Your daughter has the tendency to unintentionally disappear this hiding tactic is new.
I might expand on this more in the future I don't know
This isn't the first time she'd gone AWOL at home. She always was easily found, rowdy as she was, but tonight was different.
He'd noticed the silence after dinner. The patter of her footsteps and babbling tuned down to zero. His head snapped up as he zoned in, eyes narrowing, using his super hearing to find the toddler to no avail. Not even a heartbeat.
You tilt your head, confused. "Clark, what is it?" He stands abruptly, chair collapsing to the ground, his lungs seizing from fear. "She isn't here."
"What do you mean?" you quickly follow. "I can't hear her- didn't you notice I..." He sprints towards the living room, spinning around, barely able to catch a breath.
"Isla?" He yells, tripping over his feet, frantically searching for the little girl. "She's here, honey, don't panic," you mumble, voice wavering as you strut towards the kitchen, opening cabinets.
She tends to commit the occasional vanishing act, and he wishes this was a habit she would break. Sure, it's funny, and it would be if it wasn't his kid that constantly pulled this trick on both of you.
He lifts the couch, toppling it over, throws cushions on the ground, and zips towards her room, almost ripping the door off its hinges. "My gosh, where is she?" he cries, heart hammering in his chest.
He pauses as babbling flits through the air from your shared bedroom. You meet his shocked gaze, a sigh of relief escaping your lips.
He creeps past the door, spotting a lump covered in red cloth on the ground, wiggling back and forth. "Where's my little bug?" he whispers.
She stills, holding back a giggle as he slowly steps forward. "I wonder where she is? Honey, have you seen her?"
You play along. "No, she was playing with her stuffies in her room last time I saw her." You follow Clark's footsteps. His figure looms over her, fingers drifting closer to the red sheet as he slowly grips and lifts it up whispering her name again when she tugs it off her head completely.
"Found me!" she laughs with a toothy grin. "I found you!" he gasps, picking her up with a spin.
"Silly girl, I was worried sick. I thought you flew out the window." He huffs, lightly poking her chest.
"I can't fly, I'm too little," she replies, poking him back. He raises his brows. "Who knows, little lady? I was your age when weird stuff started to happen."
You knock, catching her attention. "Mommy, Daddy found me!" she squeals, tiny arms reaching out.
"He did, didn't he?" You swipe her bangs from her face. "That was scary," you frown, pinching her cheek, "you can't hide like that. We thought we lost you."
"I just wanna be like Daddy," she shrugs, "wear his costume."
"You might be like me one day, but I want you to be yourself," he replies, pressing his forehead against hers.
"He'll always find you, right?" you ask.
"No doubt," he hums, pressing a chaste kiss against her temple. "But don't you dare do that again," he chastises, blowing raspberries against her cheek as she shrieks.