Hey guys, welcome back! I almost couldn't upload as I don't have my laptop with me but I did it! It's a little short but oh well. I wanna thank all of you for the amount of love and support I've gotten since my last rant, haha. Anyways, enjoy!
Nothing felt stranger yet simultaneously the most natural thing she'd ever done. Kate gently brushed through her newborn daughter's ultra soft brown hair as the infant nursed from her breast. The baby girl let out little grunts and pawed at her mother, her fingers outstretched and her eyes clear and aware.
Kate was in awe that this little creature was nestled safely inside her womb mere hours ago and now was propped up in her arms, tucked in a warm blanket. She was perfect, incredibly, undeniably perfect. And Kate was tired- incredibly, undeniably tired- but just couldn't stop staring at her daughter.
Kate gasped at the thought: her daughter. She had a daughter! She was a mother! It still hadn't really dawned on her. Kate felt her baby detach from her, a trace of milk lingering on her upper lip, and almost immediately fell asleep.
"Let me take her from you," Castle suggested, holding his arms out and scopping her from her mother's arms. Kate felt hesitant to let her baby go, her Lily, even though it was her husband. She wasn't nervous for long though, as she witnessed just how amazing he was with her, the tiny bundle dwarfed in his broad arms and against his chest.
Kate adjusted her gown so she wasn't as exposed anymore and grunted. Her body was so sore, she thought recovering from a bullet was tough but this was a whole different kind of pain.
"Kate?"
"Hmm?" she hummed in response.
"Why don't you get some sleep?"
"But she's so tiny," Kate slurred a bit from exhaustion "too tiny."
Castle chuckled "She'll still be tiny when you wake up."
"You promise?"
"I promise."
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