#38 - Wash - Expanded
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She peered into their quarters tentatively, wondering what she would find there.
The sounds surprised her before she ever had a chance to glimpse the precious tableaux. Water splashing, vague cooing noises and her husband, murmuring platitudes softly.
She opened the door to the washroom area slowly so as not to disturb them.
Lee sat in the tub with their son, rough, calloused hands touching the fragile skin ever-so-gently.
"Water is good. It feels nice and warm on your sweet, soft skin," he murmured, fingers softly rubbing the new, wrinkled skin to cleanse it.
Kara smiled in wonder. She had, of necessity, been the one to take of their son most of the time, as only three weeks after his birth, she hadn't yet been cleared to fly. Lee, being the CAG and acting XO, had had an incredible amount to do, not even including finding ways of replacing her in the flight schedule. This after noon had been the first time he'd had a few hours off and Kara had gone for lunch with Helo and had had a doctor's appointment, leaving the two of them alone to bond for the first time.
She'd never expected Lee would give him a bath though. She didn't know he even knew how. The nurses had had to show her what to do and she'd found it a harrowing experience handling a wet, slippery newborn who cried like his lungs were on fire eery time she brought him near the water.
But here he was, resting happily in his father's arms as the two of them sat in a heavy, metal tub filled half full of warm water.
"See? It's loads of fun sweetheart. Water is a wonderful thing. In time you'll come to appreciate it as much as we do."
Kara cleared her throat. He looked up at her bemused face and smiled.
"Did you have a good afternoon?"
She jiggled her head around in a non-answer. "It was quiet."
"Do you want him?" Lee looked down at his son lovingly.
"No, he seems perfectly content with you." She sat cross-legged on the floor nearby. "Carry on."
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