Prompt: Elspeth and Meredith Quill accidentally walk in on their parents having sex in their bedroom.
"Mama! Baby's crying!" Elspeth shouted from the hallway, just a few steps away from their door, it sounded like. Suspiciously absent were the sound of children tears. She did this from time to time. When her mother and father were having "private time" in their room. Because Elspeth knew that she wasn't supposed to interrupt when her parents retreated into their bedroom right about mid day for some alone time. It was her room too. It was technically all of their rooms. While their current ship was undoubtedly much bigger than the original Guardian's vessel (RIP the Milano), they all still lived on a spaceship with a finite amount of room. Rocket, Drax, Mantis, Groot, Gamora, Peter, and their two daughters, Elspeth and Meredith. The girls did have an area of their own elsewhere on the ship, kinda like a play area, in a way, but they technically didn't have their own bedroom. The girls just slept with mom and dad every night. Hence why adult activities happened in the middle of the day, when Peter and Gamora could actually be alone, and somebody like Mantis or Drax could keep the girls occupied if need be.
All of this is to say that their 7 year old daughter figured out a hack. If she were to knock on their locked door and say it was for her 2 year old sister, the door would inevitably open and she could race inside and grab a toy she left on the floor.
"Did you-?" Peter asked, looking up from between her legs, then to the door, which Gamora was realizing she had left unlocked. Her eyes widened as the panic set in because no, no she didn't. And it looked like their blanket had fallen on the floor or something because there was definitely nothing to cover up with on top of their bed.
Peter sat up, looking back at her with eyes just as wide, and Gamora shoved him off the bed and onto the floor with a loud thunk just as their bedroom door slid open so at least he would be out of sight.
Elspeth stood in the doorway, holding her little sister like she was about to present her or something, carrying her under the armpits and letting her legs dangle in exactly the way you would expect a 7 year old to carry a 2 year old.
Note: Meredith was not crying at all. Not in the slightest. Even though Elspeth was almost holding her like a ragdoll to use as proof for 'I totally had to interrupt even though I know I'm not supposed to cause look'.
Gamora was now sitting up in bed, still completely naked, which wasn't that big a deal. It would be much harder to explain if Peter was still between her legs instead of safely hidden behind the bed and silently groaning on the floor right now.
Elspeth narrowed her eyes, evidently scanning the room for her father, looking perplexed when he was nowhere to be found, even though this was Mommy and Daddy's time in their room. Then she saw a bit of brown hair sticking out from behind the bed. She leaned down, and suddenly Peter saw both Elspeth and Meredith's little faces peeking under the bed, the elder one giving him a weird look (it was fine, the blanket was on the floor, so the only thing visible was literally his face). Peter just gave her a little wave, wiggling his fingers at her, and Elspeth frowned, furrowing her brow. So much for hiding.
Gamora looked highly unamused though. "Elspeth, you know you're only supposed to interrupt for emergencies. Close the door and wait in the hallway. I'll be out to talk to you in a moment."
Elspeth pouted, evidently that hadn't gone to plan. Still, she reluctantly did as her mother said.
Once the door was shut and they were alone again, Gamora ducked her head over the side to her husband still grimacing on the floor.
"Sorry, I panicked," she whispered with a wince.
"It's fine," Peter waved her off, "I'd rather conk my head on the floor than have to explain what an erection is, so really all good. It's fine," he reiterated and her guilty look.
"I'll be right back," she promised, dipping down to kiss him on the forehead. Then Gamora got up and slipped on her robe to go have a short conversation with a little girl who knew better, and make sure to lock their door when she came back. Peter gave her a thumbs up, trying not to let out another groan. God, maybe this is what getting old was like. Going from being able to be smashed through walls and take a serious beat down and still walk away to genuinely groaning from some serious pain from your wife shoving you off the bed in the middle of sex. Well, Gamora was pretty freaking strong, so being shoved by her and getting hurt made sense, regardless of the circumstance.
Peter sighed as the door shut behind her. Yeah, he totally was not the right pick for going to have a responsible parent conversation right now, cause there was no way his hard on would be able to be covered up by just a robe. Good call, Gamora.
As it was, he'd probably just lay on the floor until she came back and get her to help him up anyway. She did push him after all.
AN: if you'd like to read about little Meredith joining the family, you can check that out in my starmora fic called Namesake
Also, I still haven't seen EG yet and probably won't for another month or two, so please be mindful of leaving possible spoilers in reviews, thank you very much :)
