#dad diluc

Pairing: Diluc x fem!Reader (she/her pronouns)

Summary: The Ragnvindr clan is expecting a new addition.

Warnings: pregnancy and mention of kids, characters expecting and becoming parents

A/N: Hi im back, hopefully i'll manage to post more regularly bc I have truly missed this (writing and posting). This is the first fic of my dad!character series bc I have a huge case of baby fever and seeing my favorites as dads satisfies my daddy and abandonment issues.

“Can you please take a seat? Boss is going to kill me if he finds out you’ve been exerting yourself.” Charles could have sworn to any archon willing to listen to his pleas that he had lost ten years from his life during this six hour shift. He was on bar duty this evening, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing he couldn’t handle and nothing he hadn’t done before. What he hadn’t done before was have his boss’s pregnant wife on duty with him. “I swear miss, you’re giving me gray hairs.” Funny, now that he thinks of it, he had heard his boss utter the same exact words three hours prior when he dropped her off, a thin layer of sweat covering his forehead as he had looked at his wife worryingly. She rolled her eyes at his comments going back to cleaning the dried glasses littering the underside of the bar. 

“Barbara said that moving around would do me good. Besides,” she frowned at him, the fire burning in her eyes making it clear to Charles why master Diluc had found his match in her. “I’m feeling peachy.” She wasn’t even that far along, stomach barely showing from under her slightly loose blouse. Diluc, ever since it had been revealed that her sudden unwellness was due to her expecting their child, had become thrice as protective than he already was, barely leaving her out of his sight. Truthfully, as much as she loved and cherished her husband, being under constant surveillance was starting to irritate her. She couldn’t fault him; this was his first time going through such an experience and he was rightfully anxious. A soft hum escaped her lips at the thought of his frazzled gaze every time she shifted in her seat while they went through documents of the winery. Diluc was going to be an amazing father, she knew that from the moment she announced her pregnancy to him. What she was even more certain about was, the gray hairs he was bound to start sprouting by the end of these agonizingly long nine months.

The door to the tavern flew open and in stepped a slightly agitated Diluc, hair sticking out from his usual high ponytail he dawns whenever he works behind the bar and eyes darting all over her figure as she continued to shine the glass in her hand. His shoulders sagged slightly in relief upon seeing her in one piece. With a sigh he shed the heavy layers on his shoulders before walking behind the bar, peking her cheek once with a hand resting on the slight bump of her stomach. 

“Why are you up? Again.” He said, a serious expression engraved on his features, brows furrowing when she simply hummed in response. He sighed again, rubbing at his temples before kissing her cheek again and reaching for one of her glasses. “You two are going to be the death of me.” 

“And they haven’t even been born yet.” She giggled again, leaning into his side, head tilting so it rests securely on his shoulder. Instinctively, he leaned closer, cheek smooshed on her hairline. “Imagine the terror once they start walking or even worse, running.” She swears she could already see the dark circles forming under his eyes which only made her laugh harder. The shift went by calmly with the tavern not being at its highest customer rate. They even got the chance to close up earlier than usual and make it back to the manner before midnight. Once inside, Diluc helped her hang her coat-even though she whined about being capable of doing it herself- and then led her to the kitchen where their dinner awaited them on the counter. Adelinde had taken it upon herself to teach both her masters the art of healthy nutrition; she had tried twice before in the past but they both were too stubborn and drowning in work to keep up a healthy diet, now with a child on the way they were more than willing to listen to her advice. 

Taking a seat side by side they dug in, emptying their plates in a matter of minutes with not even a peep leaving their lips until they were both done. Diluc brought her chair closer to his own, one arm draped over her shoulders while the other traced patterns on the fabric of her shirt absentmindedly, an action he seemed to be doing more and more each day. He had developed a habit of touching her in some way no matter the time or place or who was with them; whether it be his hand on the small of her back or his warm palm engulfing her own, an arm around her waist or merely their pinkies linked, Diluc couldn’t seem to let go of her no matter what. The citizens of Mondstadt would swoon at his blatant displays of affection, eyes full of unfathomable softness whenever they saw the soon to be parents on a stroll through the busy streets. There were still those select few who side eyed the couple -mostly her-, those whose jealousy shown through the happy facade, who sometimes didn’t even hide their displeasure at the fact that the informant who had managed to take Master DIluc off the market a few years prior was now securing her spot further with the birth of an heir. The Ragnvindrs merely scoffed at their sly comments and back handed compliments, Diluc usually making a mental note to have a word with the Knights about their insolent behavior. 

“Our baby is the size of a sweet potato.” She softly broke the silence, hand gently resting on the small sweet potato sized bump. “And in about four weeks they’ll be as big as a pomegranate.” Diluc couldn’t help but place his hand over hers, running his thumb over her knuckles before kissing the crown of her head. 

“Barbara sure has a weird way of measuring the weeks of pregnancy.” He unlatched himself from her, hand still resting over her own, as he examined the curve of her stomach trying and failing to imagine a sweet potato sized baby. Eyebrows scrunched in concentration, he failed to notice the pure disbelief written on his wife’s face. 

“Are…are you trying to actually imagine a sweet potato?” He looked at her sheepishly for a moment, big red eyes filled with nothing but serenity. Laughter echoed through the empty halls as she burst out into a fit of snorts making Diluc join her after a moment. Once calm, he brought her unbelievably close, kissing the tip of her nose before tucking her head in the crook of his neck and letting his eyelids fall shut. 

“I love you.” 

BONUS: 

• just some parent fluff for some genshin chara! feat. Xiao, Itto, Kazuha and Diluc! mentions of husband because that way i kill both the husband and the dad brainrot lmao

Xiao

at first, he was even scared to hold the twins. but now, they're such a daddy's girls, and he puts his daughters before anything.

their gestures are so similar to their dad's that you're starting to worry about them converting into mini-Xiaos. they chew with the same calm he does, they have that same way of looking at something with curiosity and interest, and they, for real, inherited their father's energy.

they go nowhere without their dad, and the way the three of you miss him whenever he has to leave for work changes into a lot of kisses and tears the moment he arrives.

"Dad is here!" the little twin says, near the main door, hearing your husband's quiet and silent steps. You're amazed by the thin ear of your daughter, capable of hearing even the silent and measured steps of their dad. The other twin jumps with excitement when she hears what her sister said.

"Is it true, dad came back?" before you can even answer, the main door opens, revealing your husband. His face shows tiredness, and his body seems about to faint, but he manages to close the door and smile to the three of you, kneeling on the floor to let your twins hug him and kiss his cheeks.

"Hi, my treasures." he says, quiet and serene voice as he hugs the girls back under your attentive gaze. He smiles to you from above one of the twin's shoulders. "Hello, love."

"Dad, we missed you so much." one of the twins cries, taking her black hair away from her little face, as the other one starts to pout when she sees her sister crying.

"I missed the three of you so much too, honey." he lets them cry on his shoulders, as his hands caress their tiny backs and she tries to calm the hiccups one of them got. Looking from the corridor, you can't help but smile to your family. You feel way too grateful to have them.

Genshin Party Headcanons

-Diluc is Razor’s adopted dad (accidentally)

-Diluc and Kaeya are Benny’s older brother (on purpose)

-Kaeya taught Benny the sword techniques and occasionally joins him on commissions/adventures when their locations line up (like Kaeya and Bennett have work both in Windrise)

-The kids just showed up one day at Diluc’s house on a stormy night for shelter. He of course took them in and allowed to bathe and borrow his old clothes of the past. Razor ran around the place naked, refusing the wash and comb his hair

-Sure Diluc seen a bit more explosions and mechanical failures in his winery whenever Benny’s around but he sees them as lucky since he was able to find and replace older bits of machinery

-Diluc teaches Razor how to wield his claymore but because Razor is still growing, he still throws a lot of his body into his attacks

-Razor accidentally picks up Diluc’s manner of speech on occasion even if he doesn’t understand half the words Master Diluc uses “If Razor had the option between eating burny slime and losing lupical. Razor would pick crushed to death!”

-When the winters months draw close, Diluc opens his house up to Razor whenever it gets way to bad for him. Razor might have been raised in the wild but he was still human and didnt exactly have fur to keep him warm

-Diluc wonders where in archons above did Razor get hold of an extremely stiff fish and why was he using it as a weapon instead of his old Bloodstained Greatsword he gifted him

-Everyone gets carried by Benny to both Diluc and Kaeya’s surprise. After Traveller dragged Benny to Inazuma, separating him from Razor, they lost contact with him. It was quite a surprise when Benny returned with a skyward sword and setting down burst after burst and keeping everyone at nearly full health

DId a collab with my good good friend @/ramenrulz8p!!! LOOK HOW EPIC SHE COLORED MY SKETCH SKDASD I AM STILL SCREAMING 

Rewritten headcanons

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— Bennett —

-Razor is Bennett’s “lupical” boyfriend though he finds Razor’s form of affection a little gross sometimes. He just doesn’t want his cheek licked out of nowhere. Especially not when he’s sweaty from fighting

-Bennett often travels to Wolvendom to hang out with Razor since Razor’s not a big fan of the crowds of Mondstadt

-Bennett met Andrius through some misfortune of tripping into his arena due to a loose rock. Andrius merely stepped out of the fog, sensing the child and remembering Razor’s talks about him. Bennett almost passed out from fear when Andrius gently nudged him with his wet nose

-Bennett, Fischl, and Razor get caught in a bad thunderstorm and have to stay at the winery. For night clothes, The kids were given Diluc and Kaeya’s old clothes

-Bennett soon started to talk like Fischl, pretending to be a noble but also doing silly poses while doing so

-Through some adventuring around the mansion, Bennett found some wooden weapons and challenged Fischl to a duel for last pastry. “Fischl von Luftschloss Nafidort, Prizessin ver Verurteilung! I, Bennett of the Adventures Guild, challenge thee to a duel for the last pastry!” The young adventurer proclaimed loudly, holding a wooden sword his friend’s way. He tosses her another wooden sword her way

-The investigator hums, setting the last pastry down and smirking. “If that is your wish, then so be it. I, Fischl, Prizessin ver Verurteilung, accept your challenge! Let us clash swords and see who stands victorious!” She calls out, holding her weapon out to Bennett, both having moved to a more open area where they wouldn’t break something

-Diluc comes out of his study/bedroom, having just finished his bath. He silently but hurriedly makes his way to the balcony of his staircase when he heard familiar light thwacking. Below, he finds Fischl and Bennett play fighting with the old practice weapons he and Kaeya trained with

-Diluc looks a bit to the side, spotting Razor picking up the last sweet pastry off a plate before picking up a wooden claymore, holding the pastry in his mouth

-Razor swings his weapon around a bit to test its weight before rushing to his friends who had their swords clashed. The teen lets out a growl and swings his weapon down on their wooden blades, both Fischl and Bennett losing their footing on the wooden floors

-“Ack!” Bennett cried out, falling face first but catching himself. He lets out a wheeze when Fischl fell on top of him. The blonde winced and sat up, gasping and huffing when she saw Razor had the last pastry. “Ah! Wha- seriously Razor! Ah-uh… ugh nevermind” she pouted, crossing her arms as Razor joined his friends on the floor

-Diluc couldn’t help but smile warmly at that, finally making his presence known by stepping on a creaky step

-Bennett really looks up to Calvary Captain Kaeya and kept calling him “Captain Kaeya” even after Kaeya insisted to just drop the title. It took a while for Bennett to drop the title but occasionally calls him “Mister Kaeya”

-He can’t help but wonder how Kaeya teleports on the last attack. Because of this Kaeya told him to charge forward for his last attack because Kaeya often teleported behind the enemy

-Kaeya jokingly asks Bennett that he should add more dance moves to his attack when he first witnessed Bennett do a little spin for his last attack

— Razor —

-Bunny is Razor’s lupical mate. Yes, very much so!

-He’s gone on many adventures/commissions with Benny and has become rather protective of him whenever one of “Benny’s” friends approaches. The only one he trusts is Fischl and Oz

-Razor thinks highly of Master Diluc since the adult actively takes time out of his day to train his muscles and greatsword use

-Razor attempted to call Diluc “Dad” after Kenya’s suggestion because Diluc’s full title was too long. Diluc thought about it before growing red with embarrassment and just letting Razor call him “Diluc”

-When Diluc was in the kitchen, Razor sniffed Diluc’s experimental wolfhook juice and just downed it just as Diluc entered the room

-“Razor,” Diluc scolded, pinching Razor’s cheek lightly and giving it a small tug. The wolf teen whined, holding the cup in his hands. “Juice taste good”

-Diluc sighs softly and lets go of Razor’s cheek, flicking the teen’s head. “Could’ve just asked for your own cup… at least you like it though that should be expected”

-Diluc walks off to the kitchen and returns with a bottle, filling his cup and giving it to Razor. The teen takes the cup eagerly and lifts it to his lips, sensing Diluc staring. The adult raises an eyebrow at him, waiting for something from him. “Um…” Razor thinks for a moment before it finally registered. “Thank you!” He says and drinks the juice. Master Diluc smiles slightly and sits down to finish his meal

-The young wolf boy is rather fond of Kaeya’s specialty, finding it juicy and full of flavor he can’t describe

-Razor likes hugging Captain Kaeya’s weird shoulder boa because it reminds him of his lupical back in Wolvendom

— Diluc —

-He’s heard of Bennett through the drunks and adventuring “mates”

-He’s not too happy about how many people see the kid as an unlucky magnet and goes out of his way to make sure that Bennett understands that it’s never his fault if anything goes wrong at the Winery

-Diluc has also heard many things through Razor whining about missing Benny during his training sessions. Bennett was dragged off to Liyue and then a far away land called Inazuma

-Diluc doesn’t mind, Razor only ever said good things about Benny aside from not being able to eat because Bennett talked a lot

-Diluc got rather embarrassed when Razor wanted to call him dad. Unfortunately, he declined Razor’s request and just said to call him “Diluc” though his heart did flips at the idea

-Diluc, along with Miss Lisa, style Razor’s hair occasionally so it doesn’t get knots or split ends. Diluc’s go-to for Razor is a simple braid, tied with a bow. Lisa’s go-to is her own hairstyle and ties it off with a cute purple rose

-Lisa often kisses Razor’s forehead after styling his hair and the teen grumpily brings it up to Diluc when the adult didn’t do it after styling his hair

-Diluc is still very much healing from that day but he wishes his and Kaeya’s relationship wasn’t so strained but he’s just not ready. Not to mention, he’s a little nervous to be so vulnerable

— Kaeya —

-Kaeya is Bennett’s master. And by master, I mean, he helps Bennett train with his sword. He even calls Bennett his “Little Protégé”

-Kaeya has many names for his protege such as “Fire Aster” “Pyronado” “Good Luck Charm” “Bunny Foot”

-Kaeya has to suppress his laughter whenever Bennett comes to complain about Razor having weird ways of showing affection. When he first spotted a hickey, Bennett was quick to blush and explain the situation of how he got it. It wasn’t anything weird! That’s what Bennett told him

-He’s aware and fully believes Bennett but he can’t help but tease the kid

-Kaeya uses Bennett as an arm rest and Bennett doesn’t mind because the kid’s love language is physical contact. Benny appreciates any form of affection. He’s touch starved

-Kaeya’s well-informed on the wolf child through Miss Lisa. He’s aware of how much Razor hates his reading and writing lessons

-He finds the wolf-boy nice to be around, having heard a lot from his talkative protege. He’s quite interested in seeing this Wolvenspirit that Bennett speaks highly about

-Razor is Kaeya’s secondary arm rest