#mama dark

[iamvegorott]

[After Chicago’s threat]

Yancy: (has a face on that says “that’s my girl”)

Illinois: Don’t encourage her. Dark, defend me on this.

Dark: They were threatening a member of my household. It’s completely justified.

Illinois: (mumbles) something about apples falling from trees.

You married into this, Illinois

There's no escaping it now XD

[iamfruitie]

I could totally be wrong (because I honestly don't remember if this has been brought up before) but just the absolute and utter fear Illinois feels when Dark gives him the shovel talk.

Because you know it's not just Dark, (who is by far the most terrifying) but also Dark's boyfriend Anti and (who's kinda like Yancy's step-dad???) And Yancy's Uncle Wilford.

Illinois almost pisses himself right then and there.

"Is anyone else gonna threaten me for being in love?"

Be careful what you say Illy XD

[snarkyowl]

If Chase's kids ever get hurt or need a bandaid they will walk around and make everyone kiss there 'ouchie', everyone learned quickly that they should kiss it or the kids will start crying and MamaDark™ will apear out of no where and make you do it.

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[iamvegorott]

Yancy getting some comfort from Mama Dark.

Yancy hated this feeling going through him at each rumbling of thunder. He cursed at himself, scolding himself for acting like a child for something that just happened from nature but couldn’t stop. He couldn’t stop how he curled up into a ball, hugged himself, and tried to hide from the noise within his closet. 

Illinois was gone for the night and Yancy couldn’t bear the thought of going to someone else in search of comfort. It was silly how much he hated thunder, he didn’t understand why he couldn’t handle it. He was fine with lightning, watched wind blow over trees, and waddled through flood water like it was an extra pool but thunder? That made him want to cry. 

“Yancy?” Dark’s voice came through the hanging clothing in front of Yancy. “Are you okay?” 

“I’m fine,” Yancy muttered, trying to hide himself further into the closet, feeling so embarrassed at being found by his Ma. 

“I don’t think you are.” Dark parted the clothing and watched Yancy flinch at the next round of thunder. “That’s not shocking.” He squeezed himself into the closet, closing the door behind him and sitting next to Yancy. 

“What ain’t shocking?” Yancy asked.

“Thunder. I hate it.” Dark said with a shrug. “Reminds me of some…things I don’t wish to think of anymore. You probably inherited that hatred from me.” 

“You…You don’t like thunder?” Yancy felt some of that embarrassment fade. His Ma was one of the bravest people he’s ever known, he wasn’t scared of anything and he didn’t like thunder?

“Never have, makes my stomach twist but I’m used to putting on a strong face since I have people I love to take care of.” Dark smiled at Yancy and held his arm out, the smile growing when Yancy moved closer and rested his head on his shoulder. “Thankfully, storms don’t last forever and we’ve already checked that this one should blow past us soon,” Dark explained as he rubbed Yancy’s arm.

“Thanks, Ma,” Yancy said softly, letting himself enjoy the comfort of his Ma with him. 

“Of course, I’m always here for you.” 

[iamvegorott]

Graduation Day

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Summary: Yancy has worked hard to finally earn his degree and today is graduation. With limited tickets, he invites his Ma Dark, his Pops Anti, his boyfriend Illinois, and, to the shock of the previous three, his Father Actor to all come and watch him walk.

Graduation Day

“Anti, ears.” Dark gestured to his own ears after they got out of the car. He was quickly double-checking their appearance before they went into public.

“Ah, shit.” Anti rubbed his hands over his ears, making his usual points appear rounded. “It’s been a while since I’ve used this form.”

“Are you going with any gray hair?” Dark asked as he used the reflection in the car window to check himself. 

“How old are you two trying to come across?” Illinois asked, getting out of the car last. He held a large bouquet of roses in his arms.

“I believe we have Yancy registered to be twenty-five,” Dark stated.

“So we’ll probably want to be mid-forties or fifties,” Anti said with a shrug. “How gray are humans in their forties?” 

“Depends on the person. I think just having some wrinkles will be enough. Just remember an age and stick with it.” Illinois worked with people often for his career and was used to faking being a human more than Dark and Anti. They don’t usually hide their natural appearance with their work, so those hiring them are more than aware of what they’re signing up for. 

“Forty-five and forty-six?” Anti pointed to himself for the first number and then to Dark for the other.

“Sounds good.” Dark nodded in agreement. “We should head in before we’re late.”

“How many tickets was Yancy given again?” Illinois asked as the three of them started walking.

“Four.”

“Only four?”

“Small arena for a large class. Largest the school has had in a long time.” 

“Wait.” Anti held out the word as something clicked. “He got four, and there’s only three of us. Who did he give that last ticket to?” 

“Me, of course.” A voice chuckled behind them. 

“I’m going to stab him,” Anti grumbled as they turned and saw Actor standing there, hands behind his back and having a large grin. 

“Why wouldn’t Yancy invite his father to his graduation?” 

“He did. I’m right here.” Anti glared at Actor, his earlier comment seeming more of a promise than a threat. 

“His real-”

“Don’t.” Dark cuts Actor off, knowing what he was about to say. “Now is not the time for us to argue or fight. Today is about Yancy. And we are all here to support his accomplishment.” He used his arms to guide Illinois and Anti to turn away from Actor. 

“I hope you trip up and down the stairs,” Anti called over his shoulder. 

“I’ll need to write that one down.” Illinois chuckled, waiting for Dark to open the door before stepping in. 

“The tickets have assigned spots. So, Actor will be sitting with us. We all need to behave.” Dark stated, speaking softly so only Anti and Illinois heard him as they walked through the crowd.

“Are you saying that for us or yourself?”Anti asked with a giggle.

“Yes.”

“We love honesty.” 

“Pardon us.” Illinois flashed his signature charming smile at people as the three squeezed past to get to their seats. He may look more human in his natural form, but he still had some Ego abilities in his back pocket as the people he spoke to were more than willing to get out of their way and then cause some problems for Actor just seconds later. Actor didn’t struggle for long, though, using his own abilities to eventually get by smoothly when he caught on to what Illinois was doing. 

“There they come!” Anti practically bounced back out of his seat when he saw a sea of blue robes and caps. The graduates entered the room in two organized lines and headed to their seats. 

“Do you see Yanc?” Illinois asked. “What last name did we go with?”

“Frost,” Dark answered.

“Frost?”

“Yancy picked it.”

“There he is!” Anti stopped the conversation and pointed. 

Yancy came out of the back room and looked in the direction where his family should be. His face brightened as soon as he saw all of them, waving at them with the biggest smile. Yancy blended into the line like an average college kid. But, to his family, he stood out like a star. 

“He looks so happy.” Actor said, voice filled with pride.

“He does.” Dark smiled as he felt Anti taking hold of his hand and squeezing, looking down at Yancy with his own smile. 

That was one of the only times those three ever agreed on anything. 

“I am the luckiest man alive,” Illinois said out of pure adoration.

The rest of the world didn’t matter as they watched Yancy, not hearing the announcements and barely registering the other graduates’ names were spoken. The claps and cheers were their only signs. 

Eventually, Yancy stood and followed the line. His smile grew more and more the closer he reached the stage.

“Yancy Frost.”

The rest of the words were drowned out by cheers and claps. Anti, Dark, Illinois, and Actor yelled at the top of their lungs, doing everything they could so Yancy could hear them loud and clear. Yancy took his diploma and looked at them, waving it in the air and getting even more cheers. 

Had they not screamed over the rest of the announcement, they would have heard Yancy got a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Fine Arts Minor. Dark had insisted he also got a minor in something he loved. Yancy was going to either take over or run their ‘company’ at Dark’s side one day, but he was still going to be Yancy Iplier, regardless of his title. 

The rest of the names flew by in a blink, and Anti swore they would be voiceless the next day with how loud they cheered again as the graduates threw their caps in the air. Everyone in the crowd slowly dispersed, leaving the building, and gathered in little groups, taking pictures, laughing, hugging, and crying.

And speaking of crying. 

“You said you weren’t going to do that.” Anti teased. He used his thumbs to wipe away Dark’s tears as they waited for Yancy to get to them. 

“I didn’t plan this.” Dark chuckled.

“And you all say I’m dramatic-ow!” Actor hissed in pain after Illinois jabbed him in the side with his elbow. 

“You’re going to get yourself stabbed,” Illinois said to Actor under his breath. “And Anti doesn’t hold back.” 

“Ma, are ya crying?” Yancy asked with a laugh when he reached them. 

“No,” Dark lightly chuckled as he hugged Yancy. They pulled away, and Dark gently held his face. “I am so proud of you.” 

“You gonna make me cry.” Yancy rubbed at his eye with a hand. 

“You did it!” Anti cheered, and Yancy had to catch him as he practically threw himself into the hug. “I knew you could!” 

“Thanks, Pops.” Yancy was laughing again as Anti let him go and stepped aside to playfully poke at Dark’s arm, giggling as he kissed away another tear that had started rolling down his cheek.

“Earning that cap and gown takes a lot of hard work.” Actor praised, taking one of Yancy’s hands with both of his and shaking it. “But I knew the moment I heard you were going this route, I knew you could do it, and you’ve proved me right.” 

“There was definitely some times I wanted to throw things.” Yancy tried to have his other hand join in, but the diploma was in the way. 

“You get that from your mother.” Actor joked, ignoring the looks he got from the other three.

“I’m taking him to the top of the stairs and pushing,” Dark mumbled. Anti had to slap a hand over his mouth to muffle his laugh. 

“I know, and I like it.” Yancy pulled Actor into a quick hug before slipping away and going up to Illinois. 

“You look amazing, treasure.” Illinois praised, handing Yancy the large bouquet. 

“Illy, yous didn’t have to.” Yancy hugged the roses, using the red of the petals to hide the red on his face. He always got too easily flustered at gifts. 

“Of course I did. You deserve it and more with all of those late nights studying.” Illinois lowered the flowers, taking hold of Yancy’s cheek and kissing him. 

“Alright, that’s enough.” Dark waved his hand when the kiss lasted longer than a second. 

“They do fuck, you know.” Anti chuckled.

“Don’t remind me.” Dark groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. “We should head back to the Manor before Wilford gets impatient and starts the party early.” 

“If he even thinks about touching that cake, I will shave his mustache off.” Anti huffed. 

“Am I invited to this gathering?” Actor asked. 

“You are n-”

“Absolutely!” Yancy cut off Dark’s refusal. 

“We’re all going to have a grand time.” Actor said with a big smile to Yancy. 

“You two can go ahead and get the car started.” Dark handed the keys to Illinois. 

“Why do we-”

“We can make out while we wait~” Illinois chuckled, understanding why he wanted them to head off, and easily guided a sputtering Yancy away.

“I did not want to hear that.” Dark sighed.

“Young love.” Actor half-sang.. 

“We were terrible when we started actually dating.” Anti bumped his hip to Dark’s. 

“He’s always been a little extra touchy.” Actor chuckled with a smirk. 

“You.” Dark turned and jabbed a finger into Actor’s chest. “If you try to make a scene at Yancy’s graduation party, you’ll wish you could die.”

“I’m not going to make a scene.” Actor rolled his eyes, lowering Dark’s hand. “As you had said earlier, today is about Yancy. He wants his parents to help celebrate, and I will be on my best behavior.” He placed one hand on his chest and held up his other. “Scout’s honor.” 

“Fine. But I’ll be keeping my eye on you.” 

“Whatever makes sure Yancy is happy.” 

“Give us about ten minutes to get to the Manor first and warn everyone,” Anti said.

“Noted.” Actor said with a nod. 

“And now, to lighten up my mood.” Anti looked around to ensure no one was paying attention and then glitched himself to the car. He pulled open the back door and faked a gasp.

“Are you having sex back here!?” 

“Pops!” Yancy yelled in shock. Illinois’ laugh was loud and soon turned into a cough from how hard it was. 

“And you chose him over me?” Actor scoffed. 

“And I’d do it again.” Dark clicked his tongue before he had himself appear at the car as well. “Are you done giving them a heart attack?” 

“Ma! He is terrible!” Yancy shouted from the back of the car, face a bright red, and Illinois was still trying to breathe between laughs. 

“Let’s head home.” Dark chuckled with a smile. His family was the definition of loud and chaotic.

And he wouldn’t want it any other way. 

[iamvegorott]

This might just be me but have you ever hugged someone or been near someone that you can smell them and they smell like a mom? Like they just have this specific smell and it makes you feel safe? I feel like that’s what Dark smells like. I’d like to think Dark asked everyone what they wanted for Christmas and they all were like “hug please 🥺”. Yancy gets to experience it all the time because Dark gets cuteness aggression with him. (Probably Night too but I’m not too sure where Night is on being touched)

Dark def has the mom smell in the Mama Dark AU. Like, it kicks in after Yancy comes to the Manor

Everyone asking for hugs from Dark is adorable!

Yancy gets hugs constantly and asks for them often as well and even has a whole system where he can just give Dark a look and Dark knows to give him the biggest hug

Night's probably too prideful to ask for a mom hug from Dark, at least verbally, but there have been times he's had a rough day and he just leans against Dark and Dark knows that means he wants some motherly lovin

[iamvegorott]

Danti/offspring Yancy thought of just Yancy figuring out what he’s gonna get Anti blurts out “A Knife!” while Dark is just in the room staring at him like “No, Antis had a bad influence on you” but then Yancy would just quickly explain to him that it’ll be a gift for Anti XD

Dark's got two stabby boys in his life and hopes his son won't be as stabby as his husband XD

[iamvegorott]

Danti angst:

When Anti first found out Dark had a kid (Yancy) he kept his feelings hidden because well he didn’t cause Dark or Yancy any trouble but also didn’t really see himself as a father figure not in the same way Chase was with him or the rest of the egos or like Henrik was with Robbie sometimes. Like to think that the whole reason they had so many fights and argument was so Anti could further create that wall/barrier between them mostly just for himself. Even when Dark did try to ask Anti out, Anti just shook his head and told Dark why and went to his room.

Dark being stubborn as hell especially since how he felt towards Anti didn’t let this stop him to consistently ask Anti out just so he could prove to him that those thoughts didn’t mean anything to which Anti would finally come around cause who is he to say no to Dark XD

My heart breaks at the thought of Anti going; "You know who I am, Dark. What I am. I can't be a parent. I know Yancy is an adult and doesn't rely on you that much but for me to...I'd ruin everything and I can't do that to you two."

He'll get his happy ending but the steps are gonna be painful until he reaches the top