thank u for doing this!! for the prompt perhaps some dnp guncles fluff !!
"What's a spoon?" Freja asks, very inquisitive and genuine in the only way a four-year-old can be. She's been coloring her picture book for the last thirty minutes, flipping between Hello Kitty and Spongebob. Her eyebrows knitted in concentration with her tongue poking out the side of her mouth.
Phil sits up so he's not lying his head on Dan's lap anymore, taking two steps until he's right beside her from her place on the floor using their coffee table as a drawing pad. "Spoons are like...something that you use to eat food with. Like cereal," Phil answers.
"Oh," she says, scribling in the corner of the page where Hello Kitty appears to be on a walk with her frog friend. "I ask because I saw your video," And she peers up at him grinning.
Phil is immediately hit with the realization that she is technically old enough to know that he makes videos on YouTube and has maybe seen them in passing or been shown some. He can tell from the startled laugh Dan lets out and the way his face immediately starts heating up that he's gone red.
"You've seen Uncle Phil's videos?" Dan asks between puffs of breath like the menace that he is.
She turns back and nods, her pigtails swooshing around every which way. "Yeah! I seen it on mommy's phone, MazingPhil!"
"Really?" he says weakly, scratching at the light stubble on his face. "What videos do you watch?" He thanks his younger self in his head for never cussing in his videos until very recently, and even then, he bleeps them.
Freja hums, tapping her crayon against her chin like she's deep in thought. "Some of them and maybe all of them. Oh!" She stands suddenly, standing in front of Phil, "I remember you had black hair!" she shouts, reaching out to tap at Phil's head. She stares at him for a second before frowning, "Why do you have white hair, and brown hair, and black hair?" She stares at him quizzically, like she can't figure him out.
"He also had orange hair too!" Dan quips, quickly typing something on his phone and showing a photo of a much younger Phil with bright orange bangs. He looks at Phil with a shit eating grin.
She looks back at Phil with a laugh, "Aww, you look like me because I have orange hair."
All Phil can do is shake his head. He sighs and looks back at Freja with a smile. "So you think you've seen all of my videos?"
She nods, reaching out again to pet Phil's head, still lost in wonderment that he could have so many different hair colors. "I think I have, your videos are funny."
And that...Phil can honestly say makes him feel better. It had occurred to him that there would be a point in time when his niece would know about his channel, and about the crazy life her uncle has. Between the videos, the radio show, the books, and three tours, and maybe a small part of him hoped that he could stay as Uncle Phil rather than AmazingPhil just a little while longer. He's proud of all the things he has accomplished, but the fierce need to shield his niece overwhelms him.
Dan nods even though she's still inspecting Phil's hair; their eyes meet over her head. He smiles widely, raising his phone to snap a picture. "Uncle Phil's videos are very funny."
Freja stops suddenly, turning with a sigh, "Uncle Dan," she says, all serious, "my mommy said that while you are very funny, I have to wait until I'm a big person to watch your videos." It's very rehearsed, and from the look on her face, it's clear that she doesn't quite understand why.
Phil doubles over laughing.