Bucket List (Muke Fic)

Chapter Thirteen

"Dad! Daddy! Dad! Daddy!"

Emily practically flew into Luke and Michael’s room, jumping onto their bed and landing on Luke’s stomach. Luke’s eyes flew open as the breath was knocked out of him, and he gently pushed her away.

"Can’t jump on me Emily."

"Sorry!"

She kissed Luke’s cheek before prodding Michael.

“‘M awake.”

"Barely."

"Put your sass away Missy."

She just giggled, and Michael sat up, pulling her into his lap.

"So why have you woken us up?"

"Can I dress up for Halloween?"

"Okay. What do you wanna be?"

"You could be a cute princess."

Luke smiled as he spoke, ticking Emily for a moment.

"No! I don’t wanna be a princess anyway."

"Then what do you wanna be?"

"A toaster."

"A…toaster?"

"And you guys can be my toast!"

Michael and Luke looked at each other in slight confusion.

"Uhm…"

"I don’t know…if we could actually…you know…make that Em."

"I was kidding. I wanna be Pikachu."

Michael grinned, squeezing his daughter.

"I love you."

"Dad. Can’t breathe."

Michael let her go, and she scrambled into Luke’s lap, clutching her sides.

"I am a fragile child, be gentle, I’m only five."

"Then stop acting older."

Emily pouted at her father before looking up at Luke.

"Can we have cupcakes for breakfast?"

"No, that’s not healthy."

"We’ve had pizza for dinner three days in a row now."

Michael crossed his arms, offended.

"What’s wrong with pizza?"

She shrugged.

"I just…I don’t like pizza very much."

Michael’s mouth fell open in horror, and he leant over, picking her up and placing her in a corner.

"Hey!"

"Timeout, Emily Hemmings!"

She huffed, crossing her arms and pouting at him.

"Put your lip back in your face."

Emily looked at Luke, who just found the situation quite funny.

"Daddy, save me."

"No can do."

Luke left the room, going into the kitchen to grab a cupcake, handing it to his daughter. Michael whined, wrapping his arms around Luke.

"Where’s my cupcake?”

"You are a grown ass man, go get your own damn cupcake Clifford."

"But-"

"No, Emily can’t even reach the cupcakes, get one yourself."