"First catch."
– Lee Dutton, x (black!)daughter!reader
"Dad!"
The voice was tiny, distant. Couldn't hear it if you were talking, like he was. But, he pauses anyway. Maybe it was instinct, maybe it was the fact that he'd learn how to always hear the precious girl. She was too curious, sometimes.
"You good?" Kayce eyes him, getting a shrug. "Yeah... thought I heard somethin'." The conversation continues. Then, it happens again. "Dad! Dad... Daddy!"
This time, he abandoned the conversation between his brothers and father, turning and looking for the source of the voice. He immediately spots the voice, snorting fondly.
The others notice, squinting in the same direction to see what was so funny. Then, they all snort. His little girl, from miles away, running at full speed. One hand holding her bunched up skirts. In the other, something long.
Whatever it was, she was apparently excited about it. Because she kept running... hard. And fast. "She's gonna hurt herself runnin' like that." Kayce muses. Ironically she falls... then, she scrambles back up and keeps on running.
Everyone laughs or winces, Lee sighing with his hands on his hips. "That girl." "Dad! Dad! Look!" Still so far away, it was amusing that she was still trying to talk to him. John sighs, just as amused. "Well... at least she isn't like the rest of ya."
His brother's make wounded sounds, dramatically hurt and offended. Lee shakes his head, standing up and starting to walk in the girl's direction.
Behind the girl, Monica rides behind her on a horse, making sure she was safe enough to do what she wanted. She looked fairly amused, Tate behind her. Lee meets them halfway, catching the girl before she could fall again.
"There you are!" The girl squeals as she's tossed in the air and twirled around. "Daddy, look! You're not looking!" She manages to get the words out through her giggles.
He finally sets her down and crouches, taking her in. "Woah! Hey!" He laughs at what was in her hand: a huge fish. That still managed to wiggle around, miraculously. "Look!" "I see!" He kisses her head proudly, getting a sweet grin.
Monica catches up, smiling. "She was about to call it quits before she caught that." The woman smiles, sliding off her horse, helping her son do the same.
"Especially when Tate kept catching them." "Dad, can Mr. Gator cook this?" His girl asks, unsure but still excited. Lee smiles, cupping the girl's neck and adjusting the hat on her head.
"Well, we ain't gonna let that go to waste, now are we?" The girl giggles and squeals, running off to everyone else. Tate follows, wanting to show his dad the fish that he caught, too. "Grandpa! Look what I got!"
"Dad, look at how much I got!" "Woah, look at you two!" Both kids were granted the attention and praise they wanted, Lee simply watching with a warm heart and big grin.
"She's gonna go far with this kind of stuff," Momica smiles softly, watching the same as he was. "Farming, ranching... she cares." Lee hums shortly at that, watching as John let's the girl climb on his old(er) back.
"... she's a catch, alright. She's good."













