Steo Spooktober: Doll
“Why has our daughter’s teacher called us about an incident involving Belle?”
Theo’s arms are crossed over his chest while he rests against the doorframe of Stiles’ office. He has his “I won’t take any shit from you Mr. Raeken” face. Meanwhile, his husband remains seated at his desk but levels his gaze firmly.
“You tell me. What happened at school that would trigger a situation with Belle?”
Their six-year-old daughter, Ariel, is the sweetest. But her dad is still a paranoid bastard that would rather cast a charm on her doll than let her go unsupervised.
“Nothing? Another kid took the toy and things went batshit crazy. Lights flickering, the boy is terrorized…” Theo explained with annoyance.
“Well… Fuck.”
Few months ago, Stiles himself would have considered his behavior excessive. Probably. But then his child had been threatened by an actual monster. And even though Theo has turned the asshole into shreds, Stiles still refuses to let their daughter out of their sight without protection. Said protection being a cursed toy seems rather okay with him.
Theo agrees with the principle, but not the means.
“How did they even link the mess with the doll?” The human asks suspiciously. To his knowledge, none of the teachers are aware of supernatural topics.
“Ariel told them her dad cast a spell on Belle to protect her. They want to know if there’s some electronic device that fucked up their whole system, lighting included.”
Stiles hums but his husband isn’t done.
“That’s not the point, Babe. It could get out of control and hurt her. And the staff is becoming seriously suspicious. You know there’s a better solution.”
“Theo, don’t.”
“We haven’t even tried yet. It’s the third time you damn doll triggers a disaster. We’re trying my way tomorrow.”
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Ariel is absolutely delighted. She loves her daddy and he will stay with her for the whole day! Theo too is in a good mood. Really, the only one disgruntled here is Stiles. Maybe because he has to explain to the teachers why his daughter is coming to school with a huge black “dog” as a guard.
No more doll, just a werewolf-werecoyote. It’s going to look way less suspicious, yeah, of course.
Bite him.
PS : Yes Lydia is the one who chose Ariel’s name. Yes the two fathers tried to argue, no they didn’t win this desperate fight. And, finally, no it doesn’t matter because she’s the most precious thing on both lands and seas.
(Fuck, writing in english is hard i^i Thanks to @elfarock my beautiful beta!)
