take me to church (emily prentiss)

4. nine

AN: hi guys! happy monday!

just letting you know there will be no update next week but i will be back the week after!

hope you guys enjoy <333

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"sometimes i wish that i could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time." - slipping through my fingers, abba

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"Baby, can you come here for a minute, please?" Liv called.

She was sat at the kitchen island, filling in any last forms for school Ziggy needed, like medical information and any allergies. She had already made a note of the surgeries he had last year and gave a quick warning that he did have a lot of scars on his torso, but to not ask him about them please.

"Yeah?" Ziggy came inside from the garden, Shadow and Stella on either side of him.

It was one of the rare days of the summer holidays where Mason wasn't here, so, Ziggy had to entertain himself today. Emily, Dave and JJ were on a case, and Lilah was busy at work while Evie was still away, and Nora and Colin were trying to finish the nursery and assemble the furniture so JJ had an easier time deciding where she wanted things when it was time to move everything in.

"So, I forgot to ask you a few weeks ago, but I'm just filling in your forms for school with all your contact information and stuff," Liv said. "And I wanted to ask you about changing your name."

"But I like Ziggy," he said, eyebrows furrowed. "I suit my name."

"Surname, bambino," Liv chuckled. "Your surname might be used at school. It'll be Ziggy Roberts you have to write on all your books and stuff. If you wanna change it to Bellerose, we can, and dad can push it through to be changed before school actually starts."

"Wait, I thought you changed my name when you adopted me?" Ziggy asked.

"No, I wanted you to make that decision when things weren't so traumatic," Liv said. "And then life got in the way and I forgot all about it until Em mentioned it a few weeks ago."

"I can change it to Bellerose?" Ziggy asked.

"If you want to, bambino," Liv said. "You are a Bellerose. Talia didn't give you that name, but we can. We will, if you want it."

"Really?" Ziggy said hopefully.

"Really," Liv smiled. "Wanna be Ziggy Bellerose?"

"More than anything!" Ziggy said, moving over to her side and tucking himself against her.

Liv wrapped her arms around him, kissing his forehead.

"Do I have a middle name?" Ziggy asked.

"No," Liv said. "You want one?"

"Can I get one?" Ziggy asked.

"If you want," Liv said. "What do you want it to be?"

"Oh, I don't know," Ziggy blinked. "I didn't think I could have one."

"Well, yeah, you can, but if it's something silly, you can wait until you're eighteen and get it changed yourself. I have no mom guilt that way," Liv teased.

Ziggy rolled his eyes fondly, but he looked like he was deep in thought.

"Oliver," he said. "Ziggy Oliver Bellerose. Then I have you and Lilah in my name, and my dad, 'cause I have his surname, too. All three are in there."