hotel.

"Good morning, we are calling from the LA Police Department, we were wondering if there's a Mr. Angel living there?" the police officer asked nicely.

"Umm.. I'm afraid Angel is not here right now, but I would like to know why are you looking for him, I'm Cordelia Chase, and I work with him" said Cordelia kind of worried.

"Well Miss Chase, his son, Connor, happens to be here at the station and we just wanted to let him know, so that he can come and pick him up"

Cordelia was shocked with what the man had said. "Oh, I didn't realize, well, I'll tell Angel right away, but if you don't mind, why was Connor arrested?"

"He was found invading private property, and when he was being arrested he attacked two police officers, so he is in a lot of trouble here at the station. So please contact his father, and tell him that I suggest he keeps a better eye on his son, and that he should teach him some manners"

"Will do" was all Cordy could say, as the officer hung up.

Cordy was trying hard to reach Angel on his cell phone, and finally managed to do it.

"Hello?" she smiled when she heard Angel's voice, which sounded kind of funny on the phone.

"Hey, Angel, it's Cordy, listen, I just wanted to let you know that the police called…"

"What! Why on earth will they call us?" said Angel a bit disturbed.

"Well, it turns out that Connor was arrested"

"Why?" Angel asked concerned

"Something involving invading private property and punching couple of cops"

"What?! Why would he do that? I mean I can understand the invading property part, but attacking policemen, he knows that he can't do that!"

"I know, don't get all freaky with me, I didn't do anything. Anyhow it seems like he is in deep trouble at the station, and they want you to go and pay the bail and pick him up" Cordy said trying to calm down.

"Okay, I'm on my way"

"Oh and Angel…The officer asked me to tell you to keep a better eye on Connor, and to teach him some manners also"

"I'll handle it" said Angel, hanging up.

He will handle it, because he was tired of the life he has been living, that his son was all lost was only his fault, he shouldn't have kicked him out, he should have been there for him, he should have been a FATHER, and that was what he was going to do from now on. Good old Angel pal was dead; he was not going to be a bystander while his son destroyed his life. He was going to take action, hoping for a good changing permanent reaction.

MORE NOTES: this is just a little introduction to what I'm planning; it is not close to the main plot. I'm trying to gather my ideas into a good story, hope you'll like it, and as I said before it is my very first story so, reviews are not only welcome but enormously appreciated. THANKS : )