#this was fr supposed to be short and cute and i'm not quite sure what i ended up with but have this rollercoaster over a silly kids game

[vullcanica]

@vilestblood // ❛ We won’t know the cause of death without an autopsy. ❜ ((for nik... teehee.))

As far as Nico is concerned, all evidence points to that pesky little wrench in the patient's foot. A little absurd for a children's game in his opinion, even for Avita, who seems to be swiftly losing interest after a third round and two losses. He'd conceded the last one to make her happy. It hadn't worked.

"We do know. It's me.." she mutters, pouty and doe-eyed.

It's a blissfully early Saturday evening and they're huddled in close on the couch around a game of "Operation", trying to shake a sullen little five year old out of her utmost despondency in the aftermath of another 'death buzzer'. By the long look Antonin is giving him - fondly kubrickesque, reproachful, amounting to 'what did i say' - Nic suspects this might be entirely his fault for buying the finicky game for her when he'd known it would sow strife in their household. In his defense, something about 'daddy's job' had come up and he'd folded like a lawn chair. It would train her dexterity, he had insisted, and inane though it was, it still counted towards watering her little seed of kindness and nurturing that'd somehow sprouted from the genetic moral wasteland him and her mother had unwittingly set up for her.

Either way, game night this evening starts gearing to hold Vita's ire more than her attention. Just like predicted. Trust Antonin to come to the rescue anyway. Nicodem throws him a conspiratorial look over the white gold crown of Avita's head, features colored with a tinge of affection. Ok, you were right. Gameplan now.

"No, you have a point. We might require an autopsy," he intones with a casual air of feigned curiosity, quick to follow the cue. "His vital signs dropped far too quick, Doctor Cainhurst."

Avita glances his way briefly before lifting her crestfallen little face to behold Antonin with piqued interest. She finds him pensively examining their unfortunate plastic patient. Already half in character, thoughtful hum included. Nico fondly studies the gentle pinch of his brows and the near silver of his hair under the living room's daylight bulb and makes a mental note to kiss him senseless later in the privacy of their bedroom. He's gone molten-eyed and soft again without his own notice. An unwitting habit he catches himself in lately when he looks at them both a little too long - no longer watching to memorize the exact curve of a smile or the lilt of a laugh, just in case. Now simply doing so to fill his chest with it, with the abundance of them: happy, healthy, here.

Antonin's voice brings his attention to the present. Deeply solemn, hilariously so. "Suspiciously quick..." he determines with a haughty countenance, judge deciding on a verdict. Nicodem knows what's coming. "Some signs clearly point to possible foul play."

Ah, the buzzword. Avita perks up a little straighter immediatelly, everything clicking into place. Nic can't see her when she's turned away, but he knows her, from the baby hairs up top, down to the tips of her toes. Well enough to predict the small lift of her brow and the Desalvar smile, toothy, gapped, yet so distinctly curled, and her mother's unmistakeable dimples. Judging by Antonin's softening features, he's right.

"Oh. Like a job for a detective?"

"Perhaps."

Nicodem watches her look over the table with newfound interest, place both hands on it and assume the distinct pose of famed Ms Detective Desalvar, ready for another puzzling case. Antonin smiles. And the futile urge to stop time rises in him suddenly.

If he could stay here, just like this. Warm and comfortable, so wholly content, Avita perched on his thigh and his ankle touching Antonin's, suspended in the culmination of all his efforts and unlikely hopes, of gruelling nights and days, of tears shed alone. He could look at them forever.

But he won't. The thought is fleeting for once, spell easily broken. And the desperate snapshot of memory goes with it, pale in comparison to the future for once. He refuses to dwell anymore. It's safe to look beyond happiness now that it's no longer short lived. Nothing lurks around the corner. The evening will go on and he will step forward into it. He'll lovingly watch Detective Desalvar mull over all the little wrench and bucket and horse clues of a cold case made up from the scraps of his horrible purchase, and he'll steal kisses from Antonin overhead while she isn't looking. And when the lazagna he's put in the oven is done they'll eat together, sat around one corner of their pointlessly vast dinner table or like this, on the couch in a huddle. They'll turn the lights low then and put on a movie that Antonin will almost doze off in the middle of, jetlagged and sleep-soft and beautiful. He will tuck his precious daughter in by the end of the night and kiss her sweet dreams, and he will retire to bed, to be made love to quietly and then fall asleep in Antonin's arms. And he will do it all with the knowledge that he's earned it at last. That this, all of it, is his.

He reaches forward, to pick up the silly pair of plastic little pincers off the floor and hands them to Avita. He steps into the evening, bravely. "Your tools, Detective Desalvar?"

She grins up at him, all sunshine.

"That's Detective Doctor Desalvar."

"Ah, of course."

#𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑 ‒ nikodemus ║ IN CHARACTER #vilestblood. #god i already have a tag for avita but i havent introduced her on this blog yet #HAVE THE BABY THOUGH #family time sillies #edit: with some brief angst #tbh operation is for kids 6+ so that purchase was Not It BUT SHE'S TRYING HER BEST <33 #ignore Nik trying to cling to the little moments he's just Like That #a result of five years worth of 'what if i lose her'. habit. at this point #this was fr supposed to be short and cute and i'm not quite sure what i ended up with but have this rollercoaster over a silly kids game #I ALSO NEED A TAG FOR NIK'S MODERN VERSE!!! #but.. l8r #𝐍 - v: MODERN

[onlyseokmins]

I had a dream where Jeonghan was doing my make up and he was just so good at it, like... So professional. And he did a great job so now I'm wondering how all the members would do if they were to put make up on their partners ashshdhdk

This is really a cute dream <333 I'm still sleepy here tn so I grouped them together and it's a short one but I still hope you enjoy it and continue having sweet dreams 🥺

Seungcheol & Vernon

Good enough that they know what applications and brushes to use

Bad enough to not do anything too fancy or outside of just making you naturally prettier than you already are

Familiar with products and things either from their female siblings back in the day and/or from watching you fondly do your routine

Kind of protest because you're already pretty and don't need makeup

A very domestic activity

Jeonghan, Joshua, & Minghao

Very good at applying makeup

They have a sort of delicacy in their hands that allows them to adeptly and deftly apply it evenly and smooth

But they're good enough that they also can really do a bad job on purpose or something silly like cute cat whiskers if they're feeling mischievous

Which is quite often

Great for Halloween parties fr they religiously watch tutorials for the weirdest, most complicated ones to try

You are their muse and empty canvas

Junhui, Hoshi, Seokmin, & Chan

Please don't put them anywhere near makeup

They're very confused — what does what, what does this do? No you can't eat that!!

Might accidentally break something too

But they really try, they're just confused

They love to watch you in awe

Wonwoo & Jihoon

Kind of forget they're supposed to be putting makeup on you because you'll demonstrate on their wrist or something and then they're applying it all over their face instead out of curiosity

But you're both giggling and having a good time and that's all that matters

They know what to do but they're very stiff about it

You're too pretty so up close and personal it flusters them

And highlighting your best features only makes them more nervous because EVERYTHING about you is just so pretty

So they just kinda stare at you

Especially if your eyes are closed, lips pursed as you wait for them to apply something

Only to open them and they're suddenly super close and jump away like they totally weren't entranced and trying to kiss you

Mingyu & Seungkwan

Fabulous, the only men you can truly trust

Actually have skincare routines better than you so they make sure to have you do them too

They really like when you ask actually

It's like a 2hr+ ritual but you definitely feel fresher afterward and look bomb af

Your skin actually glows

Best looking couple

Prolly setting all the trends tbh

You get all the latest samples and best products because they advertise for everything and get all that sponsorship privileges

#This was so soft and sweet easy to bang out #ez.creates #nonny 🎭