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“You have crazy bedhead just like your daddy.” Leon laughed as he picked up their daughter from her crib. Her black hair was all over the place.
“Is she up? I’m about to head out and I’m not sure what time I get out today.” Chris said as he walked down the hall that lead to his daughter's nursery.
He smiled when he walked into the nursery and saw Leon getting Scout out of her crib.
“Good morning sweet girl. Did you sleep well?” Chris said as he went to grab their daughter from Leon.
The baby was still out of it a little since it was 5:40am and she normally didn’t wake up till 7:00 o’clock, but when Chris or Leon went in before then, they always liked to see their baby before they left.
Scout rested her head in the nook of her dad's neck and began to fall back to sleep. Chris frowned and rubbed her back.
“Daddy has to go to work sweetheart, but I’ll be home later.” Chris kissed Scout’s head and then carefully passed her back to Leon.
“I wish I had today off too.” Chris sighed. “I promise to call you when she's up and in a good mood so you can see her.” Leon smiled before he leaned over to kiss his husband.
“Okay, I gotta go. I’ll see you when I get home. I love you.” Chris went in for another kiss and then went to grab his things.
“Be safe and let me know if they send you out.” Leon waved Chris off as he walked out the door and left.
“Dada…” Scout whined. Looking up at her dad with very sleepy eyes. “I know baby, we’re gonna go back to sleep in the big bed for a little longer.” Leon smiled as he rocked his daughter to keep her in a daze.
It was at 7:30 when Leon was abruptly woken up by the sound of a sneeze. Leon’s eyes went wide as he realized his daughter had just sneezed all over his face and didn’t care. Scout only looked at her dad and laughed.
“Well good morning to you, you little snot rocket.” Leon gave a fake smiled and whipped his daughter's germs off of his face before sitting up and sitting her in front of him on the bed.
“Okay, let’s change your diaper, and then we can brush our teeth and make breakfast. Does that sound like a plan?”
Scout leaned forward and laughed. Leon booped her nose before grabbing a diaper and whips. Scout hated being changed in the morning so Leon was quick to get her changed and back into her pajamas.
Once Scout was back in her pj’s, Leon walked to the bathroom and sat Scout on the bathroom counter.
“Here, brush your teeth.” Leon handed Scout a small toothbrush that just had water on it. Scout's version of brushing her teeth was just chewing on the bristles, but she enjoyed it.
After they both finished brushing their teeth, Leon put Scout's messy bead head up in a little ponytail before putting her down to crawl on the floor so that they could ‘race’ to the kitchen.
Scout won, obviously.
“You wanna call your dad and see what he’s up to?” Leon smiled at Scout as he sat her down in her highchair and leaned his phone against the fruit bowl on the table so that they could FaceTimed Chris.
He picked up after only two rings, so Leon knew he wasn’t busy.
“You caught me at the perfect timing. My meeting was canceled so I have nothing to do till after lunch.” Chris said to Leon when he answered his FaceTime call.
“Scout and I are about to have breakfast and she’s in a really good mood so I thought now was a good time to call,” Leon told Chris. Chris could hear pots and pans clinging in the background and the sound of the fridge opening and closing.
“There is my favorite little girl! How did you and daddy sleep?” Chris asked Scout. Though she only knew one word, she babbled all the time so they still liked to talk to her. She did know a lot of sign language though. With Chris having served in the Air Force and Leon being a private agent, it’s something they wanted her to learn at an early age.
“We slept well after you left, up until she sneezed all over my face and laughed after.” Chris heard Leon say off-screen.
Right before Chris could say something, he saw his office door open. “Hey, I have that file you-oh sorry, are you on the phone?”
“No, you’re good,” Chris told his sister, gesturing for her to come in and sit. “Hi, Claire!” Leon called out.
“Is that Scout?” Claire asked after she heard it was Leon who was on the phone. “Unless she magically learned how to talk since I left and she sounds like Leon, then no.” Chris joked.
“Let me see her!” Claire exclaimed as she went to go stand behind Chris. “There is my favorite stinker!” Scout smiled at Claire and waved. “Here, bite,” Leon told Scout as walked over to her with scrambled eggs.
“Careful, she has a new tooth coming in and she will bite you.” Just as Chris warned his husband, he saw him quickly pull his hand back.
“Did she bite you?” Both Chris and Claire laughed. Leon didn’t respond but only chuckled.
“Hey, Claire. Can you ask Sherry if she can drop some papers off in my office? I got an email from Hunnigan this morning saying she has some papers for me.” Leon asked his sister-in-law.
“She’s in a meeting right now, but I’ll text her and ask her,” Claire answered. “Anyways, I have to run. I was just supposed to drop these files off and then go help Berry with something,” Claire said as she moved from behind Chris to standing next to him.
“Bye stinker.” Claire smiled and waved off Scout.
Scout smiled at Claire and waved at her. “Bye, guys. Let me know if you need any more files, Chris,” Claire said as she waved off her brothers and left the room.
“Hey, they're sending me out next Thursday through Monday. I have to attend this banquet thing, it’s on Sunday so you and Scout can come and we can just hang out Friday and Saturday.” Chris smiled as Scout talked back to him. She was a little chatterbox.
“The one in Florida, right?” Leon looked back at Scout and saw she was signing juice so Leon went to grab her a drink to keep her happy.
“Yea-wait, how did you know?” Chris questioned, this was the first time he was telling Leon about this, he himself had only found out that morning.
Leon smiled at Chris before walking away aging to finish up making breakfast.
“I have to go to, they need a DSO representative. Sherry has a field assignment and Helena went to the last one so I’m going to this one. Although we work with BSAA, we’re still considered as just DSO agents so one of us has to go.”
“Are those the papers you were talking about?” Chris chuckled. Leon didn’t say anything, just gave a mischievous look when he walked back into the frame holding two bowls.
“You got it, baby?” Leon asked Scout as he gave her a spoon so she can eat her oatmeal. Scout looked at her dad and smiled before taking the spoon so she could eat.
Leon and Chris talked some more about Florida and making plans since it would be Scout's first ‘beach vacation’ before they had to end their call.
After Scout and Leon finished up their breakfast and did the dishes, they did some activity and cleaning before Leon put Scout down for her first nap of the day.
He was able to get almost all the house chores done and was able to shower and read some emails in peace before Scout woke up from her afternoon nap.
They did some more playing before Leon thought it would be nice to go and see Chris and get some lunch together.
“Hey stinker, you wanna go see dada at work?” Leon asked Scout. They were currently doing a puzzle on the floor.
Scout smiled and clapped her hands, Leon chuckled at her reaction and kissed her head before standing up.
“Okay, c’mon little miss. Let’s get you dressed so we can go see daddy.” Leon picked up Scout and threw her up in the air. She shrieked with a wide smile on her face.
Leon went to go pick out a plain white romper and two blue bows for his daughter before taking her to his bathroom to get her ready.
He sat Scout on the bathroom counter and kissed her cheek before getting together everything he needed to do her hair. As Leon started brushing Scouts hair, he practiced some signs with her, working on words she hadn’t been signing lately.
“Can you show daddy silent?” Leon asked his daughter as he started working on her pigtails. She looked at him through the mirror and showed him how to sign silent.
“Good girl! Now can you do understand?” Again, Scout showed her daddy the sign before looking at him.
“You are so smart, baby! One more then we’ll get you dressed. Show daddy commander.” Commander was one of the words Scout struggled with so Leon helped her when she saw her getting frustrated.
He signed the word for her and then watched her give it another try. “There you go.” Leon smiled and kissed her cheek which made her shriek with happiness.
“All done and you look so pretty! Let’s go get you some shoes and then we can leave.”
Leon grabbed Scout a pair of shoes and then put her in her car seat and walked out the door. As the pair walked outside, the mailman just so happened to be there, so Leon took the mail and quickly glanced through it before he saw something that caught his eye.
He smiled and then put the other letters in the mailbox before finally getting in the car with Scout.
Scout ‘talked’ to Leon the whole 35 minute drive and she also danced to almost all the songs on the radio and held her dad's hand for half of the drive.
“Here, you hold.” Leon took Scout out of her car seat and handed her his work ID and keycard to he could grab her diaper bag.
Once Scout realized where she was she pointed at the building and smiled and yelled dada.
Leon chuckled and closed the car door before taking his ID and keycard back from Scout before walking into his work building. After Scout's diaper bag was checked, the two were able to head up the elevator to the third floor where Chris’ office was.
“We’re gonna go see your dad, we’re gonna go see your dad!” Leon chanted as he walked out of the elevator and down the halls while bouncing Scout in his arms.
“Hey, Agent Redfield! What are you doing here on your off day and who is that pretty girl you have with you.” Leon looked back to see Piers coming from behind him.
“Piers, for the last time. It’s Leon, you’re my daughter’s godfather for god sake.” Leon laughed, “We’re here to see her dad and to take him out for lunch. Is he in his office?”
“Yes sir, I think he’s just signing some papers right now,” Piers said. He smiled when Scout reached out to grab his hand so she could play with him.
“Hi, little lady. Did you come to see your dad?” Piers asked Scout. Scout smiled and looked down the hallway. Even though she was a baby, she knew this building pretty darn well.
“Well, I’ve got to run. I’ll see you later Agen—I mean Leon. I’ll see you later pretty girl.” Piers squished Scout's cheeks and waved them both off.
Both Scout and Leon waved Piers off before continuing their walk down the hall. Scout kept saying ‘dada’ as they got closer to the office.
She signed open once they were only one door down, Leon laughed before opening the door.
Chris smiled as he saw Leon walk in with their daughter. Scout's green eyes look at her other dad.
“There is my sweet baby girl! You look so pretty!” Chris said excitedly. Scout started bouncing in Leon’s arms and reaching out for Chris while she chanted ‘dada’. He happily took the baby before kissing his husband.
“What good thing did I do to get this special visit on your day off?” Chris asked as he sat at the edge of his desk with Scout on his knee.
“Scout and I wanted to know if you would like to go to lunch with us and something came in the mail today and I couldn’t wait for you to get home to show you.” Leon smiled as he pulled out a manilla envelope from their baby’s diaper bag.
Chris opened the envelope and read the paper that was inside it. It was their baby’s birth certificate. Chris looked up at Leon with a smile.
“She is officially Scout Morgan Redfield.” Leon smiled. They had adopted Scout when she was just 2 weeks old, now she was 9 months. After debating on hyphenating her last name, Leon had finally convinced Chris to just have Redfield as her last name.
“Are you sure it’s okay that we didn’t hyphenate her last name like yours?” Chris asked Leon as he put the papers away.
Leon smiled and walked over to Chris and stood in front of him. “Yes. I want her to have your last name. If I could have just your last name I would, but hyphenating it makes work easier.” Leon leaned in to kiss his husband.
“Come on, let’s go get lunch to celebrate Scout having your last name.”