A-Z of Melizabeth by Fullmetal Pyromaniac

O is for...

Offspring

A child's cry breaks through the silence of the night, Meliodas wakes up and sits in his bed, the cry sounding louder. Next to him, his wife Elizabeth sits up too. The dark circles under her eyes were shown in the moonlight, she yawned and went to get up when Meliodas placed a hand on her shoulder and pushed her back gently.

"I'll get them" he whispered, kissing Elizabeth's forehead once she had lay down.

"Thank you" she responded quietly, closing her her eyes and breathing deeply. Meliodas pulled the covers up to her chin and stood up, stretching off his arms. He walked through to the new room that hadn't been added to the Boar Hat for the new arrival, it was opposite his and Elizabeth's room.

The room was filled with darkness, the only light coming from the moon which seeped through the window and illuminated the young boy who lay in his cot screaming. Meliodas went over to his son and picked him up gently, carrying him in the crook of his arm. Meliodas sat in the wooden rocking chair that Elizabeth had received at her baby shower from Margaret and Gilthunder. He quickly checked Tobias to see if he had soiled himself, then sighed in relief when his son hadn't.

Tobias eventually calmed down, his cries turned into whimpers, then into soft gurgles. As his parents had predicted, one of his round, doe eyes turned out to be emerald green, the other stayed the beautiful sapphire it was born as. Meliodas ginned as his son stuck a chubby thumb in his mouth and sucked on it.

"Geez, all that fuss 'cause you were lonely?" Meliodas whispered to him, "you make almost a big a fuss as I do"

Tobias gurgled and let out a bubbly laugh, his cheeks popping out and his eyes scrunching up. They're both silent for a bit, Meliodas staring down at his son, then he sighed.

"I don't know what to do here" he admitted softly, "kids are more Ban and your mothers thing. Which is weird, because Bans pretty scary looking, but most kids like him. Not that I don't like children, I just...don't know how to act around them. I'm a demon after all, I'm meant to be a bad person, children are meant to run from me, I'm not meant to be a dad"

But when he looked down at his son, who was staring at him intently, tiny hands gripping at his pyjama t-shirt, Meliodas decided he loved this child more than anything.

"Although, I've never been one for abiding by the rules, or being who I should be" Tobias' eyes began drooping again, so Meliodas pressed a soft kiss to his forehead, "I'll fu- fudge up, and sometimes you probably won't agree with me and be a moody brat, but I'll still love you...but don't tell anyone we had this conversation, 'kay? I've got my reputation as a captain to keep" he joked.

Tobias, by that point, was in a deep sleep. Soft snores erupted from him, Meliodas chuckled and placed him backing his cot.

When he rejoined Elizabeth in their bed, she placed an arm around him and hummed softly.

"How is he?" she murmured, Meliodas pressed her head into his neck and let out a breath.

"He was just lonely, thats all. He fell asleep pretty quickly" he let out a yawn, "go back to sleep Ellie, love you"

"mm, love you too" she muttered and placed a soft kiss to his neck.

*~*~O is for...~*~*

Meliodas and Elizabeth's second child came five years after Tobias, Celestria Lyones was born in the middle of the night, during the full moon. She hadn't cried, with worried everyone to no extent, instead she gazed out of the window. When Elizabeth saw how the stars had reflected beautifully in her light blue eyes, she had wanted to call the child Celestria.

After being cleaned up, Meliodas fetched Toby from his room, where he was playing cards with Ban and King. When his father came in the room, Toby peered at him with round eyes, one bright green, the other blue.

"Is mum okay?" He asked tentatively, Meliodas nodded.

"You mother's perfect, d'you wanna come meet your sister?"

Toby nodded furiously, abandoning his cards with no remorse. Meliodas shared a look with both Ban and King, who both gave him the thumbs up.

"Daddy hurry up, I wanna see mum" Toby shouted.

"I'm just coming, Toby" Meliodas replied, catching up to him and opening the door to his and Elizabeths bedroom. Elizabeth was sitting up in bed with Celestria in her arms, when the door opened, Elizabeth raised her head and beamed when she saw the two.

"Hey you" she said to Toby who was peering over the edge of the bed, "You want to come see your sister?"

Toby was hesitant and slowly tip toed round to his mother, who patted the empty space next to her. Toby jumped up onto the bed and sat next to her, peering at his little sister. Meliodas sat next to him on the double bed, watching Toby carefully.

"She's so tiny" he gasped in awe, Elizabeth felt her heart burst in her chest.

"Yup, this is Celestria, and she's your little sister so you gotta look after her okay?" Meliodas told him with a wink.

"I promise, I swear on my heart" he exclaimed, clenching a tiny fist. Meliodas ruffled his light blond hair and grinned.

"That's my brave boy" Elizabeth said softly, her eyes filled with pride.

A little while later and Elizabeth had fallen asleep, with Toby curled in the crook of her left elbow, leaning into her side. Meliodas held Celestria, she was a very calm baby, not at all like Tobias who had cried and cried, and had a mischievous attitude like his fathers. By contrast, Celestria was calm, and had only fussed when she was hungry earlier that night.

"Well hey" Meliodas greeted softly when Celestria had opened her eyes sleepily. "How nice of you to wake up, feeling rested?"

Celestria gurgled happily, which made Meliodas chuckle.

"Geez, I remember when Toby was just born. All he really did was cry, eat, sleep, and poop. You're more relaxed" he traced a finger over her belly, making her giggle. "I had this talk too, with Toby that is. Though he was a bit older than you, but only by a couple of months. I told him that I was going to try my best to be a good father to him, and I have to admit that I've done pretty well"

He nudged her nose gently with his own, his heart expanding with every giggle.

"And I'll do the same for you, princess" and sitting up, with Celestria cradled in his arms, Meliodas fell into a light doze.

*~*~O is for...~*~*

"Dad, tell mum to stop worrying, we'll be fine, I swear"

Meliodas let out a breath, "Ellie, come on, they're not kids anymore" when his wife didn't show any signs of relaxing, Meliodas kissed her gently and hugged her.

Tobias and Celestria had grown into two fine young adults. Toby had become the talk of the town they lived in, with his unique eyes attracting everyone in a hundred mile radius, however his lack of understanding for the opposite sex left many hearts -unintentionally- broken, to both Celestria and Elizabeths dismay.

Celestria had been no different, her soft yet determined nature made her extremely likeable, her thirst for knowledge -founded by Gowther who had become a favourite of hers- was her drive for living, and made her well respected among both the elders of the village and the youths. Although calm and collected, her determined nature left her unable, or hesitant, to admit she was wrong or at fault.

So when Toby was twenty and Celestria fifteen, they pitched the idea of moving in together a few towns away. Two hours away from the Boar Hat, and three away from Camelot. Elizabeth had been hesitant, her children were young after all, but after Meliodas had reminded her that she was sixteen when she ran away from home, Elizabeth had become more open to the idea.

"It's great mum, the towns library has already offered me a job!" Celestria gushed, "The house is five minutes from a school, and a mages house where I can study magic like Aunt Merlins and your own"

Now, the pair stood, clothes and money packed, ready to face the world.

"You've got your money, and the food Ban made you?"

"Yes mum" Celestria chorused,

"And all your clothes, and your hair things, have you left anything in your room?"

"Yes mum"

"But what about-"

"Mum!" Toby cut her off, placing a hand on her shoulder, "We've got everything, really, you don't have to worry. I'll look after little Celly" he grabbed Celestria's neck in his elbow playfully and messed up her hair.

"Gerroff!" she shouted, flailing her arms in an attempt to get him off. Elizabeth sighed.

"I can't believe you two are going to be sharing a house, you two are going to turn my hair grey"

Celestria grinned, holding up a lock of her own silver hair, "It's already grey mum, you'll be fine"

"You two had better be off if you want to get to your new house before sunset" Meliodas chided, Celestria looked a little upset at this. She rushed forward and hugged her dad hard, Toby did the same to his mother.

"I'll miss you, and all my aunts and uncles" Celestria said, Meliodas rubbed her back.

"Hey, you go out there and be the smartest woman in all of Britannia, you hear? and you-" he pointed to Toby, "If your mother and I don't get a letter from you, we'll be very disappointed"

Toby grinned, "Sure thing dad, see you later"

After a final goodbye, the siblings walked away to their next adventure while Meliodas and Elizabeth watched from the doorway of the Boar Hat.

"Look at them, already so grown up" Elizabeth sighed wistfully.

"We did good, didn't we" Meliodas said, kissing her.

"Yeah, of course we did"

The End.

A.N. Aloha! Bonjour! Salut! its me!

okay, so this came out earlier than I thought it would, but its been a little delayed because I've been working on, like, three prompts at once. This was also meant to be an Odd Thomas AU but I decided against it. lucky you guys eh?

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