Lincoln found out that ruby liked Disney, Mickey Mouse. Among other things rock and roll. He got to know her better as he took her and Ruth to some Chinese.

When he came home, he carried her to the spare bed, covering her up he stood and smiled at the curly haired girl.

"She gots your eyes"

Ruth whispered as she wraps her arms around his waist.

"She's beautiful...Ruth..why didn't you-"

She hugged him tightly.

"Because you have your life, I'm not going to bring you down"

He signed.

"He abused you, didn't he?"

She did not say.

"Ruth-"

"He punched me after I told him who ruby's father was"

He sighed and turn, he pushes her bangs and saw the bruise. It was a few days old, still fresh. His fingers touched it, she flinched, he frowns and cups her face, leaning towards her and kissed her eye.

"This is my fault"

He muttered.

"No, don't blame yourself. I knew I was fucked once I told him, I deserve it for lying to the both of y-"

"Don't!"

He growled.

"Don't you dare finish that, no woman deserves to get punched in the eye!"

She pouted and looked away.

"Lincoln..."

He held her hand and walked her to the bedroom. She noticed just how nerdy it was, posters, toy display the works.

"...i can't imagine how a chick must feel when you take them for a one night stand"

lincoln blushed and chuckled.

"i .. uh... i don't."

she looked at him, and despite the bangs that covered her eyes, he knew she was raising a brow.

"I'm serious"

she smirked and removed her jacket, letting it fall, Lincoln saw she wore a Decepticon t-shirt, she.. had a nice figure, and her breasts, they weren't too big, they weren't too small. but damn her hips were all good. and Lincoln felt aroused.

"R-ruth.."

she walked over to him and grip him by the collar of his shirt, and tugged him forward, making him hunch.

"Fuck me."

he gulped.

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Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. and it was a Christian thing. while Lincoln wasn't overly religious, he was surprised that ruth was religious at all. neatless to say, she dragged his ass to church and listen to the lessons before getting his forehead smeared with ash in the form of a cross.

after that, it was over, and he, ruth, and ruby walked along to the parking lot. ruby was skipping as she walked. she wore yet another dress, this time in red, with black shiny shoes. her pigtails bouncing as she skipped.

"the lord is good to me and so i thank the lord-"

ruby sang.

"for giving me the things i need, the sun, the rain, and an apple seed yes, the lord is good to me!"

lincoln smiled, hands in his pockets, ruth's arms wrap around one of his arms and leaning against him. he blushed, it felt kinda sudden... five years she came back with a kid no less. any man would run away to Mexico. but not Lincoln. he was... happy and ruth and ruby gave him a new purpose in life... who would say no anyway? an asshole, that's who.

"she really is into Disney huh?"

ruth nodded with a wide smile.

"it was the only thing she could do to get away from the fighting"

she sighed, Lincoln didn't like hearing that.

"you fight all the time?"

she sighed.

"we were crumbling, and... i just...i didn't feel the same way about him"

she looked at him.

"not with you, you always made me feel like i could be myself."

he looked at her, that warm smile of hers brought a stir in his soul.

"you made me feel happy."

he blinked.

"but what we did wasn't right and we had a reason to part"

she nodded. she couldn't disagree with that.

"Lincoln...you are the best mistake I ever made"

he frowns. she giggled and kissed his cheek.

"you know what I mean stud"

lincoln hummed and fished out his keys.

"c'mon, I know a place to eat."

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Ruth entered the old loud house.

lynn sr and Rita greeted Lincoln warmly, Ruth felt awkward watching them, ruby didn't seem to have a reaction, confusion? curiosity? who knew.

"so you knew I am cooking lobster huh?"

his father had a cocky grin.

"yeah...you and mom always cook something for the season of lent so.."

rita interrupted-

"Ruth Robinson."

she stepped aside from her son and walked towards her.

"I'm sorry, but Luna doesn't live here and...oh!"

she looked down at the little girl and smiled.

"whose this?"

ruth blinked under her bangs.

"oh... uh, this is ruby...Ruby Tuesday Robinson... though I do plan to change her last name"

rita smiled.

"Oh, so Greenwood?"

ruth rolled her shoulder

"actually...uh..."

he looked at Lincoln. lincoln blinked and rubbed his neck.

"mom...dad I think you should sit down."

his parents stared for a moment before they walked into the living room, Lincoln, ruth, and ruby followed suit, and as his parents sat on the couch, Lincoln took Ruby's hand and stood her right up front. with a deep breath, he spoke-

"five years ago, ruth and I fooled around while she still dated George, five years later I found out that I have a daughter."

they glanced at him, then at ruby. and then it dawns on them. their eyes widen.

"Holy smokes, I'm a grand-dad...again!"

"Oh my.."

lincoln smiled.

"wait..you and Ruth.."

rita looked disappointed.

"he-hey...mom it's okay. she left him and uh...yeah..."

Lynn sr smiled and looked at ruby.

"who cares about all that, she's cute as a button."

rita blinked.

"wait, ruth were you married?"

Ruth shrugged her shoulders.

"I was once married, my last name was Robinson but I changed it back to Greenwood."

rita nodded. lynn stood up.

"right! it's lobster time!"

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Lisa and the twins and Lily sat at the table.

they knew Ruth well enough. when they asked who was the little girl, all was revealed bluntly by ruth. lincoln flinched as she seems to just go with the flow. they gawked at them for a moment.

"...well then"

Lisa removed her glasses and wipe them then placed them on her nose.

"I never thought you'd be an adulterer, Lincoln."

"Lisa!"

Lynn sr barked.

Lincoln blushed and ripped some lobster meat and begin to eat. he really didn't like this. he felt this was a bad idea now. Lisa just stared at his very soul... lily was eating her lobster like it was unf. - the twins were whispering to each other, glancing at him then whispering again.

Ruth felt a tug on her shirt and ruby whispered into her mother's ear. she nodded slowly and looked at her girl. she frowns at her sighing. she turned to Lynn sr.

"um.. I'm sorry but my daughter doesn't like uh lobster...i don't want to be rude-"

lynn sr. held a hand up.

"not at all, how would she feel about an Italian dish I made, it's pasta and beef, cheese-"

ruth smiled.

"she'd love it."

lynn sr. walked out and into the kitchen.

"so.."

lola begin, she was a teenager now, perky chest, a pink shirt that said 'princess bitch' and she wore a skirt, her lips were painted in pink glitter lipstick. she grew to be a real knock out.

"why do you call her Ruby Tuesday? isn't that like, a food chain?"

Ruth smiled.

"I named her after the beetle's song. I was also kinda high on pot at the time"

awkward silence. lincoln slowly facepalmed.

"heh...mary jane would have been better"

the tomboy-Lana who wore overalls over her green-blue shirt (not much has changed in her fashion) said as she leans back looking at ruby.

"she's cute though."

ruth grinned.

"yeah. she's pretty bitchin' "

Lisa sighed heavily.

"must you talk like that in front of you're child?"

ruth shrugged. and ruffled her hair.

"she knows not to say bad words."

just then Lynn Sr. put a bowl of the casserole. ruby stared at it and saw mushrooms. luckily, she was used to them, since her mother had a strange love for them. taking her fork she stabbed some pasta, impaling a mushroom and some beef. and put it in her mouth. the three elder sisters of lincoln loud watched. her mouth hung open then closed. chewed. and before they knew it, she was wolfing it down. stuffing her mouth sloppily eating. taking a moment to burp then dug into the meal before her.

this surprised everyone. her table manners weren't great, but then with the siblings of the loud house, they knew what it's like to have dad's cooking. ruth stared at her daughter. blinking once under her bangs. she never saw her daughter eat food like that before.

"wow...is it that good?"

she reached for the bowl, but ruby pulled away from her mother's reaching hand. her hand recoil back. and was shocked by her actions.

"Ruby..."

ruby stopped and looked at her mother. she felt guilty and took a fork full of the meal and brought it up to her mouth's lips. ruth smirked and open her mouth and tried the pasta. she paused.

"...Holy shit... it's like putting a piece of God in your mouth"

she paused.

"aw shit, I just ate meat...on a Friday"

the family chuckled.

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The drive was quiet. on the radio was playing video killed the radio star. ruby was already knocked out in the back seat. Ruth gazed outside, and her thoughts were on a great many things.

"you think it was smart of me just to blurt it out like that?"

Lincoln sniffed loudly and focus on the road.

"could have gone better,"

ruth sighed.

"I'm sorry."

lincoln grunt softly.

"does it still freak you out that I have your aunt's name?"

lincoln raised a brow.

"no. why?"

she grinned.

"just cause of the way you felt uncomfortable the first time you called out my name when you busted a nut in my mouth"

he blushed, and she giggled and shook her head grinning.

"you're a pervert..."

lincoln muttered.

"says the guy who kept pawing at me for fuckies whenever he got a boner"

lincoln snorted a laugh.

"We were pretty good at it"

ruth purred.

"and look at what happened."

she looked over her shoulder.

"...you really wanna be a part of her life?"

lincoln nodded as he turned a corner.

"yeah, are you against it?"

ruth shook her head.

"no...i just...i never wanted to drag you down like this"

lincoln reached without looking and placed it on her lap.

"Believe me, you and ruby are the best things in my life right now."

she looked at him.

"...you know that means a lot coming from you...George wasn't exactly...good to me"

He held her hand, while the other held the steering wheel.

"well, he's in the past now. you're with me now."

Ruth blushed, and lean against his shoulder, he broke his hand away from hers and wrap it an arm around her shoulder. the evening came and there was the moon visible while the sun was setting. the radio now played 'take on me' and for a moment Ruth felt joy once again.

"I missed you so much."

her hand laid gently on his chest.

"you sure made a girl feel alive again"

lincoln smirked.

"what? I've never known you to be sad."

he looked at her, but quickly noticed that she was frowning. his breath caught in his throat.

"Ruth...i-i'm sorry was I-?"

she shook her head.

"i don't want to talk about it."

Lincoln felt like shit now, having forgotten that one moment that George laid an abusive hand upon her. he swallowed thickly. and he knew that if he had his hands on George, why... he would walk away limping.

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it was days later, and more and more of each day that ruby was adjusting to life with her new father. ruth, her mother told her stories of her real father. and to keep quiet from George, her 'father of five years' but she knew the real difference from George and Lincoln.

lincoln was very nice. george was very mean.

in the early morning, she awoke. she didn't want to wake her parents...'her parents' ... she walked into the small living room. and she looked at the small bookshelf and looked at the volumes of collected comics. she saw something familiar. and she pulled it out.

'golden age superman volume 1'

and while she didn't know how to read just yet. she opens the thick book and looked at the pictures. she saw the bottom of the comic panel of Superman at the doorway. a man with a belt. and though she didn't know how to read, she knew what the man was doing, as there was a woman laying on the floor.

it brought on a bad memory of when her former father would beat her mother with a belt... on the next panel Superman lifted the bad man up and threw him against the wall.

she paused and looked at nothing. and then she looked at Superman. and in her childlike mind, brought up the image of her father, Lincoln. she saw him shirtless a night before. and he was big and he was strong. and she fantasizes the idea of her father, doing the same thing to George and saving her mother from the torment.

she closed the book and stood up. she wore a beauty and the beast t-shirt, though it was two sizes too big for her. she walked on the carpet floor, and into the hallway. she opens the door to his room and peered in. there was Lincoln laying in bed with her mother.

quietly she stepped in and walked ever closer. she was face to face with him. he was gently sleeping. though the room was dim she could make out his features. he had a strong chin, white hair, tired eyes, freckles. his neck was thick in muscle though. and for a moment she was mesmerized by him. not in the way you think. for what child didn't admire their father?

for in her eyes, she was her superman. she had seen the way he treated her mother, kind and sweet. the way she wished her father George would treat her mother. she reached and touched his face. his eyebrows twitched. and his eyes cracked open. her hand recoiled from fear. lincoln yawned widely and muttered.

"s'matter...you lonely?"

she paused and shook her head.

"you hungry?"

she nodded.

he nodded back.

"Alright, go into the hallway and wait for me."

she nodded again and turned back and walked out of the room.

When Lincoln came out he wore a simple orange shirt, and in his boxers, he wore socks. and walked over to the heater and clicked it on. he then walked to the kitchen and grab a box of Aunt Jamima's pancakes.

turning on the stove he then went to the cabinet and pulled a big bowl. with some eggs and milk, he begins to mix it. all the while ruby stood and watch.

Lincoln put the batter in the frying pan. he begins to hum as he cooked.

"aunt Jamima pancakes, without her syrup, is like the spring without the fall."

ruby tilts her head at the jingle he sang.

"there's only one thing worse, in this universe, that's no aunt jamimas at all"

within a few minutes, he continued. and then laid three stacks of aunt Jasmina's pancakes, he buttered them up, and slather it in maple syrup.

he held the hot plate, and held ruby's hand and took her to the living room. he sat her on the small couch and pulled the table and set her breakfast before her. grabbing the remote, he put on Netflix and browse the list.

"let's see...what do you wanna watch?"

she gave no answer. when she saw it, she jerked her arm forward and pointed. seeing this, he looked at the image. it was the original Superman movie. lincoln shrugged and clicked on it. he was about to leave to sleep. but he stopped himself. he looked at the small girl, his daughter. she quietly ate. blinking he walked back into the kitchen and got her a nice cold glass of milk. he came back and sat with her. setting the glass down and watching the movie with her. he reached and ruffled her hair. and she smiled.

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When ruth woke up she was in lincoln's ace savvy robe. when she entered the living room she was greeted with Lincoln and ruby gently napping. the tv on the screen was rolling credits as the Superman theme played.

she couldn't help but dawww at this moment, quickly she went back into the bedroom grab her phone and took a picture of them.

she smiled at the very image. suddenly an image of her former husband appeared on screen, and the ring tone of 'chain of fools' played out. she sighed and answered it with a sharp-

"What?"

she turned away from them and walked towards the hallway.

"No, I'm not coming back. Yes! I left those divorce papers."

she paused.

"I'm not going to work things out with you. I'm tired of the mental abuse you put on my little girl, and the physical abuse you laid on me!"

she crossed her arm, and tap her foot. she shook her head, you could see her rolling her eyes under her bangs. she snorted a dry laugh at whatever he said. shaking her head she grunted.

"You know where I am..."

a brief pause.

"You come near me or my daughter I'll call the cops on your ass!"

she didn't hear or sense Lincoln behind her, for a split second her phone was slipped out of her fingers, she turned and saw Lincoln pressed her phone onto his ear.

"George...it's me, Lincoln.- No, you Listen, you are a fucking scumbag, yeah, i banged your wife, what of it?"

ruth tried to grab the phone away from him, but he jerked away. he walked towards the living room.

"is that so huh? you come here and I'll guarantee I'll beat your ass the old fashion way."

lincoln's muscles twitch. literally. if ruth wasn't panicking she'd be so hot right now.

"do it. fist to fist. I'll tell you this, you fucking wimp, you won't be fighting a woman."

he nodded.

"Yeah, fuck you too, you cuntboy."

he shut off the phone, he turned only to receive a slap across the face. he was stunned and looked upon an angry ruth. such was rare in his eyes. that shit was scary.

"Are you crazy?! why did you instigate him like that!"

Lincoln rubbed his cheek.

"don't worry, I know how to handle a f-"

"I DON'T WANT MY DAUGHTER TO BE EXPOSED TO ANYMORE VIOLENCE YOU FUCKING IDIOT!"

Silence. then a small voice broke it.

"Mommy...? what's wrong?"

Ruth side stepped lincoln and reached and picked up her daughter.

"A-are you and daddy fighting?"

a lump caught in Ruth's throat.

"Yes, baby. but only because your daddy is picking a fight with George."

lincoln rubbed his neck, feeling like a real jackass, you could picture a donkey's head slowly appearing replacing lincoln's head, then fading out to Lincoln again.

"Look... I'm sorry, okay? maybe I want to beat the crap out of him for what he did to you."

she turned and had a scowl on her lips.

"two wrongs don't make a right, Lincoln. you know that."

Lincoln walked over to her and cupped her cheek.

"I'm sorry... I know I shouldn't have said that, but I've bottled up so much anger."

ruby was in her mother's arms. she looked between them and frown. then she spoke out-

"Don't worry mommy. daddy will protect us just like Superman!"

for some reason that cracked a smile on ruth's lips. she ran a hand over the little girl's red-wood colored hair and she sighed. she turned her head to Lincoln and breathed in slowly and let it all out.

"If he comes, don't you dare fight him. I'm not going to watch you men play your little games. if he comes I'm gonna call the cops."

lincoln rolled his shoulder.

"..does he know where you are?"

ruth huffed.

"he knows I'm in royal woods, but he doesn't know where you live..he might go to your old home"

Lincoln nodded.

"I better call my parents and let them know."

ruth open her mouth, but closed it and nodded. lincoln grab his cell and called his parents.

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The rest of the day was an outing. ruby wore a pink sweater with mickey mouse on the front and purple sweat pants. lincoln wore an orange hoody and jeans. brown shoes. ruth wore an aquamarine leather jacket with jeans as well. all star shoes. they were in Target shopping. lincoln needed some detergent. he rolled the cart with ruby sitting on the child seat. she was quiet and didn't make a peep, thank goodness. but Lincoln knew once you guy a kid everything, you spoil the shit out of them. he hoped he wouldn't do that. but... damn if he didn't wanna get her everything since she had such a rough life.

He moseys on over to the toy section. ruby seems to perk up. but seem disinterested in the girl's toys. when he asked if he wanted a barbie or my little pony, she declined politely. he asked if she wanted anything at all and she shrugged. he pondered this and walked towards the boy section. he saw transformers, ace savvy, marvel legends, and mego. these were 1970's toys that made a comeback a few years ago. he looked at the 8inch figures which were 12:99. while he was distracted ruby's eyes caught the bottom section, that of a 52' Superman a 14-inch cloth figure, it was as if the angels above sang. she turned and reached and tugged at his jacket.

"yes, sweetheart?"

she seemed nervous. and she bashfully turned and pointed at the action-figure-doll. lincoln looked at the Superman figure, then at the price. 19:99. lincoln took a moment to ponder this, he knew hot toys were crazy expensive, and 12inch figures aren't the norm as they were back in the day. he walked over and picked it up, and study it. it had nice cloth and cape, the head sculpt was pretty good he tilts his head and read 'authentic 14-inch figure' huh. this was kind of neat, actually.

"Well... alright."

he turned and handed it to her.

"but don't make this a habit. and the next time I buy you something, try to make it less cash okay?"

she hugged the box and nodded in response.

"that's a bit much...twenty dollars?"

ruth startled lincoln and he turned.

"don't worry, I have the red card, it'll be a little less."

ruth's lips had a pucker her lips and hummed.

"I don't want you spending money on-"

lincoln raised a hand.

"Hey, trust me, it's fine. because it's a pretty good figure for twenty...shit, a marvel legends figure is twenty dollars, and it's a 6inch figure, with this, it's worth the price"

Ruth looked at her daughter, and the box she held. ruby didn't protest if her mother said no. still, the older woman walked over and held her hand, ruby gave it to her. and she looked at the figure through the window box.

"You really want this?"

Ruby nodded.

"...alright. but this counts as a b-late birthday present from your father."

she handed it back to her. and ruby grinned showing her round bunny teeth which poked out under her upper lips.

"gift huh...?"

lincoln said and looked down and saw a General Zod.

"well, you can't have a Superman without a general Zod"

ruth gaped.

"Lincoln, no. that's-"

"no, this is fine, thank you."

ruby said softly. lincoln looked at her and raised a brow.

"are you sure?"

ruby was now conflicted. she did want that Zod, mainly due to having seen the movie with Zod, and the figure-doll looked just like him.

"uhh...uh"

she looked at her mother for approval.

"I'll allow it only once, but you're not gonna get anything till next month. okay?"

ruby nodded firmly. as if she understood. well, she did. kinda.

"alright."

Once they left the store and into the parking lot, Lincoln put the bags into the trunk of his care. ruby held two long boxes of her figures and waited till her mother open the door to the back seat.

"I'll need to get a new baby seat for the car...but I'll need to start looking for a job,"

she said as she picked up her daughter.

"I'll start this week, and maybe...if we can save money we'll get a better apartment as you wanted?"

lincoln shut the trunk and looked at her.

"for real? you..you want to live with me?"

ruth grinned.

"Hey, I know I said I wanted to work things out on my own...but it would be pretty boring if I didn't have you beside me... if we're gonna be a real family"

Lincoln walked over and hugged Ruth and ruby and squeezed them. ruth purred as she felt his strong arms around her. ruby, on the other hand, was taken off guard by this. for he was stronger than he looked, at least to ruby anyway. but the shared moment was spoiled when they heard a sudden shout.

"RUTH!"

Ruth froze as she heard that voice. ruby gasped when she saw him in her field of vision, Lincoln let them go and turned his head, and saw a dreadful sight. George stood a short distance. ruth held her daughter and quickly pushed her towards the open door.

"get inside, now."

Ruth didn't know how he found them, he must have been stalking, or maybe it was simply bad luck. all she cared right now was keeping her daughter away from him. and she would give her very life to protect her. lincoln was running on adrenaline and was watching every move George made. he didn't want to start a fight. that's why his father always told him, don't make the first move, if the guy hits you, you have a right to fight back.

Ruby scrambled into the car. her little heart beating like a rabbit. she turned her head to look from the back of the window and saw him coming. she trembled in fear. she heard the car door shut, and watched on as ruth stepped towards her former father. she could hear them. her eyes watched as George was yelling, and pointing at her, then at Lincoln. her mother got into his face. and said something. that's when he slapped her across the face.

She gasped, everything went so fast, for the second he slapped her, her new daddy came in and slugged him in the nose, and he watched George fall backward. she peered her head and tried to get a glimpse of George. he was knocked out cold with his nose crooked and bleeding. her mother pulled out the phone and begin to make a call. all ruby would do now was watch. but the fear left her trembling little heart. because her daddy, her REAL daddy gave her fake daddy a taste of his own medicine. Ruby smiled softly. and looked at his father shaking his hand and rubbing his knuckles. she truly saw him in a whole new light.

she begins to hum the Superman theme.

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