Dawn had barely broken by the time Blake jolted awake, her eyes snapping open as she heard the tiniest of voices cry into her ear.

"Waik up, Bwakey, I on mai own!"

The caramel-blonde woman, not so used to early mornings, took a long few seconds to realise just why she was awake before the weak fall sun was even properly up.

"I…uhhh…what….?" she manged to mumble, blinking a couple of times and turning her head to see the teeny form of Mia through the gloom of Negan's bedroom, squatted down on her chubby bare legs, holding up a long strand of Blake's hair to get better access to her ear.

"Bwake, wake up naw, I need potty…," came the bossy little voice of the toddler again, as she waddled forwards to gaze over Blake's t-shirt clad form at the man who was sleeping on Blake's other side.

"Eggy schleepin'?" she asked, all of a sudden very interested in the snoozing Saviour, who so far, had not even slightly stirred at the noise. "Me wake Eggy up."

And with that, Mia made to reach across Blake, her pudgy little hands making for Negan's bearded face.

But before she could do so, Blake had grabbed the tiny girl around the middle, hauling her up into her arms with a groan.

"Ah, ah, ah," the blonde woman smiled gently. "We don't want to that. Eggy is super-duper grumpy in the mornings, so maybe waking him up isn't such a good idea.."

Blake chanced a glance at the sleeping Saviour now, waiting for a response.

But he didn't even move, his chest rising and falling carefully as he lay there.

After their day yesterday, Negan certainly needed the rest. She knew that sometimes he often ran on little to no sleep for days at a time. But that was no life. Especially now…when everything seemed calm and settled finally.

They had Mia back, Rick and the Alexandrians knew their place, and apart from that trouble at the Hilltop, the outposts seemed relatively quiet too.

So this was perfect timing for Negan to take a little break and relax a little.

Even though Blake couldn't right now, wrestling now with a wriggling toddler who obviously thought that 5am was playtime.

Mia gave a loud squealing giggle as Blake scooped her up and pulled herself reluctantly from the bed with the little girl in her arms.

"Come on, let's take you to the bathroom," she said with a mutter into Mia's ear causing the baby girl too laugh some more…

…and Blake's heart swell with utter delight.

Thirty minutes later, and Blake and Mia emerged from Negan's humid bathroom, both wrapped in large white towels having enjoyed a nice shallow and bubbly bath together (where Mia had proceed to ask Blake some very, very personal questions about her boobs and ahem other areas!) to find Negan finally stirring inside the large four poster bed.

"Looks like someone needed his beauty sleep, huh Mia?" said Blake in a mocking tone, as the dark-haired man, with a stiff groan, pulled himself up into a sitting position, leaning back against his propped up pillows.

He blinked at them both through lidded eyes giving an amused smirk, as his gaze travelled over the pair of them, damp and glowing in the early morning sunlight.

"Hell, it ain't even fuckin' 6am yet, Darlin', so I'll thank you to quit with the shitty fuckin' remarks," he bit back at her, with a grumbling voice. "An' while we're at it, you wanna remind me if I actually gave either of you permission to use up all my hot water?"

His tone was of course teasing, but even so, Blake's eyebrows disappeared up into her hairline as she pointed at him.

"Uh, excuse me…" she said in a simpering voce.. "I wasn't the one that made our shower last night ten times longer than it needed to be."

But at her words Negan's grin widened.

"I didn't hear you complainin' when I was fuckin' you up against those damn tiles, Doll-face," he said shooting her a goading look. "In fact, I seem to remember it was you that invited me in there in the first place."

But Blake gave a scowl. "Yeah, and look what that got me."

And with that, she turned, lifting up her towel a little to reveal a large purple bruise blossoming on the rear of her smooth and tanned hip.

But Negan bit down on his lips hard, shaking her head and offering a faux-look of pity, which Blake did not appreciate one tiny bit…

…suddenly with a huff, bending down to grasp up Mia, who had been quietly fiddling with her oversized towel with her tiny paws.

"I know, Mia….to save grumpy-old Negan having another shower this morning…." she said padding over to the bed with the small damp and excitable toddler. "How about you go give him a big cuddle instead? Get him nice and wet."

With this naughty idea, Mia seemed delighted…

…and before Negan could open his gruff mouth to protest, Blake had plopped the teeny girl down onto his sheet-covered body, the kid letting out a squeal as she did so.

"Oh….goddamn it, kid," Negan murmured, as Mia clambered over him getting him damp.

He made a face, as the baby girl, losing her towel almost at once, bounced up and down on her chubby bent legs, slippery and completely butt-naked, as Negan manhandled her away from him as best she could, being careful to avoid any collisions between the toddler's knees and his groin area.

At it finally took him a frustrating few seconds to grasp a squealing Mia around the middle hauling her up into her arms and holding her above his head in a swopping motion, as she dripped water all over him.

"Egy, noh!" she cried out between giggles. "Put me dawwn."

Blake looked on as the little girl gave a happy shriek, watching as Negan gave a grin of his own, before dropping the little girl back down onto the bouncy mattress at his feet with a loud 'plop'.

"You liked that huh? Jeez, now that is my babysittin' duties done for the fuckin' day, beansprout, how 'bout you go bother, Peaches over there instead," he said in a low voice, as Blake pursed her lips and have a huge roll of her eyes.

"Why Bwake peachiz?" asked Mia, getting to her feet a little clumsily on the wobbly surface, and placing one of her fingers to her mouth, curiously staring between the two adults now.

But Negan looking tired, ran a hand down his exhausted-looking face giving a sigh.

"Why is she called Peaches?" he repeated cocking an eyebrow. "I don' know…probably because she got that perfect fuckin' skin….and a goddamn juicy and round ass I just wanna bite the hell out of-"

"Ugh, don't listen to him Mia…" said Blake instantly cutting across him, wrapping Mia in a towel once more and tickling at her sides. "…he's being an idiot."

Negan gave an immediate chuckle, eyeing the pair of them as the toddler gave a shriek of laughter, allowing Blake to pick her up once again, making their way towards the door to Negan's room.

"An' where the fuck do you think your both goin'?" Negan hummed, leaning forwards and giving a small frown in their direction.

But Blake, making sure that both her and Mia's towels were secured tightly around them, made for the door handle, giving a small nonchalant shrug of her slender shoulders.

"Back to my room to get dressed…." she mused lightly, gazing at the little girl in her rams. "Aren't we Mia?"

At her words the toddler nodded, pressing a hand to Blake's boobs, as the tall blonde woman winced slightly easing the baby girls' paws from her gently, which caused Negan to chuckle, running a hand through his dark hair.

"I still don' know why you haven't just moved all your shit in here already, Sweetheart?" he said blinking his chocolate eyes slowly over to Blake, as she stared his way.

But the caramel-blond woman let her eyes fall to the floor for a long moment giving a slow nod.

"Hmmm, I guess because no one has asked me…." she purred knowingly, letting out a long hearty and very suggestive sigh, before exiting the room without another word….

..leaving the dark haired Saviour staring after her, long after she had left the room.

Sorry this was only just a short little fluffy chapter. I'm busy on the run up to Christmas. But more coming soon.

I promise you the arrival of Mia back does not mean Blake and Negan won't get their alone time anymore and I am super excited for some ideas I have coming up in this fic very shortly. :)

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