He stops, words no longer necessary but caught in his throat nonetheless: she's smiling. Baby Beth is smiling and he thinks -- thinks -- it's intentional and the best damn part of all is she's smiling at him. Their little aijou is smiling at the guy who never wanted kids till she came along and damn. Damn.
"Hey, look at you. Look at you, little girl. Beth, look at her."
Beth's already looking, and hell, she's smiling too: what else is there to do?
Just laugh.
When Beth was pregnant, he'd catch her sometimes when her eyes were just a little too bright but he figured shit, hormones, I'm not going to mention it to her; if she needs me I'm right here and she's real good at finding me. But it's a rarity for him to be the one with the lump in his throat, blinking madly. Sure, they say in the books that a baby can genuinely smile somewhere between six and eight weeks, but this is the first one he's really seen from her.
"Look at you, little sweetheart. Beth, look how beautiful she is when she smiles."
Hell, anyone listening would think he had something to do with it.
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He stops, words no longer necessary but caught in his throat nonetheless: she's smiling. Baby Beth is smiling and he thinks -- thinks -- it's intentional and the best damn part of all is she's smiling at him. Their little aijou is smiling at the guy who never wanted kids till she came along and damn. Damn.
"Hey, look at you. Look at you, little girl. Beth, look at her."
Beth's already looking, and hell, she's smiling too: what else is there to do?
Just laugh.
When Beth was pregnant, he'd catch her sometimes when her eyes were just a little too bright but he figured shit, hormones, I'm not going to mention it to her; if she needs me I'm right here and she's real good at finding me. But it's a rarity for him to be the one with the lump in his throat, blinking madly. Sure, they say in the books that a baby can genuinely smile somewhere between six and eight weeks, but this is the first one he's really seen from her.
"Look at you, little sweetheart. Beth, look how beautiful she is when she smiles."
Hell, anyone listening would think he had something to do with it.