C-sections are awful and scary, Remus had decided. But he muscled through it, and it resulted in bringing his baby girl into the world. His eyes pricked with tears as her cries filled the room. He nodded eagerly, with Astrid’s consent he hurried to the table where she was getting prepped. She was so beautiful, dark fuzz on her head and fat clenched fists; she was the most amazing thing he had ever seen.
The nurse in charge of cleaning up the babe glanced up when she felt Remus hovering near by and promptly finished up her job by swaddling the still simpering infant. She offered her up to Remus.
"Do you want to take her to Mommy?" She asked. _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
Remus wordlessly nodded, carefully accepting the babe. She felt weightless in his arms, he took each step with such deliberate movements to avoid tripping, all while not looking away from her. When he reached Astrid’s side, he showed her to Astrid.
“She’s perfect.” He sniffed. “Ten fingers, ten toes. Your mom said it was important to to check.”
Astrid lit up and her eyes bubbled up with giddy tears all over again.
"Our baby girl... she's so beautiful, Remus. She's so perfect." She managed with a little wobbly laugh. "She's for sure got them all? Her fingers and toes? You double checked?" She asked, playful and at the same time very serious. _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
“I couldn’t have done it if you weren’t there to take care of us. Thank you, Remus. Thank you for taking good care of us and for helping me make her.” Astrid cooed.
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It wasn’t very long after Astrid and Remus’s sweet babe was born that the new little family was moved back into their previous suite. Astrid finally got the chance to hold the baby and couldn’t help but cry giddily all over again as she double checked Remus’s work and counted fingers and toes, traced her face, and took in the sweet scent of her little.
Once she was all settled and composed again, she looked to Remus.
“Will you go get my mom and dad from the waiting room?” She asked him. _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
Remus nodded, not really wanting to leave his new baby’s side he hurried down to the waiting area. Valentina was sitting, hands folded together as her elbows braced onto her knees which were anxiously bouncing.
Remus gave a little wave as he appeared around the corner.
“Everything went great, they’re settled and ready for visitors.” Remus announced to his respective in laws.
“They are?” Rundin asked, though he was already on his feet, eager to see both his daughter and new granddaughter. He couldn’t help but smile himself when he saw the way Remus exuded his own paternal joy. _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
Valentina nearly mowed her husband and Remus down in passing, she hurried into the room and was almost immediately in tears.
“Oh my god, look at you.” Valentina crooned as she approached the bedside. “I remember when you were this little.” She commented as she admired the babe tearfully.
“Isn’t she just the cutest little thing? She looks just like Remus, minus any hair.” Astrid grinned up at Valentina, adjusting the babe for a better look.
Rundin followed in after his wife shortly after and lit up as soon as he laid eyes on the little bundle in Astrid’s arms.
“Oh, my love, look at her.” He beamed. _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
It had been a few months since Remus and Astrid brought their baby girl, little Lucita, into the world and while they were still certainly getting the hang of things, there wasn't a single moment that Astrid wanted to change.
The first handful of weeks after bringing Lu home, things were chaotic and magical all at once. Remus, thanks to his coworkers, was able to get paternity leave so Astrid didn't have to navigate having a newborn all on her own, and she loved watching him with their daughter every day.
Watching Remus be soft and tender with little Lucita made Astrid's heart swell. He had been so worried at first about hurting or or being a good dad, but it was almost laughable to Astrid how he could have been so flustered when he was an absolute natural. He spoke softly to her, had the gentlest of touch, and he certainly made her feel loved and happy if her elated giggles whenever she saw him was any indication. More than just a good dad to Lucita, he was a good partner to Astrid too.
He was always keen on making sure all of her needs were met before his own even. Even though he worked late, he still did his fair share of taking care of Lu whenever she woke up at night so Astrid could sleep, he often tried to make time to draw Astrid a bath with the promise he'd watch the baby while she took time for herself, and he always, without fail, spoke words of adoration to her and made her feel so very loved. She especially felt giddy with affection after Lucita finally settled into sleep and Remus, falling asleep himself, would still sleepily be telling Astrid how much he loved her and Lucita.
And she always made sure to tell him how much she loved him too, because she absolutely did, with all of her heart.
Though their love and devotion surely helped, it took more than that to keep the family afloat and Remus had not too long ago returned to work after having his paternity leave. It was another little obstacle they had to learn, but they eventually sorted out a kind of schedule which mostly consisted of Remus going to work in the evening, Valentina and sometimes Mishka and Mihai coming over to help for awhile after he left, then, after everyone left for the night, staying up with little baby Lucita as she grew fussier and fussier with sleep, but remained even more desperate than fussy to see Remus before she settled down for the night, which was where they were currently at in the schedule.
Astrid had just fed Lucita, as she was still feeding heavily through the night and had the rolls to prove it. She had been content while eating, but now that her belly was full and she was sleepier than before, she was becoming fussy in her waiting. There had only been a handful of weeks after Remus returned to work that Lucita slept while Remus was at work, but at some point she had gotten on her parents schedule and fought sleep every minute until Remus was home and she got to see him. Even as little as she was, Astrid joked, she was a proper daddy's girl.
Lucita was laying between Astrid's legs, propped up by the nursing pillow, and was grunting angrily while Astrid tried to soothe her to sleep by rubbing at her stomach.
"Papa will be home so soon, Lu. Don't cry." She shushed with a sympathetic expression on her face. _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
Fatherhood had been absolute bliss for Remus so far. He of course was worried about hurting her, she was so tiny; the tiniest thing he’d ever seen (at the time of birth anyways). Given how his parents were with him and his siblings it was a fear too that he would inherently be cruel or malicious to the babe. But it had been just the opposite, there wasn’t a more pleasant feeling that falling asleep on the couch with Lu’s face pressed against his cheek. As much as he loved Astrid, he loved Lucita just a hair more.
He worked a lot after his paternity leave was up, he wanted to try and make more money to try to secure a more financially stable future for his little family. But it was hard being away from his girls, and he nearly sprinted home in the wee hours of the morning to try and get home to them that much faster. Tonight was no different, slightly out of breath as he tried to creep in quietly so not to wake them if they were sleeping. He kicked off his shoes at the entrance and shrugged off his jacket, draping it over the arm of the couch in passing as he tried to hurry, quietly, to the bedroom.
Lu’s little fussy whines could be heard outside the door, Remus poked his head in and feigned a smile. Happy to be home but it was always hard to hear his baby cry.
“Hey,” Remus greeted in a hushed whisper as he padded over and eased onto the mattress. “What are you still doing awake my beautiful girl?” Remus cooed before kissing Astrid on the forehead, then reaching down to cradle Lucita to him.
Lucita's simpering almost stopped immediately and turned to pleased little chirps as Remus reached down to hold her. She seemingly recognized her father's voice and touch even though Astrid was fairly certain that she was still too little to have good enough sight to recognize his visage.
"Hey," Astrid greeted back, smiling as Remus took Lucita into his grasp. "Oh, you know how she is. She's been struggling to stay awake until you got home like always. I have a feeling she'll be out like a light soon enough." She laughed a little as she reached up to touch at Remus's face, pushing some hair from his forehead. "How was work?" _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
“Slow up until the end, fight broke out at last call but a couple of the other guys let me go and were handling it.” Remus explained. “Has she been good? Besides not sleeping?” Remus asked.
"Mm." Astrid smiled and bobbed her head, leaning back and settling back into her previous perch, her back pressed against the headboard of the bed. She reached to put the nursing pillow down on the floor beside the bed and then smoothed out the bed spread idly. "Mom was here earlier so I got to eat and shower. She left you some stew in the fridge just in case you came home hungry. She left, so I gave Lu a bath and tried to wind down with her in here, feed her, the whole bit, but, you know, sometimes she is just difficult for the sake of being difficult." Astrid joked (though, really, she has no idea).
Just as Astrid had predicted earlier, Lucinda gave a sleepy squeak as she stretched and settled into Remus's arms, eyes drifting contentedly shut. Astrid gave a playful little scoff at her suddenly sleepy babe. _________________ Butts n' butts n' butts n' butts.
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