I decided to write more for you. :D
A special shout-out for -J and her story: An Unexpected Wish. GO READ IT. NOW, MY SLAVES! Well, after you get done reading this, of course... I'll grant you that... BUT AFTER YOU MUST CHECK IT OUT!
Oh and I don't own DP, if I did, Vlad would become Danny's daddy~
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Danny woke up very warm with his thumb resting inside his mouth. He sleepily glanced up to find a woman that was gently holding him in her arms. He was drooling all over himself, also. Displeased with himself for behaving in a childish manner, his body was contemplating on whether or not he would throw a temper tantrum. He sniffled and tried to build a dam in each of his eyes so that the tears wouldn't fall. A door opening caught the little boy's attention before he could begin to cry. Vlad poked his head in and saw that Danny was awake. He quietly stepped into the room and picked Daniel up out of his wife's arms. The woman frowned but rolled over and fell back asleep. Vlad smiled at Danny and Danny peered back at Vlad suspiciously. He walked out of the room and softly closed the door behind him, so he wouldn't wake the woman. Vlad checked his wristwatch. It was six thirty eight. Danny rubbed the remains of sleep from his eyes and yawned. Vlad bounced the boy in his arms.
"Did you have a good nap with mumma?" Vlad put the child over his shoulder and rubbed his back. Danny sighed. He really hated all the mollycoddling. To display this hate, he squirmed in Vlad's grip and whimpered. Vlad reacted to this by tightening his hold and nuzzling into the baby.
"Did you wake up cranky? Hm? Why don't we fix that?" Danny hadn't noticed that they were in a massive main living area until Vlad set the boy on one of the beige couches with black pillows. Vlad smiled and loomed over Danny. The situation was similar to a vulture over an animal's corpse, in Danny's opinion. He then brought out his hands from behind his back and... began to tickle Danny's midsection. As much as the boy wanted to kick, scream, and curse... He found himself laughing and cooing happily. Vlad found himself smiling at the child on the couch cushion below him. Chuckling himself, the man continued his tickle torrent, while Danny kicked and squealed with laughter. It didn't take long after the tickling began when Danny's bladder gave way and his diaper grew warm and wet. The boy looked down and his eyes filled with tears of humiliation. Vlad paused in his tickle attacks and picked the boy back up, holding him by the waist. Danny sniffled and began to cry, loudly. The man looked concerned but a creak coming from behind him brought his attention away from the wailing baby in his arms. Natasha came down the stairs quickly, hair a bit disheveled from her nap with Danny, and she took the baby from her husband.
"Oh squidgy-pie, wassa matta?" She shifted him to her hip, making the boy whine and sob even more, as the wetness shifted and made itself more prominent. Natasha felt his bottom and smiled sympathetically.
"Aw, is baby wet? Daddy is a dummy-poo for not noticing, huh?" Despite the sobriety (in his opinion) of the situation, Danny couldn't help but let out a small giggle as Natasha referred to Vlad as a 'dummy-poo'. The mother smiled and held him close while looking at Vlad.
"Wanna go get a big pot for supper while I change him? Great!" The woman hurried away before Vlad could object. Rolling his eyes and muttering "women...", Vlad went to the kitchen to get a pot ready.
Danny wasn't having the best time as Natasha carried him over to his changing table and laid him down to change him. He barely even knew this woman! He squirmed unhappily, whining and kicking.
"Shh... Mama's here, baby boy. I know, I know... You wanna be outta that soggy diapie, huh?" All the boy could do was whimper and squirm when Natasha unbuttoned his onesie and pushed it up to his belly button, giving her access to the wet diaper. Danny kicked unhappily while she tore off the tapes and pulled down the front of the disposable. Even though the woman was quick in wiping him down and taping a new diaper on him, Danny still hated the process. He didn't want to have to use these stupid baby things! She buttoned his green onesie back up and picked him up off the table.
"Who's my clean little man? Huh? Let's go see if Daddy burnt down the kitchen..." Danny giggled as Natasha tapped his nose. She carried the baby down to the kitchen where Vlad was looking at several different pots to see which size his wife wanted. Setting Danny down on the floor, Natasha took a large pot out of Vlad's hands and set it on the counter. She also took a small metal bowl from the cupboard and set it in front of Danny. Getting a wooden spoon, she set it next to the bowl for Danny.
"Will you make mummy some beautiful music while she gets dinner ready?" Natasha smiled before going to the fridge and food cupboards to get out several different ingredients for supper. Vlad just stood there, not knowing what he should do to help. Natasha, now equipped with a variety of spices and vegetables, leaned up and kissed Vlad on his cheek.
"Why don't you go read your book while I get things started? Remember, we're getting up early tomorrow. We have to get started early, or else we won't be able to arrive there in time before you have to go back to work..." Vlad was officially confused.
"Where... Are we going, exactly?" Natasha eyed Vlad, puzzled. She then rolled her eyes and set her items on the counter, getting a knife and cutting board ready.
"See, you've been too busy at work lately! You're forgetting things lately, I wouldn't even be surprised if you forgot me! We're going to Maine, remember? Your mother and father's anniversary? Ringing any bells?" Vlad pretended to have a revelation.
"Ah, yes! Their anniversary! Sixtieth, right?" Natasha nodded and went back to work, dicing tomatoes and peppers into small bits.
"Yeah, and they're going to be so surprised to see us, especially our little Danny. They haven't seen him in a while... Plus we'll get to look around and see all the lighthouses. I bet Danny will enjoy the beach, too. The water will probably be cold up there but we can build a sand castle... Ooh! And we can go to Acadia National Park!" Natasha jabbered on in excitement and Vlad smiled at her happiness. He hadn't seen his parents since... Well, it had been a long time, regardless. Now that he had a son... That's right... He did have a son. Daniel was his. Smiling in elation, he looked at Danny, who was holding the little wooden spoon and looking at the metal bowl. Vlad leaned down and sat on his knees next to Danny. The infant looked at him with big, blue eyes-obviously wondering why the man was sitting next to him. The elder half-ghost kissed the baby's nose and ruffled the boy's raven hair. The boy flushed and looked back to his bowl. Danny got the sudden urge to put the spoon in his mouth and chew, which confused him. Internally shrugging, Danny followed this urge and bit down on the wood happily, sucking and gnawing. He felt some satisfaction with this until he heard chuckling along with the beep and snap of a photo being taken. Natasha stood over the baby, holding a digital camera and smiling. Vlad chortled again and took the spoon, but keeping it in Danny's hand. Having the spoon taken from his mouth gave Danny a lack of comfort, which instilled the need to cry. When Vlad saw the heartbroken look on Danny's face, his bottom lip poking out and tears welling in his eyes, Vlad shook his head at the sensitivity and released his hand. Immediately after his hand holding the spoon was relinquished from Vlad's grasp, the spoon went back in his mouth. After a few seconds, he took it out and hit the bowl with it a few times, enjoying the sound it made when the wood clanged against the metal. Unable to help himself, Danny laughed and continued to hit the bowl-every now and again putting the spoon back into his mouth to chew on it. The making of supper continued like this, with Danny making music with his bowl and spoon and Vlad lending a helping hand to Natasha, who made a homemade sauce for a spaghetti dinner. Soon after hearing the clanging of wood against metal, Sam and Tucker entered the room to find Danny on the floor with the bowl and spoon.
Hey dude, what's up?Tucker caught Danny off guard. Blushing, he set the spoon down and crawled over to the two dogs.
Uh... Not much. Where were you? Tucker looked as though he were smiling.
Sam and I were in the master bedroom, watching you and that hot lady sleep. Vlad kicked us out and so we just chilled out in the living room. But you're up, now... And having a good time with that bowl, from what I can see. Danny flushed and looked away.
Sh-shut up... Danny looked at Sam, who tilted her head at him. Danny didn't want to act like a baby in front of her. She probably thought he was just a drooling little mess, now... Suddenly, he was brought out of his thoughts by wetness on his face. He looked up to find Sam licking his cheek and nuzzling his belly while wagging her tail. He giggled at the wet sensation on his cheek and hugged Sam around her neck.
I knew I could make you feel better! Tucker's just being an idiot, we don't mind if you play and stuff... Danny felt a little better and looked back at his 'parents', who were busying themselves with finishing supper. He looked back at Sam and Tucker and motioned for them to follow him. He crawled as fast as his little body would let him. He blushed when he heard the loud crinkle of his diaper as he moved, alerting him, along with his friends undoubtedly, that it was there. He crawled until they all reached a different room.
Hey, it looks like we're in a playroom... Danny looked, wide-eyed, at the blanket with baby toys in the center of the room, along with a playpen in the room, too. Not being able to help himself, he crawled over to the toys and picked up a key ring with colored little plastic keys. Tucker and Sam glanced at each other and watched as Danny swung the rings around in his fist, throwing them, going to where he threw them, picking them up and tossing them away again. The two dogs watched as the baby played happily with each toy he found. After a few minutes of watching, they decided to join the boy in his play. They brought toys over to him in their mouths, which Danny would throw and laugh, making them retrieve the toy and repeating the process.
Vlad and Natasha dished out their plates and set them on the dining table. The concerned mother looked around the kitchen for Danny, and asked Vlad to help look for him. In a few minutes, they heard his loud laughter coming from the playroom and Natasha sighed in relief, happily following his laughter to the room. She picked up the boy and set him against her hip.
"You,little man, almost gave your mama and daddy a heart attack." She looked at the dogs and smiled. "Come." She ordered while patting her leg with her free hand. Looking at each other and back to Danny, Sam and Tucker obeyed and followed the woman to the dining room. She strapped Danny in a highchair, which he was not pleased about, and went into the kitchen, coming back with two large plates of spaghetti. Vlad creased his brow in confusion. Natasha happily served the two canines the plates of food.
"Here you go, guys." she pet the dogs' heads and the two tucked in quickly.
Dude, this is awesome! Tucker exclaimed while taking large bites of the spaghetti dinner. Danny eyed them longingly. Natasha and Vlad sat down in their respective chairs and ate their food, as well. Danny whimpered and kicked at his chair, but he was restrained by the tray across his lap. He was hungry, too! The boy raged in the highchair, throwing a full blown temper tantrum. He slapped his hands on the tray and kicked his legs while crying. All four of the presences in the room trailed their eyes on the screaming baby. Vlad got up and undid the tray on the highchair, taking the boy out of it. He wiped the tears off of the child's face with his thumb. Danny looked up at the man holding him and cried even harder, but stopped with the physical tantrums. Vlad pressed the boy into his chest and sat back down to continue his meal. He glanced at the child in his arms once more before cutting his spaghetti a bit with his fork and putting the food on a spoon. He bounced his knee a bit.
"Daniel." He called, earning the attention of the infant. He smiled and brought the spoon in front of the child's mouth.
"Vlad! He's too young to have this kind of stuff!" Vlad rolled his eyes.
"Oh Natasha, he'll be fine." Danny grabbed his opportunity and cleared the spoon of the spaghetti. He tried to mash it up as best he could, but all he really had to work with were soft gums so it was difficult. He kept the good food in his mouth for the longest time before swallowing. He smiled up at the elder halfa for what seemed to be the first time for him. Vlad happily spooned more cut-up spaghetti into the infant's mouth. Natasha shook her head.
"Fine, feed him. But when he's up all night with stomach cramps and diarrhea, you'll be the one that gets up with him, deal?" Vlad nodded and rolled his eyes again. Danny was enjoying the first real food that he'd had since this whole incident began. The boy smiled and mashed the food with his gums, looking up at Vlad-as if asking for more.
"Aw, he likes it! Who are we to deprive him of what he likes?" Natasha took a bite of her spaghetti. Chewing thoughtfully, she swallowed and answered.
"His parents?" Vlad grinned but cut up more of his dinner to give to his son.
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Thar it is~!