Fic or Treat door for EstiRose!

[estirose]

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EstiRose's Door

DW username: estirose

Light is on for: Anybody

What's in the Bowl? Short fic!

Let Me Know: A fandom, prompt, and character.

My list of fandoms I can write in got kind of big, so I've listed them in a different post. I write in a variety of live-action tv series (mostly of the SF/Fantasy bent or Toku/AmeriToku), some Disney movies (Mulan and The Little Mermaid), and a variety of video games (mostly cozies/farming - Stardew Valley, Fantasy Life, Coral Island, My Time at Portia/Sandrock etc, but I also have an enduring love for the Project Zero/Fatal Frame games and I just finished Stray).

Other info: My shipfic tends to be fairly gen-ish and I can't write porn to save my life.

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Lesson not and never learned (Forever Knight, LaCroix (and Nick))

[estirose]

LaCroix wandered off with your prompt in... not the direction I expected things to go. I hope you enjoy, regardless!

Nicholas was embarrassing. Most masters had children that they could be proud of, or at least ones that they weren't ashamed of, in LaCroix's experience. And LaCroix had a lot of experience, far more than Nicholas could ever dream of. For that matter, he doubted Janette completely understood either, but she understood enough.

It could have been hilarious, how Nick sometimes acted like he was much younger than his age. It had been, once. He had looked forward to Nicholas maturing, becoming all that LaCroix had hoped and dreamed for him.

He was, for a while. But as the centuries progressed, Nicholas became more distant. Admired humans more. Started to want to be human again.

LaCroix liked to pretend that he didn't care what others thought about Nicholas. That he did not have a child that continuously wanted to become what he couldn't and insisted on banging his head on a virtual wall over and over again. A child who couldn't be bothered to learn his lessons.

A child that would never have survived the time and world that LaCroix himself grew up in.

So he tried to guide his child the best way he could and the way he wanted to, for anything - except for death, he did not wish death on Nicholas - would be better than what he had now.

Re: Lesson not and never learned (Forever Knight, LaCroix (and Nick))

[thefruitbat]

Thank you! This is the quintessence of how their relationship is. Happy Samhain!