#If he's like 90 something and his oldest son is like first-pon-farr-age

[bumblingbabooshka]

Writing 10,000 fics in my head of Tuvok spending domestic time with his children.

He gets a call that one of them is missing only for them to turn up at his station like “Hello father I desired to see you and so I am here! What is wrong?” It’s bring your daughter to work day and Asil ropes him into helping her solve a kid mystery (which somehow actually relates to an adult problem on the ship). Sek is thirteen now and insists he should be able to wear makeup (Tuvok disagrees) he should at least be able to practice wearing makeup?? please please please (Tuvok sighs and helps him with his makeup. Elieth also weasels his way into this despite being like ten.) Asil is dysphoric that she keeps being told how much she looks like her father. Tuvok listens to her then shows her a picture of himself at her age. A little girl? Asil asks. Tuvok tells her that that ‘little girl’ is him. Asil nods and suddenly feels much closer to her father and much less upset at the comparison between them. She keeps the photo with a picture of herself, always. Tuvok didn’t buy the right cereal. The replicator doesn’t make the right cereal. He has to go out and buy the right cereal. His son Elieth will go with him to make sure he doesn’t screw this up royally yet again. Tuvok falls asleep on the couch and wakes up to his kids playing a game where they pile as much random junk on him as they can without waking him. Tuvok falls asleep on the living room floor and wakes up to his kids all curled up around him/each other...nap time... Tuvok saves a famous yet reticent celebrity through his security measures (he is also notably the only one who doesn’t care about her celebrity, even Janeway’s starstruck) and is allowed to get her autograph which she like never gives out because writing in very special in her culture or something. He accepts it and when Janeway asks why Tuvok shows her that it’s made out to his oldest son, Sek, who is a big fan of hers. (Sek has actually long grown out of being a fan of hers but he doesn’t mention this to his dad and appreciates the gesture.) Tuvok’s kids meet Janeway’s dog and are in awe of this strange creature! One of them screams when Molly jumps on and tries to lick them. (A vicious attack!?) Disaster...but in the end, a little fun. Varith can’t read yet but insists he reads a book to Tuvok and Tuvok has to listen to his baby son go “And then they ventured all the way to the voroth sea...” (Mhmm...Tuvok says, eyeing the page which says ‘Red Dog Ra-Ruf’). This eventually leads to all his children making up a story. He finds he enjoys this display of structured creativity. After Sek is born Tuvok just spends an entire afternoon sitting on the floor looking at him as the boy sort of looks around and bangs blocks together. It is endlessly interesting. Asil gets her first period and there’s some kind of Vulcan ritual for it (to learn how to relieve and control the pain, nothing about woman/adulthood) and she chooses Tuvok to assist her through it instead of her mother. He considers this a great honor. It all goes well! Tuvok makes desserts for his children and T’Pel. Everyone loves them.  Tuvok tries to play a video game with his children but he just sucks so bad at it. T’Pel comes in and is absolutely amazing at it. Janeway spots Tuvok at some sort of future anime convention with like four bags of things and Tuvok looks so embarrassed to have been spotted (but of course he isn’t) and they both look at one another and know...Varith. v_v Tuvok giving his children lessons about how to control their facial expressions just leads to him making his children giggle themselves into hysterics for an hour. (They’ll get it eventually) Bath time and he (+ T’Pel) have to wrangle four children into it. One of his children keeps pestering him with personal questions and Tuvok is like what’s this all about?? and it turns out they are to write a faux biography for a person they consider heroic in school and he was chosen. Tuvok is honored. Tuvok trying to have a space zoom call with Janeway but in the background his toddler marches in and climbs onto his lap and starts babbling and he has to be like one second one second I just- (he ends the video but not the audio so Janeway’s snickering on the other end as she listens to him scolding the baby in Vulcan) Tuvok making a safety training holonovel for his children which he says is to help train them for dangerous situations (and it will/does) but also it’s just kind of a fun mystery+thriller for them and they love it.  Tuvok reading a million parenting books and relaying the tips to T’Pel who tells him to chill out. Tuvok quickly realizes the majority of these tips are useless. Tuvok incredibly frustrated because the new baby will not stop crying and his children are being grating/unhelpful but then after the dust settles and everyone’s calm he feels a great sense of satisfaction.  Tuvok has to play princesses with his children. It’s so fucking important. Tuvok helping his kids with their homework. Tuvok watching television with his kids. Tuvok teaching his kids how to swim. Orange peeling thing but specifically for his children <3 cares about them so much...