#lil cringe lil wonky and a lil short but eh

[penisnballstorture]

I want him to play the dad...

Clara and svarog fanfic!!!

"Im sorry, alice. Daddy isn't the smartest, I can be too reckless at times. I now know you were just worried about me. You didn't want me lose me too and I just want to let you know I'm sorry." He grips his hat close to his chest, his heart.

alice was shocked at first, she wasn't even breathing. Till she tears up, this is the first time her dad ever admitted to being wrong. Nevertheless apologizing. She grips the hem of her dress, nodding to his words.

He takes a deep breath, starting up again " Daddy isn't perfect. I can't always get things right and I mess up at times. But I try, I try very hard for my little angel. So from now on I'll be more careful-"

"I forgive you! I forgive you, daddy! Please, please be more careful! "

"I will, alice, and remind me if I ever stray too far. We'll get through this together, alright?"

"... As a family? "

He runs through their fence gate, across their grassless path with too many footprints to count, up their white stairs with the paint worn out near the center, coming in for a tight embrace. She returns it just as fiercely.

"As a family."

The screen cuts to black.

The sound too shuts off with a blip, even the background static left. All that persists now is silence.... and sniffling.

Leaving clara staring at her reflection, and back at her. Her face was slightly red, using the end of her sleeve to wipe away some tears. Mister Svarog is to her right. He's sitting down on the couch next to her in their house.

She yawns a bit through her tears. That was a long movie, and a good movie.

"How was the movie, clara" he asks.

Clara looks up at him, smiling brightly despite the redness around her eyes and nose, "mister svarog, the movie was great!"

Svarog finds see clara so sad yet so happy to be odd. Searching his data base doesn't provide him much information, so he photos this moment and resorts to asking her instead. "Are you alright, clara? "

"I'm fine mister svarog." Svarog takes out a few tissues and offers some to clara "I'm.. Just so happy for alice and her dad."

Clara graciously accepts them uttering a small 'thank you'. Mister svarog continues his inquiry, "if you are happy, why are you crying? "

"... Because It was very sweet, alices dad was admiting to being wrong, apologing and is essentially being very vulnerable and open takes a lot of courage and trust. For alice having someone she looks up, who wronged her, to validating her feelings was... cathartic?... Its very sweet in a, intimate way. "

"Noted."

Svarog checks his internal clock, "it's time to prepare dinner." He gets up.

"Mister svarog? "

"Yes clara"

"Can we please act out the movie? Like while making dinner? "

"Affirmative, who will you pick? "

"I'll be alice!" She wipes the last of her tears and snot. "Mister svarog, who will you be?"

Claras mind wonders, what scene they would play out. she pictures a scene where alice and her dad cook outdoors. It's quiet except for a few crickets, some owls, and the cracking of the fire. Alices rests on a rock. Her dad hums a small tune, one he'd always hum to her as a toddler before bed, while steering the stew...

"I'll play the rock."

That entire image flops. Gone.

"O-ok... We'll play the cooking outdoors scene."

The time svarog spend cooking Clara had layed on his feet to simulate alice laying on the rock.