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Autumn

Diana's laugh rang through the forest.

He frowned. "What?"

"You've-" she had to stop to giggle a little bit more, "You've still got a leaf in your hair."

His narrowed eyes found Sephie, hiding behind and tree and, like her mother, quivering with laughter. Diana reached up and picked it gently out of his hair. It was a rust-red in colour, and Diana let it go to float down, joining the pile around his feet. They'd been having a leaf-fight for the past fifteen minutes, with Persephone winning every single game – mainly because she seemed to have more energy than both her parents put together.

Suddenly Sephie ducked out from behind the tree and threw another handful of leaves at her father. They hit him in the chest, leaving a slightly damp patch on his jacket. He sighed. "That's it, young lady! I'm going to have to think up a suitable punishment now."

The smirk told Sephie she wasn't really in trouble, but like all small children, there was the half-fear, half-exhilaration about what was going to happen now. She watched her dad with wide eyes as her parents decided her fate.

"Well..." Diana began. "Such a heinous crime deserves..."

"Tickling?"

Sephie gasped. Bruce and Diana grinned at each other. "Tickling."

Sephie ran. Bruce chased. Diana listened to the joyful squealing of her daughter and the laughter of her husband as she followed more sedately. At six months pregnant she wasn't as light on her feet as she used to be. Eventually Bruce emerged from the trees triumphant, holding his daughter upside down her by her ankles.

"Mommy! Mommy, help me!"

Diana laughed. "Don't think so, Sephie."

Bruce let her down anyway, taking her hand, and motioned for her to be quiet. He crouched down next to her, lowering his voice to a whisper. "Sephie, look." He pointed, and the little girl gasped. In a gap between the leaves was a deer grazing at the roots of a tree.

"It's so pretty!" she said quietly.

Her dad nodded. "Yes it is. But shy, though. You have to be very quiet."

"Can we get closer?"

Diana watched with a wry smile as she saw Bruce prepare to say no, but then be swayed by the big blue puppy dog eyes his daughter turned on him. They ended up creeping a little bit closer, until the deer caught sight of them and was gone in a flash.

"Awww," Persephone groaned in disappointment. "Will we see anymore, Daddy?"

"Maybe. Why don't you see if you can find any hoof-prints?"

Buoyed up by the prospect of a quest, Sephie ran off, leaving her parents alone. "She has you wrapped around her finger, doesn't she?" Diana asked, laughter in her voice.

He kissed her softly. "Like mother like daughter."

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