#yay tulips

[minhosimthings]

Heyyy I just had biriyani for lunch. Also can I be 🌷anon?

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME SOME BIRYANI BEFORE I DIE I CAN'T SURVIVE ON EUROPEAN FOOD ALONE-

Of course you can babyy 😚🤭

[yellowvixen]

they're not even fighting btw they're looking at bugs together

sunshine belongs to me, tulip belongs to @silvers-starrway!! vote for one of them in the @sonic-fankid-showdown

[officersnickers]

🌹🏵️🌷Happy Mother's Day 🌹🏵️🌷

[cutielilcandy]

I heard that the adorable-lil-gooby candy has turned 15. Oh look new people!

“Oh yes! I did have my birthday on the 3rd”

“You know this guy, C..?”

Tulip just stares, tilting her head

[p4rty4nim4l]

exes with unresolved tension yuri alert 🔥

[birchsyrup]

Wara Wara in the Tulip Field Shirts

[shytulipghost]

I've updated the outline for the 4th draft. I'm going to bed now and I'll start rewriting Chapter 16 after breakfast.

Good night!

[chibifox2002]

She lost her ladybug hair clip and now she can't see

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Juliano is fucked.

Well, he's been fucked several different ways lately, but this is wildly different. He's conversing with Mario at the moment, and he knows that the Avatar can tell there's something wrong.

All of the Avatars have seemed to notice, unfortunately. It's been so long since Juliano himself was an Avatar, that he forgot that observantness didn't just disappear. It was.. hidden.

He knows they're not saying anything because they don't know what to say, because they don't know what he's afflicted with.

Well, Juliano thinks Mario has a hunch about what he's afflicted with, with how he looks between SMG1 and SMG2 whenever they visit, and then how he looks at Juliano with his eyes slightly narrowed.

"SHANTAE SPRAYED ME WITH WATER!" Tulip shrieks as she runs past, her friend close behind.

"YOU'RE COVERED IN CAR OIL! COME HERE!" Shantae shouts, voice exasperated.

"Where in the world do they find the energy?" Juliano mutters playfully, shaking his head.

"Maybe if you stopped sleeping in all the time, poppop." Mario grins.

"I'm 37.." Juliano sighs, exasperated but smiling.

"Oooold!" the other chuckles.

The former Avatar shakes his head with a smile, leaning a bit on his staff. His body wasn't hurting too much, but there was a dull ache of pain. Nothing he hadn't grown used to, however.

"How come we're not.. doing anything today?" Mario raises a brow.

Juliano shrugs. "I think it'd be nice if everyone just had some time to unwind, that's all."

The plumber stares at the former ringmaster for a moment before nodding. "Right.."

The taller of the two straightens up and cracks his neck before twirling his staff. "Hmm.. we should get going. I need to see Vitality soon, and I'd rather you guys not get caught up in Swag again."

Maybe that was a good thing, because.. he started to feel a little hot. Juliano frowns and tugs at the collar of his shirt a bit.

As the two continued to talk and discuss, the rest of the Avatars joined in. The large group began to walk and talk in a field near the castle. Juliano never strayed too far with them, not after the incident with the Teen Squad.

That reminded him..

"Tulip, has your driver's license been reinstated?" Juliano asks, looking at the young teen. She pauses before tilting her head.

"Uh, no? They said it was expired or something and that I need to get a new one." She shakes her head.

"..how long ago was that?" Both he and Captian Olimar narrow their eyes.

"... yes." Tulip grins.

As the girl shrinks back from being chastised, Juliano exhales softly, placing a hand to his forehead. Hell, when did it get so hot?

"Hey, Juliano?" a hand is on his shoulder, and he glances to the side, seeing a concerned Ash. "You okay? Your face is redder than your coat.."

"I'm probably coming down with something." Juliano admits, weakly pushing Ash's hand off of his shoulder. "It's.." He exhales, feeling his heart beat faster. "I'm.. fine."

Concern grows on Ash's face. He instead turns to the rest of the Avatars who were ahead, as he and Juliano had stopped. "Hey, guys? I think something is wrong with Jul. He's getting really red!"

"'M.. 'm fine.." Juliano mutters as he stumbles a bit, body beginning to shake. "I.. I can.."

"Juliano? Jul, can you see how many fingers I'm holding up?" There's hands on his shoulders, keeping him steady, and a voice he thinks is Mario's speaks to him, laced with so much concern.

His eyes narrow as he looks down, head swimming and vision blurring.

He opens his mouth to respond, thinking its four.. when his damned scars flare up too horribly for him to repress. He drops his staff, and how quickly he falls to his knees stops whoever was keeping him steady from catching him.

Juliano trembles like a leaf, unable to hear the worried and panicked questions surrounding him. It feels like he's underwater, his body is both burning and freezing, and he hurts, and he wants it to stop. The missing texture patches pulse, and he's in searing pain.

It hurt. It hurts. And yet, he couldn't make a noise because of the pain.

His code wanted to go home.

Juliano's head continues to swim before he passes out, falling to the ground.

[treecakes]

[ID: a white and brown cat holding a knitted tulip in its mouth. /end ID]

[thatbennybee]

do brozone parents have a design?

Ya I drew Tulip all the way back in December 2023 but I recently redrew her and then finally drew Twig

I feel like there needs to be a brozone parents with red/pink hair bc the blues and purples make sense bc of Rosiepuff and then the dominance of blue between the brothers. But also, yellow and blue makes green, red and blue makes purple, and purple and red makes a pinkish magenta color!! Boom, Brozone color theory!! :D

Plus, everyone always leaves Floyd out!! That red/pink had to come from somewhere!!

Btw I love the Half Rock Troll Branch theory

Plus on the Brozone website, all the older bros have some form of Rock music as their favorite genres listed sooooo :3 Rock dad!! Yay cool lookin parents! Too bad they're deadbeats!! 🤪

Also old art below if you wanna see it ⬇️

I didn't change much, I just made her a little chubbier and shifted the palette just a tad!! (Also I have a strong HC that JD was a mama's boy and it's where his need to show off/impress comes from)

[head---ache]

Fankids Character Charts [1/3]

The kids!! The first 7 out of all the kids getting charts!!! They're going to be divided in three groups because they're too many kiddos now lol.

More detailed info under the cut!

Emmie: Sonadow kid, the one who got my fankid train started! Also, the first Tube Baby! (Here's three posts about it: One, two, three).

Her full name is Emily (meaning "rival"), however, everyone just calls her Emmie (out of universe explanation + in universe explanation).

She has Black Arms DNA, but it's uncertain the lenghts it's effects have on her. They know she had green blood (first shown here) and has access to the Hivemind, which as a baby she used to communicate with Shadow (first shown here), but as she grew older she stopped using it, and now finds it harder to access it.

She, of course, also has Chaos Energy. She has super speed and can perform Chaos Control (here) and turn Super (first shown here), but her super form is highly unstable and quickly becomes similar to Sonic's "Super Fleetway" form (here).

Emmie uses her trusty yoyo to fight (here), complementing her powers and ability in a way to extend the reach of her attacks, rope in her enemies, etc.

Sparks: The oldest of my Blazamy kids, and first Belly Baby in the lineup (here's context).

Sparks has fire powers, similar to Blaze's, though they find them a bit harder to control. They get Blaze, Knuckles and Espio's help to learn to use said powers, since they require a lot of training. Also, again, quite like Blaze, they can turn into Burning Sparks (here), but this form drains their energy pretty fast.

Since Blaze is a princess, Amy, Sparks and Tulip do acquire royalty related tiltes, however, they're very informal and don't hold that much power due to Blaze not wanting them to have any responsability simply because they're related to her. Despite this, Sparks does end up becoming ruler of the Sol Dimension later in the timeline, but by their own volution.

They use a fire sword to fight (here). It would be a simple sword, but they infuse it with their powers for it to become this flaming version of the weapon.

Lash: The oldest of my Scourgiona kids and your local surprise baby representation.

Her main ability is acrobatics, and she has some sort of super speed but it's quite weak compared to Emmie's.

She has both mommy and daddy issues, and spends most of her time at Aim's house, although she grew up with Mareep, Glamour and Stumble. She has two older siblings, and at first she didn't have much of a relationship with them, since they're younger than her and much closer to each other, but eventually Lash steps in and tries to be a part of her siblings' life like their parents should've been.

She starts as more of a "villain", taking the role of your local mean girl next to Mareep and the others, and has a bit of friction with the rest of the kids, but as she starts hanging out more with Aim and Spades, she begins to let that attitude go and tries to be better, eventually joining the Restoration.

Aim: Whispangle kid, selectively mute, and a Belly Baby.

He does archery, which is their main fighting technique, however, during battle, they also use their tail to move around faster and will occasionally team up with Whisper's wisps.

He does not speak, at all, but the others just seem to understand him without him even needing sign language or anything. Also finally giving it a name rather than just saying 'he doesn't speak', they're selectively mute! So yay for it finally having a name!

Bria: Sonina (Sonia x Mina) Belly Baby! Making them Emmie's younger cousin.

They don't fight much, rather serving to give hope and high spirits to those around her! But of course, living in the universe they live in, they know martial arts just in case it's needed, and as self defense.

Even though Bria's hard of hearing, his biggest passion is music. She plays piano and guitar, piano being his main instrument.

Tulip: The youngest of my Blazamy siblings, also a Belly Baby (in universe explanation here).

He hasn't shown any special ability yet, which is something that bothers him. Because of this, he isn't allowed to be around the other kids when there's danger, but he's very sneaky and often gets things to work in his favor anyway (in some strange way, he always knows what to do to get what's best for his interests, hm...)

He has an interest in tarot cards, like Amy, and in these sorts of magic related topics.

Destiny: One and only Code Baby! And Sallicole kid. She's an AI similar to Nicole, but with more advanced and sophisticated technology.

Being an AI, she can easily hack into robots and computers, which helps during battle.

They usually take the leader role very naturally, immediately making a plan on the spot and guiding the rest of the group thanks to her rational thinking nature. However, she's quite shy which makes things a bit difficult for her, her confident side mainly showing when assuming the role of the leader, or when fighting for things they're passionate about.

Destiny is president and leader or a smaller section of the Restoration, which is the training and formation for teenagers. This is where she shines her brightest, leading this group on missions and making their plans of action, as well as organizing their training schedule.

[lovelyyandereaddictionpoint]

Bad Boy and His BabyCakes | Yandere Loki

Yandere Pantheon College AU (2/7) | Master List

The average student—(Y/n) was a crowd favorite. Known for their pure-hearted nature and kind gestures to the faculty and students. Always walking by in the modest version of the uniform they still turned heads. Grades practically perfect and a smile that brought so many to their knees, (Y/n) is a crowd favorite. 

An all-around goody-goody student with not a shred of dislike.

There was one thing others didn’t like about (Y/n); ironically enough it still wasn’t them. It was their boyfriend Loki Laufyson. 

“Oi Oi Oi Oi Would you like for me to split your skull open on this disgusting floor or in the broken toilet?”

Loki Laufyson is the adopted son of one of the educational administrators; part of the elite that had openly made it their mission to take this school and its average students down. Whether it’s out of boredom, hate for the poor, or plans of his own—Loki openly agrees with chasing the Pantheon’s students away. His escapades varied from minor pranks to life-threatening attacks. A shark in the school with no reasonable pattern except for his favorite snack. 

“Honeyboo!”

The cornered student frantically scanned his position, wondering if it was so obvious he’d been attacked. Taking a glance at his fallen companion, they hadn’t gotten up after hearing a sickening crack against the pristine tiles of the boy’s bathroom. The sink was overflowing leading to a growing puddle diluting the blood teeming from his friend’s head and the blood dripping off his attacker’s fist. 

Said attacker’s face twisted as though he’d eaten something sour and the taste had never left. The glare directed at him was like the final etches on a tombstone being engraved. As though it was his fault that he and his friend were so visibly miserable. The pressure from a steel-toed boot on his hand told him it’d be worse if he so much as breathed too loud.

Loki turned to open his arms, “Babycakes!”

Hugging each other while twirling around, the couple looked incredibly cute—even if this reunion was happening in a bloodied and flooded bathroom. 

“I thought you were going to wait for me in the pavilion, Sweetums?”

“I was but I realized how badly I wanted to walk with you near the tulips! They really just remind me of your eyes.”

“Aw, Pookie!”

Hearing their torturer’s voice raise an octave higher was always alarming. In the same way, the pierced elite with a keyhole muscle shirt, with the school uniform hanging off his shoulders was so needily rubbing his face into the chest of the school’s sweetheart. Just as alarming was the way Loki let anyone survive after being interrupted but that was the effect that only his beloved partner could have.

Already the apple of everyone’s eyes for two different reasons the staff and student body bowed to their whims. On the account that (Y/n)’s tears were a reason worthy enough to cut classes and that Loki’s wrath would leave dorm buildings going up in flames.

“Come on Loki-baby,” (Y/n) spoke in a whiny pleading tone that would’ve had the opposite effect on others. But the intense blush on Loki’s face said that was not the case; practically purring at the fingers threading through his green locks. 

“How about we leave for the garden,” a flash of (Y/n)’s sympathetic gaze relieved the cowering student for a second. “I think these two have suffered enough.”

Loki doesn’t turn toward them only holding his partner above the flooded floor. He lets out an annoyed growl, as though he wished to continue his massacre. He relents smiling widely as he tosses (Y/n) up high before catching them again to skip out of the bathroom.

“Okay, baby let’s go then!”

“Yay!”

The couple is already out the door and the remaining students are a little bit closer to survival. But Loki wouldn’t allow their peace to come easy, flashing a malevolent smile over his shoulder.

Granted his attention was quickly turned back to his partner to receive a multitude of loving pecks.

Melting in seconds the students are thankful that the Pantheon’s Bad Boy happens to have his favorite drug. And until he can properly control it he can’t have the college shutting down at least not yet. 

Noy while his babycakes is so eager to attend.

But if he’s not destroying the school he’ll have to settle for the average students.  

[juniper-clan]

Hello there! :)

So I noticed that you said in a comment on the allegiances post that the flowers/plants under the cats names mean something significant to that cat

So what are the flowers under shining and amber’s names?

And do they have any significance as of now?

Or is the significance for the flowers a spoiler to later events?

Oooohhhh yay yay yay! I been waiting for an ask like this~

I have a book on Victorian flower symbolism 🤩 I love those persnickety bastards, all wrapped up in symbolism and angst. I use flower symbolism for all the cats. Some of the symbolism varies from book to book, so it may not be perfect translations but I like to use these as leitmotifs for the kitties.

Heronstar - Tulip: Regrowth / reborn from winter (so very Longstrike coded)

Slickclaw - Ranunculus: Charming

Amberpaw - Coriander: Hidden worth

Shiningpaw - Nasturtium: Victory through struggles

[lilyrizzy]

for my beloved @catofthecanals289... consider this day one of your twelve days of maxiel advent calendar lol (if i manage to write that much...i'll try...no promises....). but yay! wedding fluff

It's Grace that asks Max, “are you ready to marry my son?” 

On her face there is a grin so similar to Daniel’s, Max can’t help but return it despite his pounding heart and sweating palms.  

Looking out at the sea of familiar faces for a moment, he lets the steady hum of voices wash over him. Just breathes in the sweet smell of the tulips- Daniel’s idea- swirling in the air. Admires how the rays of sunlight filter through the big bay window behind him to bathe the room in gold.  

Max would have married Daniel in a Vegas back alley, but he does have to admit this is all very lovely. Victoria, bouncing Max’s baby daughter on her lap as his twins play with their cousins next to her, catches his eye to give him a sweet smile.  

“I am ready, of course,” Max says turning to Grace, and it’s been the truth since he was twenty years old. 

She squeezes the top of his arm, her smile softening momentarily, before she nods at the registrar. Then, multiple people are instructing Max to turn around, to face away from the aisle and instead to stare out at the setting sun through the window.  

Michelle had teased Daniel about this, said it figured that he would be the one to make the grand entrance of the day. Max had dutifully listened to Daniel’s insistences that he was not a show-off, while secretly agreeing with her. Announcing himself dramatically into a room silenced by the first few notes of a song he's spent months agonising over chosing seemed exactly like Daniel’s style.  

I want a proper first look, Daniel had told Max, it will be romantic. 

Hearing the charmed murmurings of the people they are closest to in the world as Daniel makes the entrance, Max can’t wait any longer to turn and look. 

Max is meant to wait. He’s supposed to count to fifteen, to let Daniel get at least a little way already down the aisle before he moves to look at him. He isn’t totally sure why, just that it had seemed very important when they’d practiced yesterday. Except-  

What he notices first is Daniel, of course. His wide grin, the soft brown eyes Max loves so much, framed by the cheeky way his eyebrows climb up his forehead as though to say, surprise! How beautiful he looks, though Max knows he would prefer the word 'sexy'.  

Then, it’s their children.  

Their twins, each with a hand tucked carefully into one of their dad’s, as the three of them walk down the aisle all together. Max can’t help the laughter that fizzes up from his stomach and all the way to his lips as he glances at the now empty chairs next to Victoria. Joe, who was supposed to be walking Daniel down, shrugs innocently at Max from the seat next to Grace. 

The bubbles of laughter don’t stop, not even as his eyes start to get wet at the corners, making his vision swim. He can still see everything he needs to perfectly; Daniel’s well cut suit, his carefully styled curls. The sparkle of the diamonds he let Max slip onto his fourth finger almost a year ago now, the sunlight bouncing off them. The matching blonde heads of his children, Oli’s topped with the flower crown Victoria had actually made for his sister, Livia.  

The people who remind Max over and over, just how gentle love can really be.  

The song fades out into silence when the three of them come to stand in front of Max. Three perfect faces wearing the same smile Max was first drawn to over ten years ago now.

He wants to kiss the version of it on Daniel’s face the moment that he gets close enough for Max to reach for, but they are fathers first now. Oli throws an arm around Max’s leg, hiding shyly behind him, and Livia informs him seriously, “Papa, I gave Oli my flower power to help him be brave.” 

Even as Max and Daniel exchange a grin, something thicker settles into Max’s throat. He can hardly believe it sometimes, that after years of traveling the world together, fatherhood is yet another adventure he gets to have with Daniel. 

“Hi baby,” is all Daniel says, cupping Max’s face gently. He is the picture of smug, and Max lets him revel in his glory for a moment, before crouching down to be eye level with their children. 

Glancing up at Daniel, Max asks instead, “do you think I could borrow him for a moment, so we can get married?” 

“Guys,” he says seriously, touching each of their sticky-warm cheeks in turn gently, just as their other father had touched his. “Thank you for helping daddy get to me safely.”

When they’d practiced, Joe had been the one leading Daniel up the aisle. Max remembers that this is supposed to be the part where the registrar asks who gives Daniel to be married, but there is no giving away to be done now. They have always belonged to each other, and now to their children as well, just as much.  

“Yes, yes, yes!” Livia declares, throwing her hands into the air excitedly. Oliver is less certain, but Victoria and Grace both speak up then, all gentle encouragement to coax them both back to their seats. They go- each with a parting kiss- and then Max straightens up again, Daniel is looking at him with the same shit eating grin.  

Good surprise? He mouths as the registrar begins the formalities, and Max does his best not to roll his eyes as he lets the fond smile overtake him again. Anything to do with their babies is lovely, so it’s not like it was really a gamble. 

It’s enough even, to blunt the sharp edges in Max’s chest when he looks at the two empty seats in the front row he had asked Victoria to keep free just in case. Fatherhood gave him a renewed belief that indifference and disapproval were not gaps that couldn’t be bridged with love. Now it’s enough to know that whatever divide might have formed between the family he was born into, there is nothing he wouldn’t find a way to cross for the family he made for himself. 

As if that has ever been anything other than the truth.  

He takes Daniel’s hands and repeats everything he needs to so that they can make what Max has always known to be true, official. When Max kisses Daniel, he feel both the promise of new beginning, and the fifteen years of shared history.  

“Who would have thought it, Verstappen?” Daniel teases as he pulls away from their first kiss as a married couple, but Max knows he is thinking the same thing when he adds, softer, “all mine now, Maxy.”  

What is a perfect day for them, is of course a little more boring for the babies. Halfway through signing the register, the children start to fuss, and so they end up with one on each knee, Livia demanding her flower crown back, and Oli forever eager to please the sister he adores. Somewhere, the same song the three of them made their entrance too fades back in and Daniel starts to dramatically mime the words to Max, like the show off he and Michelle both know he is. 

Your love will be, safe with me. 

[layla4567]

Vaccines are good

Dad!Colin Zabel x Mom!fem!reader

Summary: You and your husband Colin make up a happy family, Colin turned out to be a great father and you both love your little son. But can the detective get out of trouble when they take his son to be vaccinated?

Warnings: fluffy things and mention of needles and childhood illnesses of course

Word count: 2.8k ***************

Colin was preparing lunch while Alex was sitting at the table drawing with his crayons. The handsome detective smashed two eggs into the pan, adding salt, pepper and coriander and then began to beat them with the fork. He would take care of preparing something else for Alex, over time he had learned that the little one didn't like omelettes. He arranged the food on the plates and served them on the table waiting for you to get home from work.

"Hey champion, what are you drawing?" Colin asked, bringing his face closer to the sheet of paper.

The boy happily held the paper up with pride. "It's you with your police car!"

Colin smiled when he saw himself in that drawing. The colors spilled out of the lines but the detective could clearly be seen standing next to his car, which had the dome lights on, shining red and blue. Alex was very proud of his father and always said that when he grows up he wants to be like him, he even often wore his father's clothes and played cops and robbers with his schoolmate. Colin always laughs but obviously he worries that his son will be involved in a dangerous and stressful job like that.

"It's amazing kid! you even drew the details of my uniform, you are talented!"

Alex's cheeks turned tulip-pink with pure joy as he smiled widely. The boy was a carbon copy of his father, same eyes, same hair and every time he smiled you saw Colin. Suddenly there was a sound of keys opening the door and a sweet voice announced their arrival.

"It's mom!!" Alex got out of his chair running towards the door while you opened it laughing at his enthusiasm. Colin also came to meet you.

"Hey! How was my teddy bear today?"

You scooped Alex into your arms as you planted a loud, slobbery kiss on his cheek. The little boy laughed and then with a grimace of disgust he wiped his cheek without stopping laughing, his face was so funny that it infected you with laughter. You weren't afraid to show how much you loved your son even if you were a little clingy at times.

"Hi sweetie, welcome home." Colin hugged you around the waist and kissed you tenderly on the lips.

"Ew..". The boy said, making a disgusted face and looking away.

Colin laughed tenderly. "Why don't you show mommy what you did today, huh?"

The boy nodded with great enthusiasm and jumping happily.

"Let's see Alex, show me"

Your son grabbed your hand and quickly led you to the table where his little drawing rested. With both hands he raised it to the level of his face.

"Ta-daa!! Guess who it is!!"

You gasped in surprise as you grabbed the drawing from the boy's small hands. You looked at it carefully while smiling sweetly. The proportions of the things he had drawn were not perfect but they seemed adorable to you.

"Oh my god Alex, it's beautiful! And It's daddy! and with his police car of course"

"Yeah!! you guessed it!". Alex smiled at you with that gap between his frontal paddles that seemed so tender and pretty to you.

"Let's hang your drawing on the refrigerator door, what do you think, honey?"

Your son shouted yes and you gave Colin a smiling look.

"I think it's a great idea babe"

While you placed the drawing under two magnets Colin asked his son what he wanted for lunch.

"Ok little champ, what do you want for lunch? You don't want an omelet, right?"

Alex shook his head vigorously while sticking out his tongue in a grimace of disgust.

Colin smiled in amusement. "Alright, alright. How about pasta?"

"Yay I love pasta!!"

The detective laughed amused, it was no secret that your son loved Italian food. you turned around looking at them happily.

"Ok, then pasta will be"

Your husband had gotten up from his seat to put the noodles in a pot when Alex sneezed loudly. Colin stopped halfway looking at you while you approached Alex with concern.

"What was that, hun?" You gently took his chin in your hand, inspecting him.

"I don't know, mommy". Alex sniffed the snot with his nose as he wiped it on a sleeve.

"I already told you not to wipe your snot on your sleeve, you'll make it dirty."

"Sorry mom.."

You looked for a disposable tissue in your purse that Colin handed you and leaned close to your son's face.

"Come here"

You carefully wiped his nose while inspecting his nasal passages for any possible infection or irritation but found nothing alarming.

"Well It seems like you don't have any infection, maybe it's a simple allergy. "My love, was he like this all day?" You turned to look at your husband who returned a worrying look.

"Actually no, he was perfect. Just now he started sneezing"

You put your arms on your hips as you looked at your son thoughtfully who looked back at you a little scared.

"But he had already had a cold last week, right?"

Colin nodded. You still remembered what it had been like last week. Alex had had a fever and cough and had stayed in bed resting as the doctor had said. The poor thing couldn't leave the house to play with his friends and spent time eating soups that he considered very bland.

Worried, you walked quickly to your bedroom to look for Alex's vaccination record. You checked that everything was in order, Alex had all the vaccines from when he was a few months old baby. But he was missing the measles vaccine, which he had to get at age 5. Alarmed, you returned to the kitchen with the booklet in your hand. Alex had a terrified face when he saw it, he already knew that the storm was about to break loose.

"Colin, Alex doesn't have the measles vaccine and he's already 6, he must get it as soon as possible".

When the little boy heard the word vaccine, he jumped in his chair.

"Sure, it makes sense. The symptoms are fever, cough and runny nose, that's what he suffered last week"

"Come on, bring the car keys, we have to take him to the nearest hospital".

The detective grabbed the keys that were hanging on a cute keychain on the wall hand painted by Alex and you grabbed your purse and put on a jacket. When you called your son, he got out of the chair scared, getting as far away from the two of you as possible.

"NO!". He yelled

The two of you were about to open the door when the child's scream made you turn around to see him. When the little naughty boy made sure he had both of your attention, he returned to the charge, shouting.

"I DON'T WANNA GO TO THE DOCTOR AND I DON'T WANT VACCINES!!!"

Alex crossed his arms angrily as he furrowed his eyebrows so tightly that his forehead became wrinkled.

"Alexis Zabel!"

You put your hands on your hips, also furrowing your eyebrows, looking at him defiantly, you could play that game too. Everyone in the family knew that when you called your son by his full name it was because you had exhausted your patience and he was in serious trouble.

Colin took a step forward, trying to calm the atmosphere and cut the tension that would be felt in the air.

"Come on Alex, don't make mom angry, don't make it harder".

The detective approached with his arms open to grab his son but the boy was faster and ran screaming towards his room as if he had a rocket up his ass.

"NOOOOO!"

You ran in his direction, annoyed. "Alexis come here immediately!"

Colin grabbed your arm. "Wait, let me talk to him."

You huffed in agreement while your husband smiled at you, caressing your wrist. Colin headed to his son's room. His dark wooden door was decorated with posters of dinosaurs and robots. He knocked on the door twice.

"Alex? It's me, daddy. Can I come in?"

The man heard Alex's muffled voice from being behind the thick door giving him a negative answer, from his tone of voice he seemed still angry.

"Please son I just want to talk I promise"

Zabel waited anxiously by the door when a slight movement of the handle made him sigh in relief. Alex's chubby face barely peeked out of the space he had left open.

"Fine, come in"

Colin walked in smiling. Alex's room was quite big. The walls were decorated with drawings and posters of his favorite cartoons. There were also shelves with dolls and stuffed animals piled up, many of them were dinosaurs, he loved them. His toy trunk also had fire engines, tanks and racing cars that the boy had even taken charge of naming. The bed where the boy was sitting was shaped like a car and his blankets had drawings of prehistoric animals and plants. Colin sat next to his son who remained very serious.

"Listen Al, I know you don't want to get vaccinated but it's for your own good.". Colin used to use that pet name with his son.

"Adults always say that". Alex crossed his arms and turned his face away so as not to see his father.

"But it's because it's the truth. You know?, when I was your age I didn't want to get vaccinated either."

Alex's little face lit up in surprise as she turned to look at him. "Really?"

"Yes, really. Look, if you promise to behave like the brave boy I know you are, on the way out, I promise to buy you the biggest ice cream you want".

"You promise?". Said the boy smiling

Colin extended his pinky in promise. "Pinky promise, kid"

Alex intertwined his pinky with his father's, laughing happily as they both left the room, but not before grabbing a toy car for Alex to entertain himself and calm down. You continued waiting at the door impatiently moving one foot up and down until you saw them leave the room.

"We can go now". Your husband said smiling.

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The ride to the hospital was quite quiet, from time to time you would take quick glances at Alex who was calmly playing with his toy in the back seat. Colin sensed your nervousness and grabbed your hand firmly, smiling at you while he held the steering wheel with the other.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine." He whispered to you

You nodded, smiling. Everything seemed calm and correct, but when he arrived at the establishment and got out of the car, Alex saw the facade of the hospital and the fear returned to him, so he started screaming and kicking to get back to the car. You grabbed your son's hand, pulling him with Colin's help to get him into the hospital but Alex couldn't stop crying. The detective crouched down next to his son.

"Remember what we talked about, if you continue like this there will be no ice cream"

Colin's slightly threatening tone brooked no reply. Alex was going to say something but upon looking into his father's intimidating eyes he decided to remain silent. So, with a dejected air and the face of a lamb about to go to the slaughterhouse, they headed inside the building. Of course the boy carried the toy car under his arm. In the waiting room there were many children more or less his age, some teenagers and babies a few months old. With a sad and scared face, Alex sat between his parents to await his fatal fate. The other children also seemed somewhat dejected.

You knew how tortuous it is for a child to be vaccinated, you still remember when you went nervously to the waiting room to get an injection when you were a child. And honestly the screams and cries that came from the door where the vaccines were given was not exactly relaxing. That's why you took your son's delicate hand in yours, squeezing it gently to give him warmth, courage and protection.

"Sweetheart, you can do it, I trust you. And when we get into the room I will be with you the entire time and I will hold your hand so it doesn't hurt."

Your son wiped a small tear that was almost dry from his rosy cheek and looked at you with a shy smile.

"Alright, if you say so..."

The hours passed and the waiting room was emptying. There were only two people left ahead of you. Many of the children came out smiling with tears in their eyes, others didn't say anything and looked at the ground as they walked. Then a plump older woman called them by Alex's full name. The little boy did not want to go but he remembered his father's promise and bravely squeezed your hand and headed to the room while your husband sat waiting outside.

The injection room was beige and the walls were decorated with paintings of animals to calm the children, you weren't sure if it really worked. There was also a medium-sized window with baby blue curtains that overlooked a garden full of flowering bushes. You directed your distracted gaze there when the woman brought you out of your thoughts.

"Okay, so this is little Alex Zabel."

The lady was wearing a dark blue nurse's uniform and was smiling affably. You looked at your son who could only look down holding on to his toy car.

"Oh it's ok honey, it'll just be a little prick". The woman said

Alex's eyes were starting to water again so you tenderly wrapped your arms around his shoulders in a protective gesture. "Sweetie everything will be fine, you'll see"

The nurse told Alex to sit in a chair and roll up the sleeve of his shirt so she could give him the injection. She also asked him which arm he wanted the injection in and the boy pointed to his left arm. The good-natured woman began to prepare the needle, taking one out of a sterilized envelope that was in a plastic box full of them. When you saw them, a slight chill ran down your spine. You still remembered your first vaccine as if it were yesterday and you understood everyone more than ever. those children who came out crying.

Alex also saw the needles and buried his face in your chest, scared. You grabbed her hand and whispered the words you had said before "Remember, mommy is here and I won't let go of your hand."

The little boy nodded and sat up straight in his chair, squeezing your hand tightly as he showed his left arm to the nurse. She tapped the needle with her gloved hands to make the liquid go down.

"Alright, little Alex, take a deep breath."

Alex closed his eyes tightly until his nose wrinkled and he squeezed your hand even harder as it started to hurt, never underestimate the strength of a scared 6 year old child. It was barely a second until the nurse announced that she was finished.

"Done! You see it wasn't that big of a deal?".She laughed sweetly

Your son opened his brown eyes wide and looked at his arm in surprise, looking for any cut or wound, both women laughed and the nurse carefully squeezed his arm with cotton.

"Hold this cotton in your arm for a few minutes, then you could throw it away. Aaand." The woman took out a red popsicle from a jar and handed it to the child who was looking with bright, greedy eyes. "This is for you, for being such a brave child."

"That's very kind, thank you" You said to the nurse and looked at your son "You thank her too, Alex."

The little one had already put the lollipop in his mouth without thinking twice and didn't even take it out to respond "Thzank yough"

Mother and son left the small room hand in hand, happy and laughing. Colin was already standing waiting for them with a relieved smile on his face.

"So? How did my little champion do?"

"Oh he was incredible, he didn't cry even once"

"And look daddy!!, the nurse gave me a lollipop for being good!"

"Oh look at that!"

Colin lifted the boy into his arms giving him a kiss on the cheek while you held his toy.

"It seems that today you are going to stuff yourself with so many sweet things"

"What does that mean?". You asked funny and curious

"It means daddy will buy me ice cream!!!"

Colin looked down, smiling a little embarrassed for not telling his wife about the deal.

"Oh yeah? Well I guess daddy can buy ice cream for everyone too." You said laughing and giving your husband a kiss on the cheek.

Colin laughed and agreed to pay for the other ice creams. They returned to the car happy, heading to the nearest ice cream parlor, eager to try that sweet and frozen dessert.

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I have read many stories where Colin is the father of a girl, so I wanted to write a story where he had a son.

By the way, I wrote this after reading the @sweeter-innocence-fics fic. Thanks for being an inspiration for this, you can read her Colin fic here