Summary: Soshiro Hoshina is a soldier, an icon amongst the officers. Now the workaholic swordsman’s been reunited with his ex-girlfriend and a daughter he didn’t know he had, he wants to be in their lives but can he truly separate himself from work and be a father at the same time? He’s got a lot to prove and the mother of his child will be his strictest judge.
A honju class Kaiju with a fortitude of 4.3, simple enough, easy work in a numbers suit. Sure it was probably overkill but Soshiro was already running late, the party had already started an hour ago and he’d be damned if he’d miss it because of some random neutralization mission. He would’ve preferred to show up in more casual clothing but for now his tracksuit jacket over his numbers suit would have to do. Soshiro was in a panic, he was racing to the address that Gen had sent him with speeds that could out rival any big cat on earth.
“Crap why’d I have to be late today? (Y/n) doesn’t even know I’m going, on top of that I’m late, she’ll kill me.”, Soshiro whined to himself, clutching the gift bag close to his chest.
“A female? You’re worrying yourself over some female? Hahahahahaha Hoshina you truly are amusing!”
“Shut it! If you so much as utter a peep I’m making sure they decommission you! It’s bad enough I’ll have a tail swinging around but like hell I’m letting you talk and scare Tsugumi. You speak in front of anyone and I’ll kill myself just to shut you up!”, Soshiro growled unzipping his jacket just to glare at the glowing iris in the middle of his chest.
Kaiju 10 hummed in amusement, shutting itself down to keep from making anymore noise. Soshiro huffed before jumping down to the ground below where Gen was waiting for him, the daul haired captain glared at his rival before checking the time on his watch.
“Good thing I scheduled the cake for a later pickup time. Could you be any later?”, Gen teased.
“I had a mission. Kaiju popped up in Yokohama so I got dispatched, can we please go inside already.”
Gen eyed the reddish-purple tail coming out from under Soshiro’s tracksuit jacket and shook his head in disapproval. “Unbelievable.”, he judged softly, taking the gift bag from Soshiro’s hands before shoving a cake box into them.
“Welp showtime.”, Gen smiled, opening the front door before pushing Soshiro in.
Before Soshiro could protest he was already shoved into the home, thankfully everyone was outside celebrating the party in the backyard but the one voice Soshiro longed to hear called out from the kitchen.
“Gen is that you? Seriously I can’t believe you were late with the cake do you know ho-“, you emerged from the kitchen wiping your hands on your apron just before you met his eyes, for a moment you looked hurt but then it changed into something else, “Oh…I wasn’t aware that you’d be joining us today.”
Soshiro swallowed the lump in his throat, for a brief moment he was completely overwhelmed by your natural beauty. After so many years apart it was like he was falling in love at first sight with you all over again.
“S-sorry to drop by unannounced. Gen invited me as his plus one and I…I thought it’d be good for me to show up this time.”, Soshiro explained handing you the cake.
You hummed as a response, you left to put the cake away and slowly returned, “You brought a gift? I’m surprised you’d even go through so much effort for someone you don’t even know.”
“Tsugumi’s a pretty charming girl, it’d be rude to show up empty handed for such a sweet girl and her pretty mother.”, Soshiro confessed stupidly, his cheeks reddening from the embarrassment he felt.
“Flattery will get you no where, pretty boy.”
Gen snorted loudly behind your old lover, despite the suit being deactivated the mental link was still reacting to the waves in Soshiro’s mind and because of it the tail of his suit wagged happily behind him. You finally realized that Soshiro had his suit on and frowned at him, “Seriously Soshiro? This is a party not a mission, why’d you show up in full armor?”, you groaned.
“I didn’t wanna be late. Had a mission prior to this and I’d already promised myself that I’d be here, I know it’s not the smartest decision but I really wanted to come see you two again.”, Soshiro confessed, grabbing the base of his tail to keep it still.
You rubbed your temples in annoyance and thought for a bit, you really didn’t want him walking around in his numbers suit.
“Oh wait, I think I might still have one of your old button ups.”, you mumbled, you rushed upstairs to get it while shouting at Gen to get the suit off of him.
Your old friend groaned in annoyance and led Soshiro downstairs to your at home lab, Soshiro’s eyes widened in surprise seeing all this Defense Force Tech just sitting in a regular old home. “Why’s this all here?”, Soshiro asked in a quiet tone.
Gen silently attached the vital readers and stabilizer cords to the suit before activating the machinery, the suit opened up allowing Soshiro to step out of it. “Hasegawa was adamant on (Y/n) staying at home for her third trimester but she’s a bit of a workaholic and unfortunately very good at her job. The First Division budgeted for her to have an at home laboratory to continue work while she was on leave. I wouldn’t let anyone else work on my suit so they had to allow it.”, Gen finally explained, showing Soshiro a picture of you, swollen with your baby bump angrily munching on chips while staring at the screen.
There was a sadness in Soshiro’s eyes despite the soft smile on his face, it’s the first time he’d ever seen you pregnant. You looked so beautiful despite your angry face and it pained him to know you’d gone through it all on your own because of how untrustworthy he made himself seem to you.
“Gen if you’re showing him any ugly photos I will kill you.”, your annoyed voice startled both men who quickly turned to see you, “Here put this on.”
Sure enough you did in fact have one of Soshiro’s old button up shirts, he was surprised honestly it was one he’d looked for ages ago. He didn’t realize you’d kept it this whole time, especially since it was in such good condition. Soshiro quickly put the shirt on over his black compression shirt and hurriedly followed you upstairs with Gen. You’d led them both to the backyard where a small group of children were excitedly running around and playing. The tables were filled with officers from both the First and Third divisions as well as old friends of yours. Soshiro quietly watched you greet all your guests with a kind smile, many embraced you and complimented you on the wonderful party and food.
“I’ve gotcha!”, a familiar voice roared.
Soshiro turned to see Kafka roaring dramatically like some beast while lifting Tsugumi over his head above her friends. The children all squealed pretending to run from him as he chased after them, Tsugumi now sitting on his shoulders while he raced around the backyard with screaming children.
“Kafka?”, Soshiro called out in shock.
The moment Kafka’s eyes locked onto his commanding officer he froze in a panic, “V-V-Vice Captain, h-hello sir! Wasn’t expecting to see you here today.”, Kafka squeaked in surprise.
Tsugumi’s little (e/c) eyes suddenly focused on him, her smile slowly fading away into a look of indifference. Kafka quickly lifted her off his shoulders and placed her on the ground. “Gummy Gumi this is my Vice Captain, we work together at the Third Division.”, Kafka smiled introducing the child to his Commanding Officer.
Tsugumi waved cautiously at him, Soshiro waved back with a nervous smile pulling at his lips. “Oh…um…Tsugumi, my name’s Soshiro. I’m friends with your uncle Gen, here happy birthday sweetheart.”, Soshiro tried to calm his shaky hands as he handed the little pink bag to her.
She cautiously took the gift bag and opened it, her eyes blowing wide with excitement at the gift inside.
“It’s Keroppi!”, she squealed, hugging the plush tight to her chest while she bounced with joy.
Soshiro couldn’t help but let out the nervous breath he’d been holding in, she looked so happy because of his gift. A blessed sense of satisfaction melted in his heart, he was happy seeing that she’d also inherited your lovely smile. Gen quietly observed Soshiro by his side, the tenderness in the swordsman’s eyes was a look he’d never quite seen before.
“I’ve never seen her so happy, if I’d known she liked Keroppi so much I would’ve bought out the toy store for her.”, Kafka laughed ruffling Tsugumi’s hair.
Soshiro shot him a dangerously cold glare, as if silently warning Kafka that he’d be punished for trying to outperform him. Gen smirked and squatted down to Tsugumi’s eye level to talk with her.
“Heya birthday girl, been practicing at Mario Kart, I think I can beat ya now.”, Gen chimed in glaring at the little girl.
She glared right back with a smug look on her face, “Ya wanna lose again? Nothing sadder than losing a racing game to a six year old.”, Tsugumi teased, a vein formed over Gen’s forehead at her smugness.
“(Y/n) since when has she been smart enough to know smack talk like this?”, Gen yelled at you from across the yard.
You flashed him the same smug expression that Tsugumi had on her face which only irritated him more. All the children raced inside to watch Gen lose to the birthday girl, he went with Waluigi and Tsugumi went with Rosalina. The living room boomed with excited children yelling in support for the two drivers and sure enough Gen was in fact losing to a six year old. Soshiro smiled proudly watching little Tsugumi play to her heart’s content, “You’re doing great Gumi.”, he whispered out loud.
She somehow managed to catch him cheering her on and looked over her shoulder at him, a small smile pulled at her lips before she returned her attention to the screen. In just a few minutes Gen’s loss was flashing right on the screen, Tsugumi had taken third and Gen was at sixth place.
“Sad.”, your voice echoed from the kitchen as you continued to serve the adults food outside. Gen stood up yelling at you from the couch for raising a rude brat, the children laughed at his rant as well as some adults that were inside. The children continued to play video games while you stayed outside with the guests, you kept yourself busy trying to avoid the elephant in the room but you knew eventually you’d have to speak with him. Eventually night overtook the city, parents took their sleeping children home and friends gave their goodbyes. You hummed as you cleaned up outside, until another hand came into view helping you clean off the tables. He’d waited all night for this opportunity, even if you both were just near each other it was enough for him.
“Tsugumi really loves the toy you got her. Thank you.”, you broke the silence first, knowing he wouldn’t even if he wanted to.
“Gen helped me pick it out, it made me feel fuzzy when she got so excited over it.”, he explained, you could feel his stare on you as if he had more to say, “I read your letter. I know it’s super late but I read it.”
You nodded your head, your hands beginning to shake from nerves, “I’m glad, sorry you found out like this about her. Hope you understand why I left.”, your voice was soft almost broken in a way.
“I do…but I don’t want to accept this. I want to be apart of both your lives, (Y/n) I never stopped loving you and today seeing you like this, it made me fall in love with you all over again. I want Tsugumi to get to know me, I want to rekindle what we had and make up for my past mistakes. If you weren’t so vague in the past we could’ve been a family.”, Soshiro noticed the flash of rage that coursed through you, you wanted to argue with him but he was right. If you’d just confessed you were pregnant maybe things would’ve been different, maybe it wouldn’t have been so hard or lonely for you.
You let out a defeated sigh and sat at one of the tables, “You’re right, maybe it would’ve been different.”, you groaned into your hands.
Soshiro suddenly felt nervous, as if what he said was ruining his chances, he decided to ramble about what he’d learned about being here with you today. “Tsugumi has your smile. I’m grateful for that, your smile was always one of my most precious treasures so I’m glad that got passed on to her.”, he quickly rambled.
You peeked at him through your fingers and offered him the seat across from you, “So many people say that, I don’t see it. I think she has your smile more than anything.”, you confessed.
Soshiro shook his head, “Nope, no way, she totally smiles like you.”, he grinned.
You laughed at his goofy expression, “She has your laugh.”, you confessed.
That little fact made his eyes open wide, that look of shock was still a rare expression on his face to you. You smiled opening your phone to show him a video of Kafka making her laugh, sure enough Tsugumi’s laughter resonated from the phone with the very same laugh he always had. You smiled softly at the noise, lost in the blissful warm her laughter brought you.
“She’s always so shy and timid when I’m around, I didn’t know she could laugh like this.”, Soshiro whispered, pressing replay just to hear her laughter again.
“She’s always been a quiet kid, always so focused on the world moving around her and learning. I may be her mother but honestly I think she came out being more like you than me. Tsugumi is everything to me, I’d do anything for her but I’m scared to let you just walk back in.”
“(Y/n) I don’t want to take her from you, I’m not like that. I just want to be with you two, I want to love you again, I want to learn to love her. Back then I was stupid, I was to focused on my career to think of anything past that. I have a woman that I want to love again, and a daughter that I want to get to know. Please (Y/n), give me a chance to do both. It’s been so fucking lonely without you.”, Soshiro’s words spewed from his mouth like water, so much to say in so little time.
He hesitantly reached for your hand, afraid you’d pull away, he rested his hand over yours just squeezing it to ground himself to reality. You wanted to give this a try, but your fear kept holding you back.
“She knows who you are, always has.”, you admitted nervously.
“That makes this whole situation even worse.”, Soshiro whined, the pain so evident in his gorgeous ruby eyes.
“I never told her anything bad about you, just that we both had different lifestyles and wanted different things.”
“That still doesn’t take away from the fact that she’s grown up seeing me but not knowing me.”
You groaned, slamming your head into the table in defeat, “You’re right.”, you finally pulled your hand away from his.
He chased after it a bit but pulled back once your hand was under the table again, “So what now?”, he asks nervously.
“I guess…we figure out some kind of co-parenting plan. I can’t imagine you have many days o-“
“I’ll ask for required days off.”
“Okay well I guess we can start with school pick u-“
“Sure, what else?”
“If you don’t shut up and let me talk I will personally mess up your number suit.”, you glared at him, staring at him with the same judgmental glare that his mother used to give him.
He sunk deeper into his chair, a nervous grin pulling at his lips, “Sorry.”, he apologized.
“First figure out your days off, once you’ve got that down we’ll figure out school pick up days and talk custody schedules. We’ll see how it goes from there.”, you sighed.
It’ll be an adjustment for sure but Tsugumi could handle it, you’re just not sure you could handle this. You’d blocked out your own feelings years ago just to focus on your daughter and now here he is like a ghost come back to life.
“I’ll contact you as soon as I’ve got my schedule figured out, but I want to request one thing.”
“Sure, go ahead.”
Soshiro stared at you with the same seriousness he held during live combat, “I want one of my days to be family date days. I want all of us to go out somewhere nice together each week.”
“What in the hell a-“
“Yo lover birds!”, you both jumped startled by a voice you hadn’t known was there.
You both turned to see a sleepy Gen standing in your doorway with an exaggerated yawn falling from his lips, “I’m going home see ya. Gummy bear’s knocked out on the couch.”
“Hey Gen if I ask you to give (Y/n) a specific day off will you do it?”, Soshiro asked nonchalantly.
You shot Soshiro a glare and then one at Gen when he quickly agreed to Soshiro’s terms. Gen held up the limited edition Gundam figure that Soshiro had promised him and smiled proudly, “I owe you a single favor for this, I’ll only give her one day off for your request so don’t go changing it once you’ve decided on it.”, Gen replied, waving you both goodbye as he left.
Your head returned to the tabletop, a loud displeased groan erupted from your chest. You weren’t getting out of this now, especially since you’d already allowed for a chance to be given. Soshiro smiled with delight, excited for what could happen next. The both of you headed inside and sure enough Tsugumi was passed out on the couch, clutching her Keroppi plush like a lifeline in her sweet little blue dress.
“Would you like to tuck her in?”, you asked quietly.
Soshiro’s eyes widened, he was surprised that you’d even allow such a thing but he was more than happy to oblige. He carefully scooped up Tsugumi in his arms and held her close to his chest while you lead the way to her room. It was littered in drawing and pictures of your small little family, a mountain of plushies sat in the corner of the room but the Keroppi Soshiro bought would be the chosen friend to protect her dreams tonight. He carefully laid her in her bed and tucked her in, she shifted a bit just to hum a content sigh as she hugged her toy close to her cheek. You smiled lovingly from the doorway, Soshiro whispered her a sweet goodnight before returning to your side. His eyes were glossy but his lips pulled into a content smile.
“I fear you’ll be a better dad than I gave you credit for.”, you teased.
Soshiro’s smile grew at your sweet words even if you were just teasing, “I’ve gotta start heading out, I’ve gotta return 10 back to base before I head home for the night. I’ll be back.”
His words sounded more like a promise than just a friendly conversation, Soshiro would indeed be back and without meaning to you knew that this would be the best thing for your little family. You packed up Soshiro’s suit into a special carrier for transport and called in an armored truck from the First to drive him back to Tachikawa Base since he’d simply ran here to begin with, before Soshiro could leave he had to ask one last question for the night.
“(Y/n), why’d you name her Tsugumi?”
“I wrote her name with the kanji for succession, long lasting, and beauty. It’s a name I choose because she would be my legacy. I’ll die one day but all the love and happiness I’ll raise her with will make her a strong radiant woman, and when I pass I know I’ll be happy knowing that she carries on my legacy while she grows her own.”, you smiled proudly, already happy with how much your daughter has achieved at such a young age.
Soshiro is once again stunned by your admirable answer, he hopes that one day he’ll understand what you mean and be able to feel the same. He wishes you good night before finally hopping onto the armored van and returning to Tachikawa Base.
“Don’t screw this up again Hoshina, it’s your last chance to make things right.”
Bucky as Loid, You as Yor, Kobik as Anya and Alpine as Bond. I feel like it would be interesting to put Steve as Frankie. But it would probably be little Steve. And Natasha as Sylvia(?)
a/n: i have returned from the dead to drop this lil nugget of a final chapter. literally bat shit to think i have been writing this shit for FOUR YEARS! thank you to those of you who have continued to support my writing even through all the droughts. i definitely needed time to step back from tumblr so also a quick kiss to the few that sent me sweet asks checking up on me ily ily!!! writing this story has truly brought me such immense joy i feel ridiculously grateful to the ones that have decided to READ THE WHOLE FRICKING THING!!!! anyways….. thank you thank you thank you and i hope to see you for s5 >:)
About the gender of the reader, unless specified reader will be gender neutral(as in put in a perspective where pronouns aren't mentioned), but the only specified gender I will do is female.
The fandoms I'm willing to write for are:
Ensemble Stars
Hell's Paradise
Project Sekai
Marvel
Genshin Impact
Honkai Star Rail
I only write scenarios or blurbs (I'm not a big fan of reading or writing headcanons)
18 trip
A3!
Bungou Stray Dogs
Twisted Wonderland
windbreaker (satoru nii)
kaiju no. 8
Thank you for reading this, I hope you request and have fun! Feel free to talk to me about anything!♡
This particular scene looks like a little child walking in on her parents for the very first time. JUST LOOK AT THEM. ELI FEELING EMBARRASSED AF AND NOZOMI BEING LIKE “SEX ED TIME, CHILD”. NOT TO MENTION HONOKA’S FACE SHES JUST LIKE “OH SHIT, WHAT ARE MY MOMS DOING? WRESTLING?”
When I was looking at Venti’s attack moves from the Windbloom website I noticed that his Archon Traits (his tinted hair and eyes) glow whenever he uses Anemo. Literally the first time I’ve noticed it.
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