(usual disclaimer: I own nothing except the little scene.)
My Little Blessed One
Severus stood there and thought about the life he had led and how no matter how hard it had been it didn't matter now. He looked down at the small form in his arms. His first child. His little baby girl. Something he never imagined. She was so small, so full of potential. She had everything before her and he swore right there and then that he would do everything he could to help reach the stars.
She had a shock of fluffy black hair and she had his eyes, Merlin be praised she hadn't inherited his nose though. And those cupid bow lips were certainly that of her mothers. Severus never thought he would ever think of a child as beautiful until now. But he now failed to see how he had missed how wonderful children actually were. How could anyone despise something as sweet and pure and innocent as a child?
He realized that for the few moments she had been in his arms he hadn't taken breathe. His wonder was too much for his brain to remember to keep breathing as well.
"She's ours Severus," his wife said exhausted.
"I know." Was all he could say without taking his eyes of her.
"What do we call her?"
"Adora, Adora Bennett Snape."
His wife smiled, knowing his penchant for Latin names. Particularly Latin names that meant something.
"What does Adora mean Severus?"
"Beloved one, because she is and always will be."
"And Bennett?"
"Little blessed one. Although she makes me feel like I am the one that is blessed."
Severus finally managed to put the baby into her crib and go to his wife, who was still exhausted and sweaty from the birth. He cupped her tired but smiling face in both hands and looked deep into her eyes.
"I love you. More than you know, more than even I know. I love you more than Romeo loved Juliet, more than Kathy loved Heathcliff, more than … than…than…"
Words had failed him he kissed her forehead, then her nose, then her mouth. He felt like he wanted to kiss her forever. The mother of his child, his wife, his best friend. But to him she was more than this, she was his reason for living, she was his savior, his soul mate.
"I love you too Severus." She replied sleepily.
"Sleep tight Hermione. We have a whole life ahead of us."