Niall Horan Imagines 2

11 : Christmas Series - Daddy Duties

Niall's POV

It's around past dinner time and me and my 5 year old daughter, (Y/D/N), are cuddle up in the living room while watching her favorite Disney movie, Frozen 2.

Then my phone bleeped and got a text from my wife, (Y/N).

My love:
Hey, just checking up my both babies. Miss you both so much, don't have too much fun without mama love you two ❤

Me:
Bub, your missing out so much hahaha come home soon pls love you and take care. love, daddy and (Y/D/N).

(Y/N)'s away for three days because they have this Christmas party thing that they do annually and celebrate it in a resort. So, I have my daughter all to myself for the whole weekend.

“Daddy, I'm sleepy.” (Y/D/N) tiredly said and yawned after

“Okay, I'll just clean you up a bit and put you to bed alright?” I said then she nod

I turned off the tv before carrying (Y/D/N) up to the bathroom to give her a quick bath. After brushing her teeth, I grabbed her a set of pajamas and fresh fuzzy socks and wore it to her.

“Daddy, I miss mommy.” She said while I was putting her socks

“I miss mommy too, my love. Do you want to call her before you sleep?” I asked then her face lit up and nod excitedly “Okay we'll call her after I brush your hair.”

I grabbed (Y/D/N)'s hair brush and gently brush her hair down “Your hair is getting long, (Y/D/N). We need to call auntie Lou and ask her to cut your hair.”

“No, daddy! I like my hair long so when mommy braids it, it looks like Anna's hair.” She exclaimed “Don't call Auntie Lou, please.” She added while she do that puppy dog eyes

I can't resist her when she does it. Damn this kid is good, and I'm 100% sure she got that from me.

“Alright, alright. We won't cut it.” I said “I'll just cut it.”

“Daddy!” She said making me laugh

“I'm just joking, my love.” I said before kissing her cheeks and carrying her to bed

I put her to bed before I grabbed my phone and FaceTime (Y/N). She quickly answered and said “Hi, princess!” once she saw (Y/D/N)

“I miss you, mommy!” (Y/D/N) said

“How was your day with daddy? You two are having fun without me?” (Y/N) asked

“Oh when I tell you're missing out, (Y/N), you're literally missing out.” I teasingly said to (Y/N) making her pout

“Daddy and I went to the park a while ago and played with some other kids. I also made a friend today, he's name is Jack.” She said

“Where did you meet Jack?” (Y/N) asked

“I met him at the park, mommy.” She said “Then after playing in the park, we went to visit a pet store.”

“That sounds fun.” (Y/N) smiled “What did you do in the pet store?”

“I want to have a puppy, mommy. But daddy said I'm too young to have one so we didn't get a puppy.” She pouted

“Love, I promise I'll get you a puppy when you're a big girl.” I said and gave her a kiss on the temple

“But I'm a big girl, daddy! Look!” She said and stood on top of her bed making me smile and (Y/N) laugh

“Yes, you are, my love.” I smiled “I'll get you one but not right now okay? Now sit down, I don't want you to fall.”

After talking an hour, (Y/D/N) slept while (Y/N) and I were talking.

“Love, I'll call you back. I'll tuck her to bed first.” I said to (Y/N) before ending the call

I gently walked away from (Y/D/N)'s bed and turned her night lamp on. I kissed her forehead and whispered “I love you.” before leaving her room

I called (Y/N) again once I reached to our shared bedroom.

“So is she being a good girl while I'm gone?” (Y/N) said

“Oh, yes. Very much.” I nodded “She also said I'm her favorite now not you.”

“Nice joke, Horan. You ain't fooling me.” She said “Okay, about the puppy thing?” (Y/N) asked

“You encouraged her to get one didn't you?” I asked

“What? No!” (Y/N) exclaimed then I raised my eyebrows “Okay, fine. I did.”

After an hour later, we ended the call because (Y/N)'s getting tired and she has a day ahead of her so I let her sleep. Me on the other hand, has some work to do so I went to the little studio that I have in this house and wrote some songs.

I've been writing songs for two hours or so and I decided to stop because it's getting late and I'm getting tired also.

As I was closing the door on the studio, I heard (Y/D/N) call my name. I got worried so I ran to her room.

“(Y/D/N)?” I worriedly asked

I turned on her lights and saw that my baby girl is crying.

“Oh, my love. What's wrong?” I asked once I sat beside her bed and cuddled her to my chest “Did you have a bad dream?” I added then she nod while wiping her tears away

“It's okay, love. Daddy's got you.” I said as I gently rubbed her back to calm her down “Do you want to talk about it?” She shook her head no “Alright. It's okay, stop crying now, princess. It's just a dream.”

“Can you sing me a song, daddy?” She asked

“What do you want me to sing, my love?” I asked as I gently sway her

“Flicker.” She answered making my heart melt every time she request that song

She's just like her mom.
Flicker is their comfort song.

When you feel your love's been taken
When you know there's something missing
In the dark, we're barely hangin' on
Then you rest your head upon my chest
And you feel like there ain't nothing left
I'm afraid that what we had is gone

While singing the chorus of the song, I felt (Y/D/N)'s gently tap her hand on top of my chest.

“Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me, that I want to keep. Please don't leave.” I sang the last lines of the chorus and I knew she's fast asleep already because her breathing calm down and tapping of her hand stopped

I slowly carried her to (Y/N) and I's shared bedroom and gently put her on (Y/N)'s side of the bed.

Just in case she wakes up again from a bad dream, she'll be on my side and I'm right here to comfort her.

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