may I request headcanons for Alucard dating someone who has a small child from a previous relationship? (and Alucard bonding with the tiny human)

monsterloversanonymous:

Sure thing! ♡

• It makes no difference to him in their relationship -he’s by no means jealous or upset by the presence of a child or a past lover.
• In fact, it’s quite the opposite. He’s more respectful of his future S/O upon first meeting, as he tends to hold people who have struggled and experienced life in a higher regard.
• When his relationship with his S/O grows close/romantic, he’ll start to feel some sense of obligation towards their child. He won’t promise to step up and fill the place of their absent parent or any mushy nonsense like that, but he does keep a closer eye on the youngster, and provides extra support should his S/O require it.
• At the start he’s neutral towards, but protective of the child. He holds no attachment to them personally, but understands how dear they are to his S/O, so he keeps the little thing safe.
• Though he isn’t attached to them at first, he is quite playful with them. He’ll join them in little games if they request, ask them what they think about things, laugh when the child tells him something funny or embarrassing about his S/O, ect.
• Quickly becomes endeared by the child if they prove to be clever, fiery or mischievous. He’ll gladly encourage any of their antics or curiosity, laughing whenever they cause trouble for someone.
• Babysitting shenanigans. S/O has something important to do one day and asks their snookums to look after the child. Cue Alucard being terrible at doing just that.
• How should he have known that showing them how to use a rapier wasn’t the proper way to bond with a kid? He was only teaching them to aim for the major arteries.
• The kid honestly adores their mom/dad’s giant weirdo boyfriend. The two try awkwardly to bond in normal ways, but it always devolves into some tomfoolery.
• -which is how the bats ended up being set loose at the zoo, after Alucard and the child mutually agreed that this particular bonding activity was absolutely dull.
• Eventually he’ll come to see them as his own, just as he did with Seras. He becomes quite doting, and even somewhat proud of them, even if they’re just a little human who hasn’t exactly experienced much yet.
• Somewhere down the line they end up calling him “dad”. He doesn’t correct them.
• It’s actually the kid who gets embarrassed at their slip up and tries to correct themselves, while Alucard smiles at them smugly.
• The first moment he realizes he’s grown fond of them, he’ll stare thoughtfully for a bit, before telling his S/O that they’ve managed to create quite an interesting little child.