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Finn smiles when he looks at Stella and Fyero playing tag. They get along so well despite the 12 year age difference between the two. Maybe it is because Fyero is kind and caring, Finn's not sure but it makes him really proud of his son.
"Bubby you can't catch me!" Stella called out.
"Wanna bet?!" teased Fyero
"It's on!"
Stella starts running really fast, she runs for about a minute before she falls really hard onto her arm. "Oww!" she says starting to cry.
"What's wrong sis?!" Fyero asks concerned.
"My arm it … it hu-hurts really bad!" Stella replies crying really hard.
"Let's get you to Daddy" Fyero says picking Stella up.
"Dad, I think Stella's arm is broken." He tells Finn.
"Oh I think it's broken too." He says looking at Stella's arm.
He notices Stella's still crying her eyes out so he tries to calm her down "Shhhh Princess, it'll be alright, we'll get your arm looked at, the doctor will make it feel better I promise."
"Pinky promise?" Stella asks her father quietly.
"Pinky promise." Finn replies.
"Hey Stell, the doctor says your arm is broken." Finn tells Stella after the doctor leaves the room.
" It… it… it is?" Stella asks frowning.
" Yes honey, and they need to put an I.V in your other arm first so they can put you to sleep while they put the pin in before they put the cat on your broken arm it's gonna hurt but you can squeeze my hand. Okay, Princess?"
" I'm scared,Daddy."
"Don't be sweetie."
A few minutes later a nurse comes in to put Stella's I.V. in. She quickly starts looking for a good vein to put the I.V. in and Stella's brown eyes get really wide. "Shhhhh don't be scared." Finn tells her.
"I'm putting it in on 3." The nurse tells Stella.
"One, two, three."
Stella's other hand is shaking and she is so tense so Finn grabs her hand and squeezes it. Watching that needle going into his daughter's other tiny hand breaks his heart. She's such a tough little girl she doesn't even shed a single tear. The nurse finishes and puts tape on the I.V. "You were so brave Honey." Finn tells Stella after the nurse leaves the room.
"I was?"Stella asks.
"Yes you were sweetie very very brave. " he pulls a gold star sticker out of his pocket and shows it to Stella (he keeps a stash of them because Stella loves gold stars as much as her mother does… well almost as much.) "This is for you my little star." He says handing the sticker to Stella.
"Thank you Daddy, I'll save it for my cast." Stella says.
"Alright Princess."
A few minutes later the doctor came in and took Stella to the operating room to put the pin in her arm and put the cast on. Finn's freaking out, pacing the hallway so he calls Rachel to calm himself down. She answers on the first ring.
"Hey Honey, how's Stella? Rachel asks.
"She's getting a pin put in her arm and the cast put on right now." Finn replies.
"Oh, poor thing! Was she scared at all?"
"Very. But she didn't cry at all. She's such a brave little girl. They put an I.V. in and everything sand she didn't cry a single tear."
"She's so tough our little star."
"Yeah I broke into the gold star stash afterwards." "Finn, are you okay? You sound scared."
"I'm just worried about Stella."
"Don't be! She's like us, Finn. She always comes out on top."
"I know it's just, she's my baby girl, I always worry about her."
"You are such a good father, Finn."
" Really? Because I feel like this is all my fault!"
"Finn, it's not your fault you couldn't have stopped her from breaking her arm."
"I have to go Stella's surgery is done. Sorry I called you in the middle of auditions." (Rachel was a Broadway recruiter. After her ten year, seven Tony winning career, Rachel decided she wanted to help others achieve their Broadway dreams.)
"It's alright tell Stella I love her."
"I will. I love you bye."
Finn goes into the room and finds Stella smiling. Her cast is bright pink and very long
He finds the star and places it on her cast. "There it's even prettier now." he tells her.
" I love you Daddy!" Stella says.
"I love you too my brave little star!" Finn says kissing Stella on the cheek.
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