After a few days in the hospital, I am so BEYOND ready to go home. The best part besides my husband's tender loving care is that we are getting to take our daughter home. Our beautiful, amazing little flower. Currently we are getting ready to go home, Joe insisted on making sure mine and Violet's stuff was packed, I've just fed and burped her, put on a clean diaper, and am now dressing her up in the cutest little onesie: a yellow and pale purple with ladybugs on it and a matching headband. Violet makes cooing noises as I talk to her:
"Aw look at you princess! The most beautiful little flower. Guess what?" I pause a moment as if she will answer me back, my husband looking on the scene fondly and I smile at him before continuing, "Daddy and I are taking you to our home! Oh, you'll love it! And I owe my life to our house---." I start tearing up, luckily Violet is ready, and Joe takes her from me and puts her in her little carrier, making sure she is secure, a blanket layed over her and takes me in his arms. "I-I...sorry, got emotional."
"Don't be sorry Tommy, I know why you did....and I feel the same way love." Here I feel my husband gently tilt my chin up, so I am looking in his sapphire eyes. "I don't know where I'd be without you Tom, fate brought us together in the most unusual of ways, but I wouldn't trade you and your love and now our daughter for anything...now lets get the both of you home. And Tommy? I love your ladybug."
"I love you too Angel." I whisper, as he kisses me taking his time before helping me in a wheelchair and grabbing the bags, and Violet...somehow managing me and our daughter and all causing me to remark, "Damn love, you're like super-man!" Joe smirks but his eyes are soft, but soon enough, I find myself in the back seat of our car, with violet who is nice and secure and cooing at her father and I and so we are off, bound for home...
"Doing all right back their Tom?" I catch my husband's eyes in the mirror.
"I'm doing fine, still sore but I am ok. Violet is doing wonderful...still cooing away, moving her little legs. She only seems to cry when its time to eat or she needs to be changed. She's got your lungs for sure for those times!" I laugh softly, stroking Violet's little cheek while she grabs one of my fingers, her tiny, tiny hand so very warm.
"Glad to hear my love...and hey! You love my lungs..." Joe trails off suggestively and I shake my head smirking.
"Hmm...I do, but give me a bit to recover before baby no.2 huh?"
"Your wish is my command, Tom." My husband says, as we carefully continue our way home. Violet never goes to sleep during the drive her eyes focused solely on me. Upon arrival home, Joe helps me out and Violet, I hold her in my arms carefully as he helps us to the door and upon entering, I breathe contentedly. Joe quickly gathers the bags and joins Violet and I. "She'll probably need a nap here before long if she doesn't already, maybe we should giver her a tour first before putting her down?"
"She doesn't seem ready to nap quite yet. So, tour it is!" I agreed before adding, "Maybe the garden first love." My husband smiles gently before kissing me as carefully I hold our daughter and we make our way to the garden and sit down on a bench amongst my favorite flowers, talking to our daughter along the way who seems to be taking everything in. "Her Joe you want to hold her?"
"I'd love to." Joe carefully takes Violet from me, her making little cooing noises. "Hello flower...what do you think of our garden hmm?" He pauses a moment as if she will answer. "I think you will be happy here; you seem to be such a happy little baby already."
"She is. It's so peaceful here. Ya, know I wonder if that dream, I had will come true, the one where I was pregnant with our second child." I muse, gently running a hand along Violet's wispy hair on her head.
"I know it will Tom. I know it will." Joe turns to me, being mindful of our daughter and smiles. We stay for a bit, Violet is starting to get fussy as if fighting sleep..., "Someone is clearly sleepy, but seems as if wants to see more of the house." I agree as we make our way inside and give Violet a 'tour' of the house and by the time we reach her nursery she's fallen fast asleep.
"Asleep by the time we reach the nursery.... she's had a big day today." I lean over to kiss my husband and my daughter's little forehead as I carefully take her from Joe and place her in her crib, making sure she is safe and nice and snug in her little crib. I feel those arms I know so well slide around my waist, as I lean back into my husband's embrace.
"She has love. Now speaking of big days, perhaps you too Tom should get some rest."
"But what if she needs me?" I murmur, I feel my self-turned and looking into my husband's sapphire eyes.
"Tommy, she will be fine I promise. You need to rest too my love."
"Only if you join me." I smile gently.
"Of course." Joe smiles back gently kissing me, before we then make sure Violet is ok. She's fisting her little blanket, i mean talk about adorable! Baby monitors are everywhere in our house including our bedroom, where upon reaching I start to strip down to my t-shirt and boxers then wince a little as I am still a bit sore." Here I got you Tom." Joe helps me, his touches gentle and soon I am in bed laying on my husband's chest, feeling his heartbeat.
"Joe?"
"Hmm?" Joe answers, running his fingers thru my hair.
"I love you so much darling...and now our little flower is home. I ask my self every day 'how did I get so lucky?' but as you've often said it was fate, this all was meant to be: me, you, and our daughter." I state quietly, fighting the urge to yawn, to sleep.
"I could not agree more ladybug. Now I can tell you are fighting sleep Tommy. Sleep my love, it's ok. Our daughter is ok. And I love you very much." Gently my face is tilted up so Joe can kiss me and then a moment later...I feel myself drifting off.
I will never forget my first homecoming with Violet. Our first child, first daughter.... such a precious memory, time of life...course since then we've gone on to have 3 more children, but that is for another time.
A/N: Violet Rose Elliot is home now, and so is Tommy. Next chapter will be the part 2 to this and then some time-skips after that. Much love to all!
YOU ARE READING
A Leppard's Kiss of Fate: A Def Leppard/Kiss Romance
RomanceSummary: Fate has a funny way of playing out.... What if you were in a relationship, a very abusive one with your partner and then they finally and completely abandon you, leaving you BROKEN in all ways? For that is what happens to one Tommy Thayer...
