Hi! Can I make a request for a Crowley self-proclaimed father for the reader (aka Yuu)? (The reader got to the NRC before all the events at the age of 11 (roughly) and Crowley just decided to take him in.) Yes, he's a silly bird, but I think he'd be a caring silly bird. Can we get the characters' reactions to this discovery? Or some sort of domestic moment with him? (Like she gets into NRC and he just gets hyper-aware because "his little chick is so delicate and fragile, now goes to a college full of rude guys" and "kids grow up so fast 😭😭"
CROWLEY AND READER
Where you came to NRC as a child, and he raised you, becoming your father.
Short scenarios about how Crowley would act having become your self-proclaimed father <3
maybe you're interested too in this angst where you're crowley's child, where you died during your overblot and he rebuilts you like a machine...
I. THE LITTLE CHICK.
The first time Crowley found you—an eleven-year-old child standing in the middle of the Mirror Chamber, wide-eyed and trembling—he had not, in fact, planned to take you in.
In his words:
“A mere... administrative mishap! A blip in magical mirror logistics! Nothing beyond the most slightly unfortunate cosmic coincidence!”
But something about the way you had clung to the hem of his cloak—small, shaking fingers smudged with ash—had lodged somewhere in the soft sentimental cavern of his otherwise overinflated heart.
So, he’d taken you in.
Temporarily.
Except, heh, it wasn’t temporary.
He didn’t notice the shift until much later.
Not until he spent an entire day building you a makeshift bunk-bed, or the time he stitched feathers into your blanket “so you’ll feel safe while I’m away.”
Not until you fell asleep on his couch and he instinctively put a blanket over your shoulders and whispered, “My poor little chick…”
And now, years later, you're sixteen.
Standing in the main hall.
In the ceremonial robes.
“I GOT IN!”
“YES, I CAN SEE THAT, BUT—BUT—!!”
Crowley is absolutely losing it.
II. DAY ONE.
“Don’t slouch! Shoulders back! You’ll look more confident—NO, NOT TOO CONFIDENT—”
You groan.
“Crowley…”
“AHEM. Father, if you please. And I’m simply making sure you’re not eaten alive by the ravenous beasts roaming these halls!”
Crowley adjusts the edge of your collar for the third time.
“You’re so delicate! So small! So baby chick!”
“I’m an adult now ” you mutter.
“Trein is an adult too, and you're still a baby. That doesn’t count!”
You're on the way to orientation. And Crowley— bouncing with every frantic step—has not stopped adjusting, fussing, or sniffling since you left.
“You’ll write every day, yes?”
“You live here. It’s a five-minute walk, Crowley.”
“And you’ll eat three meals? And no fighting with those delinquent first-years—”
“You’re the one who let them in!”
Several students are already whispering.
"Isn't that the headmage?"
"Wait, did he just call them 'my child'??"
"That's gotta be a metaphor, right?"
But you don’t answer.
You just tug Crowley's gloved hand.
“It’s okay, Dad, I’m ready.”
He freezes.
Then his mask shudders—and he breaks into a wail.
“THEY CALLED ME DAD 😭😭”
III. WORDS SPREAD FAST (Too Fast)
By the time lunch rolls around, everyone knows.
You walk into the cafeteria with a tray and is immediately greeted with:
Ace: “Sooo, how’s your dad? Did he make you a lunch box? Bet it has feathers on it.”Deuce: “Wait, for real? Crowley’s your actual father?! Like—is this legal??”Cater: “This is WILD. Okay, but like—do you call him ‘Dad' in private?”Trey: “Well, that explains a lot. You do carry yourself with a certain flair.”Riddle: “Does this mean you have diplomatic immunity?!”
You groan.
“It’s not like that! He just… he raised me, okay?”
There’s a beat of silence.
Then Deuce my sweet boy, blinks.
“So… he really took care of you? Like, bedtime stories and snacks and all that?”
“…Yeah. He even makes pancakes on test days.”
They fidget.
“With little powdered sugar stars. Says they bring luck.”
The table falls into stunned silence. Then Ace practically chokes.
“NO WAY. CROWLEY? THAT DRAMA BIRD??”
IV. PARENTAL SUPERVISION NEEDED.
Crowley starts popping up everywhere.
Every class. Every break. Every time you get into mild trouble.
Professor Crewel: “And then we mix the potion—”Crowley: (from the back row) “Careful, my child's hair is highly flammable!!”
Professor Trein: “Any volunteers to recite today’s lesson—”Crowley: (lifting your hand) “They’re very literate. Reads three books a week. Has been reading since the age of four—”
Vargas: “Alright, time for endurance drills—”Crowley: “NOooOOoOOOOO!!! My precious hatchling has brittle ankles!!”
You, from across the track: “I DO NOT!!”
V. A QUIET NIGHT. (And the Feather Blanket)
After a long day of trying to survive combat practice and Ace’s teasing, you stumble back into Crowley’s office.
He’s in his lounge chair, reading a dusty tome.
“…Rough day, little chick?” he says.
You don’t answer.
Just walk over and curl up beside him on the couch—like you did when you were eleven and the world was strange and terrifying.
Crowley doesn’t ask. He just puts down the book.
Pulls the blanket over your shoulders.
The same one he made years ago.
Black with bits of blue feathers.
He lets you rest your head on his shoulder.
“…You’re doing well, you know,” he murmurs. “Far better than anyone gives you credit for.”
You sniffle.
“Even when I lose alchemy lab points and forget my ingredients in alchemy class?”
“Especially then,” he says proudly. “True greatness lies in flammable resilience.”
He card fingers through your hair, gentle and quiet.
“…Thanks, Dad.”
“…Of course, my dear.”
“You’re my greatest mistake, you know.”
VI. BONUS. Crowley telling them you were raised by him.
Lilia: “Fufu~ So you are raising one of your own! I had my suspicions, you know. They even have your flair for dramatics!”
Sebek: “UNACCEPTABLE. HOW DARE YOU—wait. You made them pancakes? ...Can I have some?”
Leona: “Explains why they’re just as noisy as you. Ugh.”
Azul: “Did you sign a parental contract? Because if not, I have documents—”
Rook: “What a delightful turn! A father’s devotion—it sings!”
Vil: “Honestly, they’re much more well-adjusted than I’d expect from being raised by you. I’m impressed.”
Jade: “How heartwarming. Truly, Headmage, you are full of surprises.”
Floyd: “Whaaat~ That’s sooo funny. Can I call you Papa Crow?”
VII. FINAL.
On graduation day, you stand in full uniform.
Cloak. Gloves. Tie straightened.
Crowley dabs his eyes with his sleeve, full dramatic weeping on display.
“You were just a tiny child yesterday—tiny!!! And now look at you! A graduate! Oh, if only I’d kept that first crayon drawing of me you made—”
You hug him, tightly.
“Thanks for being my dad.”
You glance over at a graduating senior who was waiting for you at the ceremony with a bouquet of roses. You smile at him.
“WHAT??? DID THAT HORMONE-MOTH MAN JUST LOOK AT YOU? AND THOSE FLOWERS? My dearest, most wonderful, once-lost-now-found hatchling— If I see him approaching you with dark intentions OR HE THINKS TO GRAB YOU BY THE WAIST OR SOMETHING AT GRADUATION, I-.”
i literally have soooo many spn x reader ideas because of how much i daydream for my self-insert. so as a way to kinda dump them out & get thoughts i will list as many as i can think of right here.
-childhood friend/family friend of bobby's reader x sam & dean (no wincest! tho) (i kinda hate bobby's kid x reader because it feels weird to me that you would date your father figure who calls you his kid child but i also guess it's not that weird to see the person your kid is dating as a son. i don't know. i feel weird about it but this feels better. you can date someone where you have the same father figure without it being weird)
-crowley's kid reader x sam or dean or cas or all of them (i have way too many different aus for being crowley's kid)
-reader x sam & dean (no wincest!) where reader is with the two of them behind the others back and they found out and it's emotional chaos and then reader gains two boyfriends and is dating both sam and dean. and then separate or in this same timeline dean starts dating cas too and then reader starts dating cas and bomb three boyfriends
-teenage or young adult read x dad dean or dad cas or dad sam because with every fictional male character i like i can never decide if i wanna be him, date him or have him be my dad. i don't have terrible daddy issues but damn does it feel like it sometimes. i am simply a person with many issues but i do have tons of ideas of how dean or cas or sam or all of them end up accidentally becoming dads to some random kid they meet on a hunt
-witch reader x any of the boys but every x reader will probably be witch reader
p.s. go read my post for my spn self-insert because quite frankly everything expect child reader will be inspired by that. so it helps you know what headspace i'm gonna be writing from.
Have you got any ducks where Crowley is Adam Young’s dad? I’m not talking about fics where he and aziraphale raise Adam, i mean fics where he’s actually Adams dad
Hello!
Here’s a few fics you might be interested in:
Thy Kingdom Come by ShanaStoryteller (NR)
Crowley is just following orders.
And here’s a few human aus:
The Stars Walk Backward by Beckers522 (T)
The year was 1926. Anthony J. Crowley and his wife were in need of a tutor for their young son Adam. Dozens applied for the job, but only one stuck out above the rest - a kind bookshop owner from Soho. It was impossible for Anthony to know during their first meeting how much of an impact Ezra Fell would have on his family or, more importantly, how much of an impact Ezra would have on his heart. He wasn’t certain of much anymore, but one thing was for sure, Crowley knew he would never be the same again.
Crazy Ineffable Thing (Called Love) by TawnyOwl95 (E)
“You’ve lost the children!”
“We’ve lost the children.”
“The children have been lost.”
Pepper Galadriel Moonchild-Fell does not want to be sent to live with her distant, career driven mother. Adam Crowley does not want to be shipped off to military school by his slightly satanic grandmother.
They both think that their fathers should stop being idiots and fall in love already.
No one is going to listen to a pair of eleven year olds though. A plan is required.
A plan that will throw their fathers together on a high-stakes rescue mission where they will be forced into dangerous, intimate proximity. They must rise to occasions, overcome bullshit and, oh my god, there will only be one bed to do it in!
If our followers have any other recs, please feel free to leave them in the notes below!
