"Get him, hehehe, tickle attack." Nebula yelled giggling, as right now she and Rocket were playing with the baby-raccoons and havinga tickle-fight and the baby-raccoons had ganged up on her making Rocket chuckle taking photos for the photo book they were making to preserve their growing up, and could show the kits when they were older seekng them slowky advance near him.

"Cone on guys, this is daddy talking and you don't want to hurt him, you love him as much as Mama Nebula, right." he said backingvaway slowly like when he told Groot he couldn't have ice-cream.

"Mama, Mama." the babies started saying astounding him but saw Nebula's eyes widen in astonishment but welled with tears like when Rocket woke from his coma making him understand seeing the babies around her taking a photo hearing them calling her mama

"Awwwww, they're talking and you're their first word, Nebs." he told Nebula seeing her nodding.

She nodded as this was an new thing for her compared to him, but was making her coffee to relax her and milk for the babies so they were feeding them and burping them, before putting them to bed and were sitting on the couch having coffee plus Rocket was showing her photos of the baby raccoons he'd taken earlier including the one where the babies were around her which made her choked up.

"Awwwww, I get it Nebs, Thanos wasn't a hreat dad but that will never happen to them." Rocket reassured her.

"I used to have midnight-blue hair in braids when I was little but Father got rid of it you know." Nebula replied to him making Rocket find that adorable and guessed if they'd met as kids, they would have been friends which warmed Nebula's heart at his thought

"Yep, you probably looked adorable with your hair, you know." Rocket said to her.

"Thanks Rocket but at least we're better than our parents you know." she replied to him.

That early-morning, Nebula was lying awake, as her and Rocket's talk earlier had brought up memories but heard the baby-raccoons crying getting up, heading to their nursery opening the door gently, seeing them awake and hungry singing to them which was calming them, but getting them milk which was helping them fall asleep again kissing their lil heads leaving the room smiling rejoining Rocket in their bed, feeling him stir.

"Nebs you having trouble sleeping, but are the babies okay." he asked her seeing her nod.

"Yeah, they woke up but sang to them along with giving them milk." Nebula replied softly.

Rocket understood hugging her, knowing she was kind of being a good mom to the baby raccoons telling her this which made her smile at this remembering yelling at Phylla's friends when on the HE's lab but she was learning with Rocket's help but she hoped that the babies would get sleep lying down beside him.

"Yeah, we need ohr rest to be our best selves." Rocket told her.