Ariel smiled lovingly up at her husband and gripped her child closer. They hadn't expected to have a child so soon after their marriage. But now, only ten months after their wedding, they were the parents of a very healthy baby boy. Ariel smiled down at her son and loved the fact that he looked exactly like his father, apart from the fact that his eyes were the colour of the oceans waves. Eric gently ran his hand over the thick layering of dark hair that adorned his son's head. Ariel carefully tucked a blanket around his small body and handed him to Eric.
"What should we name him?" Ariel asked sweetly as her husband sat down on the bed beside her, cooing softly to the baby. She reached up and rested her hand on his shoulder and sighed as he continued to stare adoringly at his son. Ariel slowly extracted herself from the bed and walked quietly out of the room. Carlotta had long since left, as soon as she was sure that Ariel was fine after the birth and that Eric was keeping a close eye on her. While Eric was still in the bedroom with their baby; Ariel decided that she would run herself a bath as she pondered over names for their baby. But as leant down to fill the bath, her body succumbed to exhaustion as she dropped to the floor; emitting Eric's name as her mind darkened to unconsciousness.
Eric looked up from his son as he heard Ariel all but shriek his name, he looked everywhere. Searching for his wife, only just noticing that she wasn't in the bed beside him. After she had stopped speaking to him, he had believed that she had fallen asleep. Eric carefully slid of the bed and placed his sleeping son in his cot and raced to find his wife. He soon found her in the bathroom, but was shocked to see her unconscious on the floor. After calling her name in terror he bolted over to her, and dropped to the stone floor. Tenderly, he reached over and rested a hand on her forehead and felt her over heated skin. Eric gently wiped her skin of and sweat and drew her into his arms.
With Ariel safely in their bed, he called for Carlotta before reaching for his son again. Eric was scared for his wife and he cuddled his son close to him as he waited for Carlotta to arrive.
Carlotta walked calmly into their room and was soon shocked to see Ariel curled up in her bed, with sweat pouring off of her and Eric holding his son for dear life.
"What happened?" she shrieked.
"I thought she was asleep." Eric whispered, clutching his son even closer.
Carlotta scrambled over to the sleeping Ariel and touched her hand to her skin, carefully brushing the damp red hair off of the young princess' face.
"Is she okay? I found her, unconscious, on the floor." Eric asked in terror. Carlotta nodded and stepped away.
"She only needed some rest. Birthing that boy of yours exhausted her." She said as she slowly left the room.
Hours later, Ariel awoke to find herself in her bed and her husband and son asleep beside her. Ariel ran her hand softly through Eric's hair and smiled as he awoke.
"What will we name our son?" She asked, smiling brightly. Eric looked up at her and yawned.
"He is only a few hours old, and right now I need my sleep. So we can name his in the morning," he whispered, yawning again. "He's old enough to care, really."
Ariel smiled as she lay back down and cuddled close to her boys, and in moments they were all asleep once more.