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[theadventureofthevoid]

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Hi! @doggernaut . Here’s your gift fic.

I hope you like it. I looked through your blog for like a whole day trying to figure out what to write and I finally found a post about godparents that struck me. I also read a few of your fics and they are 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[samwell-sweethearts]

@doggernaut​ your fics are fantastic. Thank you for sharing them. I love how realistically you always handle relationship development.

- @17piesinseptember​

[leahlisabeth]

Ahhh, would you really take a prompt? I'd love a zimbits future fic that somehow incorporates hot chocolate (I literally meant a fic with hot chocolate in it when I wrote that). If you have the inclination. (Also: Wedding? Your wedding? If so, congratulations!) - doggernaut

Here, have this piece of pure self indulgence.  I know how much you enjoy fluff and that is literally all this is.

(also wedding, yes, mine :) Thanks for the congrats!)

“Aughhhh,” Jack yelled as what felt like an entire snowman fell down the back of his jacket and hit bare skin.  “I am defeated!”  He flopped from his knees onto his back and lay in the snow.

Two snowsuit clad figures landed on his stomach, driving the air out of them.

“Yes! We are victorious!” crowed the first one.

“‘Torus!” screamed the second, grabbing another bunch of snow from the ground and cramming it into Jack’s face.

“I yield! I yield,” Jack gasped.

“Laney, stop it.” his older daughter dragged her sister off.  “Papa already surrendered.”

“Sowwy,” Laney dropped back onto Jack’s chest and covered his face in sloppy kisses.  Jack was laughing so hard he could hardly catch his breath.

“It’s okay, Tory,” Jack said once he managed to take a full breath.  “Your Papa can handle the cold.”  He stood and brushed off the snow that hadn’t already melted and took a look at his girls.  They were starting to shiver and Laney’s lips were turning blue but they grinned excitedly up at him.

“I think it’s time to go inside,” Jack said.

“Nooooo,” his daughter’s chorused.

“We didn’t make a big enough snowman yet,” Tory pouted.  “You said we could make a really big one.”

“Noman!” Laney complained.

Jack weakened a little when he saw their pleading eyes but his resolve strengthened when he saw his husband waving through the kitchen window.

“Victoire, Madeleine, what did I just say?” Jack put on his fake stern face.

“Please.” Tory grabbed Jack’s hand and dialled up the cuteness to eleven.

“Pease,” Laney echoed her sister.

Jack crouched down to their level.  “Now I would say yes, but I just saw your daddy waving from the window and you know what that means.”

“Tooties!” Cheered Laney, turning to run to the house without letting go of Jack’s hand.

Jack was content to follow in their wake, silently doing his part by shaking off their snowy jackets before hanging them and setting their boots to dry and fetching dry socks and sweaters to replace their wet ones.  Then he bundled them up in his arms and carried them into the sweet smelling kitchen.

“Lord, how you all can stand going out in that weather, I will never know,” Bitty hustled them into the warmth and to the kitchen table.  Jack looked around.  A pot steamed on the stove and one of the counters was completely dusted in icing sugar and something white was rolled out on it in a big square slab.

“It’s not that cold,” Jack chirped. “It’s barely below zero.  The snow will be gone by afternoon.”

“It’s October!” Bitty rolled his eyes.  “It shouldn’t be snowing in October!”

Jack laughed and dragged his husband into his lap for a kiss.  “But you missed our snowball fight, Bits.”

“Yeah, Daddy, you shoulda seen us! Papa was super good.  Like he’s the best at making and throwing snowballs but we couldn’t just let him win.  So Laney distracted him by kicking him in the shins and when he fell down, I shoved a bunch of snow in his coat.  We totally destroyed him!” Tory chattered on.

“Wow, sounds…violent,” Bitty said faintly.  He jumped up after a moment. “But winners or losers, y’all better get a cup of my famous hot chocolate before it scorches in the saucepan.”

“Yay!” the girls cheered.  After a beat, Jack joined them.

Bitty blushed.  He ladled some into three mugs, added a little extra cream to two of them, and with a sharp, icing sugar covered knife, he cut a few squares out of the white slab on the counter and dropped them in as a final touch before bringing them to the table.

Jack blinked down at his cup.  “You made homemade marshmallow?”

Bitty leaned down and kissed him.  “Only the best for my favourite man.”

“What about us, Daddy?” Tory interrupted their little moment, chocolate mustache already painting her upper lip.

“And for my best girls, of course,” Bitty swooped over and kissed them thoroughly while they shrieked and laughed.

Jack sighed and rubbed at his knee, trying to work some stiffness out of it.  Bitty noticed, as he always did.  He grabbed his own mug of chocolate and came and sat in his chair by Jack.

“Are you alright,” he asked softly.  “I know it can’t be easy.”

Jack closed his eyes for a second, remembering how it had felt as he looked at the television screen and saw his team take to the ice for the beginning of playoffs without him.  The Providence Falconers would be making their run for the cup again, but he wouldn’t be joining them again.

“I’m sad,” he said before taking a sip from his mug.  The fresh marshmallow had melted and mixed perfectly with the thick sweetness of the chocolate.  He could feel it traveling to his stomach and warming every inch.  “But I’m not too sad.”  He looked at his beautiful girls, his cozy home, the beautiful blond man that was the heart of everything, and he smiled.  “I have everything I’ll ever need right here.”

[bittysvalentines]

@doggernaut every time I see you’ve posted something new, I get a big smile on my face. Your fics are such a gift to this fandom. They give me all the warmest, fuzziest feelings.

[samwell-sweethearts]

RabbitRunnah (@doggernaut) is an amazing writer and great to talk to! When I entered the fandom a few weeks ago, I binged all their fics in about two days and enjoyed every one of them!

signed @the-lincyclopedia

[bittysvalentines]

@doggernaut I love your fanfics so much. Whenever I want to chill I just read some of your fics and it makes my heart warm.

[wrathofthestag]

🥺, 🍦, 🏆 for the asks!

Thanks for the ask! :)

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

When either of the characters realizes they are in love. That one moment of the italicized oh is always so emotional.

🍦 What’s the sweetest fic you’ve created so far?

I think it's probably a three-way tie between:

Bus Stop - Jack bumps into the same beautiful stranger at the bus stop every day. Will he gather the courage to speak to him?

My Fair Bitty - Whip cracker, Jack Zimmermann, had been working the Ren Faire circuit since childhood. One day he meets silk aerialist Eric Bittle, and his life suddenly makes much more sense. A little story about soul mates and love at first sight. Featuring amazing artwork by @teluete

the stars look very different today - After 204 days on the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Jack Zimmermann is ready to go home. His husband and daughter await his return. A ficlet on science, longing, and home.

🏆 What’s your most popular fic?

Definitely Weekender - Jack hates conventions—the crowds, the noise, the forced socialization, but it's a work thing that must be done. Enter Samwell Hockey player, Eric Bittle, who attends the convention with a group of friends. Suddenly things begin to look up.

I love that fic because it's my longest fic at close to 35K, and I pounded that thing out in less than a month. I was out of town most of that time, too! It was so much fun, and the energy and support all the readers were giving me were amazing. As of now, it has just under 19,000 hits.

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[wrathofthestag]

It was my birthday yesterday and look at this pretty graphic @doggernaut made for my Zimbits Persuasion AU:

I love it! Thank you so much!