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beer_good_foamy) wrote2006-09-11 11:18 pm
beer_good_foamy) wrote2006-09-11 11:18 pm
Baby drabbles
This week's challenge at open_on_sunday is "Babies". Which can be a sickeningly cute, but fun, subject. Here's three.
For Keeps
Timeline: looooong before the series
Rating: PG13
He laid the new doll beside his infant child, who snuggled up to it in her sleep.
"Such a beautiful doll, Thomas." His wife couldn't quite suppress a giggle. "It looks just like the nanny I had as a child. Miss Edith, her name was. But should she really sleep with a porcelain doll in bed? What if it should shatter?"
Thomas kissed his wife and softly ruffled their sleeping daughter's black hair. "Don’t worry, love. God won't let anything happen to her. And I expect she and Miss... Edith, did you say? shall be friends for a long time..."
Timeline: looooong before the series
Rating: PG13
He laid the new doll beside his infant child, who snuggled up to it in her sleep.
"Such a beautiful doll, Thomas." His wife couldn't quite suppress a giggle. "It looks just like the nanny I had as a child. Miss Edith, her name was. But should she really sleep with a porcelain doll in bed? What if it should shatter?"
Thomas kissed his wife and softly ruffled their sleeping daughter's black hair. "Don’t worry, love. God won't let anything happen to her. And I expect she and Miss... Edith, did you say? shall be friends for a long time..."
Just a Kid
Timeline: a year or so after "Chosen".
Rating: R for touchy subject.
Author’s note: No politics intended. I just figured it made sense for Faith.
As they left Buffy's baby shower, Faith cornered Robin. "Never. Never ever. You got me?"
He grinned. "C'mon. You never thought about it?"
"Never. All they do is yell, crap their pants and cost money until they start hating you – if you live long enough and stay out of jail. No kid deserves that."
"I still think you'd make a great mom."
"Right, 'cause you and me are experts on motherhood." Robin's smile faded, and Faith backtracked. "Sorry. Big mouth. But NEVER."
Still, that night she lay awake, thinking back.
The kid would have been eight in a few months.
Timeline: a year or so after "Chosen".
Rating: R for touchy subject.
Author’s note: No politics intended. I just figured it made sense for Faith.
As they left Buffy's baby shower, Faith cornered Robin. "Never. Never ever. You got me?"
He grinned. "C'mon. You never thought about it?"
"Never. All they do is yell, crap their pants and cost money until they start hating you – if you live long enough and stay out of jail. No kid deserves that."
"I still think you'd make a great mom."
"Right, 'cause you and me are experts on motherhood." Robin's smile faded, and Faith backtracked. "Sorry. Big mouth. But NEVER."
Still, that night she lay awake, thinking back.
The kid would have been eight in a few months.
(Not) Expecting
Timeline: AU, after s5 or so
Rating: PG13
Author’s note: Ever notice how every single story where Willow and/or Tara gets pregnant has one thing in common?
The newborn screamed as it entered the world. Willow briefly wondered if she'd need a cast for the hand Tara had been holding throughout, but covered her girlfriend's sweaty but smiling face in kisses. "You're a mom! I love you so much..."
The doctor smiled. "Congratulations. You have a healthy baby boy."
You could almost hear the soundtrack screech to an abrupt halt. "A healthy baby whatnow?"
"Is that a problem?"
The witches looked at each other, confused. "Of course not..." "I guess..." "W-we just assumed..." Willow peeked at the now safely wrapped-up little tyke. "Could you, I dunno, doublecheck?"
Timeline: AU, after s5 or so
Rating: PG13
Author’s note: Ever notice how every single story where Willow and/or Tara gets pregnant has one thing in common?
The newborn screamed as it entered the world. Willow briefly wondered if she'd need a cast for the hand Tara had been holding throughout, but covered her girlfriend's sweaty but smiling face in kisses. "You're a mom! I love you so much..."
The doctor smiled. "Congratulations. You have a healthy baby boy."
You could almost hear the soundtrack screech to an abrupt halt. "A healthy baby whatnow?"
"Is that a problem?"
The witches looked at each other, confused. "Of course not..." "I guess..." "W-we just assumed..." Willow peeked at the now safely wrapped-up little tyke. "Could you, I dunno, doublecheck?"