dad!Simon Riley who is 100% a girl dad. He thinks he has a curse once you get pregnant with your third and are told by the doctor that it is, in fact, another girl.
dad!Simon Riley who absolutely spoils his girls any time he gets the chance
dad!Simon Riley who scares away his daughters first boyfriend with a singular look when he comes over to meet you and Simon for the first time
dad!Simon Riley who reads every book he can find on pregnancy, birth and baby care the moment you announce you’re pregnant with your first.
dad!Simon Riley who cuts, sands, routers, paints and builds the first crib completely by hand after seeing you get pissy while trying to build a standard ikea crib. He kisses you on the cheek and tells you to go rest and puts the cheap pieces in the shed. By month six of your pregnancy he takes you into the garage with his hands over your eyes. He was not prepared for the hormonal crying you expressed for a solid 2 hours after he showed you his creation.
dad!Simon Riley who falls asleep in the rocking chair in the nursery with his infant daughter held against his chest almost every night for the first month of her life during late night feedings.
dad!Simon Riley who will let his daughters paint his nails glittery pinks and purples without a single complaint
dad!Simon Riley who leaves little notes in his daughter’s lunches like “Dad loves you”, “My little soldier” or “Always proud of you.” He’s determined for his daughters to never feel anything close to how Simon felt about his father growing up.
dad!Simon Riley after being raised by an abusive father refuses to ever show any sort of aggression in front of his daughters; won’t even raise his voice in their presence.
dad!Simon Riley who supports his daughter completely after her first breakup. He doesn’t threaten to kill the poor boy, at least not to his daughter, instead he simply tells her “You’re not broken, you’re just hurt, and I’ve been hurt too. you’ll be okay kid.”
dad!Simon Riley who after finding out his daughter is being bullied, shows up to the school and very calmly, very firmly, terrifies the entire administrative staff with his overtly polite request for his daughter to change classes due to bullying from another student.
dad!Simon Riley who teaches his daughters self defense from a very young age. not to scare them, but to encourage a capable mindset. Crouches down to his knees and kisses his daughters tiny forehead while telling her, “You won’t ever need to fight, baby girl, not as long as i’m around. But i’ll show you how just in case i can’t get there fast enough one day.”
dad!Simon Riley who cries the first time his infant daughter says “daddy” or “dada”.
dad!Simon Riley who will silently go and lay down in bed with one of his girls if he wakes up from a nightmare in the middle of the night.
dad!Simon Riley who wouldn’t just kill for his daughters, but most importantly, he would live for them.











