Spn Gabriel Imagines & Preferences

Fears

Rich and Rob thought it would be a good idea to take their daughters out to the amusement park. Only, Rich didn't realise that his daughter, Olivia, had a particular fear.

(Audrey is Rob's daughter. Both for this story and in real life)
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Olivia's POV

I huff in the back seat of the car as my patience wears thin "Where are we going?". They chuckle. "We'll be there soon, sweetheart" My dad replies. I frown, sharing a look with Audrey, who is sitting in the back with me. She shrugs "Don't look at me, I don't know where we're going". I sigh "Well, you should". She giggles, rolling her eyes playfully. Eventually the car comes to a stop and my dad parks it. I sigh in relief, taking my seat belt off "Finally! Now, where are we?". I look out the windows, hearing distant screams. "We're at the amusement park, Liv" Dad replies. My smile drops as my whole body fills with fear. We're where?! I gulp nervously. Oh, no. This isn't good. We enter the park after purchasing tickets. "So, what do you guys want to do first?" Rob asks us. I hum, silently praying that Audrey doesn't say the clown house, while pretending to think. "What about the water guns?" She suggests. I inwardly sigh in relief as we head over to the game booths

Later

After that, we went on a few rollercoasters and played some more games. We got candyfloss and ate a ton of sugar. Probably enough to give us diabetes. When it starts to get dark, that's when Audrey suggested we go to the clown house. I gulp, nodding along "O-Okay". The clown house is on the opposite side of the amusement park, so it'll take a few minutes for us to get there. But I end up trailing behind anyway, hoping that something could go wrong, effectively making us unable to go. Or even maybe if I walk slow enough, it'll be closed by the time we get there. But my plan went out the window when my dad noticed I wasn't walking with them. He whispers something to Rob before heading back over to me. I notice Rob giving a concerned glance before he continues on after Audrey. Who seems a little too excited about the clowns. I, for one, don't find them all that amusing. Despite being in an amusement park.

Dad kneels in front of me, gaining my attention. "Via, you okay?" He asks. I nod "Yeah, m'fine".
He ignores my reply "What's wrong, sweetheart?". I shrug, mumbling "Nothin, but we're gonna lose Audrey and Robbie". He sighs "We'll catch up. Tell me what's wrong". "There's nothing wrong, dad. I'm fine, let's just go" I reply. He frowns "Olivia". I pause, meeting his gaze when he uses my whole name. He shakes his head "Don't do that, sweetheart. You think I don't know what you're doin? I practically do it for a living. You're stalling. So, just tell me what's wrong". I frown, playing with my sleeve to avoid looking at him. I know he could make me tell him if he really wanted to. But no one knows about it and I especially don't want him to know because he'll just tease me. "Via, what's wrong?" He repeats. I shake my head "Nothin, dad. I'm fine". I walk around him, starting to walk in the direction that Rob went with Audrey. I hear my dad sigh heavily and assume he stood up to follow me. When he catches up to me, he doesn't say anything. But I manage to refrain from clinging to him. However, I feel him pull me into his side. "You know you can tell me anything, right?" He mumbles. I nod silently. I know I can, but I don't want to. He loosens his grip on me a little, but I don't pull away from him. Instead, I hold on to the material of his jeans. Which I don't think he was expecting. I missed the worried glance.

The closer we get to the clown house, the louder the fake laughing is. I frown, trying my best not to take off in the opposite direction. I'm not sure why I'm so scared of them, but I can't help it. I see Rob and Audrey waiting for us, but for some reason that doesn't help. I bury my face into his leg and I don't remember when I started crying, but I soon felt tears running down my cheeks. I accidentally caught a glance of a clown face and couldn't take it anymore. I started bawling my eyes out, my grip tightening on dad's clothes. My sobs must've caught his attention because he immediately went into dad mode. "Okay, that's it" He mumbles. I feel him pick me up from under my arms and he sits me on his hip. I bury my face into his chest, crying even harder. "Hey, hey. Shh, it's okay. Shh, shh, don't cry" He whispers to me. My grip on his shirt only tightens "Dad, I don't wanna go". He makes me look at him and frowns in confusion "Via, please tell me what's wrong. I can't help you if I don't know". I sob "Daddy, please don't make me go in there".

Third POV

Suddenly her behaviour made sense. Of course. Why didn't he figure it out before? His expression softens as he realises he almost took his daughter somewhere she clearly didn't want to go. He could feel her whole body shaking as she sobbed, pleading for him to not make her go into the clown house. She's scared of them. He sighs "Oh, Via. It's okay. Shh, you don't have to go in if you don't want to. You're okay". She sniffles, hiccuping "Really?". He smiles slightly before wiping the rest of her tears away with his thumb "Olivia, you don't have to do anything you don't want to. We're gonna go back to the car and if Rob and Audrey want to, they can come with us. Hm? How does that sound?". She nods "Okay". He smiles "Okay". She refuses to look as her dad approaches his friend, who has been waiting patiently. "Hey, Rob. I'm gonna take her back to the car, said she doesn't feel well" He informs him. Rob nods "Okay, well I think Audrey wants to do this first before we go. So, wish me luck". Rich chuckles before walking away from that terrifying house.

After a few minutes, he speaks up "It's okay, Via. You can look now, it's all gone". She frowns "Promise?". He chuckles softly "I promise, sweetheart". She reluctantly pulls away from his chest and sighs in relief when she sees that the house is no longer in sight. He smiles slightly "See?". Eventually, they reach the parking lot and he sits her on the car bonnet. He puts his hands on either side of her so she can't go anywhere "Sweetheart, why didn't you tell me this before? If I had known that, I never would've taken you within a hundred mile radius of it". She frowns "I thought you would laugh at me and not believe me. It's stupid". He shakes his head "It's not stupid, Olivia. Everyone's scared of something. I'm afraid of flying and you don't see me joking about that. Rob's afraid of everything, so he's probably in that house shaking with fear". She sighs "That's why I didn't tell you. You make fun of Robbie all the time for everything. I thought you'd be the same with me". A tear escapes and runs down her cheek. But Rich wipes it away as he remembers she doesn't know that's all an act on stage. He sighs, feeling his own eyes sting with emotions. His heart aches knowing that his daughter thinks she can't tell him anything because of the persona he portrays on stage. He gasps softly "No, Via. Sweetheart, listen to me, okay? Making fun of Robbie on stage is all an act. I don't do that with you. If you have something to tell me, you can tell me. I promise I will never laugh at or make fun of you for anything you have to tell me. I'm your dad, okay? That's what I'm here for". She frowns in confusion, her own whiskey eyes meeting his "What?". He sighs "I'm an actor, sweetheart. Anything you see me do on stage or on TV is just an act. That has nothing to do with how I act around you. When I'm with you, I'm just dad. Not Rich Speight, okay? Understand?". She nods silently. "Use your words, Livy" He sighs softly. "I capiche" She mumbles. He smiles "Good. Now, I'm gonna need to know how big this fear of yours is". She stretches her arms out as far as they can go "This big". He chuckles "That big?". She nods. "You're still shaking, Via" He tells her. She sighs and shrugs "I don't know how big it is. All I know is clowns are terrifying and they are not amusing. I don't think they should be in an amusement park". She pouts and he smiles as he listens to her "Where should they be?". "Anywhere away from me" She replies. He nods "Got it. Clowns are a no go". She plays with a loose thread on his jacket and he suddenly gets a feeling of deja vu as he remembers her doing the same thing when she was a baby. He's discovered the meaning of it now. He hums to get her attention "Olivia". She looks at him and he sighs "Don't ever feel like you can't tell me something, okay? No matter what it is. If there's something bothering you or upsetting you, I wanna know about it". She nods "Okay". He then hums to her before quietly starting to sing.

Well, I loved her like a fairy tale, I lost her like a dream
Pull up on the roadside there and I'll tell you what I mean
There things in life you can't control and things you can't foresee
But if you find real love, don't ever let her leave

She smiles, immediately recognising the song. She buries her face into his chest and he gently kisses her head. She finds comfort in being close to him. In listening to his heartbeat. He smiles slightly, finally feeling her relax. She hasn't stopped shaking completely, but he can tell it'll be a while yet for that to stop. He wraps his arms around her comfortingly "It's okay, Livy. Daddy's here". She sighs quietly as he rubs her back.
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- W.S