dad!john logan x fem!mom!reader
summary: while your son is undeniably a mini version of logan, your daughter is turning into a mini version of you
warnings: literally just fluff
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people always talked about how much your daughter looked like logan. from the moment she was born, nurses, relatives, strangers in grocery stores — everyone had something to say.
"she has his eyes." "that smile is all logan." "just wait. she's going to have him wrapped around her little finger."
you would smile every time, because they weren't wrong. she had his chocolate brown eyes, the same soft brown hair, the same dimple that only appeared when she smiled hard enough.
standing next to her eight-year-old brother, there was no denying they were siblings. your son had inherited more of you physically, while your daughter looked like someone had simply shrunk logan down into toddler form.
logan loved hearing it. he'd scoop her into his arms with a grin and say, "of course she's my kid."
your son, meanwhile, had never needed anyone to tell him he was his father's son.
by twelve, he was already all elbows and knees, forever smelling faintly of hockey gear, forever coming home with another bruise and another story that started with, "okay, but listen..."
he laughed too loudly, talked with his hands, couldn't sit still through an entire movie, and acted before thinking. he was logan in every possible way. you'd known it for years and logan wore it like a badge of honor.
nobody questioned that your daughter eventually also would grow into another version of her dad.
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you found her in the living room one chilly october evening. the television hummed quietly in the background, filling the house with soft voices while rain tapped steadily against the windows.
you'd only stepped into the kitchen to make tea, but when you came back, she wasn't where you'd left her, “sweetheart?"
"in here!" a tiny voice sounded, and when you rounded the couch you stopped.
your favorite knitted blanket, the oversized cream one logan always teased you about, was dragging halfway across the hardwood floor behind her.
it was far too big for her tiny body, so she'd clearly struggled to pull it off the armchair.
she tugged it with determined little huffs until she reached the couch. then, with complete seriousness, she climbed up, tucked both feet underneath herself, pulled the blanket over her lap, wrapped it around her shoulders, and disappeared beneath it until only her little face peeked out.
you smiled before you even realized you were smiling, “cozy?"
you crossed the room, sat beside her, and without thinking reached for the throw blanket draped over the back of the couch.
logan walked in just as you settled beneath it. he looked from from your daughter to you, and then back to you again.
the two of you were sitting in exactly the same position. knees tucked up, blankets wrapped around your shoulders, and cups of something warm balanced carefully in your hands. even the way she absentmindedly rubbed the edge of the blanket between her fingers looked familiar.
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by the time she turned seven, your son was fifteen and old enough to tower over you, complain about homework while inhaling enough food to feed three people, and to pretend he was too cool for family baking afternoons.
until chocolate chip cookies were involved, “i'm only helping because someone has to make sure dad doesn't burn them."
logan gasped dramatically, “i have never burned cookies."
your son raised an eyebrow, “mom?"
you looked up from measuring flour, “he burned them last christmas."
"traitor," logan muttered.
the kitchen filled with laughter. your daughter somehow ended up with chocolate on her cheek before a single cookie reached the oven, logan had flour in his hair, and your son kept stealing chocolate chips.
it was chaotic, yes, but also exactly the way your kitchen always seemed to be.
once the cookies had cooled enough to touch, you set the tray on the island, “okay," you said. “everyone gets one."
your daughter studied the tray with surprising concentration. she wasn't reaching, or grabbing whichever cookie happened to be closest. instead, she carefully looked over every single one.
finally, she picked up the most perfect cookie on the tray. it was perfectly round and golden, with the chocolate chips melted just enough.
logan smiled, “good choice, kiddo."
however, instead of biting into it, she walked straight over to your son, “here."
he looked up from his phone, “for me?"
she nodded, “it's the best one."
he showed her a small smile and took it without hesitation, “thanks."
logan watched her return to the tray and choose one of the slightly misshapen cookies for herself, “hang on.” everyone looked at him as he spoke, “why'd you give him the best one?"
your daughter frowned, “'cause i wanted him to have the best one."
"because i love him." she shrugged as though that explained everything.
logan slowly turned toward you noticing you'd gone strangely quiet, “you do that."
"that." he pointed toward the cookies, “you always give everyone the best one."
you opened your mouth to give a sassy response, but closed it again when you couldn’t come up with anything, “i don't think i do."
your son laughed, “yeah, you do."
you looked at him, “i do?"
"every time,” he said as he started counting on his fingers, “the biggest cinnamon roll, the nicest pancake, the grilled cheese that's the least burnt, and you always switch plates when dad's looks worse."
your cheeks warmed. you honestly hadn't realized. it wasn't something you consciously decided. if one serving looked nicer than the others... someone else got it. you shrugged awkwardly, “i don't know"
"mom," your son interrupted, “last week you literally traded pizzas with me because mine had less cheese."
logan looked back at your daughter, and when he saw she'd already broken her own cookie in half, happily munching away without a second though, he smiled to himself.
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when your daughter was eight, your son had just turned sixteen. he was now old enough to drive, but also old enough to leave hockey gear absolutely everywhere in the house despite years of gentle reminders.
and logan... had somehow remained exactly the same. his hoodie landed over dining chairs. keys appeared on the kitchen counter. coffee mugs multiplied throughout the house as though reproducing on their own.
you had long ago accepted that cleaning up after him was simply part of loving him. you teased him about it, and he apologized. then he did it again three hours later.
one saturday morning, he'd left his sneakers in the hallway, his jacket over the banister, and his wallet on the kitchen island. however, by lunchtime everything had disappeared.
logan frowned, “where'd my jacket go?"
"closet," your daughter answered from the living room.
he found every single item exactly where she'd said before he returned to the living room, “did you move all my stuff?"
she looked up from her coloring book, “yeah."
she tilted her head, “‘cause you forgot.”
he laughed, “i didn't forget."
she slowly looked toward the hallway, then back at him, “you did."
before he could answer, she climbed off the couch, walked into the kitchen, picked up the coffee mug he'd abandoned five minutes earlier, and carried it to the sink. all with the practiced ease of someone who'd done it a hundred times. logan watched her go, “sweetheart?"
"you don't have to clean up after me."
your daughter smiled, “i know."
"'cause you're messy,” she shrugged.
while listening in to their conversation from the kitchen, you let out a laugh. logan, however, looked horrified, “excuse me?"
she pointed toward the chair behind him. his hoodie. again, “you forgot."
he turned slowly toward you, pointing his finger at you from the livingroom, “this is your fault." you didn't even pretend to deny it, “i've been cleaning up after you since college."
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your daughter turned ten, your son turned eighteen. life somehow became busier than either you or logan remembered agreeing to. college applications, travel hockey, dance rehearsals, late-night practices, and early mornings. the house never seemed completely quiet anymore.
one rainy friday evening, your son came through the front door looking exhausted. his hockey bag hit the floor with a heavy thud, and his shoulders sagged. he didn't even call out his usual, "i'm home."
you noticed immediately from the kitchen. you'd barely started drying your hands when your daughter beat you to him. she glanced up from the dining table where she'd been working on homework.
one look. that was all it took.
without saying anything, she stood, walked into the kitchen and filled his water bottle before opening the refrigerator to pull out the leftover pasta from the night before and slide it into the microwave.
she didn't ask if he was hungry, because she already knew.
after the microwave beeped, she carried the bowl over, “here."
your son blinked, “thanks."
she nodded once before sitting down beside him. she didn’t talk or try to cheer him up. she just... kept him company while he ate.
logan watched the entire thing from the doorway in silence. you stepped beside him and his arm instinctively wrapped around your waist. neither of you interrupted.
after a minute, your son finally started talking. about a rough practice, a coach who'd been harder on everyone lately, and how tired he was.
your daughter listened; she didn't interrupt, didn't offer solutions, didn't tell him he'd be fine. she simply nodded every now and then, asking quiet little questions that kept him talking. by the time he'd finished eating, the heaviness in his shoulders had eased, and he smiled, “thanks, weirdo."
"you're welcome," she gathered the empty bowl before he could stand. “i'll put it away."
"i know,” she smiled. “i've got it."
logan looked toward the kitchen where your daughter quietly rinsed the bowl and placed it into the dishwasher before looking back at you. his expression had gone unexpectedly soft, “that's you."
your chest tightened at his words. you'd never sat your daughter down and explained those things. you'd never told her to notice when someone was tired, overwhelmed, or hurting. she'd simply watched you.
she'd watched you make logan coffee before he asked. watched you leave snacks outside your son’s room during exam week. watched you rub tired shoulders, remember favorite meals, notice little changes in people's moods before they said a word. she'd learned that love lived in ordinary things.
logan slipped his hand into yours, his thumb brushing gently across your knuckles, “i used to think she'd grow up to be another me."
you smiled, “disappointed?"
he laughed quietly, “not even close."
across the room, your son leaned over to bump his shoulder against your daughter’s. she laughed, and without thinking, she reached over and brushed a stray curl out of his face before returning to her homework. it was another tiny habit. another thing she'd seen you do a thousand times.
logan watched them for a long moment: his loud, reckless son, and his quiet, observant daughter. he couldn't imagine a more perfect balance.
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