Good Dad Lincoln

Good Dad Lincoln

> Lincoln threw a ball a few times in the air. Yep, this ball was in perfect ball condition.
> About few feet away Lemy was counting the clouds.
> "Isn't this nice, just father and son, playing ball. Throwing the ol' pig skin."
> "You're holding a soccer ball dad."
> He looked at the sports ball again and realized yes. He was holding the wrong kind of ball.
> Meh, he could work with it.
> "Well... we can play catch with this too."
> "Why are we doing this?" Lemy asked the obvious question of the day.
> "Were bonding, men bonding time. Like guys do." This is what dads do with their sons. Right?
> "Did you ever do this with Grampa?"
> "Well I played plenty with your Aunt Lynn, but hopefully this doesn't end with a broken tooth. Go long, son!" Lemy just rolled his eyes as Lincoln threw the ball.
> Surprisingly it actually got some good air. Flying to Lemy, for a moment he actually got into it.
> "I think I can catch it. I think I got it, I think-" It smacked dead center in the face. Lemy slumped over in pain rolling in the grass.
> "Yep, your my son alright." At least they both sucked at this.
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> Lincoln breathed in the fresh morning air
> the lovely summer breeze
> the small brunette taking him from the above.
> "TOPPLE THE GIANT!"
> Lincoln stumbled for a second, the small bushy hair, freckled face daughter of his smiling at his shocked demeanor.
> He quickly adlibbed his part.
> "Nice try Lacy the giant killer. But you're a bit too tiny to topple me." He grinned ruffling her hair, but she still held that defiant stare.
> "I know that why I brought back up."
> "Back OOOF?" Lincoln was clothes lined by an old challenger. Who shared his daughters hardy spirit.
> "Oh! And Lynn comes in with assist, the giant has been toppled. Who the best mother daughter team?"
> "WE ARE!" They high fived over their defeated opponent. Who wasn't taking the body slam into the porch very well.
> "You okay Linc?" Lynn and Lacy looked genuinely concerned, but Lincoln smiled back.
> "Aw yeah. Totally fixed the crink in my back, but could you be a dear and get me some ice. I think I have a fracture. I don't know what kind, but once I get the feeling back in my legs I'll know."
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> "You need something Liena?"
> She brought him into the kitchen and on the counter was a spread of different delicious looking dishes.
> "Oh wow, these look great sweetie, but I think it a bit much." He noticed her none-plus shrug, noting how she was cooking for 11 people.
> "Aw yeah, forgot about that." He reeled back a little when she held more then spoonful of squash. "What? Is something wrong with it.
> She put down the spoon and signalled to him that she wanted to make sure they tasted.
> Liena was a little self-concious about her cooking.
> Not sure why? She was the best cook in the house?
> "Sure I don't mind trying one or two of them."
> Later that afternoon the whole gang stood in awe of the spread.
> "Aw yeah, this looks great." Lacy noticed her father still sitting on the couch while everone was at the dinner table. "Arent you gonna eat?"
> "Lincoln's stomach was bloated and looked like he was about to go into a food coma.
> "You go ahead. Daddies had enough food to last him awhile." He let out a low burp.
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> Lyra and Lincoln are in the middle of a sermon. Lyra is enraptured in the story of Jacob.
> "Dad I cant thank you enough for coming to church with me. I usually go by myself so it really means a lot that your here."
> She looked over to her father who was half asleep and snoring aloud.
> "Dad!"
> "WHA! What happened? Did the cucumber get eaten by the whale yet?"
> She sighed, well, at least he was here.
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> "Where's daddy." Lincoln rarely found a normal moment to spend with Lulu. playing the old where daddy trick. "Here I am."
> She was loving it, kicking her little boots and waving at him. Such a cute little thing.
>"Where's daddy?" pause for effect. "Here I-...Lulu?" She was gone. "Oh boy."
> He felt the spot where she was.
> No, not invisible.
> Felt the carpet.
> Nope, she didn't melt again.
> Looked closely as he could at the carpet
> No, kid wasn't shrunk.
> He heard the door open to see Liby holding Lulu in her arms.
> "She got too excited and phased through the floor again." Of course. Lincoln picked her up and held her close.
> "Sweetie, you gotta stop doing that, you scare daddy when you do that."
> "Don't worry dad, I'm sure its" pause for effect "Just a Phase. HAHAHEhehe Get it, beca-" Liby felt a string of webbing slap her mouth shut.
> "Lulu, no webbing your sister"
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>Sure Lincoln, Fishing. How else would you bond with your music-loving, metalworking, indoor loving son then bringing him out to the middle of a lake and sitting for several hours in silence.
> Too bad Lynn wasn't here to smack him in the back of the head for being a dumbass.
> He never even went fishing with his own dad.
> HE DIDN'T EVEN LIKE FISHING. SO WHY WAS HE EVEN HERE.
> Because he had no idea what he was doing.
> Girls were easy, lord knows he's spent the first 30 years of his life surrounded by them.
> But you get one boy and suddenly you dont have anything to say.
> Look at him. He hates it here, he just listening to music, not even holding the reel.
> All he wanted to just spend time him. Just bond over something. Be a good dad. But he didn't know Lemy. Missed the first 9 years of his life and now you're trying to make up for it.
> Maybe they can go get some pizza or something to make up for this shit day.
> "Hey Pop." Holy shit he's actually talking. Act cool Linc.
> "Yeah Bucko?" Bucko? Seriously? What is he a kangaroo?
> "Fishing sucks."
> "Yeah... I know."
> "Maybe they do a circle jerk?"
> "Circle Jerk. Its when dude get in a circle jerk it."
> "I should be a good dad and say you shouldn't talk about stuff like that. But I'm more confused why someone would do that?"
> "When your bored enough. You liable to do anything to pass the time."
>",,,Are- do you want to-"
>"NO! God, I was just talking out loud." Great now he made it weird. "Do you even like fishing?"
> "No." He wanted to say something along the lines of it building character or something. But he couldn't lie. This just sucked.
> "Figured."
> "I've play fishing games more funthan this."
> "They made video games, about fishing?"
> "Well most of the ones I played were in Zelda, but yeah they used to make fishing simulators."
> "Because the real thing wasn't cool enough."
> "What wrong son? Don't enjoy sitting in a boat for hours with your old man."
> "Well golly gee dad, who wouldn't love slowly sitting in the middle of lake as their butt when numb from boredom."
> "Apparently a lot of old people. They tend to think this is smart way to spend time with their kids."
>"If their so smart, why are they all dead?"
>"Good point." Couldn't argue with that.
>"And y'know, if we by some weird ass chance actually caught a fish. What were we going to do with it?"
>"We were..." Shit what were they going to do with it? "Huh... eat it."
>"I dont really care for fish."
>"You like sushi."
>"One time. And I got a food poisioning because. Fuck fish."
>"Language."
>"Oh come off it dad. You swear all the time."
>"When did I last swear?"
>"Yesterday when you were working on Lacy's trophy shelf. You hit your hand with the hammer and swore for like... 4 minutes." Shit, he did do that. "Lyra had to cover lizy's ears the whole time."
>"Yeah sorry about that."
>"Dont be. I laughed my ass off when you said 'Piss ass twat fuckin' hammer' that was great."
> They were actually having a moment. In his expense, but fuck it, this is better than 2 hours of not talking.
> "Yeah don't say that around your sister. I don't need more lectures from her."
> "Don't you mean don't say around mom?"
> "Where do you think I learned half those words?" They had a good chuckle out of that. But noticed Lemy sort of sulked a bit after he was done laughing.
> "You alright?"
> "Meh, its nothing." No. He knew that look.
> "C'mon we're alone in the middle of a lake, just say whats bugging you?" His fatherly instincts were kicking in.
>"I...miss mom."
> He figured. Luna had been away on tour. Before the whole move, Lemy and Lyra were traveling everywhere with her.
>Now neither of them had seen her in months.
>Lyra seemed fine with it. Or at least put up a good front. But Lemy, oh he just looked every time he saw her on TV.
>"I miss her too." he walked to Lemy's side of the boat and sat beside him.
> Neither of them said a word, Lemy just rested his head on his dads side and Lincoln pulled him in gently for a hug.
> Lemy didn't smile. But he did return the hug.
> Fishing still sucked.
> But at least they got a moment out of it.