I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure what you're suffering from is called "unconditional love"
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Repression is a slippery slope that leads to emotions by SparklingOrange for Steveniseternal
Fandoms: The Adventure Zone (Podcast)
22 Mar 2020
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"We did it, sir," Angus whispers as he reaches the couch. He still can't quite get his brain to move past that. Fully processing the day's events is going to take time and probably several cork boards worth of notes connected by red yarn.
Taako's mouth twitches upward in a tired smile. "We sure did, mijo." Fuzzily, Angus wonders what the word means, but he's too tired to devote much thought to it. Besides, it's barely a flicker in comparison to all the other new information he's received today.
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5 times Angus wonders about Taako's new nickname for him + 1 time he finds out what it means.
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Being a dick to children is a slippery slope that leads to saying "I love you" by SparklingOrange
Fandoms: The Adventure Zone (Podcast)
27 Aug 2024
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Taako looks down to find the kid already asleep, nose squished up against Taako’s shirt. He’s breathing softly through his mouth like a fish, which somehow manages to be adorable. Disgusting.
“Some apprentice you are, dipping out right when I need you,” Taako mutters, but his chest is swelling with a weird, not-quite-painful-but-definitely-unnatural feeling. It’s like pressure, or weight, but it makes him feel light. It’s the same feeling he got the first time Angus executed a flawless Mage Hand. Not pride, not fondness, but not...not those things. Something more complicated.
He doesn’t want to analyze it, so he doesn’t. Instead, he slouches into a more comfortable position, wrapping his arms tighter around Angus so the boy detective doesn’t slide off his lap.
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Taako works through his trauma/emotional constipation and tries to deal with his newfound parental feelings towards Angus.
Companion to Repression is a slippery slope that leads to emotions. Hopefully this works as a standalone, but I would still strongly recommend reading that one first.
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