King's Heir (A Dadmare fic)

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"Sir relax please, I know this hurts.." Calen's words were soft, gentle and calming.

The king's darkened phalanges gripped her gown with a wavering strength that only seem to loosen with each weak breath he pulled into his body. Her paws gripped one of the arrows a bit too roughly and the god yelped out, a long whimper dragging out as the tendrils curled before writhing in the burning passion that was known as pain.

Beyond the field of vision, hidden in the kings blind spot, his two children peaked into the room. Error gently clinging to his elder brother's arm while Cross just hugged him. The younger only whined, whispering to his sibling. "Cross? You think he's gonna be okay?"

Cross frowned subtle before forced a smile, "Papa will always be okay, he's papa after all. There's nothing that can keep him down."

Error turned his attention back to the king who put on a shameless smile, as he moved back to get off his legs, effectively showing off the arrow stuck in his knee. Calen perked up with worry but Nightmare only laughed, "You know..."

"Your majesty," Calen's tone became tired, "please not this again."

"What? I was just gonna say my years of adventuring are over."

"Stars damn it."

The king only laughed until the arrow was grabbed, his body tensing in pain. His tendrils curled around nothing before batting at the floor. A solid yank pulled the arrow out and Nightmare bit a curse through his teeth. "Ow..."

Calen sighs, her hands already moving to soothe the pain with her magic. "Your majesty, you need to be more careful."

"The AU had already collapsed when I got there, they immediately assumed I was the cause. Well... Swap did hesitate."

"That little Sans always seems to."

"I've noticed..."

Calen shook her head, "Anywho... you got an invitation today."

The king hummed in amusement, his single eye finally glancing to the entrance of the room. "And who's it from?" He spoke calmly as he made a 'come here' motion for his boys. They did as told, Error running up to his dad while Cross only walked, trying to seem as relaxed and calm for his little brother. Error however, slammed himself into Nightmare's side causing the king to let out and small grunt in pain but he ignored it, opting to wrap an arm around Error in a sided hug.

"It's from a Sans, Geno particularly."

"Genocide?" Nightmare glanced to his boys, "Do you think..."

"Sir, is that really the best idea?"

Nightmare nodded, "I haven't been around that much, besides, it can't be that bad, what do you boys say? Do you wanna come with me?"

Both of the kids perked up in excitement, Error grinning brightly not bothered as his glitches began to visibly become out of whack. "Can we!? Please?"

Cross immediately agreed, "Yeah! Can we?"

Nightmare nods softly, happy to see his boys excited. "So what is the event?"

"A party," Calen hummed, "it doesn't say it's for any certain occasion though."

Nightmare frowned, he didn't expect that and there was a quiet possible chance that there wouldn't be family friendly things... he thought about it before glancing to his boys, seeing the pleading looks in their eyes.

The king sighed in defeat. "Alright, guess we're goin' to a party kiddos." The king chuckled, finally standing to his feet. Calen's silent gasp as he turned around to talk to his boys going unnoticed. "When is the party my dear?"