Norminah One- Shots

Star-crossed Love IV

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How can one be happy with life when only hopelessness, tragedy and heartbreak follows them?

Well, it's simple really... they fake their deaths.
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4 years later
Knowles' Island

"I get ice cweam, ma?"

"Aniko, you can't have ice cream for breakfast."

"Gimme ice cweam now, or I tell mama you gimme canny fore bed."

The three year old ends his blackmail with a slam of his fist to the high chair before his blonde mother spins around in mock shock. The look elicits a string of giggles from the boy as his head falls back on the high chair and then she speaks again.

"You gone blackmail me for ice cream?"

"Yes, nie gimme ice cweam!"

"She can't whoop me, little boy and you're still not getting ice cream."

"Ma pwease!"

The two don't see the small woman standing in the doorway until she announces her presence.

"No ice cream for breakfast Papa."

"Otay, mornin' mama."

"Morning baby boy and no candy before bed anymore either Dinah."

"Yeah yeah, I know. Good morning wifey, I was wondering when you would come down."

As the taller woman speaks, the brunette picks their son up from the high chair and places kisses on both of their cheeks before leaning against the counter.

"My alarm didn't go off, but I felt you weren't in the bed and I couldn't go back to sleep."

The toddler immediately snuggles up to her when she speaks causing a coo to rumble in her chest.

"Can we keep him this age? He's so damn sweet and I'm not ready for him to become a little asshole like his siblings."

A deep chuckle reaches her ears and even after hearing it for over three years it still does things to her body. She thought she'd be used to this new voice by now and then she gets even more lost as her wife begins to speak in that smooth raspy tone.

"I don't know... Papa is already a little asshole. He's just sweet with you even though I'm the one who changed all his shitty diapers and makes sure he gets whatever he wants."

"Hey I not no ashhole!"

Normani quickly turns towards the taller woman in bewilderment. The fast move startles the child in her arms and he grips her shirt, she quickly apologizes seeing the fear on his face. Once he relaxes she starts to speak in a calm voice.

"You seem to always forget that I carried him for nine months and was in labor for 27 hours. I earned this connection, I see where our kids get their asshole tendencies from though."

"Baby, I didn't mean it like that. I'm sorry, it's just.. he's so mean to me when I don't give him what he wants. I hope his gift isn't something crazy because he'd set my ass on fire if he could."