The Nursery Nurse ONE SHOTS! - Relationships!

Wintumn - Your Beauty Never Ever Scared Me

A/N: This is along one!

Winter POV

I was training Lydia today, the new staff apprentice, and whilst going through the motions of our day I noticed she was never really following through with things I had asked her to do. Thinking maybe my instructions weren't clear enough, I rephrased things for her, several, several times. As the day continued, I was so bloody frustrated with her that I just had to talk to someone, so I went to my love, Autumn's, office to share my frustrations, and she said she'd handle things. 

As I was leaving for the day, Lydia stopped me in the parking lot. 

"Oi!" She shouts at me.

"Oh, Hello. I haven't seen you since you had your meeting with Autumn." I say to her, noticing a rather annoying head bob she was doing as she was standing there listening and talking.

"That's because I wasn't allowed back in the room!" She shouts at me, "She let me go!"

"Sounds about right." I just loved how my love handled things with such poise and strength, I really had an amazing woman.

"She FIRED me because of YOU!" 

"Fees like a bit of a leap, but please, tell me how so."

"You went and snitched on me to her about not doing any work."

I looked at her dumbfounded, as her ridiculous head kept bobbling around like a bobblehead. "If you, yourself admit you weren't doing any work, then you didn't lose your job because of ME. You lost it because of you."

"I wouldn't have if you hadn't run to her like a little rat!" Her voice grows louder each time she speaks

"Snitch and a rat," I roll my eyes, "You watch a lot of prison shows?"

"I do actually, so I know what happens to snitches." As she says this she socks me right in the arm.

"The hell are you doing!"

"I'm angry because you got me fired," she continues punching me, alternating between my chest and my arms. I'm not overly phased, as she clearly can't punch very hard, but the pure shock of her actions has left me dumbfounded. Her punches continue.

"Oh. Okay. That's gonna leave a mark." Her blows continue. "You blistering idiot, get off me!"

"Make me! What are you gonna do anyway?!" She says, as she continues, now both arms swinging, hitting me repeatedly. I'm so distracted by this poor display of aggression I don't see my love walking up behind her as she's assaulting me. In a swift move, Lydia topples to the ground, faceplanting the cement. 

I look up and see my love, Autumn, looking at her on the ground, beautiful as ever, with a slight smirk on her dark cherry lips. She looks up at me, "Did she hurt you, my love?"

"Uh, no, no I'm fine."

"Are you sure? I can check over you?" She offers, her usual cold tone gone, and her sweet tone like music to my ears, she's only ever like this with. Soft, and gentle. Demure. I just stare at her for a brief moment, taking in her exquisite beauty. I don't know what I did to deserve this woman. Of all the people in the world, Autumn Knight chose me. A poorly, awkward English man who doesn't deserve such a goddess. 

"No, no it's fine."

"Okay, let's go home." She says to me, a gentle smile across her face. I've been thinking for some time that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, and while I know large-scale sentiments are not her thing, I figured there was no better moment than when she stood up for me, sharing her love for me with her amazing strength and protection.