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You woke up to the sound of your crib bars being pulled down and the sight of your Papa’s smiling face. This wasn’t unusual as your Daddy and Papa often rotated between who would wake you up and who would get your brothers up. What was unusual was the silence that greeted you when you and your Papa went downstairs. There were no sounds of your brothers watching cartoons or the sight of your Daddy making breakfast on the stove or putting coffee on the pot. In fact, as you thought about it as your Papa strapped you into your highchair and went to go make breakfast; there seemed to be no sounds that you heard upstairs either.
You watched as your Papa only got one bowl out for the oatmeal and only one plate for his toast and jam. Where were your brothers? Where was your Daddy? You watched as your Papa put two pieces of toast in the toaster seeming calm as he stirred the oatmeal adding in a little bit more milk before scooping it into a bowl and topping it with a scoop of brown sugar just as his toast popped. He left your oatmeal to cool a bit as he took his toast, topping it with jam and pouring himself a cup of coffee before coming to the table with his breakfast first setting it on the table before he went to grab yours and a sippy cup half way full with orange juice.
He scooped up some oatmeal blowing on it first before bringing it to your mouth frowning when you whined and turned away. “Come on Princess. Don’t fuss with me, I know you like oatmeal. You have it nearly every morning”, he spoke to you as he stared at you sensing what the unease was about and a little bit sad that it was happening.
It was his idea for you and him to have a day to yourself while Severus took Harry and Draco out for a day. He sensed that you were bonding much closer with Severus than him which was fine but wasn’t fine was the slight scaredness and unsureness that seemed to always be in your eyes when you were alone with him and the way that you seemed to unconsciously shift closer to Severus when he was near you. He wanted to fix that so he proposed that you and him have a day alone together so he could bond with you better.
He sighed as he placed the spoon back in the bowl looking at you deciding to address the issue at present; “Your Daddy is out today and so are your brothers. They are going to have a fun day together while you and me get to have a special Papa and Baby Day!”, he said making his voice sound excited to help reassure you.
You stared at him for a second digesting this as up to this point your Daddy and brothers were always around so it was a little unnerving to just be alone with your Papa and the house be so silent. Your Papa continued to speak; “I figured we could go to the playground after breakfast”, he said smiling as he saw your eyes light up a bit as he knew how much you loved the playground.
You seemed to be in a bit better spirits now opening your mouth to allow your Papa to feed you breakfast and then silently sucking on your juice while he quickly ate his and then cleaned up from breakfast.
Once everything was cleaned up; your Papa took you out of your highchair taking you upstairs to clean your nappy quickly before he took you downstairs and sat you on the bench to help you get your shoes and coat on.
Soon you were in the car buckled safely in your car seat giggling at the silly faces your Papa was making in the mirror at you before you stared out the window enjoying watching the world pass by until you reached the parking lot of the playground.
Your Papa easily got you out of the car and you excitedly pointed to the swings; “Swings Papa?” you asked him. He smiled and nodded “Yes, we can do the swings, but you have to sit in the baby one. You’re too little for the other one.” You grumbled at that statement but didn’t fight him as he securely placed you in the baby swing helping your legs through the leg holes in the swing. Soon you were giggling and laughing as he pushed you on the swing: “Higher Papa! Higher!”, you squealed as he pushed you higher and higher until he started to slow the swing down; covering you in kisses once the swing came to a complete stop.
After the swings; your Papa and you raced down the double slides and then you went on the big slide giggling when your Papa caught you on the end and scooped you up into his arms. When he noticed that you were rubbing your eyes during your sandcastle building in the sand box, he declared it was time to take you home for a nap managing to put a halt to your whining and tears when he promised ice cream after your nap and lunch.
When Lucius finally managed to get you tucked into your crib; you had kept on sitting up and protesting the nap until he reminded you of the ice cream; he crept slowly to the door leaving it open just a crack as his phone dinged signaling a text. He checked his phone seeing it was from Severus asking if everything was good alongside a photo of Draco and Harry grinning ear to ear at the National Quidditch Museum. He quickly texted back that everything was fine and that it was a bit of a rough start at first but that you had cheered up considerably at the playground; sending a picture of you giggling madly as you slid down the slide at the playground. He then slid his phone back into his pocket heading downstairs to get lunch started for the both of you.
He decided to make one of your favorites: Grilled cheese cut into triangles and tomato soup with goldfish crackers floating on top. Just as he finished toasting the grilled cheeses; making a half sandwich for you and a whole for him; he heard you shifting in your crib on the baby monitor signaling that you were slowly waking up from your nap.
He put the soup on simmer and quickly washed his hands before he went upstairs smiling at the sight of you sleepily rubbing your eyes before your eyes lit up at the sight of him instantly reaching your hands up to be picked up by him as he pulled your crib bars down. He slipped a finger into the back of your nappy causing you to blush as he discovered that you were indeed wet. He quickly changed you into a fresh nappy before bringing you downstairs for lunch where your eyes brightened at the sight of one of your favorites.
He set you in your highchair putting a sippy cup of water on your plate and a bowl of blueberries to munch on while he dished out the hot food. He put the grilled cheese for you now cut into quarter triangles on the table as well as a small bowl of soup which he fed to you himself as he did not want soup all over the table. He ate his food in between feeding you and then used a wash cloth to wipe off your face ignoring your whines as he did so.
You hummed softly kicking your feet slipping into a even younger headspace as Lucius cleaned up the kitchen which he seemed to realize when he turned around to the sight of your wide eyes and you sucking innocently on your two fingers. He wasn’t deterred though as he had experience with infant you beforehand and he easily pulled your fingers out of your mouth slipping in a pacifier clipping it to your shirt in case you spit it out so you wouldn’t lose it
. He knew infant you would still enjoy some ice cream, so he kept his promise helping you to get your coat and shoes on once again before he took you out to the car and buckled you in your car seat as you innocently sucked on your pacifier. It was a short drive to the local ice cream parlor and he easily took you out of the car placing you on his hip as he carried you inside.
Your eyes widened and your pacifier fell out of your mouth with the clip saving it from falling to the floor as the sweet scent of ice cream and sugar hit you and you saw all of the flavors you could get. Your Papa decided to order you a small scoop of strawberry ice cream with rainbow sprinkles on top as he knew that was one of your favorites and you weren’t really in the state of mind to tell him what you wanted. He got himself a scoop of brownie fudge ice cream for himself and then settled the both of you into a small corner booth; quickly catching your hand as it strayed towards the sweet treat.
He alternated between feeding you small bites of the cold treat and scooping up some of his own until you were shivering sightly from the coldness of the ice cream and somehow still managed to get ice cream all over yourself. He quickly used a napkin to wipe off your face as his phone dinged and he looked down to see a text from Severus confirming that he and the boys would be home for dinner, and he could pick something up on his way home. Lucius quickly sent a ‘Okay, sounds good’ text back as he picked up a increasingly squirming you sensing that another nappy change was needed. Once Lucius changed you in the bathroom – thank goodness for family bathrooms; he buckled you into the car to take you to the final stop for today.
The car soon pulled into the parking lot of a local park with a duck pond in the middle that he hoped you would enjoy. He even had some breadcrumbs packed into your diaper bag if you wanted to feed the ducks.
You were silent as he carried you through the park towards the duck pond wondering where you were until your Papa found a bench close to the pond turning you around on his lap so you could see the ducks. “Duckies Papa!”, you squealed startling him a bit as he thought you were still in your non verbal state. He hummed in agreement barely containing you from jumping out of his arms to go into the pond with the ducks. “Do you want to feed them, Princess?”, he asked you pulling out the bag of crumbs he packed. You instantly nodded so he got up and grabbing ahold of your hand so you wouldn’t take off walked with you till you were on the edge of the pond.
You giggled as you grabbed some bread crumbs watching your Papa first as he demonstrated how to feed them before you did it yourself marveling at how fast the ducks ate the bread and giggling at all the quacks they made. Once the bread was all gone; you were content to just stand there staring at all of the ducks and even trying to see if there were fishes in the water.
Lucius phone dinged showing that Severus and the boys were on their way home and would be home shortly so he figured it was time to take you home as well. You whined a bit when your Papa told you it was time to go home with promises that you could come back soon and you stared at the ducks as your Papa carried you away from them to take you back home for dinner.
When you got home and were carried inside; you were greeted with the excited greetings of your brothers as they hadn’t seen you all day. Harry ran up to hug you while Draco hung back but there was excitement on his face as well.
This must mean Daddy is home too you thought as you turned and spotted him the kitchen taking off running towards him before Lucius could stop you. “Daddy!”, you squealed launching yourself against him startling Severus who let out a surprised “oof” as he easily picked you up. “Hi baby”, he greeted you pressing a kiss to your forehead. “Did you have a nice day with your Papa?”, he asked you as he helped to buckle you into your high chair for dinner time. “Mhm! We went to the playground and we got ice cream too! And we saw duckies! Lots of duckies!”, you chattered on excitedly about your day making both of your Daddies hearts swell with how cute you were.
Soon Draco and Harry chimed in too about their day and all of the cool brooms and exhibits they saw at the museum as Lucius helped Severus to plate the food, he had brought home which turned out to be a roast chicken meal. Your Daddies both got plates of chicken still on the bone with a side of mashed potatoes and carrots while your brothers and you got plates of chicken that had already been cut up and checked for bones with a smaller portion of mashed potatoes and baby carrots. When Severus went to sit down besides you; you quickly spoke up: “Papa feed me?”, you asked shyly making Lucius feel like his heart might burst as he traded places with Severus happily helping you to eat your dinner while he ate his in between.
Later that night when you and your brothers had been put to bed and the house was settling into a sleepy slumber; your Daddies sat on the couch in silence drinking wine and reflecting until Severus broke the silence. “It seems like the day was successful then.”, he said as he took a sip. “It was. It was a bit rough in the morning but I think she was just startled by the change. She had so much fun at the playground though and you should have seen her with the ducks, Severus. She was so mesmerized by them. How was your day with the boys?”, Lucius said in response to Severus. “It was good. You know the boys always enjoy going to that museum. We only had one small incident where Harry accidentally wet his pull up which always causes tears but besides that it was good”, Severus responded.
They were silent for a few moments sipping wine and just enjoying the company of each other until Lucius broke the silence: “We really are lucky, aren’t we?”. Severus hummed in agreement and leaned over to kiss his husband: “Yes we really are”. They sat there for a moment longer feeling happy and content after a full day with their littles before they decided to clean up and head to bed looking forward to the next fun filled days ahead.