A/N: I had to write a sequel to Maul x pregnant! Reader headcanons
This sort of implies that the child is biologically Maul's, so he has his lower half, or at least his genitals.
Warnings: mentions of nightmares, mentions of struggling with grip on reality & derealization, ‼️personal opinions‼️
Word count: 711
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𖹭 I headcanon that zabraks have the instinct to protect their babies by not letting anyone near them for the first week or two, so don't expect many visits, if any at all.
𖹭 Surprisingly instinctive about a lot of things. After all, nightbrothers raised male children on their own, since the nightsisters didn't care for them (at least as far as I googled).
𖹭 The child actually helps him with nightmares. He tends to struggle with his grip on reality and feeling out of his body after particularly intense ones, feeling as if he's hallucinating, and he's still on Lotho Minor. It's not that you don't ground him, you do. But a child, HIS CHILD, is something entirely else — especially since he didn't really want kids before Lotho Minor. You'll sometimes find him sitting at the crib and staring at the baby, it's little fist closed around Maul's finger. And when the child gets older, he'll slip into their bed and hug them while they sleep.
𖹭 Cries when his baby first calls him "dada". Will deny it, though.
𖹭 Does NOT use baby voice
𖹭 Loves making funny faces to make his baby laugh (only does it when he's sure no one else is looking, but his kid's laugh, especially when they're still a baby, makes his chest tighten with a pleasant feeling).
𖹭 Used to waking up often due to nightmares, so doesn't mind getting up at night when his kid(s) need it, no matter whether they're babies or even adults
𖹭 Also he DOES properly parent his kid, thank you very much. He feeds them, changes them, washes them, plays with them, the whole pack.
𖹭 Not really a helicopter parent, but very protective; especially if Sidious is still around
𖹭 Sends Spybot after them whenever they go out alone, just in case
𖹭 There WILL be murder and torture — or at least some threats — if someone hurts his kid, even just verbally
𖹭 Teaches them how to defend themselves
𖹭 He didn't have a normal childhood, so he might sometimes overestimate his kid's abilities and maturity. Why are they playing with toys? At their age, he was out killing people and getting tortured. Why are they crying over a dead ant?
𖹭 Secretly a girl dad
𖹭 His kids WILL respect you, very much so. He'll make sure of it. He'll snap very fast if they ever disrespect you in any way, shape, or form.
𖹭 His horns are perfect handles for when he puts the kid on his shoulders
𖹭 Very set on not continuing the cycle of abuse, therefore there will NEVER be any physical punishments, or mind games, for that matter
𖹭 Doesn't yell much either. Not that he NEVER does, but it's not as often as you would think
𖹭 A bit awkward sometimes, especially when it gets emotional
𖹭 Has THE death stare
𖹭 Not emasculated at all by typically "girly" activities
𖹭 And actually enjoys doing makeovers with his kid(s)
𖹭 There will be no stupid gender norms in his house. He grew up in a matriarchal society — which sucked — for a while, and then had his fair share of experiences with patriarchal societies as well — which also sucked — so he's very equal in how he treats people
𖹭 Actually, he's surprisingly progressive in general. He's the type of guy to give a whole annoyed speech about how gender is a social construct lol
𖹭 So his kids will feel supported no matter what
𖹭 Very tired and so over the teenage drama, though. Have you seen him with Devon? 😂
𖹭 Immediately takes his kid's side, no matter what
𖹭 Scared to mention what he does around his kids (running the Shadow Collective), and especially terrified to mention his past. He worries his kids will hate him for it.
𖹭 Eventually introduces them to what he does — especially since he plans on leaving the Shadow Collective to them — but does it slowly and hesitantly.
𖹭 Also really confident that his kids are great and capable, though.
𖹭 Loves to share the bed with you and your child(ren). It makes him feel safe and comfortable to know you two are safe and comfortable.
Sigh...thinking about Maul as a dad. I love that we all collectively agreed he’s a girl dad. But if you had twins!? A boy and a girl? Emotional distancing where?? He's crying during the announcement (he could sense the second life in you through the force), and the first kick, and the birth, etc... Maul is going to be utterly exhausted and so so so happy inside.
He absolutely uses the force as well as his Zabrak instincts to sense their needs. Crying will actually wake him up before you, if that’s even possible. He is going to be on top of it 24/7. He will be standing in the doorway watching you look over them, holding and cooing and smiling. The warmth in his chest is so unfamiliar and so wonderful to him.
His purpose becomes entirely protecting his family. He is far more gentle with the babes, worried about harming them. He sees so much of much of himself in his son. And his daughter looks so much like you.
Any color you are, expect you kid(s) to come out some shade of pink. From a pastel to a deep mauve, that red of his is going to show. And when they cling to his leg and head-butt him with their little horns that start to come in? Ughhh pride and adoration fill his chest. Best dad every <3
Figured we needed some fluff to get through the week, which brings me to Gem and Maul.
He’s getting the hand of being a father. His favorite part is hearing about the made-up stories his daughter creates.
Enjoy!
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“I thought she was the good guy.” Maul sat cross-legged with his daughter on the living room’s fur rug. He inspected one of her action figures as Gem brushed her loth cat.
“She is, but she’s bad in this story.” Gem explained to Maul her full story. “This one stole the forbidden treasure…” She handed him another figure as she continued on.
Maul listened intently the entire time, nodding and asking questions.
“But in the end, their team’s reunited, so it all works out.”
“That’s good to hear.” Maul smiled.
You know Sasha’s in the back, secretly taking pictures and videos.
Hey hey! 😃 Can I request Maul as a dad to a kid that keeps getting into fights?
Yes and thank you so much for your great requests :D
Grim’s Burden | Reader x Maul
Summary: Grim comes home from school with a bloody nose from getting into a fight again. You clean him up and wait for Maul to come home to offer his advice.
A/N: This is part of the Domestic Maul series I started with The Letter and it’s prequel Dire Circumstances. Dire and Grim are your two Nightbrother sons you (gender-neutral) rescued on Dathomir, where you currently reside with your husband Maul, who is a bounty hunter. It’s all very domestic and fluffy!
Warnings: School bullying, mentions of blood, fluff, soft maul, domestic maul
Word count: 824
“Grim, how did this happen again?” you asked your son, an orange Zabrak aged ten years as you wiped dried blood off his face and applied a healing ointment to the cuts and bruises.
“The other kids try to pick on Dire for being so little and...different,” he looked down at his brown boots as he spoke to you, “I’m only trying to defend him, but they keep teasing and it just makes me so angry.” his fists clenched and a wave of anger washed over his face like nothing you’d seen from him before. He may be your adopted son, but the resemblance to Maul at that moment was uncanny. You hugged him close to you before you responded.
“I think it’s very sweet of you to stick up for your brother and to protect him, but does it always need to lead to violence?” you gently asked the young, but already extremely strong, Zabrak.
“I don’t know how else to get them to leave Dire alone.”
“Maybe your father will have some advice when he gets home. Go get cleaned up while I make dinner, please.”
He shuffled off to his room and you started the food prep to make dinner. Dire walked into the kitchen, his small yellow face filled with sadness.
“Dire, honey, what’s wrong.” you crouched down to face level with him.
“It’s my fault Grim keeps getting into fights,” he responded sullenly.
“Oh, my love, no it is not your fault ok. Don’t worry about that right now. Do you want to help me clean these veggies?”
“Daddy hates veggies.”
“Yes, haha, he does. But I like them, and so do you and your brother.” You picked the small Zabrak up and set him on his step stool so he could reach the sink to wash the vegetables with your assistance. The kitchen soon filled with the sounds of laughter and water splashing.
Large gloved hands reached around your waist from behind to embrace you as a familiar voice whispered hotly into your ear,
“I missed you.” He planted kisses on your neck, your skin tingling from the softness of his adoration. You dropped the root vegetable you were holding and spun around to greet your husband.
“Maul! You’re home!” you squeezed him tight breathing in his scent, still dirty from his last job the odors of ozone and petrol strongly mixing in with his warm cedar and cinnamon pheromones.
“yay daddy!!” Dire danced with excitement on his step stool. Maul reached down to swoop him up and laid a kiss on your lips before he turned to head upstairs to shower and change.
“Maul, wait,” you called out after him. He stopped in his tracks and turned to you, a look of sweetness and concern in his eyes.
“Grim, got into another fight. I think you should talk to him.”
“Don’t be mad at him, daddy. He was protecting me,” Dire squeaked out in his small voice.
“I won’t be mad,” Maul said calmly giving you a knowing look before stepping away to the staircase.
After dinner, you both tucked Dire into bed so that you could all three sit down with Grim alone. You sat Grim down in Maul’s office sofa and Maul leaned down to give his wounds a closer inspection. He softly touched his son’s face and Grim did not dare flinch at any of it. Maul took his son’s bandaged hands in his own and looked deep into his dark brown eyes.
“Dad, I… I am sorry. I didn’t mean to cause all this stress. The kids are so mean to Dire, so I just try to scare them off.”
“And does it scare them off?”
“Well, yeah…but”
“But they keep doing it?” Maul finished for him.
“Yes, I just want them to leave him alone.”
“Then you need to not engage with them. You are giving them exactly what they want when you fight them.”
“Then what should I do, just stand back and watch as they verbally attack Dire and make him cry?!”
“No. You should take your brother and yourself out of the situation. Walk away. Do not react to them, it only fuels them. Eventually, they will grow bored and they will leave you both alone.”
Grim looked down at this feet before responding with a sigh, “Ok, I will try. It’s hard. They make me so angry.”
“It is hard. I know. They are already suffering in their own way, I assure you. It is ok to feel anger, but do not give them more power. Shutting them down is the only way.”
“Ok, I’m sorry dad.”
“No need to apologize. Learn from your mistakes and grow. That is all we ask of you,” Maul stated as he hugged the child.
“Now, let us take you to bed,” you told Grim as you took his hand and all three of you made your way to his bedroom.
Maul who finds Ezra as a very small kiddo and is like “apprentice?” and plans on doing Sith training but accidentally is a huge softie and just dads instead.
Ezra’s still fourteen when he meets the ghost crew and tries to join the rebellion and maul’s just hissing at them to not endanger his “apprentice” who he hasn’t done a major training thing with in months 😂
Then, him getting dragged into the rebellion because Ezra cannot be trusted to not get himself killed and at least they can stick it to Palpatine... and then seeing Ahsoka’s in charge and going. Oh no. Oh no. But Ahsoka is prettty chill with it 1. because more good fighters are better than fewer fighters and 2. because this terrible threat she unleashed into the world is now DadTM so maybe she did alright