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Will helps out with a bake sale at Lian's daycare and all the ladies LOVE his cupcakes.

"Where are the snickerdoodles? I was told someone was bringing snickerdoodles!"

"Guys do we need to keep the gluten goodies and non-gluten goodies on separate tables or did someone make a card or…?"

"Oh my GOD did you use actual sand to make these pecan sandies, Roberta?"

"And are we not gonna mention how your Black Forest cake looks like you used real tree bark?!"

"Yeesh," Wanda Mann grimaced as she set down the tray of marshmallow squares she'd worked on the previous night with her wife, Barbie. Watching all these other moms buzzing around, doing an impersonation of coked-up bees, made her comment "And I thought the NY subway was brutal."

"Wanda, quick!" Erika Santos, the bake sale organizer, came up to Wanda and asked "Have you seen where I put the apple turnovers? I-I can't find them anywhere!"

Wanda gently placed her hands on Erika's shoulders and say "Erika, babe. You're holding them."

"Huh?" Erika looked down to see yes, she was indeed holding the aforementioned turnovers. "O-oh."

"Girl, you really need to relax," Wanda chuckled as she placed the turnovers on nearby table next to the marshmallow squares and told her "It's just a bake sale."

Erika ignored Wanda and took back the turnovers, saying to herself more than anyone "The turnovers have to go with the other apple-based desserts. Everyone knows that."

Wanda rolled her eyes and realized why Barbie had helped make the treats but weaseled out of attending the sale, even though they both doted on their daughter Maisie (named after a dear friend) and tried to attend events for Danny's Daycare.

"Everything okay?" Daycare worker Kate Godwin asked Wanda before getting a good look at how hyper everyone was. "Yikes," Kate cringed. This wasn't the first bake sale Danny's held, but Kate never got used to seeing the moms act this way.

"I know right?" Wanda sighed before adding "And just imagine about how bad it'll get when-"

"Yo, sorry I'm late," a familiar, chipper male voice announced as he entered the room.

"There's the man of the hour," Wanda and Kate both took a step back as the moms all flocked to the new arrival.

"Will!" Erika felt the tension evaporate from her body at the sight of the bearded redhead carrying several boxes in his muscular arms. "Oh you have no idea what a relief it is to see you."

"Yeah," Will chuckled as the moms began to help him with the boxes. "I had a thing to take care of at the company. They made it sound like it was an emergency but someone just hit the wrong button on the printer."

"Tsk," Lillian Kramer shook her head as she cozied up next to Will, "It's a shame how they can't seem to get anything down without you." This coming from a woman who, moments ago, was having aneurysm over what color tablecloths to use.

"Oh thank GOD," Sandra Hawke couldn't contain her delight when she opened one of Will's boxes, "You brought enough cupcakes to last the whole day."

"Well you guys are always saying how much you love my cupcakes at these things," Will smiled as he pointed out this important tidbit. While helping to arrange display for the various handheld pastries, Will didn't notice how nearly every woman in the room shared a conspiratorial glance with each other at the mention of his "Cupcakes." All except for Kate and Wanda, who shook their heads in resignation at being surrounded by a bunch of breeders. But who were they to judge?

Will Harper was, for all intents and purposes, a dream come true for many of these women. It's not that all of their husbands (those who HAD husbands, mind you) or what not were a bunch of he-man stereotypes that spent their days drinking beer and scratching their asses. In fact, Roberta's husband worked as a professional nanny and had even prepared a pumpkin pie for the sale. But Will Harper was a breath of fresh air. A single father who ran his own successful business and yet still found the time and energy to help out with planning events for his daughter's daycare. Parties, day trips, sleepovers, fundraisers, no one knew how he did it but when it came to his daughter Lian he always found the extra energy.

"Will darling," Roberta Lodge asked from the other side of the room, "Larissa and I are having trouble hanging up this banner. Could you give us a hand?"

"Oh sure," Will turned around and headed over to help the two moms. Roberta and Larissa Lennox stepped aside as Will stood on top a stepstool to hoist up a banner on the wall. "How's this look?"

"Little higher," the two women said in unison, but they weren't paying attention to the banner. Their gaze, and the gazes of many of the moms, was fixated a bit… lower.

Another fun fact about Will Harper, he was also absolutely gorgeous. That orange hair and well groomed beard made him look distinguished, and his body was a delight. Most of the eyes in the room were on those sharp back muscles and plump backside that accompanied his broad shoulders and adorable belly. His body language just exuded the feeling of health and vitality and it drove these women crazy. Many of them knew Will was a single father after his wife left the family (the circumstances of which Will was vague about) and they wondered what kind of woman would possibly give up the opportunity to snuggle with those arms and that stomach.

"This okay?" Will turned back to see a number of ladies were especially turned to his direction. "Or higher?"

"Huh?"

Wanda and Kate snapped their fingers to break everyone's trance before Kate said "Will it's perfect. Come on ladies, we have bake sale to begin in two minutes."

"Yeah," Wanda smirked, "If you guys don't start paying attention people are gonna think you're not doing this for the kids."

The moms made several muttered sounds before returning to their respective tables as Kate and Wanda headed over to Will.

"Will I cannot tell you what a lifesaver you are," Kate thanked him, "Your cupcakes are always a best seller at these things."

"How'd you even find the time to make all of them?" Wanda mused, adding "Barbie and I barely had the time to finish those squares last night."

Will stifled a yawn saying "Don't remind me. I barely got enough sleep trying to frost all of them. Is there any coffee ready?"

"Come with me into the break room," Kate nudged him in the direction of the door opposite them, "The hero of the hour deserves Danny's special blend. Keeps me focused on dealing with all the kids every day."

"Thanks Kate," Will smiled as Kate led him out of the room.

As they headed into the hallway, Wanda could hear Kate asking Will something about a situation regarding "Steven Universe" when she turned to the wives marveling at Will's baked goods.

"Did he make like six different kinds?"

"Some of them have to be store bought."

"No these are homemade."

"Like you're on to talk, Larissa."

"My God he's got lemon raspberry AND blue velvet!"

"You'd think he'd go with red velvet."

"The man knows his cupcakes."

"Tell me about it. And speaking of cupcakes…"

Wanda felt herself getting slightly annoyed at the dirty laughter Roberta and the others were sharing.

"Nice one about the banner, Roberta," Lillian snarked.

"Well I wasn't gonna ask him to bend over to pick something up," Roberta replied.

"Is it just me or do you think he's gained a little more weight?" Larissa wondered.

"I think so," Carly Ann Duncan fanned herself "But it looks so good on him! Like two perfect balloons."

"How does the man do it?" Larissa sighed, "He's the only guy I know who can make a belly work like that."

"I wanna bury my face in his chest on a cold winter night and snuggle for hours with his arms around me," Lillian dreamed.

"Hey guys," Erika Santos cut in, "Do you really think we should be objectifying Will like this? He's always such a sweetheart and he's always respectful to us. Don't you think we're doing him a disservice by breaking him down by his body parts? I mean, we've all been there right?"

Wanda was touched by Erika stepping in like that; Wanda knew what it was like to be judged by your body parts, for good or bad.

Unfortunately, the gaggle of moms stared at Erika before Lillian said "Erika go stand by your apple turnovers, the grown-ups are talking."

…

It was much later in the day when Lillian Kramer pulled Will aside as everyone was cleaning up.

"Will," she said with her hands on his arm, "I can't tell you how much all of us appreciate the help you gave us today."

Will humbly shook his head and replied "Not a problem. I was just lucky enough to make time for it."

Despite what a huge seller his cupcakes had been, there were still a few dozen extra left over Will was packing up to bring home. He was going to share them with Artemis, Kaldur, and the rest of their friends since he rarely got the chance to bake for everyone. His hero friends loved his desserts as much as the moms at the daycare did.

"Yes, we all felt we were lucky you got to help out," Lillian smiled and turned Will back to face her. She had that glint in her eyes. The glint of a woman entering the sixth month of a God send of a divorce. "I can assure you everyone always looks forward to when you contribute to our bake sales. We ESPECIALLY love your cupcakes."

Will laughed again, not seeing what the big deal was. "I never thought they were that popular."

"Oh yes," Lillian picked up a spice cake cupcake and held it to her lips, "Everyone just loves them."

"They're nothing special, really," Will mentioned.

"I disagree," Lillian nibbled on some of the frosting. "Your cupcakes always look so tasty. They're perfectly round and fluffy. It must take a lot of work to get them looking so good."

"Well," Will sighed as he clearly did not get what Lillian was actually talking about," I guess I can say I work hard on my cupcakes if it's for a good cause."

"Definitely," Lillian giggled as she looked Will straight in the eyes. "You have no idea how long some of us have waited to get our hands on your cupcakes."

"Oh!" Will smiled and said "Well there's no need for that. It's not like I have a secret recipe or anything, I just use the internet."

Lillian's smile faltered for a minute and she set her cupcake down.

"Really," Lillian sighed, "A lot of us were wondering."

"I'd be happy to send a link to the pages I use," Will offered as he finished wrapping up the leftovers.

"No need," Lillian replied, "I'm sure I'd be able to find it."

Will picked up the box of remaining cupcakes and bid everyone good night as he left the daycare. Wanda couldn't help but smirk after watching Lillian get shot down like that.

"He had no idea you were talking about his ass, did he?" Wanda snarked.

"He didn't have a clue," Lillian sighed in despair. "But that just makes me want him more. Why are the sweet ones so dense?"

…

Will had just come in the door when Artemis arrived several minutes later, looking severely bruised and battered.

"Ouch," Will cringed.

"Thanks," Artemis muttered.

"Lemme get you some ice," Will offered as Artemis plopped down on the couch and then regretted it when several of her bruises stung.

"Thanks," Artemis repeated, this time sincerely as she took the bag of ice from Will's hands and began to nurse her wounds. "We thought a guy named Q-Ball was going to be a joke. We were wrong. Oh how wrong we were."

"Well I know something that'll cheer you up," Will joked as headed back into the kitchen before returning with a plate containing a single a chocolate raspberry swirl with double chocolate frosting, Artemis' favorite.

"Oh glory," Artemis moaned in delight as she sunk her teeth into the confection and was grateful she hadn't broken any teeth on this mission. "Why the hell Jade left a man who can make heaven into a dessert I will never know."

"So was that a compliment or…?"

"How was the bake sale?" Artemis asked as she savored her chocolate delight.

"It went great! We made over 300 bucks more than we planned and I still had cupcakes left over for the guys."

"Oh right," Artemis smirked, "And did everyone enjoy your… cupcakes?" Artemis knew how much the moms who helped out at Danny's Daycare thought Will was either a BBD (Big Beautiful Dad) or a DILF (Not explaining that one) yet somehow Will was totally oblivious to it all. For somebody as good looking as he was, he was also a little socially awkward and didn't pick up on a lot of cues.

"As usual," Will was feeling good about himself for having helped out as he said, "They did indeed love my cupcakes. I'll never understand it though. They keep talking about how light and fluffy they are and I'm like 'They're just cupcakes.' But it's nice to be appreciated."

"Well that's to be expected," Artemis trying to hide how funny she thought it was that Will had no idea what she really meant, "You do have the best cupcakes around. Except for mine, of course."

Will couldn't help but snort.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Artemis warily eyed her brother-in-law.

"I'm sorry, but," Will started to laugh, "I'm remembering what happened when you offered to bake Lian's birthday cake."

"Hey, my cakes are good too!" Artemis got a bit defensive. "People love them as much as they do yours."

"Is that what you told the fire department?" Will was just glad the paint had the burn marks.

"I have fantastic cupcakes," Artemis replied. "They are moist, fluffy, and plentiful."

"I'm sure your cupcakes are just fine," Will replied in that patronizing dad voice he'd honed to perfection. "But mine are better."

As Artemis thought about it, she didn't know what to be more pissed about. Either Will was deliberately messing with her head and knew they were really talking about their respective rear ends. Or he was still totally oblivious and thought this truly about baked confectionaries.

She knew she was screwed in both departments compared to him.

Artemis went back to finishing her treat as she added "At least I know Wally loved my cupcakes."

And then Will simply had to add "Only because he never got to eat mine."

Artemis almost choked to death on the couch.