Harry and Nikki were sitting cuddling on the sofa one evening when their four children were in bed, the news was on the television but neither of them was paying any attention to it as they chatted away quietly to themselves. Harry leant down and pressed a kiss onto Nikki's lips and she leant up and ran her hands through his hair letting out a low moan as he deepened the kiss.
"Daddy? Mummy?" came a small voice from the door and both pathologists broke away quickly and turned to see their four year old daughter standing in the doorway dressed in her blue pyjamas with pink sheep scattered across and clutching the toy dragon that she always slept with, her long blonde hair was messed up from sleeping and her deep brown eyes were glassy with tears.
"Come here sweetheart" Harry leant down and Emery ran into his arms and allowed her father to pull her onto his lap. She buried her face in his chest and Harry ran one hand over her hair as Nikki reached out and rubbed her arm gently "What's wrong with my beautiful princess?"
"Bad dweam" Emery sniffed as she tried to move closer to Harry and he held her tighter to him and clutched her dragon to her.
"Do you want to tell us about it?" Harry asked softly "When I had a bad dream when I was little I used to..." he stopped and frowned as he glanced at Nikki who shook her head softly "Well I used to tell someone about it" that was a complete lie, neither Harry or Nikki had anyone to talk to when they had bad dreams when they were younger but they weren't going to let their daughter know that.
"You and mummy left us" Emery started to cry and Harry nodded slightly "a bad...man took...you.. away and...you didn't...come back"
"Oh Emmy" Nikki sighed and rubbed her daughter's arm gently as she gave her a small smile "We aren't going to leave you"
"Promise?" Emery sniffed as she looked up at Harry and he smiled and nodded.
"We promise baby girl" he replied and pressed a soft kiss onto her head "Now say goodnight to mummy and I'll take you up to bed again"
"Night mummy" Emery smiled and reached out to Nikki who pulled her into her arms and hugged her only daughter and gave her a kiss before placing her on the floor and letting Harry take her up to bed. A few minutes later he walked back into the living room and sat down next to Nikki allowing her to climb onto his lap and wrap her arms around his neck as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"I hate seeing her like that" he mumbled as Nikki nodded "When she was born I promised myself that I would protect our little girl from all the horrible things in the world but I can't do that can Nikki? Because that is wrong of me to do it"
"Harry she has to learn these things" Nikki told her husband quietly "Whether they hurt her or not and that's painful I know but it's life"
"But she's so like you Nikki, I mean I would bet anything that you looked like our Emmy when you were four years old, and that is what scares me because she's going to grow up and before long she will be having boys lining up outside just like her mummy"
Nikki chuckled and shook her head at Harry's concern as she fiddled with the top button on his shirt.
"Harry she's four, she hasn't even started school properly yet so let's just leave that thought until she is at least thirteen okay?" she asked and Harry nodded and gave Nikki a smile "Good, now we've got that over and done with you can take me to bed"
Just one last fanfic for today XD
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