every day is daughter appreciation day

Tom Marvolo Riddle

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@"A M E N O"

Okay. So maybe Damon was a bit dorky, with how much he was hyping up this little movie marathon night, as well as just all around how he acted around his daughter. It was hard to find things Damon cared about in this world past temporary self-indulgence, and most wouldn't think, at first glance, that he cared about anything at all.

But Melanie? Little nightmare witch, baby Mel? She was his sunshine, his princess, his everything. And he'd been missing her even more than usual lately, which was already a lot, maybe because she was starting to really miss him too. He knew he wasn't good for her, wasn't good for people in general. Not being good didn't stop him from much. Except Mel.

He didn't want to fuck this up. He just wanted to be with her, the gift someone like him probably didn't deserve, according to his ex-wife. In the long run, if having her forever meant fucking up, he wouldn't do it, wouldn't risk it. He'd just try to make moments like this in his tiny apartment with his takeout food the best he could.

So he'd strung up little halloween jack-o-lantern fairy lights around, bought and ordered the most glorious hoard of snacks and junky food ever, and damn if there wasn't the best pile of pillows and blankets he could find. He had stacks of horror and whimsically spooky movies, as well as box sets of crime shows they could probably never finish in one sleepover.

And now he was just fidgeting on the couch, waiting for Mel to be dropped off like the dorky loser of a dad he was. Probably not the best dad, no matter how he tried or how silly he got, but he was hers, and she was his.
 

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"--and if there's any strange men, make sure you call me immediately--"

"Yes ma'am."

"--I'm serious, little Caramel. The last thing you need is to be around people like him, but he is your father... don't hang around anyone else he brings around either."

"Yes ma'am."

"If there's anything strange he tries to show you don't try to copy."

"Yes ma'am."

"We don't know how weird nightmare power might affect your magic, so better safe than sorry--"

"Yes ma'am."

"Are you listening to me Mel?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Repeat to me what I just said."

"His apartment is over there, mom," She said, pointing to the building flanked on both sides by two shady looking businesses. It was strangely stout and the bricks weren't the most solid. The look on her mother's face was priceless as she made a face like her dad's house was a big ugly turd flanked by other turds.

Melanie had been excited for this ever since her mom told her that Dad had brought it up. The older witch had been less than thrilled with how often she was taking creative routes from school to home that would let her pop by the police station and read his reports, or how she would coordinate with her other friends and their mom's to create an alibi that let her and Damon get ice cream and talk about the latest episode of NCIS, which she had to watch curled up under her blankets with her phone.

It felt like it had been months since she's seen her dad with her mom's permission, and it probably had been months, knowing her mom.

The legal jargon involved was something Mel wasn't too interested in, but from what she could glean from her living situation, Her dad had not rights when it came to her. No split custody or visitation, nothing. Nothing at all.

Which sucked, because she hated living with her mom.

Melanie unbuckled her seat belt and climbed out of the car, adjusting her overnight bag.

"Mel!" Mariette called.

"Yes ma'am?"

Quiet. "I'm picking you up as soon as the sun rises."

"............. yes ma'am."

Melanie placed her hand on the doorknob and turned it, giving it a good hard slam with her shoulder to jostle it out of being stuck closed. The nightmare made a point of not looking over her shoulder to her mom, because she already knew the kind of face her mom was making. Mel kicked the door closed and hopped up the steps, past the apartment down the hall with rhythmic creaking and the sound of a woman quietly dying before knocking on her dad's door.

She could tell by the scarred wood on the door--there was knife sized hole in the door on this side that didn't quite go all the way through.

"Daaaaaad!"
 

Tom Marvolo Riddle

the dark lord
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Damon leapt from the couch at his daughter's voice. Just in time, as he'd been moving his legs and tapping his fingers to ridiculous amounts while waiting.
 
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