Carmilla sat in her home office trying to get some work done; editing some old guy's novel for him. She normally didn't mind editing, hell it was her job, and normally she got handed novels that were decent, but she pissed her boss off last week by setting up her own deadlines and in return he gave her this political non-fiction crap. She leaned back in her chair, blowing out an exaggerated sigh up at her bangs.

Laura was at work, and she had to pick Carter up from kindergarten in an hour. Then she would help Carter with her homework before getting started on dinner.

Carmilla tapped her fingers along the desk, pursing her lips in thought. She looked over the file she had up on her laptop before deciding that she wasn't going to get anymore of it done today. Steven would just have to shove it.

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"Mommy, mommy, mommy!" Carter chanted as she ran up to Carmilla, jumping into her arms as she latched her arms and legs around the vampire.

"What's up, monkey butt?" Carmilla asked as she nodded towards Ms. Bodenstein and turned to leave, making sure to wrap her arms around her little girl so she wouldn't fall.

Carter giggled, "I'm not a monkey's butt!"

Carmilla chuckled, "Oh no? My apologies Miss Hollstein, I didn't realize I was in the presence of such royalty."

Laura liked to call Carter princess, which of course went straight to the five year olds head.

Carter giggled once more as they reached the car. She squirmed out of Carmilla's arms, claiming that she could buckle herself in.

Carmilla checked all her buckles; clicking into place the ones she missed, before pressing a kiss to Carter's nose. "Must protect the princess for one day she'll be queen."

Carter shook her head, "You and Mama are the queens."

Carmilla nodded, they've had this discussion before. "Yes, but if we don't eat our peas, we lose the right to our crowns."

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Carmilla set Carter up at the kitchen table as she grabbed her a juice pouch and a packet of fruit snacks.

"Mommy?"

Carmilla looked up from where she was chopping onions. "Yes, baby?"

"Are teeth supposed to wiggle?" Carter asked, a curious tremor in her voice.

Carmilla nearly cut her own finger off. "What?" she set down the knife, licking the drop of blood from the knick in the pad of her thumb as she did so. She moved around the counter and quickly kneeled down next to Carter. "Let me see."

The little girl opened her mouth and pushed her tongue against one of her front teeth; it moved with her tongue before swinging back into place.

Carmilla sighed in relief; it was just a loose baby tooth.

"Mommy, it hurts." Carter whined.

Carmilla thought of quickly just plucking it out of her gum for her, it was already half out by itself, but she knew if she even thought about doing it Laura would have her head. Her girlfriend would be very upset to find that she missed Carter losing her first baby tooth.

"Let's wait for Mama to get home, and then maybe we can get it out of there for you." Carmilla assured her, before standing back up and directing Carter back to doing her homework.

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Laura returned home that evening with her arms full of research papers she had printed off at work. She slipped out of her heels and dropped off her bag and papers in her office, before following the sound of giggling into the kitchen.

Carmilla was sitting at the table with Carter as the little girl told her a story about how Sawyer had let her play with the markers today instead of just watching him draw.

Laura smiled at the interaction before meeting Carmilla's eyes when the vampire sat back in her chair to take a sip from her glass.

"Well hello there, beautiful." Carmilla greeted, standing from her seat and moving around the kitchen table to reach Laura. She pressed a gentle kiss to Laura's lips before leaning up and whispering into her girlfriend's ear. "Carter has a loose tooth."

Laura's eyes widened, "What?"

Carmilla nearly smacked herself upside the head; she really needed to word things properly. "She's going to lose her first baby tooth soon."

Laura looked over at Carter before looking back to Carmilla. "Is it hurting her?"

Carmilla shrugged, "She said it did, but once I got her talking she stopped noticing it. I was going to pull it out for her, but I figured you'd want to be here for it."

Laura nodded her thanks; "Well we might want to do it before dinner."

Carmilla mirrored Laura's nod, and moved over to Carter. "Hey bumblebee, ready for that tooth to come out?"

Carter nodded her head, smiling nervously. "Is it gonna hurt?" she asked.

Carmilla shook her head, "Only for a moment." Once she got Carter's approval, she moved over to the sink to wash her hands. She knelt down in front of Carter's chair and asked her to open her mouth so she could grab a hold of the tooth, and with a quick tug, held the small tooth out for Carter to see. "See, that wasn't so bad was it?" she asked her daughter.

Carter shook her head, gazing down at the tooth. "Can I hold it?" she asked, looking up into Carmilla's eyes.

Carmilla dropped the tiny bone into the small five year olds hand.

Carter stared down at it, amazed.

"Now, tonight when you go to bed you can put it under your pillow and the tooth fairy will come and leave you money for it." Laura said as she moved over to sit beside Carter at the table.

Carmilla smiled as she stood up and moved over to the counter to pour Laura a glass of wine and to pull dinner out of the oven.

"Wow, really?" Carter asked, astonished by what her mother was explaining to her.

Laura chuckled, nodding her head, "You bet, but you have to be asleep in order for them to come."

"Whoa." was the only thing Carter could think to say in return.

Carmilla handed Laura her glass and pressed a kiss to her temple, before saying, "Dinner's ready."

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The next morning, Carmilla was curled up in Laura's arms, her face pressed into the shorter girl's clavicle, when the sound of scampering feet echoed from the hallway. "Mommy, Mama, look, look!" Carter shouted as she rounded into their bedroom holding a quarter high and proud in her tiny fist.

Carmilla grinned into Laura's skin as she mumbled a, "Climb into bed and give me a few hours more of sleep you little gremlin."

Laura let out a breathy laugh still foggy with sleep as they felt the mattress dip as their little girl clambered up into the bed and plopped herself in between the two of them.

Carmilla retaliated by grabbing a hold of Carter's waist, and pulling her into her side and pressing her lips into her shoulder, blowing a raspberry.

Carter squealed, trying to squirm her way out of the hold all while calling for Laura to help her. "Mama, Mommy's being gross!"

Laura giggled, "Just let it be princess, it's just the way she is."

Next thing Laura knew, she was the one receiving a raspberry.