(I was talking about Miguel to a insta oomf and I'm back to yammering.)
Miguel O'Hara has an ofrenda. Not probably, but he just does. He remembers how he would sit Gabriella in his lap and explain the importance of the ofrenda, naming each and every family member by their belongings or photos. He never thought that he'd see Gabi’s photo up there too.
It wasn't right. It wasn't right at all - what father wants to see his lil girl's photo smiling back at him on a ofrenda? With shaky hands he places her hair ties and soccer jersey alongside her photo. He places her baby clothes next to her photo too, her favorite stuffed animal as a toddler, her soccer ball - he places even more photos up, he can't help himself.
He rubs her old soccer jersey between his fingers trying to find some resemblance to his daughter’s skin, trying to see that maybe if he blinks it'd be her instead in his arms. He lets his eyes water in the solace of his house, his lights off with only the candle light illuminating his face as he holds onto Gabi’s fuzzy baby clothes. They were so small, she was so small.
“I thought it was harmless.” He thinks. “I thought it was harmless, I thought it was harmless.” He repeats to himself as he walks to her grave with aching feet. This Gabriella has a grave, he couldn't even give the other one that luxury.
He feels himself go mental as he can't help but make another ofrenda for his other Gabi, right next to the one from his universe. He doesn't have anything of this Gabriella, just printed out photos of the videos he has. Videos where she's not even with him, just the man he wanted to be.
He never wanted to be Spiderman. He wasn't like Peter, Jess, Ben, Gwen, or Miles chasing after a normal life and the grandeur of Spiderman at the same time. He just wanted his Gabriella, su corazon.
“I thought it was harmless.” He repeats as he curls his hands into fists, his claws digging into his skin, not caring if he draws blood. Today, Gabriella would be fifteen - she'd have her quinceañera. He places her last doll and last shoes, his arms shaking as he wishes he could give her a last dance.
It was November 1st and Miguel wished his photo was up on the ofrenda instead.
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I know i sent in 1 ask already but this is a small bonus to the (PURELY PLATONIC NO ROMANCE NO SEXUALITY BLEHHHH) masky x daughter!reader.
Soooo what would be the aftermath of masky finding out Ticci Toby is dating Reader? (We love protective fathers)
TIM WOULD BEAT TOBY’S ASS
Nah nah nah
You don’t get it
Protective Tim? PROTECTIVE DAD TIM??? Nobody fucks with him
AND YOU’RE DATING TOBY? He knows that you’re happy with them, but he just wants to talk to Toby and lay ground rules
As in, they ever hurt you and Tim will most certainly beat them within an inch of their life
Dad!Tim doesn’t play around
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Yk it's not that I think Beverly Wouldn't choose to carry an accidental pregnancy to term, but I really wish Star Trek (and TV generally tbh) would just... raise abortion as an option? Could even do an emotional conversation about why she wanted to have another baby, I don't care, I'd just really like someone to at least ask "what made you decide to become a single mother again at this time in your life?" rather than continue the whole "woops we forgot to wear/inject/swallow/implant any birth control, guess the only choice is to have a baby!"
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Don’t mind me I’m just crying thinking about how Mike’s grandparents, Ben’s mom, Richie’s parents, and even the Uris’s would constantly invite Bill over for dinner or let him stay for it bc they knew by one look at him that he wasn’t getting fed at home. That no one there was seeing that Bill ate a good meal.
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Initially when I saw this, I thought it was a very odd historical name-drop to include in the show. But the more I thought about it, the more I actually grew to really love it.
As we all (jokingly) talk about, Ben has about 5,000 father figures, and he's constantly seeking validation from the men he admires. Although Nathaniel seemed like a good man and a decent father, there was clearly something lacking between them since Ben felt the need to turn to GWash, Sackett, Arnold, etc. for affirmation. And that got me thinking: since Ben, Caleb and Abe were so close growing up, what if little Ben spent a whole lot of time with the Brewsters, and thus, Benjamin Brewster became like a second father to him? If Benjamin was anything like Caleb, it's not difficult to imagine that he was warm and jovial, and thus, gave Ben the more affectionate paternal bond he undoubtedly yearned for with Nathaniel.
Do I still think the Benjamin Brewster name-drop was stupid? Yes. The Brewsters were known p.atriots (and Benjamin didn't die until 1782), so Ben could've potentially gotten Caleb's family into trouble. And as a spymaster, he should've come prepared with his actual historical alias of John Bolton. But again: I'm warming up to the idea, because thinking of this in terms of Ben waking up delirious, in pain and confused, and speaking the name "Benjamin Brewster" is destroying me with unexpected feels. Because who do you reach for/call out to when you're sick, out of sorts, and not feeling like yourself? A parent.
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