girl dad Xiao (headcanon/oneshot)
summary: domestic fluff!!! I’m ovulating and thought about how Xiao would be as a father. like, he’s definitely a girl dad no doubt. There’s nothing in this world that can change my mind. gn! reader despite heavy implications of birth, idk maybe xiao laid the egg we’ve all seen that one fanart before lmao
xiao swears up and down that he doesn’t have a paternal bone in his body! he’s an adeptus, a dignified yaksha, the conquerer of demons, the only things he’s ever known are his weapon and slaughter.
and then you came around. you, his lovely spouse that seemed to spark a renewed passion for life he’d long forgotten. oh, he’d go to the ends of Teyvat and back for you, trust you with his own weapon and bow his head to your feet— there was no purer form of love and trust than what Xiao harbored for you.
so, when you mindlessly mentioned the idea of having children, you could see him visibly buffer trying to process what you said. when it registers, his face grows red, his nose scrunches up, and his eyebrows began knitting together. He wanted to say something, anything, but true to habit you’ve once again left him speechless. he sighs, thinking you were just trying to fluster him to see his reaction and shakes his head.
he’d think about it later that night though. how would reproduction between a human and an adeptus work? was it even possible for interspecies reproduction? biologically speaking, he was genetically different from you. he was technically a completely different species regardless of the human form he takes.
he wonders what it would look like— an offspring between you two. he’d wonder if the little creature would have your eyes, your smile, your hair-
at first thought, he’d say he’d want it to look like you.
in all honesty he doesn’t think much of this form, it just tends to be better use in combat. that’s all he’s ever thought of his body, really. but now that he was looking at himself, really looking at himself- would he be upset if the little thing looked like him? if they had his pale skin? his shorter stature? would they even possess an adeptal form?
then came the questions of which he would prefer- a girl, or a boy? in complete honesty he didn’t particularly care, he’s known many respectable warriors of either sex in his time, it wasn’t an aspect he really considered when looking at someone.
he did like the idea of having a daughter, for whatever reason. a daughter that looked like him, his dark hair, his pale skin, a creature that could harbor any resemblance of him yet still look so innocent and fragile seemed like such a foreign thing to him. almost impossible.
the idea that any creation of his could somehow look so fragile- and tiny..
it proved to be the most astonishing thing he’d ever seen in his lifetime.
he swears he could fit her entire head within the palm of his hand, not that he’d ever try, she seemed more squishy than typical mortals. he was so afraid of dropping her; he didn’t even know how to handle something so small and fragile— but when he saw those tiny little eyes trying their hardest to peer up at him through tears, it’s like something clicked into place.
something fell into place for him that day. like a part of his soul he didn’t know was missing had finally been restored. there was something so soft, so gentle about the way he gazed down at her. curiosity and admiration hitting him all at once. he couldn’t believe that she was his own, that he had a part in her making. he couldn’t believe something so precious could ever come from him, but here she was, arriving as bloody as he lived. he almost could laugh at how ironic it was.
(bonus) he wouldn’t let either of you out of his sights for months. he’d watch you both like a hawk, making sure neither of you ever wandered too far from him. you were making his brain scramble from how much he worried about you— he swears he should’ve started asking Baizhu for mortal medicine months ago so he wouldn’t have to anxiously wait for your new prescription to be filled.
a/n: perk of having an adeptus as a husband and father of your child? he doesn’t need sleep, so you’ll always have breaks. here’s to hoping your child doesn’t take after him in that regard, at least in infancy lol. This was just a little Drabble I thought of, the baby fever will hopefully be gone in a couple days wish me luck. This is gn! Reader friendly! you can imagine like a magic kid or like you get him pregnant or something idk peg his ass!!
