Hello! I know there are quite a few other authors who have collections of one shots or prompts but hopefully these will be different. I have a few pre-written up so that I can try to update regularly whilst I start writing up others. Please let me know what you think and leave any prompts or requests you may have!
Prompt: A severe thunderstorm hits and knocks out leaving the town in darkness. Emily is terrified of thunderstorms and the dark so Beca and Chloe gather up every torch and candle in the house, Build a blanket fort with battery operated fairy lights. They then snuggle up to watch movies on Beca's laptop before the battery dies and all end up falling asleep.
''Night Em.'' Beca said softly as she leaned down to press a kiss to the 7 year olds head. With a small smile on her face, she stepped aside to allow her wife to do the same. The two then left and walked back out and down the stairs into the living room of their house.
Beca instantly took up her place on the sofa in front of the TV, waiting for Chloe to join her so that she could curl into her side. The two stayed like that for a while, just enjoying being each others arms as they flicked through the channels in a comfortable silence. Everything was perfect. Beca had Chloe, the wife of her dreams and then there was Emily. This was just what they needed, the perfect end to the perfect day spent together as a family. It was all going so well until the first rumble of thunder hit.
''Shit.'' Beca said, instantly tensing as she pulled away from Chloe. ''She's asleep right? She'll be fine.'' Beca said, unsure of who needed more reassuring. Herself or Chloe.
''It's only a small storm, it will pass-'' Chloe started but as the spoke the lights suddenly cut out and the house plummeted into darkness.
''I don't think it's just a small storm Chlo'' Beca said nervously as she switched on the torch on her phone, using it to guide herself over to the window. ''Everyone's in darkness.'' Beca mumbled to herself as the first clap of lightning hit causing Beca to jump. She jumped again only a second later when there was a scream from upstairs.
The two instantly both rushed blindly in the dark up the stairs and down the hallway to Emily's room. Beca cursing to herself as she tripped over something in the darkness before catching up to her wife who was already by her side.
''Hey, it's okay sweetie.'' Chloe soothed, pulling Emily into her lap as she wrapped her arms around her. ''It's okay, the storm can't hurt you.''
''You're alright Em.'' Beca said, having crossed the room to press a kiss to the top of her head. ''Stay here with mom okay? I'll be right back.'' Beca quickly left the room and stumbled her way back out and down towards the kitchen.
''Aha!'' She shouted to herself as she rummaged around in a drawer before feeling her fingers brush against the flash light. Switching it on, Beca quickly made her way back down towards her daughters room.
''Look what mummy's found.'' Chloe whispered as the watched the soft glow appear moments before Beca. The redhead watched as Beca walked over to the corner of the room and balanced the torch at a angle which would light the room up as much as possible.
Another rumble of thunder hit, much louder this time as Emily whimpered from within Chloe's arms. The noise breaking Beca's heart as she knelt in front of the bed to rub Emily's arm soothingly. The lightning came not long after, a indicator which Beca knew the storm was getting closer and that soon enough it would be right above them.
''I've got an idea babe.'' Beca whispered as Chloe just nodded. Anything would be useful right now to try and distract Emily from what was going on around them. ''Stay here with her. Em, you stay with mom okay? You're being so brave.'' Beca said with a small smile as she pressed a final kiss to her daughters head.
''Beca what are you doing?'' Chloe asked in confusion as Beca walked over to Emily's cupboard and pulled out a stack of blankets and pillows. She was doing her best to balance them in her arms as she waddled towards the door.
''You'll see, just give me some time.'' Beca called over her shoulder as she carefully made her way back down the stairs and dumped the pile of blankets and pillows in the living room.
Beca knew she needed more and was off back up the stairs to grab what she and Chloe had in their own room. This included the pillows and blankets from their own bed which they weren't going to be needing tonight. Within five minutes, Beca had gathered up every possible blanket and pillow in the house, minus the ones on Emily's bed.
''Blankets... check.'' Beca mumbled to herself as she set off on her next mission. She knew they had more than one flash light in this house and she was going to find them.
After searching through all the obvious places Beca finally stopped as she realised where they stored them. In the small basement which had come with the house. With a gulp, Beca used the light from her phone to guide herself down the stairs. She never came down here, this was Chloe's area. They just used the basement for storage considering they had more than enough room for everything else. That only made things harder as Beca rummaged around in various boxes until she found what she was looking for.
With a triumphant smile, Beca emptied the box closest to her and replaced the contents with the few flash lights she had found. It was only then, when she was testing the batteries on the torches that she managed to light up a box on the top shelf labelled Fairy Lights. It was like a light bulb went off in her head as she realised what the box contained. It was a spur of the moment decision a few years ago when Chloe had brought far too many battery operated fairy lights for a party they were having. Of course they had never been used since but that didn't matter. They had spare batteries upstairs and the fairy lights would make all the difference to her plan.
With a groan Beca returned the flash light to the box and reluctantly grabbed the only thing she could use to stand on to reach the box. This obviously wasn't the best idea, swivel chairs were in no way made for trying to lean and reach for objects on high shelves. It was only as her hand grabbed the side of the box and pulled that her weight on the edge of the seat caused the chair to roll backwards, sending her and the box crashing to the floor with a loud thud.
''Fuck.'' Beca groaned as she held her wrist to her chest, trying her best to push aside the ache coming from the joint. There were more important things right now, such as her daughter and wife.
With gritted teeth, Beca grabbed the box and emptied it into the box of flash lights and headed warily back up the basement stairs. There was just two more thing she needed before she set up, her and Chloe's laptops and the box of batteries from the kitchen. It was only then that she was able to get to work.
It was a while later when Beca was finished. The storm was reaching it's peak above them and she was just in time. Quickly grabbing two pain killers for her wrist and downing them with a glass of water Beca practically ran up the stairs and into Emily's bedroom. Her stomach dropped at the sight of Chloe trying to comfort a sobbing Emily.
''Hey Em.'' Beca said slowly as she approached, the girl looked up and instantly threw herself into Beca who welcomed her with open arms. She tried to suppress the wince of pain as her wrist was moved to stop Chloe worrying but of course she had noticed it. ''Later'' Beca mouthed before speaking to Emily. ''Do you know what I think helps with storms?'' She asked as she felt Emily shake her head, no. ''Well, I'll just have to show you won't I.'' Beca grinned at the confused expression from her wife. ''Off we go!'' Beca exclaimed as she pulled Emily up into her arms to carry her, smiling as she felt the girls legs wrap around her waist. ''Can you grab the torch babe?'' Beca asked, her voice ever so slightly strained as she nodded towards the door.
''Where are we going?'' Chloe asked, deciding to lead the way with the torch knowing how clumsy Beca was and she was taking no risks, especially with Emily in her arms.
''Living room.'' Beca said smiling, as she followed after her wife with Emily safely clinging to her.
''Holy- Wow Beca.'' Chloe caught herself as she took in the sight in front of them. ''So that's what you were doing.''
''Hey Em, open your eyes sweetie.'' Beca coaxed as she lowered the girl slowly to the ground. She watched in amusement as she turned Emily facing the right direction as her eyes opened before widening almost comically.
''Mom! You made this?'' Emily asked excitedly as she took in the sight before them.
The whole living room had been converted into a blanket fort, with a mass of pillows littering the floor in front of the sofa where Beca's laptop was sat with Chloe's off to the side. Various items of furniture which Chloe knew should have been far too heavy for Beca had been moved to support the blankets to make the perfect area for them to sit in. And of course, the fort was dimly lit with fairy lights and torches, but it was enough. It looked like something straight out of a movie and the three couldn't help but just stand there grinning.
''Right then, whose ready for a movie? I got some snacks and everything.'' Beca said, being the first to drop down to her knees and crawl into the fort, opening her arms to Emily as the thunder crashed again which prompted her to quickly crawl in and over into Beca's side. ''Chloe?'' Beca smiled as her wife figured quickly followed and joined them on the other side of Emily. ''Right then.'' Beca said as she used her free arm which wasn't wrapped around Emily to turn on her laptop and log in, quickly loading up her iTunes to find Emily's current favourite movie, Inside Out. Beca suppressed a groan as she clicked play and turned the volume up, reminding herself why she was doing this as she leaned back and pulled a blanket over them all. The sound instantly kicked in loudly due to the portable speakers Beca had plugged into her laptop. She just hoped it was loud enough.
''What if it runs out of battery?'' Emily asked suddenly with a frown.
''Then we have your mom's laptop to use too. And if worse comes to worse, we'll use my phone.'' The sentence reminded Beca to charge her phone whilst she could as she leaned forward quickly again to plug it into the laptops USB socket.
It wasn't long before Emily was yawning, the movie and positioning she was in quickly pushing the storm to the back of her mind. Beca only smiled at Chloe over the top of her head, pressing a kiss to Emily's hair as she averted her eyes back to the small screen. By the time the credits were rolling Beca was still smiling, she turned only to find both Emily and Chloe fast asleep against each other. With a content sigh Beca reached for her phone, and snapped a photo of the pair of them before loading another movie to keep herself amused.
It was halfway through The Parent Trap when the lights suddenly came back on as did the TV. Beca moved as quietly as she could to quickly grab the remote and shut off the TV before shuffling out of the fort and dimming the lights. Once satisfied that there was nothing left to wake them up, Beca crawled back into the enclosed space and took up her position once again beside her girls.
The next thing Beca knew she was waking up the next morning to the sound of Emily and Chloe giggling as they watched cartoons on a low volume. Beca just smiled to herself and sat up, trying to roll the kink out of her neck as she watched the two out of the corner of her eye. She could wake up to this every morning. It was a while longer before either of them noticed that Beca was awake.
''How long have you been watching us you weirdo?'' Chloe asked as Beca let out a breathy laugh.
''Not long, I would watch you both forever if I could.'' Beca said tiredly as she went to run her hand through her tussled hair and winced. Oh no, Beca knew that look. She quickly withdrew her hand and looked down at the wrist she had fallen on from the night before.
''Rebecca Mitchell! What on earth did you do to your wrist!?'' Chloe exclaimed as Beca shot her a sheepish look.
''Well, it's actually a funny story..'' Beca started, quickly getting to what had happened the night before much to the amusement of Emily and horror of her wife.
But it didn't matter, they had a perfect night after all.