#He is one bad thing away from emotional overwhelment
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Good Godfather Vlad AU - Part 3
Link to Part 1 , Part 2
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Brunch
The brunch meeting ended up being a huge scene, but not overly embarrassing. A table is knocked over when Jack and Maddie rush over to Vlad. Luckily it did not have anyone eating at it yet. The children trailing behind them stopped to right the table. Vlad is unfortunately too slow to offer the fudge before Jack sweeps him up into a crushing bear hug.
“We have been terrible friends. How could you ever forgive us!” Jack cries as he lifts Vlad off his feet in a hug.
“We should have questioned why you never responded after all these years.” Maddie says hovering beside them.
“Dad, put him down!” Jasmine shouts.
“Yeah, I don’t think he can breathe with you crushing him like that.” Danny adds in.
If he did not have to breath all the time this would be very uncomfortable. Jack pulls him into an impossibly closer hug before gently putting him back on the ground and releasing him. A glare from Maddie at the gawking people has them hastily avert their gaze. His clothes are now rumpled a little from the bear hug. Vlad straightens a little before stepping closer to the pair.
“It is not all your burden to bear. Despite how close we had been, I never reached out either after the accident.” Vlad says a little apprehensive.
His hands nervously clutch at the box of fudge as he makes eye contact with Jack and Maddie. This was the hardest thing he had done in a very long time. He was still coming to terms and processing everything that had happened. In just a few short days he had a fundamental part of his past cast into new light. His lack of responsibility in trying to maintain his part of their friendship was a new glaring issue he had ignored for far too long.
Maddie’s eyes crinkle as she sweeps forwards with arms outstretched. Unlike Jack she waits for the moment for him to step closer.
“I can’t express how much I regret not tracking you down the first day out of the hospital.” Vlad chokes out as Maddie pulls him into a hug.
“I told myself so many things about why you might not want to see us anymore.” her voice catches a bit as she speaks.
“We never were very good about confrontation when it was about emotions. Always ready to jump into a discussion about science and engineering and tear into that” Jack added.
“It might take some time and it won’t be the same but I would like to be in your lives again.” Vlad says.
“You are always welcome.” Maddie says softly.
“You are practically family!” Jack happily shouts.
The tension drops a little as Vlad really sees his friends ready to welcome him back into their life. Without the haze of hate from before clouding his judgment. He sees the laughter lines in Maddie’s face and the gray in Jack's hair. They are not college students working towards getting a doctorate. Life has gone on and his friends have changed just like he has.
“Now I hope this does not spoil the meal, but I have something for you.” Vlad says, offering up the fudge box.
“Oh, is that what I think it is?” Jack crows in delight.
He bounds forwards and takes the box from Vlad. Maddie lets out a fond smile and begins to usher the group back to their table.
“I had some help but I believe this is a very nice fudge.” Vlad says with a wink at Danny.
“Ohh! I have heard of Miss Martha’s Marviolours Fudge.” Jack excitedly says.
Vlad starts to walk to the table the family had been seated at. There is already an extra setting at the table. His step falters for a moment before he catches a supportive look from Jasmine. She gestures with her hands forming a cube shape. Danny gives her a confused look as he pulls his father along. Stealing a breath he keeps walking to the place set for him.
“It has been a long time but I hope you still enjoy them.” Vlad says. Pulling the rubix cube out.
“Vlad I can’t believe you remembered that!” Maddie exclaims in delight.
She takes the cube and immediately begins to twist and turn it to solve the cube in a matter of moments. Then resets it and begins to form a classic trick pattern.
“Whoa. How do you do that so fast, I thought they were supposed to be hard to solve?” Danny asks his mother.
The rest of the brunch manages to pass with little fanfare after that. Maddie shows her son how to solve it and explains the mechanics behind it. Jack scrawls on a napkin the attributes of the fudge and hashes out the new top ten. Laughter and joy is had as ten years worth of catching up happens over the course of the meal. They manage to only break one glass. It might just be the nicest morning Vlad has had in years.
Now with a Part 4.
#Danny Phantom AU#Good Vlad#Good Vlad AU#Good Godfather Vlad AU#Danny Phantom#So I am trying to decide on which which plot point I want to come next as I have a few nuggets I am working on#Danny is about to have had enough sleep to realize that his ghost sense is going off#Vlad is still clueless as he has not been primed to react to it going off#unlike Danny who at this point is like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs#people still use that saying right?#Jack after all this time really is happy his best friend is back in his life#Maddie is still feeling really guilty and knows how private Vlad is with affection and ready to snap a camera in half if needed#Jasmine is swinging wildly between proud of the emotional and communication going on and utterly embarrassed#Vlad is really close to an emotional collapse after all this and will need a break to just recollect#He has had a lot happen in a few days and just holding together#He is one bad thing away from emotional overwhelment
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