Trauma At Its Finest (Lip Gallagher X Male Reader)

Ch 85. A Father In Training

"Be careful of Mik. He's going to test your patience." Y/N warns his older brother.

With another business meeting out of town, Lip and Y/N have their suitcases ready before they walk out the front door. Wanting to learn how to be a dad, Vlad offers to babysit the children instead of Kevin. However, that comes with several warnings.

"I'm sure everything will be fine."

"And don't give Mak too much food. He's almost back in shape."

"I know—"

"And be careful if Lyn comes up with another psychotic experiment."

"I get it."

Lip then grabs his husband's hand. "I think he'll be fine. Besides, the Uber is waiting." The blonde gives an apologetic smile toward the car before looking back at his husband.

"Fine." Despite feeling stressed, Y/N calms down. "Call us if something happens."

While Vlad thinks Y/N is overreacting, he gives a smile. "I will. You two just enjoy the trip."

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Two hours have passed, and it's already dinner time. With Vlad trying to cook, he can hear the chaos coming from the living room. Turns out he should've taken his brother's warnings seriously.

"You goddamn weeb! Give me the remote!" Fred insults Kate.

"I'm not done with this episode! You can watch sports some other time!"

Vlad lets out a groan. "Can you stop fighting!? I'm making dinner!"

Then, from the side, Jesse starts crying in the playpen. With a tired expression, the redhead stops cooking for a second before heading to the pen, only to be stopped when Maksim walks in.

"I'm hungry!"

"I'm trying to cook." Vlad walks past his nephew to go to the pen and pick Jesse up.

"Can I get some chips instead? Pa cooks way faster than you." The boy complains.

"I'm not your pa, sorry kid."

Vlad sweats a bit as he struggles to juggle his duties. He looks back, seeing that the food is going to burn if he doesn't attend to it. However, the baby boy needs to be comforted. With an idea in mind, he hastily walks toward Maksim and hands Jesse over to him.

"Try cheering your brother up."

However, when the boy is handed the baby so suddenly, he loses balance and falls onto his back. "Ouch!"

Vlad turns back and sighs. "You gotta be kidding me..."

"I'm not done!" Kate yells from beyond the kitchen.

"You've been hogging the TV for hours! It's my turn!"

As Vlad looks completely done with the entire scene, Mikhail and Lyn walk down the stairs. With a grin, the boy speaks up.

"Don't worry. The worst has yet to come." While Vlad stares at him, exhausted, the oldest son grins as he comes up with another idea. Then he looks back at his sister. "Lyn, can you share a fun fact about AIDS?"

Now that she can share her knowledge again, Lyn speaks up. "Did you know that people with untreated AIDS can experience extreme weight loss and muscle deterioration? It's sometimes called 'slim disease' because they get really skinny, almost skeletal."

The overweight man looks deadpan and exhausted at her, and especially at Mikhail. The oldest son laughs at the unintentional insult.

Maksim, still on the floor with Jesse, just looks confused. "Wait, so Uncle Vlad can't get AIDS?"