This is a small take on something friends spoke about. Maybe I'll do more like this. Let me know what you think. But now, please enjoy reading.


Sunday afternoon on a cloudy and rainy day. Ratchet and Rivet decided to take a nap. They've been working on Aphelion for hours to fix a small issue with the engine. A small issue indeed. A screw was loose, but to reach it, they had to disassemble the whole engine. And to reach the engine, they needed to slowly dismantle the ship's hull. A rather exhausting task.

A quick shower after which Rivet sat on the bed while Ratchet helped her to detach her arm.

"Damn I'm tired…" she said.

"Me too. How did this damn screw even get loose?"

"I don't know." she shrugged and watched as he placed her arm on her drawer.

"However, we fixed the issue. Just need to reattach the hull later, or tomorrow."

"We sure did. Yeah… Tomorrow sounds good." she smiled as she laid down onto the bed, patting the spot right next to her. An obvious invitation for him to join her.

He smiled softly and quickly jumped on to the bed. He wrapped his arms around her as they faced each other. Both smiled right before they embraced in a kiss. Lovingly and gentle. Then she placed her nose against his throat as she closed her eyes. A satisfied sigh escaped her mouth.

"I love you…" He whispered as he also closed his eyes.

"I love you too…" she answered quietly.

Both laid there, slowly drifting off to sleep. Then their door opened. A small silhouette stood in the doorframe. Large ears and a fluffy tail. It walked in and closed the door behind it.

A small Lombax kid climbed on the bed. White fur with brown stripes. Big blue eyes with a green circle around the pupil. A young Lombax girl. She looked at Ratchet and Rivet for a second before she simply laid down between them on her back. Again she looked first at RIvet, then at Ratchet.

"Daddy?" she then said.

"What is it, sweety? Wasn't uncle Clank supposed to look after you?"

"Yes…" she answered a little bit more quietly, as if she had done something wrong.

"How did you escape him?"

"I asked him about his movies."

Ratchet sighed. "Of course. And now he keeps on rambling about them, right?"

"Yes."

The small girl sat up and looked at her father. She shook him softly. "Daddyyyyy… I want to play something."

"But Mommy and Daddy are tired and need a nap…" Ratchet said before he yawned.

"But it's not even bedtime!" the girl whined.

A hand suddenly stroked her head and ears gently. The child turned to look at Rivet now.

"You know, Naura… You could always join us?" she said with a soft smile and still closed eyes.

"But sleeping is boring." Naura said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"There was a time where you almost always took naps with us." Ratchet said.

"Yes but I was little then!"

"You still are."

"No! I'm almost six!"

Rivet chuckled. "Yes, my big girl, hm?"

"Yes!"

"You know… Big girls have a lot of responsibility. And don't get to cuddle so often." Rivet said with a sly smirk.

Naura blinked at her mother as her ears dropped. "No! Then I'm not your big girl!" she said as she quickly snuggled into her, pressing her head underneath Rivet's chin.

Ratchet chuckled and scratched his daughter behind her ears.

"Then you'll be my little girl forever." Rivet said as she wrapped her arm around Naura.

"Myes…" she mumbled.

Ratchet inched closer, so their daughter would perfectly lay between them. A long moment of silence in which he was almost sure, they could rest now.

But then… Naura started to wiggle her way out of her mothers iron grasp. She again sat between them. She grabbed her fathers hand and started to play with his fingers.

"Why are you sleepy?"

"Because Mommy and I worked hard on Aphelion today, sweety."

She looked at her father's face, then at his hand. "Then don't work so much!"

"But we-" Ratchet started, but was quickly silenced by a small hand which got placed on his lips.

"No talk back!" the child said in a commanding tone.

Rivet couldn't help herself but to grin, showing her teeth.

"But-" Ratchet tried to speak only to be silenced by the small hand again.

"Shhhh…"

Rivet started to laugh. Naura turned to her mother.

"Mommy! That's not funny!"

Rivet simply pushed her over, so she landed on her back between them. Then she started her tickle attack, making the small Lombax giggle. She struggled to keep her mothers hand away.

"Then why are you laughing?" Rivet asked amused.

"No fair!" Naura managed to say between the laughs.

Mercifully, Rivet seized her attack and gently caressed her daughter's belly. "Will you let Mommy and Daddy sleep now?"

She grumbled. "Maybe." She then laid between them until she sat up again and started to simply caress her fathers cheek.

He suddenly grabbed her and gently pressed her against his chest. His fur tickled her nose, making her sneeze. She quickly turned around in his arm and tried to get up. No chance.

"No fair!" she whined.

Then she got an idea. She licked her fathers hand. He lifted his arm surprised. A big mistake. Because as soon as he did, Naura jumped onto her mother, clinging on to her.

Ratchet as well as Rivet sighed, but tried to sleep anyway.

Naura's tail swiveled from left to right as she watched her parents. She soon sat up again and shook Rivet this time. "Mommy… I'm boooored."

"I know, sweety." she mumbled.

Unsatisfied with that answer, she blew up her cheeks and climbed down between them. She finally laid down between them and stared at the ceiling.

Soon, even her eyes got heavy. And after a long while, she finally drifted off to sleep. She curled up and pressed herself against her parents.

Both opened their eyes and looked at her. Softly smiling, Rivet placed her hand on top of her as Ratchet placed his arm over her and his hand on Rivet's side. They locked eyes. They leaned in for a loving kiss before they closed their eyes again, pressed their foreheads against each other and finally got their nap…