Hey everyone! I'm brand new to FanFiction and this is my very first story. Basically what it is, is a three shot song fic. Each chapter will have one of the boys (Caleb, Ezra, Toby) and their daughters relationship set to a daddy/daughter themed song. I spent a long time writing this trying to make it as perfect as it can be! I really hope you like it! The first story is Caleb and it is set to "Tough Little Boys" by Gary Allan! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty Little Liars or its characters, because if I did, Caleb wouldn't be leaving to go to Rosewood! I do not own "Tough Little Boys" by Gary Allan either.
Well I never once
Backed down from a punch
Well I'd take it square on the chin
Well I found out fast
A bully's just that
You've got to stand up to him
So I didn't cry when I got a black eye
As bad as it hurt, I just grinned
Caleb was never the kind of boy who just got into random fights. He was however, the kind of person who would defend himself and those he loved. He wasn't afraid to get physical, he knew he could take it. Very few times had Caleb actually gotten into a fight, but he was ready and prepared should he need to. Caleb was tough. He'd always been that way, with neither of his biological parents very involved in his childhood, he'd always had aggression. He built up so many walls and there was very little that could break them.
But when tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again.
As he sat there in the hospital holding his baby girl for the first time every single wall he had ever put up, was gone. Just like that his world did a complete one eighty. He thought being with Hanna had made him happy, yet for the first time in his life he felt completely content. Hanna and Caleb had never wanted kids, so when Hanna found out she was expecting, it was a shock to everyone. They thought they were having a boy and Caleb was more than excited. He was going to love his son so much. He was going to take him fishing, play ball with him, do all the cliché father and son activities he never had the chance to do as a kid. So when the doctor announced Hanna had delivered a girl, Caleb was slightly disappointed. Hanna was in love immediately, but Caleb wasn't quite so sure. However when the nurse handed Baby Girl Rivers to the new daddy, all doubt he had about having a daughter was extinguished. He wasn't going to let anything ever hurt his baby girl. As Hanna watched the two most important people in her life meet for the fist time, she saw something that barely ever happened. Caleb was crying.
Scared me to death
When you took your first steps
And I'd fall every time you fell down
Harper Mae was just over a year old and she was already the most adventurous kid the gang had ever seen. Hanna had quit her job as a fashion buyer to become a stay at home mom. Everyone was shocked that she had given up her dream career, after all, there wasn't much Hanna loved more than fashion. She hadn't even gotten through her first day back at work after her maternity leave before she quit. She couldn't take being away from her daughter for even a second. With Hanna being home all the time she caught every milestone that Harper had. Caleb, however, still working as a software designer, tended to miss them. He missed her crawling for the first time, he missed her first word, but if he had a say in it, he wasn't going to miss her first steps. Caleb had decided to take a few days off in early October, and made Hanna go out with her friends for a few hours. He was catching up on his reading and out of the corner of his eye, he could see his baby girl crawling. As he set down his book, Harper began to stand up. Caleb thought he was dreaming as he watched his daughter laugh and coo as she slowly but surely walked the short 2 feet distance to her daddy. Caleb was so proud as he picked her up and showered her with kisses. As he realized what he just witnessed, he whipped out his phone and took a video of her walking and quickly sent it to Hanna. Within a few minutes Hanna called him and as they celebrated another one of their daughter's milestones, Hanna could hear the tears welling up in Caleb eyes.
Your first day of school, I cried like a fool
And I followed your school bus to town
The last five years had gone by so quickly for the Rivers family. Three years after Harper was born, Hanna and Caleb decided to try for another baby, and two months later, found out they were expecting. They were ecstatic when they found out they would be having a boy. Late one night however, Hanna told Caleb that something didn't feel right. They reached the hospital within fifteen minutes. Several tests had been performed, and Caleb and Hanna sat in the eerie silence of the hospital room as they awaited the doctor. When the doctor returned to the room Caleb could tell by the look on his face that the news wasn't good. Not only had they lost the baby, they found out Hanna for some reason would never be able to carry another child. She quickly slipped into a depression. There was constant fights between the two of them and their relationship was crumbling. They started going to couples therapy and counseling after an intervention from their friends. Nobody wanted to see Hanna and Caleb apart. Things were finally starting to get back to normal, and the couple was more than content with their one blessing. That blessing had just turned five and was about to start kindergarten. Caleb sat in their house that morning as he awaited his daughter to come downstairs and show him the outfit she had no doubt picked out for herself, given her mothers fashion sense, for the first day of school. She was the spitting image of her mother in her orange top, skinny jeans, and ballet flats. After thousands of pictures had been taken, Hanna announced that it was time to wait for the bus. As they sent their daughter off to school, Caleb was nothing short of emotional. The bus had barely pulled away before he was in his car following it to school. Once he reached the school and got out of his car, he searched around for Harper, and after finding her, ran and gave her one last hug before going back to his car.
Well I didn't cry, when Old Yeller died
At least not in front of my friends
But when tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again
Well I'm a grown man
And as strong as I am
Sometimes its hard to believe
That one little girl, with little blonde curls
Could totally terrify me
If you were to ask
My wife would just laugh
She'd say "I know all about men
How when tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again"
Harper was a reckless child. No one could figure out where her adrenaline came from. She'd end up in the nurses office at school for scratches and cuts more than anyone. Nobody would think that a blonde haired blued eyed eight year old girl could cause so much trouble. Caleb remembers the day she ended up in the hospital vividly. He was at work on his lunch break and received a call from the school telling him his daughter was at the hospital, and before they could even finish telling him what happened, he was going 15 miles over the speed limit to get to the hospital. He was a frantic mess, tears already falling out of his eyes as he rushed to the front desk and asked where Harper was. The nurse pointed him where to go and he ran faster than a cheetah. When he ran into the room he was relieved to see Hanna lying with their daughter who, other than a broken arm, was just fine. As Harper saw her daddy, she called him over so she could tell him the "hilarious" story of how she fell off the monkey bars at recess. As she saw the worry fade from Caleb's face and turn to smiles, Hanna realized just how much that little girl meant to him.
Well I know one day, I'll give you away
And I'm gonna stand there and smile
And when I get home, and I'm all alone
Well, I'll sit in your room for a while
The day had come. After a year and a half of preparations, Harper was getting married. Caleb was a mess. His only daughter-only child for that matter, was getting married. He wasn't completely devastated though. Harper was marrying a good man. He was brought up well, he was respectful, he was loving and caring. What more could a father ask for in a man to give his daughter to. Harper had met Levi when she was 20 years old, interning in London. They had been inseparable. Caleb was so happy for Harper. She had gone through her fair share of heartbreak in high school. She was the total package, with her mothers looks, her fathers brains, and both of their caring nature's, she was the object of many boys' attention. Caleb fit the overprotective father role to a t. When Harper brought Levi home though, something was different. Caleb could see it. The two of them looked at each other how Caleb and Hanna had looked at each other. He wasn't surprised when Levi asked him for Harper's hand in marriage. He treated her exactly how she deserved to be treated, better even. That didn't make walking her down the aisle and giving her away any easier. He watched with tears in his eyes as his little girl changed from Miss Harper Rivers, to Mrs. Harper Neiman. He couldn't help himself from crying as he danced with her awhile later. A week later, as the couple was on their honeymoon, Caleb went into Harper's old room. It had long been turned into a guest bedroom, but Caleb still remembered every little thing that happened in this room over the course of 18 years. Somehow, in his heart, he knew that Harper would always be his little girl.
Well I didn't cry when Old Yeller died
At least not in front of my friends
But when tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again
When tough little boys grow up to be dads
They turn into big babies again.
I hope you liked it! Please give me a review and let me know if you want the other two stories! Lots of Love!
