Daddy, why is the sky blue?

Summary: A day in Tom's life. AU

A/N: A very Happy Holidays to all! As a present I decided to treat you, my dear readers, to my never before seen, unpublished works! I'll posting three up. This one, Pickpocket Bus Ride and Bite Me. All of these were written months ago. They all have Authors Notes that are obviously out-of-date so you can ignore those if you want. Enjoy and again, Happy Holidays!

Little Samantha looked at the sky... Woah. It was just so big! And... And... So blue! But why blue? Why not something prettier... Like pink! She turned her head in her fathers direction. He was just sitting on the bench on his phone. Sam stood up and excused herself from her new friends she met here at the playground and raced over to her daddy.

"Daddy! Daddy! I have a question!" Her father faced her and looked at her with brown eyes.

"Yes Sammy? What is it?"

"Why is the sky blue?" Tom had to make something up quick, obviously he couldn't be scientifical on the poor five-year-old little girl.

"Well... it's because... blue is a pretty color! You're eye color is blue right? That means you're pretty!" Tom replied. Sam blushed and gasped in awe.

"Wow! So all pretty people have blue eyes!"

"Not just blue, Sammy."

"Other colors too?" Tom nodded. "Wow! ...Hey didn't Papa have blue eyes?"

Tom was taken aback... Papa? "Yeah! I saw a picture of Papa in your bedroom, Daddy! Papa was really pretty!"

Tom looked down. /His/ eyes could beat the skies any day... "Daddy?"

Tom looked up again. This time in worry. "Yes Sammy?"

"What happened to Papa? Why is he not here?" Tom suddenly felt something warm cascading down his cheek. "Daddy? Why are you crying?"

"Papa's not here because.. he's up there." He pointed to the sky. It was only then that Samantha truly realized what her father meant.

"The sky's blue because of Papa, huh?"

"What do you mean by that Sammy?"

"The sky's blue because that's the color of his eyes! That means if that's his eyes, he's looking at us Daddy! Looking at us to make sure we're safe!" Tom's wide eyes looked at the small girl. The theory... it broke him and it only made his tears worse but it also added a smile to his face.

"T-that's...right Sammy! Papa's...Papa's watching over us!" Tom sobbed. He hugged his daughter and she hugged back.