I can try to help

What should I do?

 AN: This will be an MDLG fic, English is my first language so I don't have an excuse. 

**Carina's POV** 

I just got home from work, it was a day that I didn't think would ever end. I lost a mother and baby, they could have been saved if they had come in earlier.

Hopefully Maya would come home early. She said she would come home at 8:30 and it's-  8:47.

Why is she late? I told her at the begining to tell me if she's going to be late, I check my phone for texts. Nope nothing there.

 I don't usually text her because if she's out on a call she won't be able to text back, and that makes me more worried.

**Ten minutes of worrying later**

I need to text her. 

C- "You ok?"

No response, it's ok she's probably just out on a long call. I'll just wait on the couch until she gets home.

I sit there for 20 minutes trying my best not to worry, it's not working well.

I hear the door unlock, "Maya! Please, text me next time!" she walks through the door.

Something looks off about her, but I ignore that. I'm mad.

She finally looks up from the floor

"sorry..." 

"Seriously!? That's all you have to say, sorry? I was worried, Maya, you need to text!"

I'm yelling at this point.

"I know Carina..i'm sorry" 

"It's ok, just text next time."

"I'm sorry"

For the first time since she got home, I notice that her voice doesn't sound right.

"Maya, It's ok I just wanted you to remember next time."

"I'm sorry"

Maya doesn't seem ok. She finally meets my eyes and I see that she's crying.

"Oh.. Maya, what happened?"

I quickly go over and hug her. It's not helping much, she's just sobbing. What do I do? 

This has happened before but she has always been able to tell me what's wrong. 

**1234567** 

Ok, she has been crying for close to two hours now.

I've tried everything, from talking to her, a cold shower, just holding her, leaving her alone.

I don't know what to do anymore, she is still sobbing. I've even tried google... I've been avoiding doing one of the things I saw on google.

Why not try it, I pick her up, put her on my hip, and bounce her around.

Surprisingly, she starts to calm down. I honestly didn't think that would help.

Since she's finally starting to calm down, I bring the both of us to the bedroom. I just keep bouncing her around until she falls asleep. 

I lay us down and realise she has her bracelet in her mouth, which does not seem like a good idea. I try to take it out and she just whimpers, so I take her hand and gently pull it to her mouth.

She immediately starts sucking on her thumb, which is the sweetest thing I have ever seen.

"Ti amo bambina mia" I whisper into the night.

**End of this chapter**

AN: Hey, I'm Alex I hope you end up liking this story. I have horrible motivation so comments help, if you can't it's ok. 

The translation for "Ti amo bambina mia" is "I love you baby girl"

I am using google translate for the Italian so I apologise for any mistakes.

For the purposes of this story and my sanity I am not including anything about covid19, I need escapism.

Have a nice day!

IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: I am finished writing this story but I have more chapters. This is a cross-post from Ao3,  if people are interested in the story I will post more.