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Bo walked into the clubhouse – or just their house as Lauren insisted that they refer to it – to find all the lights blaring, and a sound of music coming from the living room. Usually by the time she got home, Lauren would have already put Dagny down in her crib and would be waiting for Bo in a candle-lit living room with a book in hand and two glasses of wine on the table. When Bo got back from the station, they would relax together in the living room until bed or until Dagny woke up wailing (whichever happened first).
Bo inched her way into the living room, hand placed on her holster ready for any type of intruder that night have interrupted her wife and daughter's routine. But when she was finally in full view of the living room, she breathed a sigh of relief. Lauren was asleep on the couch, blonde hair splayed on the pillow. Baby Mozart was playing on the TV, and there were toys scattered all around the living room floor. Their daughter was lying on her chest, asleep as well, their breaths matching in rhythm. Dagny's small features were clad in pink – curtesy of Kenzie – and her tiny palm was clutching the front of Lauren's shirt.
Bo walked into the living room and placed a kiss on both of her girls' head. Dagny didn't stir, but Lauren smiled in her sleep and tightened her hold on the sleeping baby. Bo smiled at the pair before turning off the TV and making her way back to the entryway. Placing her police issued revolver in the wall safe with her more serious, Fae fighting, riffles. Since Bo and Lauren took custody of Dagny, they made some serious changes to their lives. Lauren took maternity leave and stayed home with Dagny for the first three months, when she had to go back to the work, they hired Val to take care of her during the day. Bo decided to become a police officer and joined the local station in place of Tamsin – both to honor her and in order to assist Dyson who was now without a partner again. Lauren and she have undertaken the daunting task of actually renovating the clubhouse, and with the help of some friends – such as Bruce who helped with the heavy lifting, and Mumphert the brownie who made sure everything was neat – the results were beautiful. The clubhouse was now fully furnished, without holes in the walls or bars on the windows, but it still had its homey feel, with the exposed wooden walls and new pictures of their chosen family hanging everywhere.
After storing her gun and hanging her holster, she decided to leave the girls put while she took a shower to wash the long and gross day off her – they just saved a human family from an akaname who got bound to their toilet which resulted in Dyspn and her both being soaked in toilet water. As she walked back down, now feeling clean and clad in her red kimono with hair leaving little droplets of water on her back, she noticed Dagny starting to stir. Her hold over Lauren's shirt tightened, her face burrowed deeper into Lauren's chest, and she let out little whines of dissatisfaction. Bo rushed to Lauren's side and carefully extracted the sleeping baby from her arms, not wanting her to wake up. Lauren stirred and mumbled Bo's name before she settled again, her breath evening back and face relaxing. Bo covered her with a blanket from the arm of the couch and walked to the kitchen to make a bottle for the now fully whining Dagny.
"Good girl letting your mama get some sleep," Bo cooed at Dagny as she rocked her in her arms. "Shh baby, I know you're hungry, mommy is going as fast as she can."
Bo rushed getting the bottle ready, and as soon as it was the right temperature, she walked to Dagny's nursery (previously known as Kenzie's room) and sat with her in the rocking chair. The moment the rubber nipple touched Dagny's lips she quieted and started sucking on it hungrily.
"There you go baby girl," Bo smiled down at her, "such a good girl for your mommas. Mommy Tam-Tam would be so proud of you" she said with tears in her eyes, feeling over-sentimental for a moment. She stayed in her reverie for a little while before she noticed Dagny's eyes slowly drooping, a droplet of milk dripping down her chin. The succubus took the bottle out of her mouth before gently wiping her chin and placing a pacifier between her parted lips. She held Dagny in her arms for about thirty more minutes, letting her own warmth loll the baby into deep slumber. If it wasn't for Val – one of the only people they trusted to watch over Dagny, knowing she would be able to protect her with her sword fighting training – Dagny would have been spoiled rotten. Bo and Lauren were perfectly content with letting her spend the whole night in their arms, but Val was the one that insisted on installing a routine for her. knowing that with their hectic lifestyle the baby shouldn't depend on sleeping in anyone's arms.
Bo kissed the small blonde on the forehead and carefully maneuvered her to the crib. She stood at the side of the crib a few more minutes, admiring the sight of her sleeping daughter, before turning to leave and making the way down the stairs.
Lauren was still asleep on the couch, breaths deep and even. Bo walked to her side and started brushing hair away from her face in an attempt to rouse her calmly. The doctor smiled and leaned into the touch, but her eyes stayed closed.
"Lo baby, let's get you to bed." Bo gently shook her shoulder.
Lauren let out a groan. "Bo? 'm ready… feed…" she mumbled, her hands coming up to the collar of her shirt where they paused and slacked over her chest.
Bo chuckles at her with raised eyebrows – even in her sleep the blonde still worried about the succubus and her hunger. She decided to just carry her to bed, not wanting her to wake up and fuss over her rather than get her, obviously much needed, rest after spending the day in the hospital and the afternoon alone with Dagny. She lifted Lauren from the couch with ease, one hand under her knees the other supporting her back head tucked under her chin. It was moments like this, when she got to use her strength for anything other than fighting, that she really appreciated her Fae side. She knew Lauren appreciated her strength as well, she loved it when Bo carried her to their bedroom, though she preferred to be awake when it happened (and maybe also to be able to thank her once they reached their destination).
But Lauren was once again dead to the world. She clutched the front of Bo's shirt when she was picked up but continued to immediately settle in her wife's arms. When Bo deposited her in the bed she nuzzled into the pillow and buried herself into the heavy duvet Bo covered her with. Her breathing immediately relaxed, and a small smile adorned her lips.
Bo changed into a tank top and pajama shorts, got in the bed and cuddled behind her love's back, placing a soft kiss to the back of her neck. She admired her sleeping form, drawing with her fingers on her bare shoulder in the way she knew Lauren loved.
Bo learned to appreciate every moment she got to spend with Lauren, knowing that their time together was limited. Even though she knew there was probably a long time before she actually had to worry, every week that passed intensified her need to beg Lauren to turn Fae again. She didn't even want to think about the possibility of losing her. she didn't want the daily worry of Lauren getting hurt. Didn't want to think about raising their daughter on her own, or her daughter losing another mother. Didn't want to imagine the immense grief that will overtake her and their entire family if they ever lost their smart, kind and loving doctor.
Bo's hand paused on Lauren's shoulder as she was stuck in her thoughts, which slowly roused Lauren. A few moments later she turned towards Bo with a groan, her eyes slowly blinking open, still clouded with sleep.
"Hi" she said, nuzzling into Bo's neck.
"Hi love. Sorry for waking you" she said with an apologetic smile, placing a kiss on the top of her head.
"'t' fine, missed you" the blonde mumbled, placing a sloppy kiss on the succubus's neck.
"I missed you too babe, but you can just go back to sleep, we'll talk tomorrow." She said, starting to rub comforting circles on the small of the blonde's back.
"'m fine," she insisted, though her eyelids were already fluttering shut again, "Ebony is just driving me crazy about turning her Fae again."
"I know she does love, and I know you can do it, but right now you need to get some sleep."
"'m fine" she persisted, burying impossibly deeper into Bo's neck. "Dagny is gonna need to eat soon, I fed her…" The rest of her sentence was unintelligible as her breath evened back out and she relaxed in Bo's arms.
Bo watched her sleeping wife, enjoying the sighs she emitted every few minutes, and her random mumbles of Bo and Dagny's names. She let herself enjoy her favorite nighttime entertainment for a little while longer before her own exhaustion washed over her and she joined to doctor in her slumber.