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“Carm, the house is fine.” Laura said exasperatedly. Carmilla had been fawning over her and Carter all morning. “You were here this morning.” Laura continued.
“It’s been a couple hours though. Better safe than sorry, just wait here.” Carmilla said, pulling the keys from the ignition and climbing out of the car.
Laura rolled her eyes as she watched her girlfriend skulk towards the front door and unlock it.
Five minutes later, Carmilla returned to the car, opening the blonde’s door for her, before unbuckling Carter from the back seat.
“Coast was clear?” Laura teased.
Carmilla ignored her, handing her Carter and grabbing the bag in the trunk.
Carmilla had held Carter for hours until she grew hungry and needed to hand her over to Laura. After her feeding, she practically had to beat Carmilla off with a stick to have some of her own time with their daughter.
Carmilla led them into the house and unpacked the bag as Laura took Carter to her new room.
Opening the door, Laura cooed, “Look how pretty your room is, Mommy did it all by herself.”
“So I’m Mommy?” Carmilla’s voice husked out from the hallway. Her voice had a slight tremor to it, her eyes holding more than just joy, worry swam with it.
Laura nodded, “Yes.”
Carmilla’s lips quirked up into a smile, the lines in her forehead smoothing out. Laura knew it was something the brunette had never been expected to be told.
Laura looked down at Carter in her arms, she was asleep cradled in the crook of her arm. “I guess you’ll see your new room when you wake up.”
Carmilla watched from her spot in the doorframe as Laura laid Carter down for her first nap in the house. She felt like if she were to enter the room, that she would shatter the moment into shards of glass, proving that this all was in fact a dream and she would wake in the coffin choking on a past lover's blood with a heart torn to shreds from the lack of care.
Laura looked up from the crib, “What’s wrong?”
Carmilla shook her head, “Nothing.” It was certainly not nothing; it was anything but nothing.
Laura raised a brow, giving her a knowing look. “I think we deserve a nap of our own, don’t you think?”
Carmilla smiled, nodding her head. “Anything you want.”
Laura held out her hand, “Come on, let’s go to bed.”
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Crawling into bed, Laura leaned her head back on Carmilla’s chest. If it weren’t for her shallow breathing, Laura would think she was asleep. “You’re going to be a great mom. I know you’re worried, but I’m not. I just know you’re going to be amazing. Since when has my gut ever been wrong anyways?”
“Almost every single time.” Carmilla breathed.
Laura shook her head, “Not this time.”
Carmilla stayed silent, her hand stroking Laura’s hair as she stared up at the ceiling. In a few hours time Carter would wake and their real parenting would begin. Carmilla would give it her all.