A/N: I'm having a real Robert/Cora obsession at the moment. As a result of that, I'll be posting thirty one hundred word drabbles based on their relationship, taken from a table over at LiveJournal's 100prompts. These are just quick somethings thrown together whilst I work on my longer Downton Abbey contributions. Please let me know what you think in a review.
Disclaimer: I don't own Downton Abbey.
1. Massage
The birth is a difficult one. Cora labours for nine agonising hours before her first child makes itself known in the world.
A beautiful little girl. Mary.
If Robert is disappointed, he doesn't show it. Sitting in the chair beside his wife's bed, he takes her hand and declares that the child is perfect in every way. Cora is not quite sure if she believes him, not until he leans in and kisses her cheek softly, massages the back of her hand with one hand, the other stroking the baby's tiny face. Then she knows that he is completely sincere.
A/N: Updates will be sporadic until the beginning of February, but I'm hoping to update a couple a week from then.