Dad!Reth Headcanons?
• Dad!Reth who burst into tears when he held his little one in his arms for the first time, and couldn’t stop crying for another hour or two. After all the chaos in his life, to be holding something that would completely change his life… He’d never even dreamt of it.
• Dad!Reth who takes on the night shifts because he has trouble sleeping due to the night shifts. Even if his debt has been paid off and he can sleep properly at night.
• Dad!Reth who has taken full responsibility for feeding the children
• Dad!Reth who’ll make up loads of different stories for his children about the adventures of a majiri in the big city, who saved the world from an apocalypse during which food rained down from the sky
• Dad!Reth who will be 101% committed to teaching his children to cook. Especially if it’s a son.
• Dad!Reth who will secretly learn to make some dodgy wooden toys for the children under Tish’s supervision. Or simply paint the toys that Tish has carved from wood because she couldn’t bear to watch Reth working with wood...
• Dad!Reth who will teach his children to keep the kitchen tidy. No buts.
• Dad!Reth who, on every trip to another city (for example, Bahari City, where, as Tish mentioned, they have relatives), will treat the children to all sorts of exotic desserts that they can’t find for sale in Kilima.
• Dad!Reth who, if he finds out what’s in the sweets the children have bought, will throw them in the bin, and then by morning will whip up something better, saying: "It turns out the children love sweets, which is why they stole what you bought. But they’ve brought these (name of any dessert) as a thank-you for the sweets".
• Dad!Reth who will give all the love he didn’t get from his own parents.
• Dad!Reth who will definitely tease his child gently if he sees them feeling shy or blushing when showing affection. And then the conversations will begin about how you shouldn’t hide your feelings if you really like someone. Even if you worry that this person might see you as a problem (Hello, Reth, you’d love psychotherapy).
• Dad!Reth who, as a punishment, will make his child peel potatoes during his shift. This might last a few days, depending on the severity of the punishment.
• Dad!Reth who would gladly agree to take his teenage child with him to work at the tavern. But on condition that Ashura agrees to split Ret’s wages with young Keita, who helped his father during his shift by taking orders and wiping up the crockery. But, of course, only if Ashura allows young Keita to help his father.
• Dad!Reth who is sure to have something to eat if his child happens to pass by the tavern or brings something from Tish, their mother or other villagers.
• Dad!Reth who will hide vegetables so that his child doesn’t realise there are vegetables there.
• Dad!Reth who will do everything in his power to ensure his children can rely on themselves and defend themselves
• Dad!Reth who will raise his children to believe that they have no one closer to them than their brother or sister. If anything happens to their parents, they must stick together.
• Dad!Reth who will sit nervously on the shore watching his children swim. Even if there are someone nearby who can swim and would be able to help in case of danger.
• Dad!Reth who will definitely be running all over the beach after a toddler who has decided it’s a good idea to run into the sea (after that, he would certainly put off the idea of evenings by the sea until the child has developed critical thinking skills and learnt to swim unaided).
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Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?..
I NEED TO DRAW SOME OF THE SCENES
DO IT!!!
