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Adora dreaded the day. Catra regularly ragged her for it, but she couldn't understand. Not until she had her own child... until they had their own child. Watching it grow from a little seed in Adora's womb (because they'd already decided if they were going to have any more children, Adora would carry them. Catra hated the idea of being pregnant, and Adora was fine with that), to expanding her belly to an almost impossible size, being born and watching the baby grow from a screaming scrawny chicken into a little human.
She'd missed two and a half months of Violet's life anyway and regularly berated herself over it. But when Violet hit her eighth month of life, a little over three months after the whole... comatose incident, Adora knew she was her own person. She'd caught the little red/blonde-headed baby balancing herself on Adora's bed or chair on several occasions. The blonde, stupidly, told herself she was seeing things.
But it was only when Catra left to help rebuild Salineas, did Adora finally realise the truth.
Her little girl was growing up.
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One morning, Adora was outside the bedroom watching the sunrise. Violet had been up a lot of the night, singing to herself, so she didn’t sleep much. The red/blonde-headed baby was crawling around in the room, playing with some toys while Adora tried to wake up over a cup of tea. She'd removed anything even remotely dangerous. But as she sat there, she heard unsteady footsteps. At first, she thought Melog had risen as well, having stayed behind with Adora and Violet. The space cat had taken an instant liking to the baby, even curling up with her in her crib at night. Melog was very much not a morning person. Melog would stumble around like a drunk person until at least eleven am. But no. The space cat was still asleep on the ground, belly displayed to the ceiling. When Adora turned in curiosity, she found her baby girl toddling, slightly wobbly, towards her, arms outstretched. “Hey! There you go! Come on Vi! Come on!” She cheered. Violet babbled happily as she stumbled the final few steps. Adora dropped to her knees, sweeping her up into a tight hug. "Look at you! My big girl!" She grinned, balancing Vi on her hip. She babbled to herself, leaning out of Adora's grasp.
Adora put her on the ground, helping her steady herself. She jogged ahead into the room again, holding out her hands. "Come on, Vi! Come see, mommy!" She wiggled her fingers with a grin, dropping to a crouch. Violet hummed to herself, turning to look at the sun. Adora rolled her eyes, tapping the ground. "Hey!" She whistled. "Mom's here! Not out there!" She teased. Violet turned back, laughing to herself.
For the second time that day, she walked.