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"That is my boyfriend."
Buck blinked and looked down at his four year old who most definitely did not have a boyfriend. He hadn't even realized she was awake, having fallen asleep on him again nearly twenty minutes ago.
"Uh, what?"
Minnie blinked blearily up at him before pointing at the TV that was playing some old Disney cartoon, Buck wasn't totally paying attention, browsing through wedding venues on his phone while Minnie sprawled out on his chest. She'd been sick and running a high fever the last couple days and had been incredibly clingy, not wanting to let go of Buck or Eddie for one second let alone let them out of her sight.
"Mickey-" She let out a vicious sneeze that had her looking a little green as she jerked her head too fast and Buck nearly dove for the puke bucket before she settled back against his chest and rubbed at other nose. "Mickey is Minnie's boyfriend."
Ohhhh, Buck nodded along.
Suddenly the recent obsession with Mickey Mouse made sense.
On their third day at Disneyland a few weeks prior Minnie had dressed up like Minnie Mouse, with a cute little red dress and polka dot skirt with matching Minnie Mouse ears and her favorite pair of yellow converse. Buck had even drawn a little black dot onto her nose and added some sparkles on her cheeks and eyes that Maddie had given her for her birthday.
Mickey Mouse had been seeing guests right as they walked into the park on Main Street and at Minnie's insistence they'd hopped in line to see him.
Buck would forever love the cast member in that costume who saw his daughter dressed as a little Minnie Mouse and got so excited, giving her a big hug and blowing her a kiss after kiss, that Minnie still talked about it weeks later.
"You're a little young to have a boyfriend, but I guess I can make an exception for Mickey," Buck said, leaning down and giving her a kiss on the top of her head. She was still warm but not the low rolling boil her brain had been sitting in for the last two days.
He picked up the stuffed Mickey Mouse, that Minnie had gotten shortly after that encounter and had barely put down since, from where it had fallen on the floor during one of her fitful naps and held it in front of her.
She made a small gasping squeak and gratefully pulled the Mickey closer hugging it tightly before she settled back down against his chest to watch her show. He gently stroked his hand up and down her back. Four years later and he still couldn't believe how much his love for this little girl grew every day.