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“it’s time to get ready for bed sweet girl,” elle said softly, coming into jj’s nursery. the little was playing with her Sylvanian family figures. her treehouse was set up, campervan and BBQ.
“can i have five more minutes ma?” jj whined, looking up at elle with puppy eyes.
“you can have until your bath is ready but i want it all tidied up before your story - got it?”
jj nodded and smiled, “got it.”
elle went to run the bath. she liked it up to jj’s waist, full of bubbles and special baby wash to keep her darling’s skin soft. on top of that, she had to make sure her baby smelt so so scrumptious. she dropped her light up duck in there and got her shampoo and conditioner, strawberry scented, down from the shelf.
“jj!” she shouted from the bathroom.
“i comin!” jj replied. elle heard the patter of her feet across the hallway before she jumped into the bathroom. naked.
“baby, where are your clothes?” elle laughed.
“i put them in wash basket ma,” jj smiled. she was proud of herself.
“okay good girl. get in, it’s nice and warm for you,” elle said softly. she held out her hand to make sure her girl didn’t slip.
“ma?”
“yes princess?” elle was massaging the shampoo into jj’s scalp.
“i has question,” jj replied. she began to fiddle with the facecloth.
“what is it?”
“erm, why did you wan look afer me?” her question was quiet, nervous. it made elle furrow her eyebrows in confusion.
“why?”
“mhm.”
“because when i first saw it, you regressed, i knew that i was looking at a very sweet little girl who needed a whole lot of love. i wanted to try and give that to you,” elle replied.
“will you alway love me?”
“always, always, always,” elle mumbled and squeezed jj’s shoulders. she leaned down behind her girl and kissed her cheek.
it wasn’t long before elle was making up jj’s nighttime bottle. she’d set the girl on the mission of tidying up. elle was thinking about the bath time conversation, about how sad jj sounded and it broke her heart. jj needed all the love in the world, she deserved it.
“you done baby?” elle asked, coming into the nursery. jj sat in the middle of the floor, playing with her hands. her things were tidied up but she looked so, so sad.
“hey,” elle whispered, kneeling down beside jj. “what’s going on sweet heart?”
“i seep wif you?” she didn’t look up, didn’t even move.
“you can sleep with me, of course. do you want to talk about your feelings?” elle asked. jj shook her head and climbed to her feet. she grabbed her blanket and bunny before leaving her nursery silently. elle followed, her bottle, paci and a book in her hand.
jj was curled under the covers and elle quickly got into her pjs. her girl needed her, her evening tasks could wait.
“come here little one,” elle mumbled, opening her arms. jj shuffled over, resting her head on elle’s chest. elle held the bottle for her and jj held it with one hand whilst elle began reading her book.
elle didn’t know what was wrong, she didn’t need to know really. she just had to make sure that her girl knew she was there no matter what. elle ran her fingers through jj’s hair and kissed her head as she slept softly in her hold. she loved her little one endlessly and she would never stop.