Sweet Nothing
°. *࿐In which Annabelle Reyes reunites with the father of her child... oh and she can also control metal.
"yeah okay spiderman'' " I'd say I'm more of a Batman" "Ugh whatever Captain America" "That doesn't even make sense"
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prologue
...Stalingrad, Russia, 1989
(italics is Russian)
"Have a good day Mrs. Petrov!" A young Natalia Reyes said to a customer. Today had been a long and exhausting day working in her father's diner, with many customers and deliveries to make.
"Hey, you okay Lia? You look sick" Her father asked her, looking her up and down.
"What's that down your leg? is that blood? What happened to your stomach?" He exclaimed.
Overwhelmed with all the questions, Natalia lost her breath for a second. She looked down at her stomach and it seemed to have grown. Feeling a striking pain in her abdomen, she let out a loud shriek as she doubled over in pain, clutching her now clearly pregnant stomach. But that was absurd. Pregnant? She wasn't pregnant five minutes ago so how could she become pregnant within that time? But her father couldn't worry about that just yet, he needed to make sure his daughter was going to be ok.
"Laynia, call an ambulance, and get me a towel!" He ordered one of his workers.
Noticing the ambulance could have taken a while, he laid Natalia down on one of the benches in the diner. He grabbed the rag from Laynia and wiped the sweat from his daughter's forehead. Her breathing quickened as she felt even more pain in her stomach. She continued to scream as she went into labor. None of this made sense to Natalia, Maybe this baby was a gift sent from god! She couldn't conceive anyway, she and her husband Pieter Ivanov had tried many times but it never seemed to work. It was a miracle, Natalia didn't even want to question it she was just astonished that she was finally pregnant.
"Just breathe Lia." Her father told her as he stroked the hair out of her eyes.
She couldn't help but push. This baby was forcing itself out whether she liked it or not.
"That's it! push, it's coming!" Laynia told the screaming girl.
Suddenly her screams stopped, as the baby was wrapped into a blanket.
"It's a girl!" Her father said holding the baby out to his daughter.
Tears streamed down Natalia's face as she nuzzled the child into the warmth of her arms. It was a beautiful little girl.
"What will you name it love?"
"Annabelle," She said catching her breath. Delivering a baby was tough work, men have no idea.
...1 DAY LATER
Eccentric Billionaire Reginald Hargreeves walked into the diner heading straight for the back towards the new mother.
