momslilassassin: ([plot] Girl!Ben is worried)
Ben Skywalker ([personal profile] momslilassassin) wrote2015-06-06 09:10 pm

Room 614, the Arms Hotel, Saturday lunchtime

Turns out that waking up as a woman when your daughter is expecting you to be a man is not the most exhilirating start to a morning-now-heading-into-afternoon.

"Come on, Val," Ben soothed, rocking the sobbing infant as he paced the room for the thousandth time. "It's me. I still feel the same in the Force, I just...look different."

Perhaps philosophical discussions of gender and sex were not the place to start with a distraut one month old. "Ender?"
endsthegame: (girl: back to the wall)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender sighed. He looked tired. He had good reason to look tired. "I can take her," he said, getting up off the bed.
endsthegame: (girl: let me look at that)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"You dream such big dreams," Ender said, walking over to take the baby in his arms.
endsthegame: (girl: looks sideways)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"And we can't even foist her on your grandfather, because he's probably a girl, too," Ender sighed.

He wandered over to grab one of Val's toys. Maybe that would help?
endsthegame: (girl: might be mocking)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"C'mon, love," Ender whispered to the baby. He took the giraffe and squeaked it. "Please?"
endsthegame: (girl: ummm...)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Now came the difficult part: sliding the bottle into Val's mouth without distracting her and setting her off again.

Ender was also holding his breath.

For a long, long thirty seconds.

After which she sucked the nipple of the bottle into her mouth quietly.

He released his breath.
endsthegame: (girl: let me look at that)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"We're not done yet," Ender said, watching Val very closely. "She could decide not to go to sleep after food this time."
endsthegame: (girl: thinking smile)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sorry," Ender said quietly, and clung onto the bottle as Val chugged through it.
endsthegame: (girl: might be mocking)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
As the bottle neared empty, Ender slowly began to walk back towards the crib, muttering "please don't cry please don't cry" under his breath.
endsthegame: (girl: smile)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
There had never been a singular human being who put a baby as gingerly down in a crib as Ender did with Val.

He was actively holding his breath as her head touched the pillow...

... and she remained silent.

He stepped away. "Oh, thank god."
endsthegame: (girl: ... uh huh)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-06 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender took a few more steps back. "No," he whispered back, "Get on the bed. Get to sleep. Now. While you can."
endsthegame: (girl: dark pondering)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-07 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender sighed. Then froze.

But there was no sound from Val.

So he tip-toed towards the bed as fast as he could and sat down on it.
endsthegame: (girl: thinking smile)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-07 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't talk too loudly," Ender whispered. He curled up against Ben on the bed.
endsthegame: (girl: thoughtful)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-06-07 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender slid his arm around Ben's waist. "Love you," he said softly.

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