#casually uses icons of joong w/his nephew tho......bc cute tbh....dad vibes for real

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hc prompt or hc question nobody knows but kael when he has a son, tell me all about daddy kael when he has his first son ;w; ( aka smol natsu 2.0 )

OKAY, AM I FUCKIN READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS— So, first of all, I wanna make it very clear that, obviously, he’d never prefer his son to Hana and he’d never prefer Hana to his son. His babies are his babies…he loves them both…I mean, that’s an absolute given but I just want to get that disclaimer out of the way in case anybody reads what I say the wrong way. Honestly, having at least one son is something he wants but, at the same time, I really don’t think he’d be disappointed or that he’d even give a shit were he to have daughters and nothing else? Anyway, with that out of the way, onto the actual headcanon.

Firstly, I think Kael would like to name his first son after Natsuhiko in some way or another but I dont actually think he’d call him Natsu (and I guess I’m not too fussed about giving a Korean-coded kid a Japanese name, even if it is symbolic). I do, however, think he would, with Asura’s permission, give the child a name that calls back to Natsu in some other way. My first thought is that Natsu translates as Summer and something incorporating that would work well. (just throwing it out there but hajoon could work well as one of the ways this can be written in hanja is 夏准 and  the ha (夏)  also occurs in natsuhiko (夏彦), given that it is the chinese character for summer but idk man that’s just some etymology for u)

If you think for even a second that Kael wouldn’t try to raise a trendy son, you’re very much mistaken! I think the greatest way (okay, that might be an exaggeration) his son could insult him in later life would be to spend his adult life badly dressed. I’m not saying he’d dress a child the way he dresses himself, obviously, but I like to think there’d be obvious inspirations in there somewhere. He’d also make a pretty big point of making sure his son never felt pressured by the need to be more masculine if he didn’t want that. It’s something that messed Kael up when he was younger, being raised in the very much hyper-masculine, aggressively macho surroundings of military life and he certainly wouldn’t want his son to deal with that same kind of stress. 

He’d be absolutely supportive of his son, no matter what, and if he took a keen interest in typically ‘non-masculine’ (as uncomfy as i feel usin that word to describe anything) areas like fashion, make-up, the arts, etc., Kael would definitely help. The same is true if his son turned out to be a bookish type (not unlikely if he ingerits Kael’s intelligence). Furthermore, if his son wound up interested in sports or science or something else about which Kael didn’t give a shit, he’d try to take an interest for his son’s sake. Although this is very, very true of Hana as well. Kael grew up without his mother being very interested in him and he’d never wish the same on his own children. In that same vein, however, he’d also be very, very strict (possibly to a fault) in making sure his son never took any interest in the army, even in spite of what propaganda and media might be thrown his way. Seeing his son become a soldier would tear Kael apart. It would ruin him. 

As we all know, Kael didn’t grow up with a father himself but always greatly admired his father regardless. Even now, he wants to be like his father, if only in different ways than he did before. It’s also true that Kael wishes he’d had the chance to get to know his father too and that he’d been able to share some closeness with him. Because of this, I think Kael would also try to be as good a role-model to his son as he possibly could. In his mind, that should be a father’s job, particularly where a son is concerned. Also, not to be dramatic here but…imagine this kid taking after Kael, physically, and dumb selfies taken together (presumably before he’s old enough to get embarrassed about it) with matching poses and stuff…honestly ill cry……

Anyway, I’m getting too far ahead. You said ‘when he has his first son’, not years after he has him. I think he’d have an easier time bonding with child, honestly, just because it won’t be as scary. Hana, being the first child, was pretty daunting and, given that she’s only a few months old, she still is. The whole experience has been a bit overwhelming and, sometimes, he’s a little too careful with her. That’s why I think he’d have a much easier time settling into the process of bonding with his son because, hey, he’s done this before. He knows he’s not going to make some awful mistake and ruin everything because he knows what he’s doing. Sure, Hana gets all the first child doing stuff for the first time novelties but, when Kael and Asura have a son, he’ll get all the look, at least we’re not panicking novelties. I think Kael would also feel very close to his son very quickly. With Hana taking after Asura more and her being the first child, I think Hana would attach herself to her mother more. Granted, most little kids prefer their mothers, I do think Kael and his son would have a similar sort of attachment (and not just because they’re both male). I’ve talked before about Jisoo’s bond with Kael and I think this would be perfectly reflected here. Is that because I like drawing parallels between Kael and his father? Probably but it’s an important image to me anyway.

Going back to the trendy thing from before, though….can you imagine this kid as a toddler? Kael would dress him up all stylish and personally cut/style his hair. Occasionally throwing on a tiny leather jacket. Mini-Kael. Someone tells him he’s being a little excessive? Like Kael gives a shit, look how cute his son is! It goes without saying, though, that he wouldn’t actually be raising his son to think he needs to look stylish or that looks are the be-all and end-all. He’d just want to dress his son up cute while he’s still little. And you know how they make, like, Doc Martens for babies and toddlers and stuff? I’m sure you already know where I’m going with this.

And, fair warning, Kael will be the kind of dad to tease his kids, just because he thinks it’s funny. Not just casual teasing either. More like…the kind of teasing he’d only get away with when Asura wasn’t there because she probably wouldn’t find it quite as funny because, oh, look, you made your kid cry — but he’d never actually do anything genuinely mean so don’t take that the wrong way; he wouldn’t actually do anything to harm or genuinely upset his kids, that’s awful!! It’s just Kael...being the pain in the arse that he always is. He likes teasing people!

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