Challenge [303]: History Repeats Itself

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Challenge: [303] History Repeats Itself
Title: Lux
Word Count: 363
Notes: I’m a sucker for this kind of thing and I just couldn't resist. I’m only slightly sorry. Sorikai.
(ps. Hi! It's been way too long!)

Kairi pats her belly, fondly, and waits. She’ll be bright, their little Lux, bright and fierce and sure, and Kairi has dreams of little girls with keyblades too big for them, but personalities even bigger. She’ll be beautiful, their Luxanna, no matter whose hair and eyes and height she inherits, she will be beautiful, and happy, and loved. Sora likes to hum against the swell of her belly, laughing in delight when she twists and turns and kicks, answering, “Here I am, Daddy!” to her father’s songs. Riku will put one large palm where their daughter rests and lie in silence, a small smile curved across his lips, and there’s never been anything more beautiful than her family in this bed

Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on

Riku gets up every hour to make sure she’s still breathing. Kairi thinks it’s sweet, in a sort of morbid way, except that he keeps waking her up when he gets out of bed. Sora hasn't even stirred. She leaves the comforting warmth of their shared mattress to follow him to their daughter’s room and stands in the doorway. He’s leaning over the crib, a finger against her face to feel her exhaling. “Go ahead,” he says, quietly. “Laugh at me.”

“I wouldn't dream of it.” Kairi thinks of babies not breathing in the middle of the night, of sickness, of accidents, of darkness with sharp claws and witches with seductive grins. She thinks of all the things that could reach out and steal their little girl away.

“I just want her to be okay.”

Me too, she thinks, but what she says is, “She will be.”

Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all.

A little girl is playing on the beach, collecting shells while her parents talk. She holds one up, smiling, even as her red hair blows into her face and calls out for them to look. “Nice one, Lux!” her daddy answers, and she triumphantly drops it into her bucket. The three adults farther up on the banks lie back on the sand, hand in hand.

Above them, something flashes across the sky.

Nothing's like before

Comments

[eternal-moonie.livejournal.com]

AWESOME drabble! Absolutely loved it! Welcome back!

[manyissuesali.livejournal.com]

Awww thank you so much! I know that second gen isn't everyone's cup of tea and is generally very poorly received in fandoms but with this prompt I really couldn't resist! As a future neonatal/pediatric nurse, I just can't seem to get kids out of my mind.

[06seconds-left.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Is it just me or does this thing have an underlying tone of spooky to it? It's delicious btw. Well done.

[wishingdreamer5.livejournal.com]

I wish there was more to this. It's been a while since I've read something written by you, but it's great to see you're not rusty or anything.

[spoke.livejournal.com]

*peeks* Congrats on the win! It is very lovely. :)