A/N: So, if you didn't know this about me yet, I have a thing for the family genre. Literally, anything family will make me cry. And I love the Malfoys, so this happened. Please enjoy!
Title: rock-a-bye baby
Word count: 578
Summary: Narcissa and Lucius discover the joys of being parents.
Genres: Family
Characters: Narcissa M., Lucius M., Draco M.
Warnings: Mentions miscarriage
"Don't come too close."
"Darling, it's just me. Surely, I can come see my son?"
"Oh, Lucius, come in. I thought you were one of the house-elves."
"Do you not like them?"
"No, I despise them. They're always wanting to take Draco from me."
"Well, it is part of their job. Most mothers leave their children to them."
"Well, that's just fine for most mothers, but I'm definitely not that."
"Yes, you are far better than all of them, my darling."
"You flatter me Lucius, would you like to help?"
"Help clean him?"
"Yes."
"Umm, I read somewhere it's a mother/child thing, I probably shouldn't intervene."
"Said the man who suggested I should hand my precious son to the house-elves a couple of minutes ago."
"I prefer watching you do it."
"I know you do."
"What can I say, you and our son are the greatest gifts bestowed upon me."
"He really is a gift. He's absolutely flawless."
"Mesmerising, even."
"A perfect little Slytherin, I should hope."
"Of course, just like his mother and his father before him."
"Oh, look at that cute little face."
"He's handsome, not cute."
"Please, darling, don't impose the manliness upon him already. Besides, all babies are cute."
"If you say so."
"Of course, I say so. Oh, I wonder what he's thinking."
"Probably something along the lines of 'Stop smiling at me. You'll hurt yourself.'"
"Oh Lucius, I wish you wouldn't tease me so."
"Well, I've never seen you smile quite as much."
"Oh, look what he just did! Did he just smile back?"
"I think you're imagining it, darling."
"No, no! Look!"
"Your hopeless devotion is making you blind, my darling."
"Do you know how much I love you?"
"I love you too, darling."
"No, silly. I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to the baby"
"Oh."
"They say he doesn't understand me but recognises my voice."
"Where did you read that?"
"In the same place you heard bathing a baby is a mother/child thing."
"Hey!"
"You aren't the only one who can tease, darling."
"Urgh. Fine. But you do know all those 'becoming a parent' handbooks are useless."
"Well, given I wasn't exactly expecting to be a parent quite yet, I found them quite useful."
"He was quite a surprise, wasn't he?"
"Our gift. I really thought I wouldn't be able to carry him after all the others."
"And you are brilliant for doing so. I know it was painful for you, my darling."
"It was. And difficult. And in the end, I'd do it all again, no matter what, just to be able to hold him in my arms."
"Or clean him. Seriously, is he even that dirty?"
"Of course, he isn't! But bathing is essential."
"Bathing, cleaning. He's just a baby."
"Well, how about you- oh look! He's crying. Here, come to Mother, Draco darling."
"He's still crying."
"Yes, well, let me dry him off."
"He's still crying."
"Let me rock him for a moment."
"He still crying, woman. Come on, let me rock him now."
"Urgh. Fine."
"Hello, Draco, you're going to be quiet now, aren't you?"
"Hey! Why has he stopped crying? Stop looking so smug, Lucius."
"Maybe he just prefers me."
"You're not getting rid of me that easily, Draco! Here, give him back. I head rocking a baby was an important mother/child thing."
"I'm pretty sure it's a parent/child thing."
"Lucius."
"Oh no, you're all mine now, Draco, aren't you?"
"Lucius!"
FOR HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
House: Ravenclaw
For assignment #4: Survival Skills: Task #12: Hygiene: Write about someone cleaning something.
For writing club; record collection; unorthodox jukebox: 4) Flawless
For writing club; book club: Sonia (hopelessly devoted)
For writing club; elizabeth's empire: 14) "And in the end, I'd do it all again."
For writing club; liza's loves: 5) Suddenly becoming a parent
For writing club; bex's basement: 2) Slytherin
For writing club; scamander's case: 7) "Stop smiling at me. You'll hurt yourself."
For writing club; film festival: 15) gift
For writing club; forecast: 12th) "Don't come too close."
For writing club; entitled: 15) being unable to communicate
For like a skyscraper: floor 1 6) mesmerising
For build a better breakfast: 29) Narcissa Malfoy
For founder says: Helga says 3) "You're not getting rid of me that easily."
For pick a wick: 16) Brownie – family
For gobstones club: white stone – Motherhood – 18) only dialogue – 13) "Do you know how much I love you" – 1) Narcissa Malfoy