"Shhh, hush, it's okay," Kurt murmured, pacing back and forth in the nursery, rubbing circles on Finley's back.
"Here we go," Blaine hurried into the room, cold teething ring in hand.
"Oh thank you," Kurt sighed in relief. He adjusted his hold on the infant, taking the ring from Blaine and holding it up for Finley to see, bringing it close to her mouth.
The baby opened her mouth and grabbed hold of the ring tightly.
"Yes, there we go," Kurt cooed.
Blaine smiled, rubbing his daughter's back. "The cold definitely helps the most."
"Oh yeah," Kurt nodded, "I talked to my dad and he said when I was teething I'd put everything in my mouth, but cold stuff always helped the best. My mom used to stick one of my toys, a bear, in the freezer and then she'd give it to just before I'd go to bed."
"We definitely need to do that," Blaine said.
"I know, but how are we going to get the fish away from her? It's the only toy she sleeps with and she won't put it down."
It was true. The purple and yellow fish had been firmly clutched in Finley's little hands since the day her grandparents had given it to her.
"Maybe when one of us is giving her a bath the other can stick in the freezer, just drag the bath out as long as possible."
"Okay, if that's the plan then you will be the one dragging her bath out as long as possible," Kurt said, "Because I am not going to deal with that chaos on top of the teething."
Blaine just laughed, brushing away some of the soft hair on Finley's forehead.
The baby made a contented noise as she chewed on the cold object and rested her head against her father's shoulder, all of them feeling significantly better.
Thank you to everyone who has stuck with my stories so far!
I'm in the process of editing all my fanfics and Finley was the first one to be completed. I'll be replacing all the chapters in my one-shots and multi-chapter fics in the coming months, with new chapters planned for 2020!
Thanks again!