the sweetest misunderstanding
requested by @jalicecookie - Hiiii :) how about a few oneshot with band member of your choice with their little one misunderstanding the phrase - people going to eat this up - while planning a post and the kid thinks mama or dadda need food?
Jake had made one very simple mistake.
"I think people are going to eat this up."
His seventeen-month-old son froze.
Tiny hands still wrapped around his snack cup. Dark brown eyes wide enough to rival saucers. His little mouth formed the world's tiniest, most horrified "O."
Jake, blissfully unaware of the tiny existential crisis currently unfolding beside him, kept staring at his phone.
His wife was pouring coffee into travel mugs in the kitchen while Jake scrolled through the dozen brunch photos they'd just taken.
The three of them were sitting outside at a little café.
Mama is laughing at something off-camera.
Jake reaches over the stroller to boop their son's nose.
Baby looking triumphantly sticky after stealing half of Jake's pancakes.
"People are going to eat this up."
His son was staring at him with an expression usually reserved for discovering vacuum cleaners.
The toddler blinked rapidly.
His tiny eyebrows scrunched.
He absentmindedly kissed the top of his son's head before typing out the caption.
Sunday brunch with my favourite people ❤️
The baby looked at the phone.
His face became deeply determined.
The toddler slid dramatically off the couch.
Tiny sock feet hit the floor.
He toddled away with the determination of a knight marching into battle.
"No clue," his wife answered.
About thirty seconds later—
Held with both hands as he'd just harvested it himself.
The toddler shoved the banana into Jake's chest.
Jake accepted the banana.
Now the toddler had returned...
Clutched dramatically against his shirt.
He ignored both casualties.
He shoved the remaining crackers toward Jake.
His wife started giggling.
"I think he thinks you're hungry."
Jake accepted one cracker.
The toddler visibly relaxed.
For approximately twelve seconds.
Then Jake looked back at his phone.
"I wonder if I should crop—"
His son looked scandalized.
He pushed another cracker directly toward Jake's mouth.
Jake obediently took a bite.
His wife was openly laughing now.
"I don't know what's happening, but don't stop."
Neither of them noticed the toddler quietly wandering off again.
One almost bigger than his own head.
Apple landed in Jake's lap.
Tiny finger pointed accusingly.
"I physically cannot eat all of this."
His wife had tears in her eyes.
Jake finally looked suspicious.
"Why are you trying so hard to feed me?"
The toddler looked at him like he'd asked why the sky existed.
His wife stopped laughing.
Jake looked between them.
"What... did... you... say... earlier?"
"I said this picture is cute."
Jake slowly lowered his phone.
"...People are going to eat this up."
The toddler climbed onto the couch as quickly as his little legs allowed.
He cupped Jake's cheeks with both tiny hands.
His tiny voice became dramatically whispery.
Jake had to bite his lip.
The baby genuinely believed strangers were coming...
His wife collapsed against the kitchen counter, laughing so hard she had to grab the counter for support.
Jake scooped their son into his lap.
The toddler wrapped both arms around Jake's neck immediately.
"They're not actually going to eat Dada."
The toddler wasn't convinced.
He looked toward the front door.
His wife wiped tears from her face.
Because he climbed off Jake again.
Grabbed the living room blanket.
Dragged it across the floor with incredible effort.
His wife completely lost it again.
He disappeared once more.
Jake sighed dramatically.
"I kind of want to see where this goes."
He had his stuffed dinosaur.
He carefully piled everything onto Jake's lap.
Jake looked at the mountain of treasures.
The toddler added one final item.
Now Dada was completely disguised.
No one could identify him underneath...
And emotional support dinosaur.
His wife took approximately fifty photos.
"I've never loved him more."
The toddler finally climbed into Jake's lap again.
He leaned against Jake's chest.
Jake kissed his forehead.
The toddler considered that.
He seemed to think very hard.
Then looked at the phone.
"The phone wasn't being mean."
Jake gently held up the picture.
The toddler looked suspiciously at the smiling photo.
Jake explained as simply as he could.
"When people say they'll 'eat something up,' they mean they'll really like it."
"Apparently, I'm served with condiments."
The toddler slowly relaxed.
Then his little stomach growled.
Within minutes, they were sitting around the kitchen island.
Tiny grilled cheese squares.
The toddler happily stuffed food into his own mouth now that the immediate threat of Daddy Consumption had passed.
Jake leaned forward dramatically.
The toddler giggled so hard he nearly fell to the side.
His wife watched the two of them with the softest smile.
"I don't think anyone is ever going to love you more than that little boy."
His son was leaning against him now, cheeks full of grilled cheese, one tiny hand absentmindedly resting on Jake's arm as if making certain he hadn't disappeared.
Those words were still new.
Still missing a few sounds.
Jake's eyes immediately softened.
He kissed the top of his head.
The toddler now smiled with complete confidence.
No mysterious internet strangers waiting with forks.
And one very important lesson.
Sometimes grown-ups said incredibly weird things.
So someone had to make sure Dada remembered to eat.
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