A/N: So, I got a request to write them as parents, but since I love to write this kind of stories, I kind of made two. I hope you don't mind. Read and enjoy! :)
"Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.", It was bedtime in the Ivashkov household and Sydney watched with admiration as her husband was sat in the rocking chair and sang their daughter to sleep. Their little sunshine was almost a year old now, with beautiful golden locks and her father's green eyes. She was everything to them. She was the one who helped them see the wonders of the world when everything seemed gray and boring. She brought laughter and love and warmth. Sydney could feel in her heart that she had chosen the perfect father for her child. Adrian was everything she ever wished for and more. He never complained, just did what she begged and kissed her on the cheek when she was feeling tired at everything.
"Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky.", He kept singing and rocking back and forth while the little child's eyelids started to grow heavy. Sydney could see from the doorway that she stood that her daughter was fighting to keep her eyes open, and her husband did the same. Long nights and early mornings really took its toll on everyone. More often than not, one of the parents fell asleep next to their little kid, while the other smiled fondly to themselves and tucked them both in carefully. This was the life Sydney had dreamed of having. This was the life that she had wished for as a child, before her alchemist training really started. She had wanted a loving husband and a beautiful child, and who would have thought that her dreams would come true? Who would have thought that she, an ex-alchemist, would settle down with a moroi and have a little dhampir baby? Her father was outraged still, even though it had been several years since the wedding alone, but Sydney hoped he would change his mind once he saw his granddaughter for the first time. He was stubborn, he refused to visit, but Sydney's lovely and accepting mother had visited them more times than once and loved both her son-in-law and her granddaughter and Sydney saw that as a good sign. Her father couldn't resist his wife that long.
"Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.", By now the child was sleeping in her father's arms and he carefully put her down in her crib. Sydney stepped into the room from her spot in the doorway and together they tucked their daughter in and kissed her goodnight. They then shared a loving look and sneaked out of the room. "I love you.", Sydney said to Adrian as soon as they had emerged from the room. He smiled at her and hugged her tight before placing a kiss on her lips. "I love you too. Now and forever.", She smiled back. She believed that promise. They would love each other forever.
"8... 9... 10! I'm coming for you!", Sydney could hear the faint giggle of her daughter and the following hushing from her husband who were hidden somewhere in their small house. This was her daughter's favorite game, hide and seek. She had loved it since she was old enough to walk and now when she was three years old, she had found some really good hiding spots around the house. It could take all from one minute to an hour to find her since she hid so well. Mostly she gave herself away by giggling or moving around at her hiding place so that something made a sound.
"I wonder where she is..", Sydney said loudly more to her daughter than to herself. She looked around the room but quickly decided to move on to the room where her husband was busy painting. The little girl must be in there. She stood in the doorway, looking for the golden locks that belonged to her daughter, or maybe something that was out of place. That was usually a big give away. Her husband turned around and gave her a smirk.
"If you're looking for our daughter, I can tell you that you are looking in the wrong place.", He said but his eyes kept flicking towards the corner of the room, where a big armchair stood next to a bookshelf. Behind the chair was a big enough space for a small child to fit, if she had help down. Sydney smiled.
"Well, then I guess I'll have to look somewhere else?", Sydney said and could hear the muffled giggle of her child. "I guess you'll have to.", Adrian looked thoughtful for a second but then smiled.
"But why don't you sit down for a second in the chair there in the corner. It must be exhausting looking for this little hide and seek master.", He said and Sydney could hear how their child gasped in surprise behind the chair. Sydney nodded and played along.
"You're right, I am really tired. I should sit down.", She walked over to the chair and sat down while hearing the little girl giggle silently behind her back.
"Honey, there's something funny with this chair.", She said and smiled at her husband. He got the hint.
"There is? It was fine when I sat in it.", They shared an amused look as the little girl seemed to try harder to keep her laughing silent.
"Well, it is weird now. It makes this weird sound, come and listen!", Adrian strolled over to his wife and pretended to listen and the little girl exploded in laughter. "Wait a second, I recognize that sound!", Sydney exclaimed. She got up and looked behind the chair at their daughter who was smiling and laughing at them.
"It is you! I knew it!", The little girl reached up her arms to get help up from her hiding place and her father quickly stretched down and fished her up. "Who's counting this time?", Adrian asked his daughter who seemed to think for a second before pointing at him.
"You are daddy!", She said before he put her down on the floor.
"I am? Well, you better start looking for a hiding place then, cause I'm starting to count now.", He turned around to face the wall and the little girl squealed and grabbed her mother's hand. This game wasn't going to end for a while.