Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Grey's Anatomy. I just manipulate them to my will. Also, any line or phrase or setting that seems remotely familiar from any other show, movie or book, also not mine. I borrow…
Prompt: Something cute with Arizona, Callie, and Sofia in a supermarket or a park or anywhere else.
AN: Short and sweet. Enjoy!
Heelies and Lucky Charms
The whoosh of a pair of wheels rolling down smooth linoleum flooring startles shoppers, making them look up from their purchases just in time to see a six year old fly past them. Raven black hair billows behind her and her rich brown eyes are sparkling under the bright store lights. It's not often she gets to take her new wheelies out on the highway, but when she does she takes advantage of it.
"Sofia!" A voice calls from way back. "Sofia Robbin! Get your butt back here!" Her Mami calls, but the six year old just pushes off with her right foot again, surging forward down the long aisle of the grocery store.
"Uh oh, someone got middle named." Arizona muses, rejoining her wife after going off in search of the very elusive baking soda. "What did your daughter do this time?"
"Your daughter thinks the store is her own personal playground." Callie groans in response, the couple slowly continuing on their weekly round of the grocery store.
"Well, linoleum is the optimal heelie surface." The blonde says, smiling her dimpled smile when the Latina throws a less than amused look her way. "What? It's smooth."
"Mmhmm." Callie hums, checking the list in her hand and then perusing the items in front of them. "It'll be real smooth when she falls and breaks her wrist, or elbow, or ankle, or-"
"Alright, I get it, you know your bones." Arizona cuts her wife off since she's heard this spiel more times she can count since Christmas, which is when her daughter fell in love with Mama's present for her. Just then blue eyes make out a whirl of activity and she sees Sofia kick her way back down the aisle towards them.
Leaning into the side of her wife, Arizona whispers "But tell me it's not nice to seeing a pair of heelies rolling around again."
Callie wraps an arm around the shorter woman's waist and kisses her wife's cheek. "It is." She answers, her gaze subconsciously falling to the blondes left leg. It's covered by the pair of jeans Arizona is wearing, but the ortho surgeon knows what that dark was denim is hiding. Months and months of torturous physical therapy, a year of depression, a lost friend and father, an almost ruined marriage, the constant reminder that life changes in an instant. Turns on a dime.
"Mami, look!" Sofia announces, coming to a very smooth stop just in front of their cart.
"Lucky Charms?" Callie questions. "Mija, we have a box at home."
"No we don't." The tiny human replies with a shake of her head.
"I just bought a box last week." Callie tells her. "Now unless the leprechaun has been sneaking into the house and eating his cereal at night you should-" But her words are cut off when she follows her daughters gaze, landing on a vey guilty looking blonde. "Arizona!"
"What?" The peds surgeon whines.
"You've been eating our daughter's cereal?" Callie asks, having to bite the inside of her lip to not smile at the pout her wife is sporting right now. "Seriously, how old are you?"
"The stuff you buy for us is disgusting." Arizona rebuttals, Sofia giggling as she watches her to mom's bicker like always. They could fight over the smallest and stupidest things, but she knows that they do it out of love. Sure, they argue about cereals and TV shows and… which pizza place has the best crust, but the important things? They are a single, strong, unified front.
"It's healthy." Callie replies, holding up the box of their usual cereal. "See the little heart on the box? That means it's good for you. Has fiber and everything."
"Yeah well cardboard has fiber too, but you don't see me snacking on the cereal box do you?" The blonde quips back, winking at her daughter when Sofia laughs. "What's wrong with having marshmallows for breakfast?"
"Where did you go to medical school again? Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory?" The Latina asks, Arizona playfully shoving her before dropping the cereal back in the cart. "How about a compromise? Mama eats her cardboard, and I'll let you two pick out the ice cream."
Blue eyes lock with those rich brown eyes their daughter inherited from Callie, and the two reply "Deal."
As she watches her entire world hurry towards the ice cream section, Callie yells "No running!" But it's useless when those two get together. So with a shake of her head and a glance up to the heavens, she murmurs "Sometimes it's like I'm raising two six year olds," and follows in her wife and daughter's trail.
