AN: Seeing how you all responded to chapter 1, I thought I'd give you another :) Please enjoy the Lily cuteness and bits of sadness.
MKJ
It was completely silent in the nursery for quite a few minutes, until…
"Ma," Lily looked up at her mother, demanding the attention of both adults in the room.
"Yes, sweetheart?"
"Da?" Lily asked curiously as she pointed across the room to Loki.
Vi let out a shaky laugh, "Yes, Lily, that's your daddy."
"Down," Lily wiggled around until Violet put her on the ground. Lily toddled across the room, tripping halfway across just to get herself back up. She grabbed on to Loki's pants leg to stabilize herself.
"Up, Da?"Loki moved almost robotically to pick up the little girl.
"Hello, little flower," Loki said quietly. Lily smiled widely and placed her head on his shoulder. She was sound asleep in only a few minutes.
"I'd take her but she'll wake right up if I did. You don't mind do you?" Violet smiled at him just like he remembered.
"No, I don't Violet Marie. Would you tell me about her?"
"I'd love to,"
They re-located to the living room, Lily still asleep on Loki's shoulder, Violet ventured off to the kitchen and returned a few minutes later with a glass of wine for each of them.
"I found out I was pregnant about three months after you left. By that time I was scared out of my mind you weren't coming back, but still thought there was a chance. I moved on from my pre-law classes to my regular ones, I got the best score on the BAR exam out of everyone who took it with me, by the way."
"I am honestly not surprised. What were your family's reactions?"
"Parents freaked out initially, but calmed down eventually. Micah and Maven pushed the wedding back so I could be in it as planned. It's in two weeks and Lilly's the flower girl. Ellie has been the most supportive out of everyone."
"That does surprise me,"
"She found out Preston was cheating on her. She divorced him, got custody of the twins, moved back here. She went back to school to be a teacher. It feels so good to have her around to help out…" Violet sighed out.
"What did you tell them about my absence?" Loki asked, shifting Lilly to the other shoulder.
"That you were in the military reserves and were called out on some top secret mission somewhere for an undisclosed amount of time and you weren't allowed to have any contact with anyone,"
"Sounds like a reasonable excuse. When was she born?"
"September 12, 2014 at 5:26 am, I was in labor with her for 13 hours before she decided to join the world. Sophie is her godmother."
"If I could have known, Violet surely you know-"
"I know, Loki, I know." Violet said softly, blinking away the tears that were forming in her eyes. "You're here now though, that's what matters."
"The All Father had me believe that I was held only for two months. It felt as if it was only that."
"I wanted you to be here so much… I never stopped loving you."
"You are still here; you have given me a child. A princess of Asgard and I believe I love you even more than I did before."
Violet flung her arms around his neck, burying her face in it, crying the whole time, "I've missed you so much, Loki. So so much."
"I know, darling, but no more than I have."