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Okay, so I am definitely going to try and post these once a day if I can! I just love hearing all the feedback from you guys :D thank you so much!
Jenny and Vastra were sat in the drawing room on the floor, playing with 11-month-old Annabelle. The infant was giggling and clapping her hands with joy as Vastra made the doll that Clara got her dance around, whilst humming an upbeat tune. Jenny smiled at her beloved wife and daughter, mostly at Vastra's unusual behavior. It's not every day you see a lizard woman from the dawn of time playing with a baby mammal who isn't even a year old yet, after all!
"What's distracting you so, dear?" Vastra asked, giving the small doll to Annabelle who took it without hesitation.
"Just daydreamin', my darlin'." Jenny said, looking into those bright, blue eyes. "And thinkin' about how lucky we are."
Vastra chuckled. "So very lucky. We have the most beautiful baby in the entire world, we have a perfectly pleasant home and a warrior/nurse for a butler. What more could anyone want in the world?"
Jenny was about to reply when she was interrupted by a little voice saying, "mama!"
Vastra's head turned sharply. "What did you say, sweetheart?"
"Ma...ma!" Annabelle said, pointing at Vastra. "Mama!' She said again, this time pointing at Jenny.
The two women turned to each other and grinned. "Clever girl! Well done!" Jenny said, picking Annabelle up and placing her on her lap, kissing her on the cheek and tickling her on the tummy.
Vastra stood up and swooped the child off her wife, laughing and blowing a raspberry on the baby's cheek. "Aren't you a clever little angel? Look at you! So grown up!"
Suddenly, a giant BANG! shocked the whole household, and the laughter turned into tears. Annabelle hated thunder.
"Shh, shh! It's alright, darling! It's only thunder. There, there. Such a brave little girl..." Vastra rocked the baby on her hip gently, swaying this way and that.
"Mama! Mama!" Annabelle mumbled and pointed to Jenny, who also comforted the child.
"Come sit down, Vastra. Here, look Annabelle - it's Dolly!" Jenny said, shaking the doll softly in front of Annabelle who gave another muffled "mama..."
"You take her, Jenny. Hum along whilst I sing. You know the tune - I sing it every night." Vastra passed Jenny Annabelle, and Jenny held her close, swaying and humming along to the tune that Vastra was singing. Annabelle buried her face in her mother's neck and made a few gurgling sounds before finally settling down and falling asleep. Jenny smiled and kept swaying.
"She's brave like you, Vastra. A brave and fierce warrior who fears no one."
"That's not true. I fear one thing more than anything." Vastra said, wiping a strand of hair from her wife's face.
"What's that?" Jenny asked.
Vastra put her arm around her wife and kissed her sweet daughter on her head.
"Losing you two..." She whispered quietly.
