"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 '𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠' 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞."
𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐯
I smile and hold up my gloves as I let her hit them as hard as she can. I chuckle when she nearly falls on her butt but I feel my chest warm with pride at how it doesn't deter her.
Little breaths leave her tiny lips as she continues hitting the boxing mitts the way I showed her. She's so smart, just like her mother.
"That's my girl" I smile, pick her small body up in my arms and stand to my full height.
"That tickles, Daddy" She giggles and gazes up at me with her big beautiful mismatched eyes when I smother her little face in kisses
Ariadne and I named our daughter Verena Alessia Romano. The name Verena means to fear, to respect.
We decided it was fitting since she came out of the womb with her eyebrows furrowed and her hands balled into little fists.
I knew then, she would be a force to reckon with.
Ariadne came up with the idea to name her after my mother and that's how Verena got her middle name.
I fell in love with Ariadne all over again when I watched her belly grow with our baby and when I watched her bring our daughter into the world.
I somehow fell even more in love with my wife when she came up with the idea to name her after my mother.
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