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After so much time, things were actually looking up for one John Egbert. There was no mortal peril awaiting him, he no longer needed to save two races nor did he need to kill some crazy omnipotent dude that was sure enough going to kill him (spoiler alert: it didn't). For once, things were great. Zero to no problems, he was at ease. Which is why he decided that today would be a good day to do the do. Vriska was more than happy to help. Young John Egbert was going to lose his big V to another V. Everything was going great for one John Egbert. That’s exactly the moment that everything had started to go bad for this same John. While he had his sloppy make-out session, he and Vriska didn’t really consider the dangers of getting down and dirty in the lab at Johns house. Nor did they consider that maybe, doing the horizontal tango on the keyboard table was a bad idea. And when buttons were pushed and dials were moved, well sometimes things worked out in a funny way. Not funny ha-ha, more like funny weird. Ok yeah, John might be quoting that from a movie but who cares? The point is, after fulfilling what needed to be fulfilled, he awoke to a lesson: never and this means NEVER engage in alien-human sexual relationships in the ecto-lab.
“Sup Johnny dearest? To what do I owe the pleasure of receiving a call from your occupied self?” Dave’s voice said after three rings.
"Dave... I made a big mistake" Johns voice quivered.
"What did you do egderp? Recommend Con Air as a good movie again? Man, I've told you many times that it's such a lame movie you gotta stop-"
"No Dave, this actually serious..." John muttered as he interrupted Dave.
"How serious? Like, oh shit I forgot to buy the groceries serious or fucking shit, we have no AJ serious?"
"Like... I might be a temporary be a dad serious?" John said making it sound like a question.
"Whoa dude, in whose oven did you stick your bun?" Dave asked sort of serious. That did not sound good.
"I um, it isn't like that! Not exactly..."
"Not exactly? Damn Egbert that makes zero sense. What did ya do bro?"
"Maybe it's better if I show you... Hey stop that!" He shouted at someone "Ah, I'll be over at your place in a few." And with that John ended the call that left Dave feeling slightly confused and sort of amused.
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"Sup dude, what's the big prob?" Dave said when he swung the door open to his apartment
"Uh... Ok, here goes. And please don't faint" Dave opened his mouth to say that it's ridiculous to even think he of all people could faint when John took a step back and from behind him appeared Karkat. Only it isn't Karkat because he knows that his actual Karkat stepped out to see Sollux. That and, well this Karkat has his hair color. And eyes. And... Oh fuck. Dave blinks twice and suddenly, fainting might not be such a bad idea.
"What the fu-"
"I can explain!" John said as he raised two hands up in defense
"You better! Did I...? I mean, I'm not dreaming right? This... Dude, who the fuck..." Dave ran his hand through his hair and released a huge breath of air.
"Um Dave, he's kind of your son." John said as he made a face that clearly showed he was sorry.
"Nope, no way. Nonono. Not possible bro." Dave shook his head furiously.
"That's what I told him!" The young troll from behind John spoke up with an exasperated look.
"Holy fucks he talks!" Dave stared at the troll, losing his cool completely. Then again he had probably lost it since the moment John had said the troll was his son.
"Of course I talk, I'm not a statue. Do I look like I want to be shitted on?" He said as he rolled his eyes. His red eyes. Dave's eye. His voice sounded like Karkat's though not so raspy and more calm and chill.
"Dave, please let us in so I can explain." John pleaded
"Sure of course but you're probably gonna give Karkat a heart attack when he sees him" he stepped aside to let John and the troll boy into the apartment.
"Trolls don't get heart attacks, dude" the boy troll said as he slipped his hands into his pocket and sauntered in.
"Okay little troll boy, whatever the troll equivalent is, he's gonna get it. Serious damage is going to be caused because of this, we might never recover... He's gonna flip his shit."
"Don't call me troll boy." He deadpanned
"Well then what should I call you?"
"Daniel, Daniel Strider." He said as he turned toward Dave and gave him a smirk.
"Okay Da- what? Did you say Strider?" His eyes widened in surprise though luckily they were obscured by his shades. Can't have anyone thinking he was actually caught of guard. If Dave couldn't admit he had lost his cool before, he would now.
"Yeah, that is the name my parents gave me, duh." He said with a shrug
"Whoa. This is some big shit here, I'd say that it's as big as Texas or something, but I hate geographical comparisons so I won't." Dave said as he let himself fall on the couch. He had officially lost his cool.
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"So lemme get this straight Egnerd, you were doing the frick frack with Vriska in the shitty lab, but you forgot you had been analyzing ecto slime from our future lives and descendants and you happened to ecto omit the slime that created junior, here?" Dave asked with his head in his hands
"My name is Daniel. Is that so hard to say?" Daniel huffed
"Ok, Daniel. Whatever. This makes NO sense" Dave said, glaring at John through his shades.
"I told him that.." Daniel said with a bored voice.
"Why the fuck would you be experimenting with our descendants slime's you weirdass geek? are you fucking insane?" Dave said as he stood up in exasperation and flung his arms in the air.
"I told him that too!" The troll chuckled at the coincidences.
"Gegus Egbert your such a... Dork!" Daniel and Dave said the last word at the same time which made the blonde turn to the troll boy with an expression of utter horror. The boy sounded a lot like him just now, didn't he? Daniel didn't seem to give much thought to the fact so he continued to stare at John like if the guy was a total idiot. Which of course, due to recent events, made him exactly that.
"I know! I know I may have screwed up a little..."
"A little?!" Both Dave and Daniel said, again, at the same time.
"Ok kid troll, stop doing that" Dave turns to him with a little irritation. Dude, it was almost like if he was copying him or knew him really... Nope. Not going there.
"I'm not doing anything dipshit!" The troll said, now sounding more like Karkat than Dave.
"What? Oh no, you can't fucking talk to me like that shorty, I am your elder!" He said to the boy. He tips his glasses a bit so he can glare at the him through the little space in between the shades and his face.
"So what? You gonna send me to my room gramps?" Daniel scoffed.
"Well maybe I will!" Dave retorted.
"Well maybe I don't give a shit!" Daniel said as he got to his feet and confronted Dave. The troll is short but he still stands tall. He's like a little ball of fury right now.
"You should, shortcake!"
"But I don't, dick for brain!"
"That's it, get out of my sight. Don't even bother showing your face in this room unless you're gonna quit your crap and be motherfucking decent!!" Dave said as he made a gesture of shooing him.
"You're one to talk!" Daniel snorted
"I'm a fucking adult, now scram!!" Dave pointed to the front door.
"Ugh!!!" The boy threw his hands in the air and turned his back on Dave.
And with that, Daniel left to saunter through the building, leaving a flustered Dave and a very shocked John.
"Bro, what the fuck was that?" John asked "I'm genuinely considering to go to my room and think of what I've done" he snickered.
"I don't know dude, parental instincts kicking in? How the fuck should I know?!" he said as he let himself flop back down on the couch and let out a breath of air.
"Okay... Well maybe we should figure out a way to fix this problem or you're gonna be stuck with a mini Karkat look alike" he said with a grin like if he finds this all too funny.
"Look a like? Bro, that kid IS Karkat." Dave groaned
"Nah, he says and does things like you do sometimes. Also, his hair and eyes are like yours. And he's already taller than Karkat was at his age, so he's got that going..." John said as his expression changed to one of deep thinking.
"Dude. Shut. Up. I'm freaking out and I'm trying to play it cool and all but John, We've got to fix this" he said to his friend.
"Yes well, that's why I came here. I think Karkat has some textbooks on ecto slime science? You know, the ones he kept after the game"
"I uh, yeah he does" Dave said a little puzzled "In his room. Follow me lord dumbass"
"Rude! Haha" John said as he stood up from the couch and gave Dave a little punch in the arm.
"You deserve it" he muttered back in irritation but returned the little punch.
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"So I thought you two were a thing now" John said looking around Karkats room. It had a dim light but that's just how all the lights in the house. Karkats room was filled with books and posters of what Dave calls trashy chick flicks. To one side he has his old husk top and to the far left he has a small bed perfectly made. Actually, all his room was really clean and organized. Dave always called him a neat freak but he hadn't notice how much of a neat freak he really was till now.
"How come he still sleeps in his room?" John asked snapping Dave out of his thoughts.
"Nah, he just left his stuff in here. Not much space to fit his junk in my room. And besides, having two rooms just means more places to do the do" he said as he wiggled his eyebrows.
"Ew Dave! I SO did not want to hear that!"
"Too bad, bro. It's in your mind now. So what the heck are we looking for?" He said to him as he started looking throughout the titles of the books in Karkats bookshelf.
"Well, something that will tell me how to reverse the creation, like an undo mechanism. Might say something like ecto biology or something along those terms" John replied as he crouched down to look at the books on the bottom of the bookshelf.
"Gegus fuck, the book might be in Alternian!" Dave said as he suddenly realized that the thing they might be looking for may be harder to come by.
"It's okay, Vriska has taught me some of the language and I know Karkat has done the same for you"
"Well yeah but it's not like I'm fluent in alien gibberish. I'm like a toddler who's learning how to speak, my words mostly consist of yes, no, fuck, more, again and my favorite, fuck me"
"Dave those are terrible choice of words to have learned! They're not even essential, why would you even... Oh, oh gross! I don't care!" he said as he covered his ears when Dave turned to him and wiggled his eyebrows "You can at least read it, right?"
"Yeah, some things. Dude, maybe we should've asked Jade and Kanaya for help. They know some shit about creating life and all that, right?"
"Yeah I thought about it but I figured you'd want less people involved about mini you." John said with a laugh.
"He is NOT mini me. This ain't no motherfucking Austin Powers movie for you to be pulling that shit on me. Though I agree with you, the less people know the better"
"Yeah, I figured that this might be better in between us. Maybe no one will have to see the troll and have a freak out party" John said getting to his feet.
"Yeah, speaking of which, he's been gone for a while" Dave muttered
"Maybe he got lost?
"Maybe..." He said lost in thought, "Damn, I forgot Kanaya and Rose live in the building too! They might see him and then some shit is really gonna flip. That might be a huge mess-"
"WHAT IN THE EVERLOVING FUCK. DAVE!!!!!!!" screamed a voice from out of the room.
"Whoops. I might've forgot that daddy Karkat might be a bigger problem!" Dave said as he turned to the door and ran out to the living room in his usual quick pace, John following at a much calmer pace.
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Karkat stood with his back pressed to the door, his eyes wide staring at Daniel. They were glued to the boy till Dave arrived into the room. He blinked once. Twice. Three times and then his eyes snapped up to Dave's face. He seemed scared, panicked, angry? Dave really wasn't sure but boy is he going to get in trouble. Fucking John dragging him into huge messes.
"Whoa shit. They're even more alike next to each other. Will the real karkat please stand up?" Dave joked to break the ice.
"Dave what the fuck did you do?!" Karkat said, eyes still open wide.
"Hey, language babe. Junior here is still a kid. And I'll have you know I didn't-"
"I am not a fucking kid, bro. Would you quit acting like I'm two sweeps old?" Daniel sighed. When he spoke, Karkats eyes seemed to grow bigger Like if that's even possible. Dudes got doll eyes all huge and mysterious Dave thought to himself.
"Dave, please tell me this is some kind of fucking prank" Karkat said as he visibly swallowed.
"It's not a prank Karkat" John said with a sorry expression on his face as he entered the room.
"John? John human, why are you here?" He asked with a confused expression.
"Well you see babe, John here made a real fu- I mean, screw up" Dave said. He stopped himself from cursing to get a point across to Daniel.
"What do you mean?"
"I might have done this thing with Vriska. You see we were in the lab and we started kissing and well-"
"Ugh please get to the point!" Karkat said with an annoyed look on his face
"Ok, short story: this troll boy is your son from the future or some future and well... I made him out of ecto slime." John said rushing through the words.
"..."
"Karkat?"
"My... Uh. M-my" he stands in his place frozen with shock.
"Karkat are you ok? You're awfully pale..." John said as he took a step forward towards Karkat.
"M-my. He's m-my..." Karkat stares at the floor and goes quite.
"Karkat babe?" At the sound of Dave's voice his head snapped back up and he met his eyes or well, shades. His own are wide and scared.
"Hey Karkitty, it's fine, we'll figure this out" He told him in a calm tone. Dave used the nickname he hates to see if he snapped out of his frozen state and it seems to do the effect because he furrows his brow and opens his mouth to tell him to fuck off probably but is interrupted by a lazy raspy but mad tone.
"Don't call him that, you know dad doesn't like it... I mean..." Daniel closed his mouth when he notices his mistake.
Karkats head turned toward the troll boy and then back to Dave's face. He did that about three times before holding his head and saying: "I think I'm gonna be sick." And then passed out.
Great.
Dave picked Karkat up with ease; his body despite being built and bulky, is quite light. He managed to prop him up on the couch and then sat next to him, holding him up by the waist. John sat on the chair beside Dave and Daniel just let himself flop on the floor in front of both Dave and Karkat. He looked bored and just started humming some little melody. His lips seemed to be moving, like if he was singing but before Dave could ask him about it, John turned to him with a little smile.
"So that went well, right?"
Dave and Daniel turn towards John. Daniel gave him a glare that clearly said "you idiot, how does this even seem right to you?" Dave knew this because that's the same glare he gave the black haired boy, only his is obscured by his shades. Damn, little Karkat does have your genes... He thought to himself. Boys got like the perfect equilibrium of both our personalities. It's like he's cool and chill on the outside but fiery and passionate on the inside. That is pretty fuckin' awesome but still pretty messed up.
"Well, Johnny boy, that may be the understatement of the decade" Dave said with his trademark smirk.
"The century" Daniel scoffed "Shit, he might have fucked up so bad that now when people make a great fuck up they're gonna call it "an Egbert"" he laughed.
Dave snorted at this but continued the joke "Damn, John fucked up so bad he's been named mayor of fuckemup village" Dave put a hand out and pretended to bow "Citizens make way for the new mayor" they both laughed.
"Ha-ha. You're both so funny. Maybe I should leave this problem to yourselves" John crossed his arms over his chest and frowned at them.
"Nah bro, it's all joke" Dave said "We need your capable hands because we can't do it by ourselves. We'd probably pull a John"
"Oh snap!" Daniel called and both him and Dave started laughing again.
"Oh very funny lil' Karkat. It's good to see you inherited Dave's oh so witty mind"
"What can I say? I'm a fucking prodigy. You can't handle this much level of coolness. It hurts your eyes and makes you envious" he said as he winked at John.
"It's a Strider curse" Both Daniel and Dave said together making John roll his eyes.
"Well damn. You may look like your dorky father but yeah, I'm sure you're a Strider now" Dave said with a smirk. Daniel just smirked right back.
"Adorable, now you're both all chummy" John said as he shook his head.
"Mmm... Huh? Dave?" Karkat said as he tried to lift himself up from the couch.
"Hey babe, you ok? Don't get up" Dave told him as he put his arm around the trolls shoulders.
"Yeah I uh... Had a very fucked up dream. I, we... Had a oh fuck no. Nightmare. Nightmare! I'm still asleep right? Please tell me I'm still sleeping!" Karkat said as he saw the younger troll on the floor.
"Sorry Karkles but you ain't dreaming. John really pulled the biggest John he has ever been able to pull since we popped back here"
"Oh fuck. So... He's really... Ours?" He whispered as he looked at Dave with a slightly panicked face.
"Well yes and no. He's obviously a son of a Dave and a Karkat but obviously not ours. I'd think you'd remember if a miniature you was walking around the house" Dave said as he gave him a small smile.
"So, some Dave and Karkat from another timeline have a child. A troll no less. You are a troll right?"
Daniel rolled his eyes "Of course I am. My horns didn't give you a fucking hint?"
"Well excuse me, douche I-just-met, you may have horns but I have never met a troll with fucking blonde white hair! And your skin? You like a shirt that's been washed too many times and faded its color"
"Yeah? Well at least I actually have horns! Not like you, nubs!"
"What?! You fucking little-"
"Whoa, ok hold the fire. Karkat, babe. Leave the boy alone. Daniel, dude what the fuck? He may not be your father but he's currently the closest thing you have and if you were with your actual father, I don't think you would disrespect him that way, would you?" Dave said in an authorities voice to both if them. Shit, I'm getting these parent skills out of the blue and acing it. Fuck yes. He mentally fist bumped himself.
"No, sir" Daniel said as his head hung a little, as if he were ashamed of what he just did.
"Cool. I thought so. You gonna be cool too?" He said turning to Karkat.
"Humph. Yeah whatever." Karkat said slumping back on the couch and turning his head to one side and pursing his lips.
"Great, we're all cool then" he said as he pulled Karkat closer to him who at first pulled back but after a moment, little himself be hugged to Dave's side.
"Wow Dave, you're a really scary dad" John laughed
"Thanks john, I try" he said tipping his glasses and giving a wink.
"Of course you are" Karkat said sarcastically.
Dave turned to him and opened his mouth to retort but then caught sight of Daniel. The troll had his eyes scrunched up and he was pressing a hand to his temple. Exactly like Dave does when he's been without his shades for too long. When people would ask about it he'd usually dismiss it as a headache.
"Hey, Dan. You okay?" He asked the troll on the floor.
"Uh, yeah. I just... Little headache." Bingo, we've got a match. Dave smiled a little and pulled his shades off.
"Here. Use these." He handed his shades to the troll who accepted them without protests and sliped them on. Dave could feel Karkat looking at him but he didn't turn to look at him. "Headaches are a bitch man" he told the troll.
"Yeah, I know" Daniel replied with a shy smile.
"Well... I really think we need to ask for help now" John said after a pause, "I'm not really sure what I can do by myself and I'm guessing Jade and Kanaya might be able to give us some better ideas on the subject"
"Oh great, now we need to involve more people" Karkat huffed and then got up, "Well, I'll go call Jade and try to explain this... Situation" he said as he moved his hands all around gesturing at Daniel and then started his way to his room.
"Ok, I'll text Kanaya" Dave said as he pulled out his phone.
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After a while, Karkat came out of the room, shoulders hunched like if he was tired.
"So they'll be here tomorrow at noon. Jades really curios and I'm sure her fucking curiosity is gonna kill her one day but well, at least that got her to come" he said as he let himself fall on the couch.
"Yeah Kanaya said she'd be over at the same time" Dave sighed.
"Well I guess there isn't much to do" John said with a little sigh, "I mean, not until tomorrow"
"I guess not. Fucking mess you got us into nookstain" Karkat grumbled.
"So... I think I'm gonna head home" John said as he lifted himself up from the arm chair, "You guys think that Daniel can stay with you? I don't want Vriska to find out... She's kinda gossipy, heh"
"You don't say?" Dave deadpanned,
"Kinda, heh. So what do you say guys?" Dave was about to respond but Karkat responded before him.
"Yeah. He can stay in my room" he said surprising Dave a little. Although, now that they mentioned it, Daniels been awfully quiet. Dave turned to the boy and found that he's was asleep on a pile of books. Huh, what is it with trolls and piles?
Karkat lead John to the door and they exchanged a couple of comments which also translated to "Karkat insulting Johns stupidity and carelessness and John saying sorry multiple times".
Dave shook his head and smiled at this and then got up from the couch. He walked over to Daniel and stared at him. He was really fascinated by the way the boy looked so much like his boyfriend but he also like him. The white hair and red eyes were obviously his. Also the height because there is no way that came from Karkats side. His pale complaxion also seemed to pass on to the kid but as Karkat said, his tone of gray wasn't the same as the trolls normal skin color, it was more of a dirty white. Of course he also saw Karkats features in the boys face; his big eyes, the nose, the shape of his lips and his high cheek bones. He also had that overbite Karkat had and his teeth seemed just as pointy, although his horns weren't exactly like Karkats. They were still sort of nubby but a little longer. He was a troll but he was so different. He wondered if there were other troll children from mixed races in Daniels timeline. He also wondered if they all looked like him, with mixed features. And then Dave also felt something like anxiety and fear for the son who wasn't exactly his. He knew how trolls were, how they gave each other shit just for their blood color, he couldn't imagine what they would say about Daniel. He was a troll yet he looked so different... Did they shun him? Would they threaten him as they once did to his boyfriend? Dave swallowed hard. He wanted to know so much. He wanted to know how father Dave dealt with it. Or maybe the child between a troll and human was a normal thing, so no one questioned it. Who knew...
"Hey perv, stop staring at the boy like that" Karkat said snapping him out of his thoughts.
"He looks so much like us..." He mumbled without even reacting to what Karkats said.
"I know. He acts likes us too" Karkat said as he approached Dave's side.
"Yeah. I noticed" he hugged Karkat from behind and placed his chin on his shoulder.
"You gave him your shades" he says as he looked up to him.
"He needed them" Dave responded but without looking at Karkat.
"How do you know?" he asked puzzled.
"He did the thing I do when the sun or light starts to bother me. Then when I asked him about it he said it was headache which is what I also say. So I was certain" he shrugged.
"Oh..."
"Karkat?" Dave asked in a low voice.
"Hmm?"
"His skin color, his hair, shit his eyes. Do you think..." He can't really ask the question.
"I don't know Dave" Karkat said, already knowing the direction of Dave's thoughts, "It scares me to think about it. When I saw him I just thought mutation. Errors. Wrong. shouldn't exist" Dave shuddered at that. He didn't hold it against Karkat, that's just the way he was raised. Being anything different from what was considered normal wasn't seen as a good thing in troll society and when it came to appearances and blood colors, it was even worse.
"When you told me... Well. I got scared for him....He's not even my son!" Karkat said with a nervous laugh.
"Well technically..." Dave started
"Oh fuck you, you know what I mean... I just hope that wherever the real him is, he's ok. That the us that's with him protects him" he said in almost a whisper.
"He's fine, the real him wherever he is? He's fine" Dave said to him and hugged him closer.
"Why? Because he's a strider?" Karkat snorted.
"Yeah. And a Vantas. And that makes him pretty much a badass" he said as he nuzzled Karkats neck.
Karkat smiled at Dave and then at Daniel.
"We should take him to my room." he said as he looked up to Dave.
"Yeah, ok babe" Dave unwrapped Karkats waist and walked over to Daniel. He lifted the boy on his shoulders like bro used to do with him when he would fall asleep on the couch after a long day. Karkat followed behind and then stepped in front of Dave to get the door open. When they entered Karkats room, he started to pile up blankets and pillows in the middle of his bed.
"Karkat, what are you doing?" Dave asked
"Building the a Hive. What the fuck does it look like I’m doing insufferable prick? I’m making a pile!" he answered.
“Yes, smart-guy, but why?”
“Trolls feel at home in piles” He said without stopping his task of pulling more things into the pile.
Once he was done, Dave laid the troll on the pile of stuff and, to Karkats satisfaction, saw the boy bury his head and let out a relaxed sigh. He then leaned over and plucked the shades off, putting them on the night stand.
“Come on, let's go” Dave said as he dragged Karkat out of his room by the hand and towards his own room.
When they entered Dave turned to Karkat and hugged him to his chest, laying his chin on the top of Karkats, feeling the troll snuggle under his throat.
“You okay babe?” He asked after a while.
“Yes. Just... Worried for him”
“Yeah, me too. Who would've thought it though? We're parents in some timeline” he chuckled.
“Maybe our timeline” Karkat said in almost a whisper. Dave stiffened but answered after a beat.
“Maybe.”
“Is... Is that something you would like?” Karkat said, stepping away from Dave to look at him
“I’ve never thought about it, to be honest. It’s not like I give it much thought. Kids and babies… Growing up” he shivered.
“Well neither did I. Trolls don’t raise children. I don’t understand how the Karkat from his timeline is dealing with it. I wouldn’t know what to do! What do humans do with their grubs, uh I mean babies”
“Uh well, parents are like your lusus, well sort of. They serve as guidance and protection as we grow up, financial income too. I uh, really don’t know what else, I was brought up by my Bro in a different way. He was always preparing me for everything I guess” he trailed off.
“Hmm… Humans are so weird” Karkat says. He reached a hand towards Dave and cupped his face, stroking under his eyes.
“I see so much of you in him, I automatically want to love him and hate him as well obviously" He said, making Dave let out a laugh, "Don’t laugh at me, dickprince! Does it even make sense?”
“It does. I feel the same. He's like a little you. His expressions and his foul language" he said with a chuckle.
“What are we going to do Dave? If we can't reverse what that foolish grubfisting imbecile, Egdork did?” Karkat eyes showed worry and fear he felt. Dave sighed and lead them to his bed. He sat down, pulled Karkat on his lap and looked him in the eyes.
“What would you like to do?” Dave asked him as he reaches up and rubbed the back of his hand on Karkats cheek. The troll leaned into the contact and closed his eyes.
“I don't know Dave. I’m afraid and it’s a shitty to say that out loud but it’s the fucking truth! We can’t... I mean, I can't even take care of myself, let alone you. Imagine trying to do that with a troll kid! It’s fucking impossible. I don’t even know the first thing about raising younglings”
Dave clamped a hand down on Karkats mouth. When he released him, he kissed the troll gently, to let him know he understood, that he knew what he was feeling and that he felt the same. When he parted from him, Karkats eyes were big and scared. So he laied them down on the pile of blankets Karkat always had in his bed. He then turned on his side and Karkat mimicked his position. Then he just looked at the troll and returned to moving the back of his hand across his cheek, up and down. He noticed Karkats eyes had started to close and he too felt drowsy.
“We'll figure it out, babe. We might not be such shitty parents if you know, things happen to fuck up in our faces” he said with sarcasm.
“Mmm... Too young” Karkat murmured as he pulled himself closer to Dave.
“I'm a mature 23 year old guy, I ain't young. I have a house and a beautiful wife” he said giving Karkat a noisey kiss, making Karkat swat him, “I have a great job-”
“You’re a fucking DJ!” Karkat said as his eyes opened and he let out a little laugh.
“It’s incredible, shut up. I've also started college, you can’t tell me that isn’t a grown-up achievement”
“You’re studying music and arts”
“It’s still college, babe. And let me tell you music and arts is a respectful career” he said as he gave Karkat a kiss on the cheek.
“Okay, you’re right. That still doesn't make you a mature adult” he said rolling his eyes, “You still cry watching toy story 3!”
“Shit man, everyone cries in that movie, that doesn't prove anything” he said with a little blush. He then resumed caressing the trolls cheek whose eyes had started to close again and then smiled.
“... figure it out later” He murmured to Dave who wrapped his arms around him. Karkat snuggled in his chest and let out a sigh.
“Yeah babe, we can figure it out later” and he proceed to let himself fall asleep, his last thought being about the troll in the other room.