[An: Yeah, this one came out a lot longer than intended, I might have gone a bit overboard, it usually takes me a week to write out and edit 5k words and this was well over 5k, I don't plan on making it a habit to reach nearly 10k, it's already a hassle to edit this but then to find more mistakes after you post it is nerve wrecking to me, it's so easy to point out another's typo or grammar error but how is it so difficult on my end, I'll never know]
To jeremiahkelley93: Thank you and I hope you continue to enjoy
[Disclaimer: I do not own 'The Loud House' or anything really]
Posted 9/18/19
-Chapter 2-
"Okay so I know being adopted doesn't quite explain how me and Lucy ended up in the middle of a mutant pseudo-apocalypse, but I like to think of it as a starting point for things to come.
I know I told them I was over it and things seemed to be going well, but it really wasn't something I could bounce back from, things changed for me and everyone could see it, I was going out less, staying in my room more and dressing in darker colors.
Clyde went to my sisters and we didn't do that whole surprise intervention thing they do on tv but all of them decided to take a more 'active' role in my life, like Lynn, morning jogs, free running, weight lifting, races and more wrestling, loads of fun trust me." He said oozing sarcasm.
"Lisa wanted to give me some more private tutoring, a whole 30 minutes every other day, I know that's not a lot to you guys but with Lisa that's quite a bit of her free time to give up for just one of her siblings and I'm proud to say my grades rose dramatically, I mean I already did pretty good but after, I was basically at a 4.0, pure perfection, impressive even for Lisa's former standards of myself.
Now get this, Leni and Lola both spent time with me together, Leni had me draw up plans for clothing and help fit Lola into 'her brand' for her pageantry, this got me into the 'arts' so to speak, and I was doing pretty good if I do say so myself, it started with drawing fan art of me and Ace Savvy but then I started doing some originals, I got into painting and just went to town, I even painted my bedroom door with some experimental glow in the dark paint, curtesy of Lisa and made a freakin' galaxy on my door but it didn't stop there, I moved on to my room after.
One wall had our solar system, another, quasars, pulsars and black holes, the ceiling had a bunch of constellations and on the wall next to my bed had silly doodles of me and the fam exploring space, I would erase them and put up new ones whenever I felt like it.
Lucy and Luan each took me to their private poetry/comedy clubs respectively, with Lucy we were paired with a partner presentation, she read her depressing story and I painted a picture from the feelings she was conveying, personally I had no idea what was going on but everyone else seemed to like my take on an uplifting approach to a cemetery at daybreak. During one of Luan's comedy prop routines I got a bit of a kick at it but felt that I just couldn't quite capture it all with a still drawing but maybe it would be different animated.
Yeah, I even wanted to take up animation and maybe make a cartoon someday, funny how goals change, back then I wanted to make something of myself, now I just want to live to see my family and hold them in my arms again." He said as his eyes begin to water.
"Whoa that got a bit heavy for a second there, back to the never ending quest to find myself that is my childhood, post-adoption story, so one day hanging out at the mall with my sisters, someone hands me a flyer for this martial arts studio a couple of blocks away. Lynn said I should try it but you know, me and physically taxing activities go together like oil and water, but then word got back to the folks and mom couldn't be more for it and offers to take me, I tried to worm out of it, then Lynn threatens me by offering to get me in shape herself with extra wrestling matches and I couldn't turn to mom fast enough.
So we go to the address and the studio turns out to be a dojo, with just a handful of kids there, a few teens and about '20 adults', all teachers or sensei's. I thought I was just going in for Karate, but that was just one of the 30+ disciplines they offered, I should know, I took up 12, not including weapons training, ranging from knives and staffs I took up basic Karate, judo and Muay-Thai in the first year, by the second I added Krav Maga, 2 of the 4 major styles of karate and moved onto Brazilian Jujitsu and in my third and 'last' year I got into uh, what was it called, Systema or something, and off the top of my head I can't think of the last few
The first year was horrible for me, it ate up all my free time, I was always sore and hungry, puberty was not a fun time for me, would not do it again. As much as I complain, after that first lesson I was hooked and by the end of the year I was jacked, kind of , not really, I was still a twig compared to Lynn but I could keep up with her, she still beat me in pretty much everything and laugh in my face but I was getting better.
In my second year things got really different, at 13 I was finally a match for the mighty 'Lynn-sanity', it just burned her up, her little brother was gaining on her, oh yeah I won a few of our wrestling matches, though she still got the better of me more times than I care to acknowledge, those small victories led to somewhere big.
By my third year I was kicking Lynn's ass in practically every contact sport, then she wanted in at my dojo, too bad for her it took me years to develop my mad skills, she probably thought after a week she could match me, Ha, she wouldn't talk to me for a few days after I won our last long distance race, she was so red, you had to be there." He said beaming with pride. "Also don't tell anyone but Pop-pop took me and Lynn to a gun range a few times and let me tell you, for an old guy he has the eyes of a hawk, guess all that military training doesn't really leave you.
But y'know, in between my second and third year I entered a few competitions, both in tournaments and for painting, I finally started adding some trophies to my case, *cough* second and third place awards but those still count, in my third year I started bringing in the gold, just one though."
*Sigh* "Everyone was so happy to see ME happy, even if it was just second place, they were just happy for me, proud even, I wonder how they're doin' now?
Last I remember, Luna and her girlfriend Sam still had that band looking for their big break, Luan too, she posts pranks online and started doing skits with yours truly, Lori and Leni were in college, yeah Leni in college, go figure, a full scholarship in fashion and business while Lori moved in with Bobby somewhere in the city, Lynn, Lana and Lola were more or less the same, Lily was far too young to find any talent but it didn't matter to me.
After the whole getting over myself phase, me and Lily really bonded, I personally took care of her most days and one time when she was 3, right after I put her to bed she called me dad, she probably thought I was our dad but damn it if it didn't make my heart jump.
Lastly there's Lisa, to be honest I have no idea what she could be doing right now but whatever it is she's making life better and easier for everyone I guess, y'know part of the reason me and Luce are stuck out here is cause of Lisa, but not in the way you're probably thinking, see, when this whole thing started, mutants were killing a bunch of people and they needed to be contained, so the they built a wall around a lot of states made out of these hard light constructs designed by Lisa or so I'm told, word doesn't really travel so much from behind the wall unless it's from the dupes or militia, so take everything you hear with a grain of salt I guess." He pauses.
"Y'know this place probably didn't always used to be shit, it happened because of some bad people, terrorists going by 'Harmony and Discord' and whatever dumbass comic book villain revenge plan they had, unfortunately for the rest of us it sort of worked.
Let me take you back about six years, I was 14, it was my third year taking up self-defense or just martial arts."
~XxX Flashback XxX~
About three years after the revelation of Lincoln's origins, we find him this mid-Autumn, Saturday afternoon sitting on the sofa, Lily on his lap and the twins on each side of him all watching the television as the three eldest siblings and their parents were out, Lucy's somewhere literally in the house, Lisa was doing whatever geniuses do and Lynn was in the backyard.
They were watching an emergency report from the United Nations with the recent bombings in Siberia by a new international terrorist group. The reporter was female, a young adult, brunette in a yellow business dress.
[…And that concludes the report made by the Russian ambassador for the attacks made on Moscow, Ural and Siberia, President Vladimir Putin is unwilling to inform the UN how the latest attacks have affected his country or allow foreign nations to lend assistance. This has been Katherine Mulligan, back to you Michael and Jess.]
The reporter tells the audience as the camera switches to a station with two more reporters, a bald, black male in a grey business suit and a white, raven-haired female in a bright red dress both behind a glass desk, as the male, Michael starts to talk.
[This confirms the latest attack made by the group known as 'Harmony and Discord' with Russia being the newest target so soon after China and Africa.]
The female reporter, Jess further adds on,
[Yes, it seems they've now worked their way through five continents and just like the presidents of South Africa and China it seems President Putin refuses to give insight as to what exactly happened or give an approximate number on the lives lost.]
Back to Michael,
[This marks the thirteenth attack in the third week since the debut of Harmony and Discord, which begs the question, where will they strike next or will they remain in Russia for the time being?]
Then Jess again,
[It's also worth pointing out that like the Australian prime minister, Putin has organized military outposts enclosing the affected and surrounding states, refusing to let word out on the situa-]
Lincoln changes the channel to a cartoon about a blonde magical princess from another dimension.
"My god, what's the world coming to?" Lincoln voiced his thoughts.
Lincoln, just as the rest of his sisters have gotten older, taller and a change in wardrobe, Lincoln's hair has gotten longer, he wears an open black dress shirt with its sleeves rolled up and a neon-orange long sleeved shirt and navy-blue jeans. He appears lean and having only minimal body fat, suddenly he gets a tap on his left shoulder and sees Lola.
"Do you think they'll get us next Lincoln?" She asks with much fear in her eyes, she hasn't changed much, other than her hair length, height and her missing front teeth filled in, the only thing new about Lola would be her trading in her bright pink dress that dragged on the floor for a more regal design and a lighter, softer shade of pink that now hovered over her shoes, courtesy of Leni.
"I, uh, I'm not sure, we can only hope they're caught before that happens." He reasons as Lana speaks up.
"And what if they aren't, 3 weeks ago we didn't know they existed, now they're all anyone talks about but no one can find them." Lana panics
Lana traded in her overalls for jeans and a forest green t-shirt, she still keeps her hair in short pigtails and matches Lola in height, face and dental work.
"Well if that's the case then we'll just stay safe here, with how Lisa's armed this place, nothings gonna take it down." He said with smug confidence until the twins started to panic together.
"But what if 'HD' sends people to come get us?" Lola asked tugging Lincoln's right arm.
"What if their bombs are more than Lisa can handle?" Lana shouted pulling his left.
"What if they have an army, what if they have sleeper-agents?"
"What if they have an army of sleeper-agent cyborg-ninjas?"
"… Really Lana, cyborg-ninjas, please?" Lola replied to her twin's question.
Lincoln was getting fed up with their questions until he heard sniffling from his lap and he turned Lily around to see tears forming.
"They're gonna hurt us Lincoln?" Lily asked as all three of her elder siblings stop in their tracks. Lily is in her soft purple shirt, white shorts and messy blonde hair that reaches her neck.
"Oh no Lily, please don't cry the girls were just kidding, right?" He beckoned the twins with a bit of venom in his words as they realized what their distress has caused.
"Uh, that's right, no worries Lily, nothing bad is gonna happen here, hehe." Lola says hesitantly.
"That's right baby sis, we'll be fine." Lana added.
"Why don't I get us some juice, will that make you feel better Lil'?" Lincoln asked.
"And cookies?" Lily asked with her lips quivering.
*Sigh* "… You're getting dangerous Lily, I just can't say no to you." With that Lily beamed in anticipation for sweets.
"Ahem, and what about us mister." Lola pouted.
"Fine, just because I'm getting up anyway." He grumbled.
"Why thank you good sir." She said in lady-like fashion.
Lincoln passes Lily over to Lola as he heads over to the kitchen and just before he leaves the living room he hears Lana congratulate Lily with a 'Good job Lil-ster', his eyes roll but he still goes to get his sisters treats.
He makes it to the fridge and notices the door to the backyard open, 'Would it kill you at least close the door Lynn, seriously.'
He closed the door and turns only to be tackled onto the ground and his left arm held in a lock behind his back and a hand on the back of his head, he struggles to turn his head and sees, Lynn, sweaty and breathing heavily from her workout in the yard.
"Gotcha this time Linc, how does it feel to have me back on top *snickers* SHUT UP, you know what I meant." Lynn had Lincoln trapped under her as she straddled his back and had his own arm twisted behind him.
"I take it Katja showed you this huh?"
"You know it dork, now say it, say 'You win, Lynn-sanity forever'."
"Uh huh, by the way did Katja teach you how to get out of one of these?" He asked with a predatory grin.
"Uh…"
"I'll take that as a no then" He says as he twists himself, uses his free arm to elbow her in her chest, she lets go of him to hold the right side of her chest, *"OW, MY BO- uh oh"* then he pounces on her putting her in the same hold she just had him in, but holding both of her arms in a lock with one hand.
"Aww C'mon, I had you, you cheat!" She yelled as she tried to squirm out of it only for her younger brother to lock her in place.
"Face it Lynn, one week at the dojo doesn't quite stack up to 3 years, Lynn-sanity had her fun in the sun and now it's time the lone brother gets his due." Lincoln says as he laughs comically.
"The hell he does!" She tries to fight him off only to find herself solidly pinned, "Ahh, no fair."
"All's fair in 'Loud and war' Lynn, your words remember?" He said smugly. "Now admit it, admit Lynn-sanity is no more and that Lincoln reigns supreme!"
"Oh, is that right?" She asked as a thought came to her, she starts squirming again but not to free herself, she already learned how strong Lincoln is, no, now she has a different strategy.
Lynn, starts grinding her rear on Lincoln's crotch and at that moment she feels something hard-ish poke her butt as a blush crept along her face and grinds harder just as Lincoln sees what's going on.
"Woah, woah, what are you doing?" He asks as his grip loosened and in that instant Lynn pulls herself free and stands apart from Lincoln.
"HA how do you like that, Lynn-sanity lives to fight another day." She said congratulating herself.
"No fair, you can't do that Lynn." Lincoln says as he pulls his shirt down in a vain attempt to hide his erection.
"All's fair in Loud and War Linc, besides it's your fault, who gets turned on by their step-sister?" She says eyeing his crotch.
"Apparently the same person who's step-sister has to get them worked up just to win a stupid game." He says as Lynn gains a sultry grin.
"Ohhh, so you admit I turn you on?" She says slowly walking up to him with an extra oomph in her hips.
"No, no, stop putting words in my mouth." Lincoln says heatedly.
"You just said I get you worked up, sooo… what is it about me you like, wait don't tell me, I think I know." She said putting on the biggest shit-eating grin she can muster, "I mean I always knew I was hot but coming from you just proves it."
"Ugh whatever, just leave me alone, I gotta get Lily her snacks." He says trying to change the subject.
"Man, she's got you wrapped around her finger, whipped much bro?" She stands beside him, nearing in height, with her at 5'6" and him at 5'4".
"I am not 'whipped', just getting my baby sister a little something to calm her down." Lynn then reals her hand back and pretends to crack a whip.
"Whatish, whipped, HAHAHA." She laughs to herself as she leaves and Lincoln catches her on her way out with a certain sway in her steps.
Her hair's loose, probably undid her hair tie, her drenched t-shirt clings to her lightly tanned, freckled skinned upper body, her 'still' developing chest, and her red tights do nothing to hide her bubble-butt, 'Guess all those squats are paying off huh'.
Lincoln knows he shouldn't be looking at his sister that way but can you blame him he's 14, has a healthy imagination and just had his junk fondled by the sister with boundary issues and a body that was coming along quite nicely.
Sadly, Lynn isn't the only one to make him feel this way. Ever since Lori moved out to live with Bobby 2 years ago the older sisters have enjoyed this new found freedom and exploited it to an extent.
Within the confines of their rooms, the older sisters (mainly Luna, Luan and Lynn) tend to dress in a more risqué manner, just laying around in their underwear, this wouldn't be an issue however they leave their doors open and pop in on Lincoln in his room in such attire.
Luna says watching Lincoln do the same with reading his comics got her wanting to try it for writing songs and she's made it a habit ever since, Lynn says that she finds clothes constricting when she she's doing indoor extreme sports and that the Greeks used to do it in the nude, lastly Luan says that she likes to be comfortable in her own skin, though Lincoln believes she just wanted an excuse to walk around in her underwear.
Unfortunately the worst offender is Leni, now she doesn't walk around in her underwear per-say, but recently in college she's been getting into making a brand for herself and tends to make clothes and use herself as a model or self-proclaimed 'fashion tester' and on occasion she does ask for a boy's opinion and thus has Lincoln critique and even sketch her in her brand.
While that in itself wouldn't be a bother, the actual problem started from helping Leni with her summer catalogue, short shorts, crop tops, sundresses and swim suits galore, what a marvelous time to be Lincoln and with her figure shaping up to be most pleasing, this had inadvertently awoken Lincoln's eyes to the female form and his awareness towards his own sexuality.
As embarrassing and shameful as it is, he wants more, the newest problem now comes in the form of Leni testing her newest 'night wear' collection, every other day Leni models sleeping lingerie for Lincoln, it started with basic bras and panties but she came across the more risqué night wear online and has been obsessed with it for months now. It's come to the point where she only feels comfortable sleeping in a silky or lacy negligee or babydoll nightdress.
But right now he has to put those thoughts to rest as he grabs snacks for his younger sisters.
"Finally, what took so long?" Came the impatient and entitled voice of Lola.
"Ran into Lynn on the way, she wanted to test her mettle against your big bro." He said bringing a plate of cookies in one hand and a pack of juice boxes in the other.
"Did you win?" Lana asked
"Uhhh, not really." He shrugged, placing the plate and boxes on the table for the girls to grab some, Lincoln takes his seat.
"Huh I guess Lynn's making a comeback, maybe she'll start easin' up on you bro." Lana says with her mouth full of sweet crumbly goodness, her lips decorated with chocolate chips and crumbs.
"I really hope so."
Since his third year training in his dojo, Lincoln has been coming into his own, we're not talking a six pack but he's been gaining real muscle and is starting to prove himself as Lynn's physical superior. This in turn only drives her to defend her post as the most fit and the strongest of the Louds, her competitive nature just can't allow her 'little brother' to outclass her.
Unfortunately he has been beating her in all their races, wrestling matches and even catching up to her in height, her need to outdo everyone is being threatened on multiple levels and not just by Lincoln, ever since Lisa made a chart listing their approximate height based on genetics and history, Lynn has been realizing that she may be indeed be the shortest of her siblings by the time everyone reaches adulthood.
She knew she wasn't the oldest but she always hoped that when she matures she'd be taller than Lori, but based on Lisa's projections, Leni holds that honor both currently and for the foreseeable future. The only unknown was Lincoln but even he's proving to be out pacing her. This has only spurred her on to challenge Lincoln even more so in the last year than she has in all their years together, slowly but surely she is coming around to the idea that she doesn't have to be the best at everything, unfortunately she's still taking it one step at a time, it's a work in progress.
The four siblings sit in silence watching cartoons and counting their blessings, hoping this peace can last a long time.
Suddenly Lincoln speaks up, "What can we do for you Lucy?" Then the rest of the siblings look around to find Lucy behind the couch.
"Sigh, even now as I try to surprise you, I've been caught, did your battle senses detect me or could you perhaps hear my heart beat?"
"I just saw your reflection in the window, *"Oh"* so what did you need, inspiration for your next piece, some words to rhyme or maybe a pair fresh eyes for critique?" He asked
"Sigh, I wanted to indulge in sugary bliss with you if my presence wouldn't be an issue."
"Sure, help yourself Luce." Lincoln said and turned only to see air, he looked back to see Lucy sitting on the left arm chair scaring everyone this time, somehow already having a cookie and juice box in her hands.
"Thank you."
Lucy, 11 years old, 4'10", deathly pale and sporting a black shoulder-less, long sleeved sweater dress that comes down to her thighs to reveal black nylons and surprise, black shoes. Another change with Lucy is the shorter hair only going up to her chin, straight cut bangs still hides half her face.
One day Lucy was unlucky enough to be caught by one of Lisa's explosions and the majority of her hair was burned off, not a fun day for Lucy, you don't mess with a lady's hair, ever. It was awkward seeing Lucy's eyes, a spooky pair of icy-blues that stared into your very soul, it's no wonder why Rita and Lynn sr hid her eyes with a beanie in her infancy, eventually after about a year her hair grew out enough to what she has now.
In her time avoiding almost everyone, Lucy has become somewhat clingy towards Lincoln, he at least ignored her gaze to have a normal conversation and after her year-long self-imposed isolation, Lucy feels confident enough to go out again, and she might need it, she somehow got even paler in the last year.
-XxX-
The sun came down and as Lucy, the twins and Lily were asleep on the sofa, Lincoln and Lynn were in the kitchen making dinner. Lincoln had put away his ebon shirt and rolled the sleeves to his orange long sleeve, Lynn got the apron, under was a red tank top and short spandex.
In the last few years as their father's job as a chef had taken off there were times when he felt like imparting his talents by teaching the children his craft. Out of all the kids who could reach over the counter, Leni, Lincoln and Lynn jr (most surprisingly) took to cooking just as well as Lynn sr could've hoped. Although Luan might have some talent in deserts, gelatin traps and a banana cream pie in the face does not make an enjoyable meal.
The kids and Lynn sr now take turns making dinner, cooking in rotation, Leni seems partial to healthy meals, vegies, fruits etc, but will make whatever you ask, just keep it simple. Lynn leans heavily on meats and fried foods, Lincoln makes a bit of everything but the girls love him for his baking skills in sweets; cakes, pies, cookies and muffins he always has a batch of cookies waiting for everyone and a secret stash hidden in case of emergencies.
Currently Lynn and Lincoln are making spaghetti and meatballs, loaves of garlic bread and mixed veggies, while their dad was supposed to come with dessert. Lincoln just finished the gourmet sauce after popping Lynn's meatballs out of the oven.
"Alright Linc, you're done here, you go get the girls, I'll watch the garlic bread." Lynn offers.
"Thanks and remember, 4 minutes then take them out, WITH oven mitts this time, think you can manage?"
"Oh ha ha, yes I got it, I won't make that mistake again, for the third time." She whispered that last part.
Lincoln heads out of the kitchen but takes one last look back and sees Lynn in her white apron, slightly bent forward waiting by the oven, Lincoln causally sneaks glances at Lynn's round butt, it's just out there, not too big, nowhere near small, it just pops out right in front of you and with her opting to wear short black spandex just to make dinner, Lincoln can't help but look.
"So you gonna get the girls or just stare at my ass all night, I mean either's fine just FYI." Lynn doesn't even need to turn, she just knows Lincoln's eyes are glued to her butt.
Lincoln takes off with his face redder than the sauce he just made, and though he couldn't see it, he knew Lynn was smirking and had even more dirt on him now.
He takes a moment to look at the girls on the couch and decides to leave the front door. He heads towards a hatch on the front lawn and gives it a hard couple of knocks as a long microphone pops out of a hole in the hatch.
"State your purpose, I'm in the middle of documenting my newest invention.
"Lisa, dinners ready, clean up and get inside, alright."
"Affirmative, male sibling unit, I shall indeed join the rest of our family for sustenance, might I have insight as to who has prepared this evening'sh banquet." Lisa asked with less of a lisp.
"Me and Lynn made dinner tonight."
"Most excellent, I will require but a few minutes."
"Alright Lis'." Lincoln said as he stood there.
After the explosion that took most of Lucy's hair last year, Lisa had expanded her emergency escape shelter and chose to continue her experimentation from the safety of her bunker. She has grown a bit but her style of clothing and grooming habits remain unchanged.
Lincoln waits for Lisa, as much as he trusts his neighborhood, he wouldn't leave his seven year old sister unsupervised outdoors.
In just 3 minutes, Lisa emerges from her bunker, she's wearing an oversized lab coat over her green sweater and burgundy pants, over her face are large round-rimmed glasses and atop her head is a messy set of brown locks.
"Lets us be on our way brother unit, I am positively famished after documenting my numerous diagnostics." She says as they begin walking back into the house.
"I'm assuming it's for that secret project you're working on as of late." Lincoln comments.
"Your assumptions are correct Lincoln."
"Are you gonna tell us what you're working on?" He asks.
"Negative, I will reveal my creation and its functions to everyone shoon enough." She says with a smile.
"Seriously, for the last month, you've been working like crazy on this 'secret project', can't you tell me anything, I mean you seem to be in high spirts considering what's been going on as of late?"
"I suppose when our family has gathered I'll disclose what has put me into an elevated disposition."
"Great, can't wait." He says as they both enter their home and close the door. "You go rinse off, and we'll set up."
"Very well, I'll be off now." And with that Lisa heads up stairs.
Over the last few years Lisa's lateral lisp as lessen to an extent, now she normally speaks without fumbling her S's, however it does tend to flair-up at random, she believes that it'll go away with time, meanwhile her speech has become much clearer and she expels less saliva when she talks which is always a plus.
Lincoln turns to the sofa where he notices only the twins and Lily slept, 'I guess Lucy woke up.' He looks to see Lily laying on one end, resting her head on a decretive pillow, Lana laying on the other end with Lola resting on her.
Lincoln gently nudges and shakes the twins awake, relays the message for dinner and sends them up to rinse off, and so they go.
He then wakes Lily as she turns to him and says, "Daddy" and just like that Lincoln's heart skips a beat.
"No Lily, it's me, Lincoln, c'mon it's time for dinner, spaghetti night remember?" He says as she rubs the sleep out of her eyes, and holds her arms out.
*Sigh* "Alright Lily-bug, I'll take you upstairs but you're coming down on your own, got it?" He asks as she nods.
Lincoln scoops up and cradles Lily as she rests her head on his shoulders, a three foot tall, 30-something pound, purple bundle of cuteness, Lincoln really can't say no to her.
"Aww." A voice spooks him from behind and sees Lynn leaning against a wall by the kitchen entrance.
Lincoln sees that her face is slightly red, 'Probably just took the bread out of the oven.'
"You're such a good dad, that's something ladies look for in a man y'know, just you watch." She grins as she makes her way back to the kitchen.
Lincoln rolls his eyes as he makes his way upstairs.
-XxX-
Lincoln had come back down stairs to see the front door open and in poured the remainder of the Loud family, Lynn sr had picked up his wife from work, Leni from her part time job at the mall and Luan from her afternoon stand up rehearsal, meanwhile Luna just pulled in from her band's ride after a gig.
The parents hadn't changed in the last three years but the same couldn't be said for their girls.
Leni is 19 and is currently the tallest Loud, outgrowing her father by 1 inch, standing at 6'1" out of heels. Her blonde hair reaches her mid-back, she's in a teal version of Lucy's sweater dress minus any leggings instead opting for jean shorts and has on heeled sandals. She's filled out over the years and is now rocking a solid D cup, an hourglass figure, long legs and a beautiful creamy complexion.
Luna is 18, standing at 5'10" outgrowing her mother by a couple of inches, she's currently doing that teen punk style with her already short brown pixie-cut now turned into a pixie faux-hawk. Of all the sisters, Luna has inherited their mother's body type rather nicely, if Leni is an hourglass then Luna is a gourd, bottom heavy, a low C cup with the real eye catcher being her small waist, wide hips and plump, bountiful cheeks to match. She's changed her attire as well, converting her torn-sleeveless purple shirt into an even shorter crop-top to show off her midriff, her purple plaid skirt (bespoked by Leni for Luna's specific 'dimensions') over torn black leggings and purple boots. She has freckles dusted over her lightly tanned complexion in contrast to Leni' flawless creamy skin.
Finally we have Luan, 17, possibly the most changed of her sisters and possibly the yin to Luna's yang, the same lightly tanned complexion but with Luna being bottom heavy, Luan is very much top heavy, truly her time spent in braces has earned her some privileges, blessed with a large, bouncy set of DD's, when not in any getup for her comedy routine she usually keeps her shoulder-length light-brown hair in a loose ponytail and wears a white turtle neck over bright yellow leggings and white shoes. She stands at 5'8", matching her mother in height and in cup size, Luan used to be very self-conscious over her boobs, getting all the wrong attention but has since learned to accept it and rolls with it, even incorporating her chest in her jokes for a few yucks, now Luan makes it a habit to stuff comically ill-proportioned props in her cleavage, 'fun for the whole family'.
"Sup guys." Lincoln says happy to see his family in one piece.
*GASP* "O-M-Gosh, Linky I just met my bosses boss and she like flipped for my late fall and winter collection, the ones you picked out, Ah it's so exciting I could die, oh but hopefully not before I get to see people wear my brand." Leni squealed with energy, Lincoln was about to congratulate her until Luan spoke out.
"Good on you Leni, y'know I wasn't so sure they'd go with your designs to begin with."
'Oh here we go.' Were Lincoln's thoughts as he knew exactly where this was headed, as if he had a sixth sense about this.
"W-Why do you say that, don't you believe in me?" Leni asked getting worried.
"Oh no, it's not about that, I just didn't think they were so open minded, I figured they were 'clothes minded', HAHA, get it?" She chuckled as the rest of her siblings groaned but her father threw in a laugh, "What don't like that one, I thought it was pretty 'jean-ius', Ha get it."
"Boo, get off the stage." Was all Lincoln could get out before he was targeted by the mad-punner.
"Aww, I hope I didn't 'orphan-d' anyone with that, HAHA."
Lincoln proceeded to face palm himself, *Sigh*, 'You did this to yourself Linc, you gave her free reign, but she could at least stop using that one.' "Get new jokes Lu, I hear that one like 3 times a week for crying out loud, *"Good one"*, that wasn't a- oh whatever. He said as Luna speaks up.
"Gotta say sis, that last one just fell flat, ya need a bit o' fines." She said before something caught her noses attention. *Sniff, Sniff* "Ooh, 'what's this sensation tickling my brain', who's cooking tonight bro?"
"Uh, me and Lynn, it's spaghetti night, *"Guess I'll be 'spe-getting' some of that"* yeah okay Lu, so what did you bring, dad?" He asks Lynn sr, who is holding something behind his back
"Who me, oh nothing much, just some Gelato!" He says as he holds up a big tub of ice-cr– Gelato, and ooh vanilla bean too as Luan sees an easy mark.
"Ah that's so sweet, I heard it's ge-lot-a-good, and I know you picked the crème de la cream just for us, you're gonna make me melt, and to think we're just one day away from a sundae, haha." She would have kept going but Lynn just erupted from the kitchen out of her apron and into a jersey.
"Alright, we get it Luan, now go clean up your act, some of us want to eat tonight!"
"Aww, you're no 'pun'." She says in mock sadness as she and the other make their way up stairs just as the younger sisters start coming down.
*Sigh* "Just another day at the loud house." Lincoln says to himself.
-XxX-
In the dining room, after an accident (Lisa) that destroyed their old dinner table, Rita made it her new 'mother-son' bonding project to teach Lincoln about carpentry and wood carving, it was so much fun even Leni got in on the action. With a bit of Lisa and Lana engineering 'magic' and some plans by Lincoln, the newly erected dinner table was strong and could manually expand for more seats, it looked elegant and regal courtesy of Leni and Rita's hard work, befitting royalty itself as stated by Lola. No more kids table and everybody still has fun with a bit of a mess here and there in between mini food fights and competitions to see who could shovel in the most food, even the clean ups were fun especially when Lynn made a game out of it.
Dinner proceeds in relative peace, light conversation here and there, Luna raving about her next gig, maybe her big break, Luan is talking to Lincoln about the newest skit she came up with and might need his help for it. Along with a standup act, Luan was branching in to writing for comedy skits that usually involved herself and a small group of friends, occasionally her classmates got in on it, Lincoln helped with a bit of everything, from writing to props and filming.
Lynn is speaking to her dad about the sports teams she's on; baseball football, track and volleyball, of course she could probably make it into every team, 'but it wouldn't be fair to everyone else' in her words but really she had to adjust her scheduling and move her priorities around. It's not that she's unwilling to make the time for it, but she's only one woman and her grades are low enough without the excessive sports teams eating up her study time, in high school things are different, you can't keep up in academics you don't get to play.
And so Lincoln gave up most of his private tutoring with Lisa so she could focus on Lynn but with Lynn not being an intellectual, she needs another tutor in the form of Lincoln. Teaching someone material you aren't even going over in your own grade was quite the confidence boost for Lincoln, Lisa always did acknowledge that other than herself Lincoln was the most intelligent, capable person in the house.
Speaking of capable, Lynn really didn't want to give up all the other sports but had to make hard choices for herself, and while not officially on every team, she is at the top of the reserves in case the players get injured or dropped due to grades, it happens more than you'd think, high school jocks are dumb, they will fuck around and get themselves hurt and even uphold the old tradition of jocks equaling bullies, unfortunately for some of them we live in a technological age where they get caught and are then suspended.
So hurray for Lynn, not only can she get in on any team but she's also the captain of all her other teams. When she had to make her choices, Lynn was initially gunning for soccer as oppose to volleyball but Lincoln convinced her otherwise. She likes to joke about it but she really does think Lincoln only talked her into it just to ogle her ass in her uniform, she knows how much he stares at her butt, it's not a secret to her.
Back to the table Lola was talking to Leni about the new dress she'll be unveiling in her next pageantry, Lucy was working on her poems at the table against her mother's warnings and Lisa was going over some schematics with Lana. Lisa had conscribed Lana's engineering habits to help in her endeavors and is currently going over some plans for another project.
Everyone had just finished their dessert when Lily called Lincoln over.
"Tired." She said as her eyes flutter with fatigue even with the nap she just took, being so young she still needs as much rest as possible.
*Sigh* "Alright Lil', let's get you ready for bed." He says as he moves over to pick her up and cradles her as Lily cranes her neck over Lincoln's shoulder, *Sigh*, "You are so spoiled, you know that little lady?"
"Aww!" Were the collective voices of Lincoln's entire family as they watch him hold his baby sister, he eye rolls as he begins making his way towards the stairs.
"Whatish, whipped!" Shouted Lynn as her family shared in the laughs this time.
"Not whipped." Lincoln says audibly.
"Yes you are!" Answered back the majority of his sisters sans Leni and Lisa.
"Like what is he then, some kind of topping or not?" Leni asked with curiosity in her voice as everyone takes a moment to face palm (yes this is the same girl that made it to college), Luan then spoke in place of her family.
"Well he could be a 'topping' if a girl were on the 'bot-" Her father interrupts.
"Don't you start!" He knows exactly where this was headed then Lisa decides to clear Leni's confusion.
"No second eldest sibling, they are referring to Lincoln's current predicament of bending to our youngest sibling's whims, i.e. Lily has him wrapped around her finger."
"Oh, well regardless if he taste good or not, you can't deny he looks like a really good dad, OH I can't wait to see what he'll be like with his own kids!" She says squealing with excitement as Luna pitches in.
"I hear ya sis, he's gonna make some lucky girl real happy someday, he can cook, *"Hey I helped too!"*, he also cleans, you do that Lynn, *"…"*, thought so, he's also great with kids and he knows how to treat a lady, 'sa shame there's no lady in his life now." Luna says as Lola scoffed.
"Oh puh-lease, we're here, what would he need with other girls when he has 'us'." She stated rather than asked as Lisa speaks up again.
"I believe our rhythmically gifted third eldest sibling incurs that while Lincoln has all the 'female attention' he may require for his age, she's implying he has no significant other, a female to court so to speak." Her mother then adds.
"Not that he should be courting girls at his age, nope!" Rita says clearly not ready to be a grandmother, not while Lincoln just got into high school.
"But that's not to say for lack of trying, you dudes remember what he did last Valentine's Day, all those homemade chocolates, man I can still taste 'em." Luna happily says as Lynn pipes up.
"Oh yeah, he really went all out, everything from chocolate bars, coated strawberries, drizzled on chips, cakes, pies and brownies the whole nine yards." She recalls while she and Lana were salivating at the memory as Lola speaks.
"Yes I remember that, I also remember that we were the first ones he gave before he gave to any of those tarts." She bitterly states, Leni then softly voices.
"Yeah, it was so sad when he didn't get anything in return, not even a phone number." Luan then states.
"You would've thought he'd have gotten some 'brownie points' or something." Then Lynn speaks up.
"Well, I mean yeah they were good but it was just chocolates, 'snot like they were gonna put out for him-"
"Junior!" Lynn sr silences jr as Lola continues.
"Well he should have gotten something, those were some of the best tasting chocolates I had, better than the ones at the stores and made in factories, those girls were idiots, they must've put in some effort not to see what was in front of them." She said with distaste, Lisa then makes her opinion known.
"While I won't object to the sweet taste-sensory pleasing form of his Theobroma cacoa mixed with chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar, vanilla and milk, street name: chocolate, none of the females among his peers were obligated to give anything in return no matter how delectable his treats were." Lisa said flatly as Lucy persists.
"Well they still could've given him something, no mortal's efforts in this lifetime spent in service to a worthy cause should be unlawfully reproved."
"See even Lucy agrees, clearly those girls like to take Lincoln's tokens of affection and run with it, they must be brain dead." Lola says with her arms folded and face turned in a displeased manner.
"But as I said before, those girls are not obligated to return the gesture out of tradition, they shouldn't have to uphold your self-pleasing standards." Lisa says coldly.
"Are you really fighting me over this Brainzilla!" Lola shouts.
"Of course not, I refuse to enter a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent." Lisa back-sassed.
"Why you-" Lola is interrupted by Leni.
"Like stop it you two, Linky's chocolates were totes good but you shouldn't fight over it!"
"We're not, but you, that isn't- Oh forget it!" Lola stops talking and grumbled to herself as Lisa pinches the bridge of her nose in silence, once again Leni has stopped a fight on her own or simply confused everyone into submission, it gets results, don't argue.
Then they sat in silence for just a moment as they hear footsteps descend the stairs and out comes Lincoln.
"Alright I'm back an- what's going on here?" He asks, curious to the silence presented in front of him.
"Nothing" His sisters said in unison then Lana asked.
"What's up with that smile bro?" Lincoln had been wearing a big smile across his face since he came back down and he awkwardly tried to scrunch it back to normal but it sticks to a smile.
"I don't know what you're talking about?" He tried to play it off, convincing no one as Leni speaks out.
*Gasp* "It happened again didn't it!?" She asks while bouncing in her seat, beaming.
"Uhhh…"
-XxX-
-Earlier-
Lincoln had gotten Lily rinsed off and helped her into her bunny pajamas. It was a purple onesie with a white, round belly, a hood with long ears, a combination of two things Lincoln loves, bunnies, as proof with bun-bun and his baby sister Lily, and she's still waiting on Lincoln to carry her the rest of the way to bed with her arms out, *Sigh*, "You're pushing it Lil'," she really wasn't, he'll just do it like always.
Lincoln carries Lily just five feet to her bed, on his way he looks around and notices what's around, crayon sets and construction paper, drawings worthy of a four year old, two boxy stick figures of a small person in purple and a tall person in orange holding hands surrounded by other drawings of other stick figures of different colors. Lincoln looks over to Lily's bed, it's small but more than enough for her size, currently dark blue sheets, on the other side of the room, gone is most of the technological gadgetry and chemistry sets, now replaced with monitors, a few cases, all black and filled with who knows what and a twin sized bed, the sheets are green and has a repeating pattern of E=MC2 in black.
Lincoln lays Lily in her bed and tucks her in with her stuffed white bear, he is about to say something when he notices her snoring softly, he smiles and plants a kiss on her forehead and begins walking to the door. He turns off the light as a small nightlight shines, it's blue in color and in the shape of a bat, 'thank you Lucy', Lincoln leaves a crack in the door to let some light in even though she has a night light, Lily needs the comfort and before he takes off, he turns.
"Night Lily-bug, sleep tight." He turns.
"Night Daddy." He hears a soft moaning voice as he turns and sees Lily snuggle closer to her bear, Lincoln walks off not noticing his face contorted into wide smile.
-XxX-
-Back with the Family-
"…I don't know what you're talking about, hehe." He chuckles hesitantly.
"Oh come on Linky, it's nothing to be ashamed of, Lily called you daddy again, you're gonna make like such a great dad." Leni says as Lynn looks smugly at Lincoln, the Loud Patriarch began.
"Oh so that's how it is huh, Lincoln's the new dad, Lily's already replaced me." Lynn sr said in dramatic sadness.
"Oh you know it's not like that dad." Lincoln said getting tired of everyone poking fun at him over this.
"C'mon sport, it's just good fun, besides Lily loves you, like Leni said, there's no shame in it." Lynn sr said.
"Yes male sibling, you should take pride, not many males in your age group and above can be said to handle the responsibilities of fatherhood as well as you can at least in a vicarious sense, do not think we don't see how you've been so attentive towards our youngest sibling, you feed her, entertain her and even teach her, Lily's reading at a third grade level and that is because of your efforts, your own progenies should be of higher brain function should you be the one to raise them." Lisa stated.
"Uhh.."
"Take it as a complement Lincoln, you are excellent father material, which is most desirable to the females of our species."
"Ha what'd I say Linc." Lynn said ending with a grin.
Lincoln eye rolls at Lynn's comment, "Thank you, I guess Lisa, I'm sure once you give the news, the ladies will be all over me." Lincoln spoke with a hint of sarcasm.
"Oh thank you for reminding me, Family, I have wonderful news!" Lisa spoke, "As you all know, I've been spending the last month down in my lab."
"Yeah no joke dude, you've been as scarce as a roach when the exterminator comes by." Luna said taking note of Lisa's absence as of late.
"…Thank you for that 'lovely' comparison between me and vermin, moving on, I have been invited by a few colleagues to participate in the upcoming Science exposé taking place in Seattle, Washington tomorrow and it is there I shall be presenting my newest creation, it will revolutionize construction and transportation and that'sh just the start." Lisa told her family starting to get excited.
"Cool, so what does it do?" Asked Lana.
"Apologies eighth eldest sibling, but as I've conveyed onto our male sibling, I shan't give any hints or information that will be revealed during the exposé, our parental units already know of the event and with much deliberation we've decided to take the family since we know you haven't planned anything." She said confidently as Lola asks an important question.
"Wait Seattle, but what if HD attacks we won't be safe there!?"
"I assure you ninth eldest sibling I have run the numbers, with HD still inside Russia and with the science expo under heavily armed surveillance and keep in mind HD has never attacked any country's capital directly or indirectly. They've steered clear from any country's representatives, a factor why I believe they have remained a non-priority until their 5th attack."
"I just don't think we should leave like at ALL until they're caught." Lola said as her twin gives her opinion.
"Yeah I'm with princess over here, you can risk your life if you want though." That's when their father speaks.
"Girls, I know how scary it can be with an unknown like HD causing trouble for everyone, but us staying cooped up in here doesn't change what they want and that's controlling everyone through fear, you don't have to come with us but we already talked it over with Lori, she's coming to support Lisa, what about the rest of you?" He asks his kids.
"Oh wow, Lori's coming then I'm totes in!" Leni exclaims.
"I mean if they're still half way around the world then what's the harm in supporting the brains of the Louds?" Questioned Luna to no one in particular.
"Well if Lisa's getting recognized for her work then this calls for a 'cell-abration', *"Oh my God"* I guess we should make like photons and 'travel light', *"Please stop"* oh, did you hear about the mrrph-" Luna had her hand cover her roommate's mouth.
"Thank you for that Luna." Said Lincoln, next up was Lynn.
"Of course I'm going, I'm not scared of those guys, 'sides I really wanna see what Lis' been up to." Surprisingly Lana voices her sudden approval.
"Well I guess if Lori's going, we don't got much to worry about, right sis?"
It's a real wonder how Lori has so much sway over her siblings even after leaving the Loud house, though to be fair she really did have an effect on them when she was here, she's everyone's big sis, the oldest, what she said and did mattered to the rest of them or perhaps because she left and everyone is so excited to see and or agree with her when she speaks that almost everyone agrees so quickly, even if she wasn't the smartest or wisest. Maybe it was one of those 'who's going in the pool first, to test the waters' sort of thing, the point is everyone valued and respected Lori's input, even Lola.
"I… suppose it might be alright."
As everyone was having a side conversation by themselves Lynn sr looked over to Lincoln whose lips were but a thin line, his smile gone and his brows angled in such a way that tells he was thinking really hard.
"And you Lincoln, how about you?" The Loud patriarch asked his boy.
"Uhh… I'm not so sure actually." This caught his sisters off guard, they had just been given not only Lisa's, their parents but Lori's seal of approval as well and here was Lincoln still thinking it over, was it really that safe, could it be.
His sisters call over to him trying to sway him and change his mind, the whole family can't go if one of them is out, it's not like how it was 3 years ago when the whole family lived under one roof, all of the elder Loud sisters have their futures to think about, 2 sisters are in college, one moved out and the other having to work twice as hard in academics and fashion to keep up with her classes, 2 performers who are out all the time trying to navigate their way to fame and fortune, then there's Lynn taking her school work and extracurriculars seriously. That leaves Lincoln and his remaining 5 sisters to attend 'family events' on the fly, this Sunday was the only chance in a long while the Louds in total could get together, this wasn't so much as about Lisa's presentation as it was about all the siblings getting together for a big event.
This was a lot of pressure on Lincoln, he really wants to go but he is actually scared of HD, regardless of what he may have told his sisters, HD is a credible threat, a threat to his family, to his home and the worst of it is that logic seems to be in Lisa's favor, and so he gives in, seeing no other way out of denying his family a day to be together in support for one of their own.
"Alright, I'm in, let's do this." He says with a tinge of regret.
"Yeah!" Shouted the Loud family.
Lincoln continued, "Alright, we should start packing, I'll handle the dishes." He says hoping he'll come around more to the idea while doing something to take his mind off of the fear.
-XxX-
As he is cleaning off the plates, he feels someone short hug him from behind, he turns his head slightly to see it was Lisa.
"Thank you Lincoln, I know from your facial nerves and body language, you really aren't up for it but it truly brings a joyous expression to my face knowing you will be there in support of me, from the bottom of my cardiovascular muscles, thank you Lincoln."
With that Lisa left Lincoln in silence, the storms of fear and doubt that overtook his heart lifted after seeing the smiling face of his sister, he knows he can do it.
~XxX Flashback End XxX~
In the present Lincoln holds a somber expression.
*Sigh* "Even after all of that reassurance, it all came to bite us in the ass when shit went south."
END
[Yeah, we're still quite a ways from us getting somewhere progressive in the story]