(A/N: Hello again! Here's another Quinn-Curtis fam fic. Hope you like it! I do not own any of Scorpion or "I been watchin you" by Rodney Atkins. Enjoy!)
I was driving through town just my bug and me with a happy meal in her booster seat. Knowing that she couldn't have the toy till her nuggets were gone. I had just picked Kendall up from preschool and we were heading back to the garage; she was eating her fast food lunch I had gotten her. A green traffic light turned straight to red; I hit my brakes and mumbled under my breath. Her fries went a flying and her orange drink covered herlap. Well, then my four year old said a four letter word that started with "s" and I was concerned. So I said, "Bug, now where did you learn to talk like that?"
Kendall smiled at me and said, "I've been watching you momma, ain't that cool? I'm your little bug, I wanna be like you, and eat all my food and grow as tough as you are. We got combat boots and leather jackets.Yeah, we're just alike, hey ain't we Momma? I wanna do everything you do. So I've been watching you." We got back
Toby came over to me, "Hey, Hap, everything okay?"
I looked up at him and smiled slightly, "You know our daughter's mind is like a sponge? I guess I'm just realizing how what we do affects her, affects what she does."
Toby smiled and pulled me to him, he kissed my forehead, "Yes, my love, that is going to happen."
I reached up and kissed him before we looked over to Kendall interacting with Walt and Paige's two year old twins. He had moved behind me running his hands down my arms. Toby whispered in my ear, "Hey, Hap? See that fedora wearing, wavy brown haired, brown eyed, tool using, sponge of a thing?" Toby grabbed my hands and wrapped them around me with his arms.
I chuckled and nodded, unsure of where he was going with that.
He pressed his mouth closer to my ear, "We made that. That's us."
I turned to him, "She sure is. I love you, Doc."
His hands moved to the sides of my face his fingers slightly in my hair, "And I love you, my stubborn mechanic." He pressed a gentle kiss on my lips before taking my hand and leading me back to everyone.
Then this side of bedtime later that night turning on my daughter's Sophia the First nightlight. She crawled out of bed and she got down on her knees. She closed her little eyes, folded her little hands, and spoke to God like she was talking to a friend. And I said, Bug, now where'd you learn to pray like that?"Kendall giggled andsaid, "I've been watching you Momma, ain't that cool? I'm your bug, I wanna be like you, and eat all my food and grow as tough as you are. We like fixing things and holdingDaddy'shand. Yeah, we're just alike, hey ain't we momma? I wanna do everything you do, so I've been watching you." A grin was spread across her little face as she looked up at me.
With tears in my eyes I wrapped her in a hug. I picked her up and sat her on her bed and tucked her under my arm as I sat next to her. I told her, "My little bug is growing up." I looked up to see Toby watching us from the doorway. He was leaning against it an amused smile across his face.
Kendall grinned andsaid, "But when I'm big I'll still know what to do! Cause I've been watching you momma, ain't that cool? I'm your bug, I wanna be like you! And eat all my food and grow as tough as you are, by then I'll be as strong as Iron man! We'll be just alike, hey won't we momma? When I can do everything you do, cause I've been watching you."
I leaned down and placed a kiss in her hair while Toby came to lay by our feet. I gasped his hand before I spoke again, "Bug, you can be like me, if you want, as long as you are like Daddy to. Be persistent and patient, and you will always get what you really want in life."
My persistent and patient husband smiled as he took my hand to his lips. He rested my hand on his prickly face that I love, "I love you both, my girls. Little one, be who makes you happy."
She smiled as she cuddled between us, "Okay, Daddy. Love you. Goodnight, Mommy. Goodnight, Daddy."
"Goodnight, Bug," I whispered as I slid out of the bed and flipped the light off.
"Goodnight, Baby," Toby then whispered as he kissed her forehead.
Minutes later we were in our own bed. His arms were wrapped around me, hugging me to his chest. My head in the crook of his arm my forehead on his now bare chest. I felt the gentle rumble from his chest as he chuckled softly, "Goodnight, stubborn wife."
I smiled a small chuckle escaping my own lips as I traced the dips on his chest, "Goodnight, persistent, patient, perfect husband."
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