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Shannon Vaughn [uɐɯɹǝʌlᴉS ǝʇɐN] ([personal profile] privatematter) wrote in [community profile] diversified2014-01-29 10:06 pm

Do you want to build a snowman? [ closed. ]

WHO Shannon Vaughn ([personal profile] privatematter), Eli Delacroix ([personal profile] aspectional), Alyssa Vaughn.
WHAT surprise water powers!
WHERE Delacroix-Vaughn abode.
WHEN Summer of '93.

It had started with the Americans With Disabilities Act in '91. Someone had clapped Shannon on the shoulder and jokingly asserted that he could go and adopt some little Vaughnlets without worry. Shannon had, of course, related it to Eli with amusement but not much thought, and that had somehow led into more serious discussion about whether they would actually ever want children someday. The idea had simply sat there in the corner of their minds, waiting and growing while they went about their lives, moving in and coming together in all senses except legal.

Then they remembered that someone in their little group of reincarnated weirdos was actually a high-profile lawyer. Things had snowballed from there and by the very end of '92, the cogs turned in a miraculous way, and Shannon and Eli found themselves the fathers of a very precocious and amazing little girl named Alyssa.

Currently, it was a weekend which meant Shannon had the day off with his family. Because he wasn't officially a cop, he actually managed to have a normal schedule despite working for the Chicago PD. Sometimes he went in anyway, but nowadays he tended to lounge around at home and try his best to keep up with a three year old. That in itself was pretty challenging, especially when she forgot to put her toys away and Shannon ended up stepping on all the sharp, hard corners of her dolls or cars. Those cars were going to be the death of him, he just knew it.

"C'mon, Lyssa," he said, shaking his foot free and trying not to let the pain poke holes in his tone. "It's time for lunch. You wanna get cleaned up for lunch?"
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-01-30 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"No! Wanna play more." As if to prove her point, she banged her toy against the floor so Shannon could hear how serious she was about wanting to keep playing.

"I told you that we'd never hear the end of it once she learned no," Eli said cheerfully as he walked over and picked up the toy Shannon had stepped on and went on to pick up anything else in his way. "If you're not going to get cleaned up, Lyssa, I'm going to give your lunch to the dog."
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-01-30 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
"We're not playing the blame game in front of our daughter," he answered with a huff. To be perfectly honest, it wasn't Eli's fault as far he was concerned that Alyssa had learned no. It was to expected that she'd learn it anyways, but it was still not something to cheer over. Especially once she was a teenager.

"Super smart dogs like Chase love sandwiches." Eli came over and knelt down in front of her. "And we don't hit people with our toys, so what do you say?"

"Sorry, Papa." She still doesn't seem to want to give up the toy and go get lunch, but one step at a time here.
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-01-30 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Eli had less problems manipulating a three year old than Shannon did and he had no issues going straight into overkill with her.

"Well, Papa and I are going to eat lunch together. If you're not going to eat, then we're going to leave you all alone with no one to play with."

That seemed to knock the kid into gear. "Don't leave me alone! Want you and Papa here, Dad."

"But we're hungry, Lyssa, so we're going to go eat." Eli paused as if he was thinking really hard about it. "You can come with us and once we're done eating, I bet Papa will let you play some more."
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-01-30 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh oh, she wants something," Eli said as he took the collected toys and put them away so as to save his partner from injured feet. He didn't have a problem with Shannon being the designated child carrier since he was usually the one carrying her around when they went out to the zoo or the park or just outside in general. Shannon could carry her around the house for all he cared.

"Do not!"

"I know that sweet talk little miss trouble, you want something."
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-01-30 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
He gave Shannon an amused huff at the thanks, almost as if conveying what else would I do, silly. Once done putting away the toys, he followed them into the kitchen and started helping out in getting lunch ready, well versed in staying out of Shannon's way while doing so.

"Well you heard her, papa, she wants nothing, so I guess we won't give her anything," he said as he moved in and tickled her belly.

"Dad!" She squealed with laughter as he tickled her. "Stop it! Don't want nothing."

"Aha, my interrogation skills work yet again." Eli stopped tickling and went back to work.
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-02-07 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Eli stopped what he was doing and walked over to Shannon, sticking his finger in the sippy cup and expecting a liquid when he instead found frozen solid milk. "That? That is not you going insane, unless it's a shared madness. What we have right here is frozen milk and if it's not one of us who did it then--"

A giggle interrupted his thought and he glanced over at Alyssa, who had on her best innocent smile, though it really didn't fool him. "--then that means it was our daughter. I think I need to make a call."
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-02-09 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I can't freeze things and you can't freeze things, so that leaves our daughter," Eli replied as he put his hand on Shannon's shoulder and squeezed it a bit. He knew that chance had nothing to do with it and that it was a clever manipulation on Thomas' part. After all, out of everyone in Chicago, Eli had fallen for the one man in the city who had been a new Aspect. He expected nothing less from fate these days.

He stepped out of Shannon's way, letting him do what he needed to do while he thought about it. By this point, Eli knew very well how his partner functioned and knew better than to get in the way unless he really needed to. "Of course I'm going to call him. I'm sure that this is his fault to begin with and Michelle was probably in league with him, the traitor." This was the worst part about having gone to Michelle for help adopting a child. She was still the liaison between Thomas and the rest of the Aspects and helping them wasn't going to change her loyalty to Thomas. "I'll be sure to give you the phone so you too can threaten to murder him. He might actually take it seriously if it's from you."

Eli put on his best disapproving dad face and looked over at Alyssa. "You can't freeze your drink just because you don't want it, honey. Will you unfreeze it for me and your papa?"
Edited 2014-02-09 22:09 (UTC)
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-02-10 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
It was more their meeting was fate and their later relationship being part of Eli's magical ability to screw up any and all planning Thomas had for the current group of Aspects. Thomas did, after all, want Eli to lead all of the Aspects, even if one of them was fire. "I was ten," he responded with a shrug. "Most of us gain our abilities when we're young. You're really more the exception here, not the rule."

He chuckled softly at Shannon, smiling as he did so. "On the legal part of things? Yeah, that was all Michelle, but locating her and putting her our way? That sounds like something the stupid bird would do."

Eli looked back at Alyssa with an equally serious expression, as if they weren't arguing over something so trivial as having soda. "No, Lyssa, you can't have soda. Wouldn't you rather have some juice or milk?"
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-02-16 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
"It just means there's one more thing we have to teach her and we'll have to watch out for her accessing her memories when she's older," answered Eli with a sigh. He then realized something and grinned. "Maybe this time she won't smack you."

Because he was a child at heart, Eli mimicked her posture and expression. "No soda," he said back. "Juice or milk. And if you freeze them, you won't get anything to drink."