#iamwhatwillbe

[abdicated-father]

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The mistletoe hangs in the archway between the living room and kitchen. If she wants either presents or food, she has to pass underneath and thusfar it’s proven to be quite the gauntlet run. Des and Clay keep scooping up the little girl with tickles and stomach raspberries and the rowdiest of Gavin’s bunch keep stepping in to harass the little girl most lovingly.

When Eric and his omni-present beard threaten another kiss as she tries to scoot past for another helping of cookies, William interjects and scoops his grandchild up, pecking her on the least reddened cheek. 

"Are they bothering you? he asks, with just enough of a hinted smile to let the girl know he means no harm. "I can take them out back if they are."

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[abdicated-father]

broken-minded-eternity:

"Well good luck with that, gramps…they’re both out tonight, so I doubt you’ll get anything from them at all."

It always made Eden giggle when she saw even a hint of a smile on the old man’s face, it told her that he was letting her win the argument, and he never did that with either Desmond or Clay. Which is why she felt so powerful when she did, grandpa was an important man after all.

"-And you should be worried about worrying daddy, he’s kinda sensitive about me, you know…doesn’t want his angel getting hurt."

And then a wider smile emerges--something he's been working on lately. Knowing his son in alive and well, and now getting a second chance at rebuilding the shambles of his family--he knows he's absolutely blessed.

"Are you sure you're not actually related to your aunt Stillman?" Though she is gone, Lucy's name is not a dirty word in the household, and despite the pain associated with her, Desmond speaks openly and fondly of her. "Because I seem to remember a little girl with blonde hair back on the Farm who used to talk like she was twice her age..."