Frills and Frippery

"Walk with fire in your eyes and murder on your mind." Mathis Murdock, Dadsona from DDADDS, multiship, literate, 18+

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winter waltz [open]

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tachibanahazuki:

Hazuki laughed softly, observing the scene. At least the kids didn’t feel awkward and seemed to be happy to see each other again. He turned to Mathis, trying to act as if nothing was ever wrong. “Would you like something to drink? The dinner isn’t ready yet, so… uh… yeah. Sorry about that.”

Nozomi picked Oliver up and glanced at Kazunari as soon as the question was asked. The man himself smiled somewhat awkwardly. “Boku wa Kazunari to moushimasu. Hacchan no…” he paused mid-sentence, considering their relationship status. “…shin'yū desu yo.” That’ll do. Hazuki sighed with relief, glad that his ex didn’t say anything weird. “Yoroshiku onegaishimasu,” Kazunari added, before going back to the kitchen. 

“Ah, some water would be nice. Thank you.” Mathis gave a jerky bow of his head before forcing himself to enter the house a little more. “And it’s okay...thank you for inviting us.” He tucked his hands into his jacket pockets to hide how sweaty they were getting and his gaze darted between Kazunari and Hazuki before he smiled over at Oliver. “Best friends...how nice, huh Ollie?” 

Oliver nodded along but for the most part seemed ready to move on. “Yoroshiku onegaishimasuuuu~” He let his head flop down onto Nozomi’s shoulder and swung his legs idly. “Nee-chan, Papa said you made cake!”

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winter waltz [open]

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tachibanahazuki: 

Hazuki quickly threw the clothes into his bedroom where they couldn’t be seen and slammed the door, before running to the entrance to let the guests in. He couldn’t help it but grin as soon as he opened the door. “Douzo ohairi kudasai,” he said and bowed just a little bit ostentatiously. It seemed almost like he was a butler in his own house. Nozomi waved her hand enthusiastically, before coming closer. “Yo!” Informal as always. She offered Mathis a bow and then hugged Oliver. “Hisashiburi da ne~”

Then Kazunari emerged from the kitchen, apparently still not aware of the Murdocks’ arrival. “Oi Hacchan, hōchō wa do— Ah. Konnichiwa.” He smiled and bowed politely. Hazuki tried really hard to stay serious, but he laughed a bit at the sight of Kazunari’s apron. “Nanka kawaii.”

Mathis blinked owlishly at the formal greeting but bowed without a second thought. “O-Ojama shimasu.” He managed to mumble before Oliver bowled past his legs, the stuffed cat that Hazuki gave him clutched to his chest. “Kite iru~” He ran straight into Nozomi’s arms, his much smaller arms wrapping around her as far as they would go. 

Despite feeling out of place, he was happy to see Oliver so happy. 

Said little boy stared up at Kazunari in confusion, his eyebrows furrowed ever so slightly. “Are wa dare?”

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A case of the blues || OPEN

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darlingxstarling:

“Trying,” said Loren, “that’s very pretty, Oliver.” Aria was excited about the crafts table. “I wanna glitter!” “Anyone else want to make pretty cards?” Loren asked his other children. Crystal rolled her eyes and walked away without a word. Silver stuck his tongue out. “Eww…” he said, before walking off. Plantagenet gurgled. “Looks like it’s just the three of us,” he said, sheepishly.

“Arigatou yo!” Oliver smiled cheerfully up at Loren before returning to his colouring. “Well you’re welcome to join us, I grabbed plenty supplies.” The designer dragged a small stack of paper and a little tin of crayons closer. He picked up his own crayon and started absently scribbling on a scrap of paper that Oliver wasn’t using anymore. “Can use glitter.” The little boy said, nudging the glitter closer to the little girl. 

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Moving in: open starter

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niclausvondrake:

“Oh, did I forget to introduce myself? My name is Niclaus VonDrake. I do not mind in the slightest.” The man gently scooped Oliver up when it began to pour rain. In a calm fashion, he looked to Mathis. “It would seem that the storm is here. Would you like to come inside for the time being? I can get you some towels and an umbrella.”

Mathis glanced up as the first raindrop landed on his nose, his eyebrows furrowing ever so slightly. “If it isn’t an inconvenience...” He rubbed the back of his neck as he absently kicked at a pebble. “That’d be really great. Thank you, Mr. VonDrake.” 

The little boy giggled a breathless, “Weeee~” as he was picked up, his little arms curling around the older man’s neck to hold on. “Play at your house?” Oliver kicked his legs happily as he tried to peer into the new house. 

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Moving in: open starter

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niclausvondrake:

Niclaus gave a happy laugh at the child’s shenanigans and shook his head. “It’s quite alright, Herr Mathis. Thank you for the warm welcome. It is most appreciated.” He knelt down to Oliver, eyes kind. “I do not think it is appropriate for me to pick you up without your father’s permission, Kind. Perhaps you should ask him how he feels about it?”

“Of course.” He waved off the thanks with a sheepish smile, his grip on the little boy’s hand tightening ever so slightly when Oliver leaned forward onto his toes. “You talk funny.” The six year old giggled before turning his gaze up to his father. “Ne, Papa. Can pick up?” The question gave him pause and his gaze flickered between the two before he shrugged. “If Mr...ah, I’m sorry. I didn’t get your name.”

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Moving in: open starter

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niclausvondrake:

Niclaus finished placing the rest of the boxes inside and gently scooped up the girl sleeping on the lawn. When he came back outside, he retrieved her quilt and toys before looking up at the sky as a rumble of thunder echoed. “I finished bringing everything inside with time to spare it seems.” His German accent was thick as he spoke to himself.

The five-foot man was buff with burn scars covering what was visible of the left side of his body. His left eye was milky, indicating the very likely possibility that it no longer worked as it should. His beard grew in patches on the burnt side, but was finely-trimmed. He sauntered across the lawn to quickly shut the back hatch of the moving truck. Upon shutting it, he turned and took notice of his neighbors. Niclaus sent them both a sheepish smile and waved with his scarred left hand; an indentation of a wedding ring in the scarred tissue of his ring finger.

@mathis-murdock

It was only years of practice at keeping a straight face when things surprised him that kept him from looking surprised at the burns on the other man’s face. “Hello.” He greeted with a warm smile...before promptly almost tripping over his son. The little boy had stopped skating to stare up at their new neighbor with wide eyes and Mathis was horrified that he might say something that he really shouldn’t. 

“Big!” The little boy exclaimed, holding his free arm out to indicate the width of the stranger. “Like Keg!” That hand went up in a classic, ‘pick me up’ gesture. “Up!” The designer blanched and shook his head. “Oliver, please.” He pleaded, shooting the other an apologetic smile. “Oh...up, pease.” 

Mathis pinched the bridge of his nose. 

“I’m sorry. We have a friend that bench presses him for fun and...I’m Mathis. This is my son Oliver. Welcome to the neighborhood.”

[tachibanahazuki-blog]

winter waltz [open]

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tachibanahazuki:

Nozomi only nodded, visibly proud of herself. Hazuki hummed thoughtfully, considering the offer; normally he would make a request or two, but Kazunari’s already thought of everything. “No, no, we’re good… although it never hurts to have more wine, you know?” He joked lightly, only to be rebuked by Kazunari. “Dame desu yo. Hacchan wa nomisugiru.” He was right, of course, but the tone of his voice still somehow made Hazuki feel like an utter disappointment. “Gomen,” he muttered awkwardly, then turned to Mathis with a defeated expression. “No wine.”

They barely arrived at Hazuki’s place, and yet Kazunari was already rummaging through the cupboards, dressed in a pastel apron with floral pattern on it. The Murdocks were supposed to arrive anytime now, and so Hazuki quickly picked up a bunch of clothes scattered around in a rather chaotic manner. It would be very embarrassing if anyone saw that. At least Nozomi didn’t seem to mind and focused all her attention on the cat; only occasionally she glanced at the door.

“Hacchaaaaaaaan!~” Oliver’s voice could be heard even through the door before there was a series of loud knocking. “Watashi wa koko ni iru!!” The knocking slowed to a stop and there was the muffled sound of Mathis’ soft voice. “...Nee-chan!! Asobi ni kita!” 

Mathis practically facepalmed but couldn’t bring himself to really scold Oliver. It’d been awhile since they visited with someone besides Craig and so he couldn’t fault his son for being excited. 

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Moving in: open starter

Niclaus carried in his child’s things, among the last of the boxes in the moving truck. His Igel had fallen asleep on the lawn among the books and toys he’d brought with them to keep her company. Just two more boxes and he’d be able to take a nap with her as well, preferably inside what with the looming storm clouds overhead. 

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This is now an open starter

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“Tsuyoku dakishimete kudasai!” Oliver exclaimed as he led his father down the sidewalk. The six year old was leading his father down the sidewalk on a pair of rollerskates. He didn’t seem to be having any trouble balancing or moving but he still insistently clung to Mathis’ hand. “Hai, hai.” The older man laughed lightly even as he shook his head. “I won’t let go, don’t worry.” 

Letting his gaze drift away, he took notice of a moving truck parked at a nearby house. It’d been awhile since they’d gotten any new faces...which was still so odd to him after the strange influx of neighbors not so long ago. “Papa, new peoples!”

@niclausvondrake

[mathis-murdock]

A case of the blues || OPEN

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darlingxstarling:

Loren smiled when he saw Mathis. It was his first Valentine’s without Monty, and he’d been a little down. Crystal was more surly than usual, but of course, she wouldn’t talk to him. He hoped the party would help cheer everyone up. “Hello! Are you having a fun Valentine’s?” he asked.

Mathis motioned to the empty chairs at their table, “Yeah.” He mustered up a smile before snorting a laugh. “You know it’s a good day when you’re covered in glitter.” He glanced down to where Oliver was liberally applying glue and glitter to an already heavily decorated piece of cardstock. “How about you? I hope you’re having a good day.”

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A case of the blues || OPEN

Well...this certainly wasn’t where he had seen himself. 

The designer sighed softly as he absently helped Oliver colour in the card he was working on. Months...it had been months since he’d heard from Damien and he was worried. Had he done something wrong? Was Damien alright? He certainly hoped he was...he hoped, prayed, that he’d turn up soon. 

But he felt that there wasn’t much point in getting his hopes up.

“Papa, no sad on pink day.” Oliver scolded before booping his father on the nose. “Ahhh, you’re right, Ollie.” Mathis huffed a soft laugh and ruffled the little boy’s hair. “How can I be sad when I have the best Valentine in the whoooooole world?~” He leaned over to smooch his son’s face just as someone approached their table. “Hey! It’s good to see you!”

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winter waltz [open]

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tachibanahazuki:

Kazunari offered Mathis a warm smile, even though deep down he was still judging the man silently. Perhaps he was a bit overprotective of Hazuki… or just jealous for some reason. “Ganbarimasu,” he hummed jokingly. 

“Yay!” Nozomi cheered. “There’s going to be cake too!” It was clear that the girl felt really excited about the whole thing and seemed to be ignorant of how awkward it could get for the adults involved. Hazuki simply nodded in agreement. “Alright, great, let’s meet at my place then. We’ll head to one more store first, I’m pretty sure we still need to buy a few ingredients… Ne, Kazunari?” The older singer glanced at Hazuki in surprise, not really understanding half of what he just heard. “E? U-un… Imi ga wakaranai kedo,” he laughed with a somewhat apologetic expression.

“You know that we can’t say no to cake.” Mathis joked with a soft laugh though he found it hard to be excited even at the prospect of free food. It wasn’t Nozomi’s fault though and he knew how much Oliver liked hanging out with Hazuki and Nozomi so...for the kids he would suffer through the awkwardness. 

“Sounds like a plan, then.” He shifted the awkward load in his arms. “Do you want me to bring anything? Drinks or anything like that?”

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Mathis is ambidextrous (for headcanon meme)

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darlingxstarling:

“Thank you,” Loren replied, flushing slightly at the compliment. He wasn’t used to being complimented on such mundane things, but it was nice. He nodded as he listened to Mathis muse.  “I was thinking about when the children are grown, that maybe I should finish my degree…I could never leave them now, when they need me, of course…but when they’re all grown up, I’ll need something to occupy my time…”

Mathis nodded at the thanks as he went to the closet to pull out his steamer, “It’s never too late to go back to school.” He agreed with a soft huff as he tugged what he needed from the shelf and carefully set it on the floor. “I barely managed to get through school when I was just taking care of myself...I couldn’t imagine doing it while taking care of children.” 

[ryldriver]

It was a regular day like any other. Ludwig was slagging down the sidewalk, buried in his own thoughts. Someone who had already knew the man would be guessing that some new poem is being born in the darkest corners of his mind. Stepping along with the strums of guitar of the song that was playing through his earphones, he enjoyed a light breeze from the seafront until everything was blurry when he bumped into somebody with his shoulder, causing his messenger bag to drop on the floor. “Shoot… I’m sorry,” Ludwig was quick to apologise, picking up his bag, “I should’ve watched where I’m going more.”

[mathis-murdock]

“Dammit,” Mathis fumbled to keep the armful of fabrics from toppling to the ground but had very little success. “Bad word!” Oliver gasped as he hurried to cover his ears with his hands. “Sorry, Ollie.” Mathis awkwardly adjusted his glasses before glancing up to the person he’d bumped into. “And sorry, I couldn’t see you over all of this.” He offered up a sheepish smile as he tried to rearrange the remaining bolts of fabric in his arms enough to free up a hand to offer it to the stranger. “I’m Mathis and bumping into people is probably how I’m going to meet the entirety of Maple Bay.” 

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↪Hands Down (Acoustic Version) - Dashboard Confessional 

“My hopes are so high, That your kiss might kill me. So won't you kill me, So I die happy.”

[tachibanahazuki-blog]

winter waltz [open]

[mathis-murdock]

tachibanahazuki:

Kazunari released a soft chuckle. “Maashisu-san wa totemo yasashii hito desu ne~” For some reason this comment caused Hazuki’s smile to disappear and his grip around the other man to tighten, unintentionally drawing his attention. “Hacchan? Daijobu?” Hazuki only nodded in response, but not before receiving a kiss on the forehead. 

Nozomi pouted a bit after hearing Mathis’ answer. “Oh… Well, you could take Oliver with you? You both should try Kazunari-san’s cooking and it’ll be so much fun! Ne?” She tilted her head and tugged on the designer’s sleeve. In the meantime Hazuki translated what just happened. “Tanoshisou ne. Hacchan wa dou omou?” A little bit surprised by Kazunari’s willingness to play along, he shrugged lightly. “Ii yo,” he said and turned to Mathis, feeling rather awkward. “Do you… Do you agree?”

“Ee?” Mathis flushed up to the tips of his ears and did his best to wave off the compliment. “Iie, iie. Anata mo shinsetsu desu...” He smiled sheepishly and wished that his hands were free so that he could at least try to hide his embarrassment.   

The feeling of embarrassment was only intensified by Nozomi’s insistence. He’d been trying to gracefully duck out to avoid any more awkwardness but how could he argue with her logic without making it seem like he didn’t want to go? “Ah...I’m sure he’d like that.” He conceded with a slight nod of his head. It was solidified by Kazunari’s agreement and he was just glad that he wasn’t the only one that felt awkward. “Yeah, sounds fun. I can pick him up from school and then we can come over?”