Prompt: Freezerburn Family Au from when they adopt Blake or Ruby. (Or maybe both)
"Do...do you think we'll be good enough?" Weiss hesitantly asked as her and her partner, her lover, Yang Xiao Long drove towards their destination.
Their destination being the adoption agency, that had first gotten them in contact with not one, but two beautiful littles girls who were coming from an abusive household. Their 'friend' had taken them both in after their parents died - the man himself - was a not so nice man. Weiss and Yang had been told by the adoption agency this story and immediately jumped into action.
The couple had wanted children from the start of their relationship, and now that they were both in a stable place they could take the necessary steps for adoption and today was THE day. The process itself was long, it had taken them over a year to finalize everything. Now that the day was here, a sense of hesitation and unsureness had filled the mother-to-be Weiss Schnee.
Yang glanced at Weiss, making a confused face. "Whoa, whoa...where is this coming from?"
"I don't know, I'm just worried that I won't be a good parent. What if we're not good parents? With our pasts like they are with our parents I'm just worried that we'll…" Weiss took a long hard pause, she was nervously picking at her fingernails. She couldn't finish her own sentence.
Yang pulled into the adoption agencies parking lot, parked the car and stared at Weiss who was still anxiously picking at herself. Yang grabbed her hand, and lightly caressed her hand - small circles with her thumb to ease Weiss. "We're not going to end up like our parents. We're already better than our parents. We're willing to take risks, Weiss. These kids need us just as much as we need them."
Weiss looked up at her, worried eyes slowly starting to fade away.
"We're both better people than our parents. Together, we are unstoppable. I promise you, we will give them the home that we never had. Whatever happens, we will make it through. Together." Yang raised Weiss's hands to her lips - placing a gentle kiss upon them. "Let's go." her tone was gentle as she unbuckled herself, letting go of Weiss until they were out of the car.
Together they walked into the agency and waited for a receptionist to bring them to another room. There, seated were the two most beautiful little girls Yang and Weiss had set their eyes upon.
A black-haired girl with amber eyes, she resembled a very timid cat as she hid behind one of the chairs eyeing Yang and Weiss. She had seen them before and had been around them, but trust would take time. Yang and Weiss had all the time in the world.
Another girl was held in one of the caretaker's arms, silver eyes gleamed and stared directly at Weiss. She grasped towards Weiss, nearly falling out of the caretaker's arms - Weiss was quick to react and caught her. She now held the girl named Ruby who had somehow became instantly attached to Weiss.
"Well, we have everything here ready to go. You're free to take the girls home. We will check up on you all for the next year to see if everything is going okay." The caretaker stated.
"O-oh! That's it then?" Weiss asked fairly surprised. The other woman nodded.
Yang approached Blake and kneeled down. "You want to come home with us?" Yang said in a very gentle and whispered tone.
Blake stared at her, still hiding behind the chair.
"I'll read you plenty of bedtime stories, you can have milk and cookies." Ruby cooed loudly at the word cookies as Yang spoke in her gentle tone "We can hide under blankets, and do whatever you'd like. What do you say?" she looked at her with hopefully eyes as she held out her hand.
Blake slowly nodded, now coming out from her hiding spot. Blake took Yang's hand and hid behind her as they walked out of the building together. With Ruby in Weiss's arms, and Blake holding Yang's hand together the family left to start anew.
As soon as they arrived home, Blake had bolted behind Yang nearly knocking her over in the process. Weiss and Yang carried their belongings to the kids new room as Weiss did her best to juggle carrying Ruby while Yang had a small child attached to her leg.
"Here we are…" Yang set down Blake's things while Weiss left Ruby's stuff by the crib. The room itself was already neatly set up. Yang and Weiss had done massive amounts of shopping for the girls. Getting everything prepped and ready for when they arrived. They just hoped that they liked it.
Weiss and Yang knew it would take time. As even Yang had begun to get some jitters. A multitude of 'What ifs…' ran through the couple's mind. But for now everyone seemed to be getting along. Ruby was already attached to Blake so the two got along well. They were each other's companies through hard times. But those hard times were no longer.
Blake sat next to Yang's feet in the room, as Weiss set down Ruby so they could be with one another. Surprisingly, a five to six year old Blake was strong enough to carry Ruby and place her on Blake's new bed.
"You think they'll be fine?" Weiss asked in a low whisper watching the two interact. They didn't want to put any pressure on the girls, especially Blake. For now they would let them settle in, get used to the new sights, smells, and used to Weiss and Yang most of all. Ruby seemed to be fairly fine, no clear signs of trauma. Blake on the other hand...was a telling story.
Yang grimaced as she watched Blake. "O-of course. We've got this."
The night went on fairly well. They fed the girls, bathed them, and played with them before setting them off to bed.
"So...Mama Weiss, how did our first day go?" Yang asked as they too, had begun to settle into bed only a few hours after they set the kids down.
Weiss turned to Yang as she laid there, both of them staring at one another. "I...I'm happy. We did it. We can keep doing it."
"Good, I'm glad you think so. I'm so proud of us!" Yang pulled Weiss in closer and kissed her on the forehead. Weiss nuzzled into the crook of Yang's neck.
"You're so adorably optimistic. I love you."
"I love -"
An echoing scream filled the house, followed by a loud burst of crying.
Weiss and Yang immediately jumped out of bed and ran towards the girls bedrooms.
They opened the door to find a crying Blake and Ruby - Blake was holding herself, crying and mumbling. Nightmares. Ruby was crying mostly because Blake was crying. She understood very little.
Yang immediately hopped to Blake's side, and held onto her. Blake clutched her tiny body to Yang, sobbing immensely. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Blake cried - the first words she had spoken to them both.
"You're okay! It's okay! We're here. No one's going to hurt you. You're safe." Yang worriedly said, she tried her best to remain gentle and calm as she cradled the girl who was shoving her face into her chest.
Weiss held and rocked Ruby, to calm her down. She took her out of the room, and into their own bedroom. She began to sing soft lullabies. Slowly, but surely Ruby had calmed down sooner than Blake.
Yang carried Blake to their room soon after. Blake's face still buried in Yang's chest. "You can sleep with us tonight. We'll protect you, no one is getting through us." she whispered into Blake's ear.
Weiss and Yang had settled Ruby and Blake in between them. They wrapped the arms around the girls.
Ruby and Blake still sniffled and sobbed from time to time, but Yang had the idea to continue where Weiss left off on the lullaby.
Don't you worry about the dark,
I will light up the night with love in my heart.
I will burn like the sun, I will keep you safe and warm.
Weiss soon joined in the song. The two softly singing to the girls.
Like the smell of a rose on a summer's day,
I will be there to take all your fears away.
With a touch of my hand, I will turn your life to gold.
Soon enough the sniffling had stopped, and light snores took their places. Blake and Ruby had fallen asleep once more.
Weiss and Yang stopped their singing at stared at each other with knowing eyes.
"W-we can do this, right Weiss?" Yang whispered asking her wife such an awfully insecure question. A hint of panic filled the room that only Weiss could feel. It was obvious to Weiss that Yang herself had begun to get flashbacks.
"Yang…" she reached over the girls, and gently caressed Yang's face. "We can. Like you said this morning, they need us and we need them. It's not going to be like this forever. Blake and Ruby will grow up to be two beautiful and happy girls. We will make it happen. The two of us. Together as a family."
Yang wiped the tears away from her face and sniffled. As it was hard to believe, Yang was the bigger crier in the family. She nodded. "O-okay. I'm glad we're doing this together."
Weiss propped herself up, and carefully leaned over the girls, placing a gentle kiss on each of their heads before stopping at Yang and looking at her.
"I will always be here. For all of you. I love you Yang." She kissed Yang's forehead, then her lips.
When silence filled the air, and Weiss laid back down getting fairly comfortable a small but cherished set of words filled the air.
"I love you too Weiss."