𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 • 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

worries

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Your heart raced as you watched Mason fall to the ground with his hands in his head from the beating he had just taken on the field.

The doctors rushed over to Mason as Rasmus pointed to his head, and you knew at that moment that it could be something serious.

Annie also saw everything, and when she got up from your lap to look at her father lying in the field, you saw perfectly the tears forming in her eyes.

"Is Daddy okay?" she asked and you held her, pulling her against you as you watched the doctors attend to Mason. He stood up, but you almost cursed when you saw the amount of blood running down his head. Annie saw it too, and that's why she started crying when she realized her daddy was hurt.

"Hey, babe, why are you crying?" you asked and she sobbed, so you hugged her. Annie put her head on your neck and cried, and you almost cried with her because of her sadness at seeing Mason hurt. "Daddy will be fine, you don't have to cry."

"But there's blood in his head mommy" she sobbed again and her heart sank. Mason was walking off the field with his hand on his head, and you could see the blood even from afar. "Daddy is in pain."

"C'mon, let's go see if daddy is fine" you took Annie in your arms and said goodbye to those who were there in the cabin watching the game, heading towards the infirmary. Annie was still crying into your neck and hugging you, and you were rubbing her back to calm her down. "Breathe, babe, you don't need to worry, okay?"

You managed to speak to one of the Manchester United doctors and he took you to the room where they took Mason. Annie let go of you and ran to Mason when she saw him, and Mason smiled when he saw his little girl crying, even though he was still full of blood.

"Wait, Annie, daddy is dirty" Mason said as she reached him, but just the same he bent down and left a kiss on her cheek. "Why are you crying? Did you get hurt?"

Annie sobbed and held Mason's hand, looking at him so sadly that Mason stared at you not knowing why she was upset. You walked over, and the doctor entered the room at the same time with some equipment to check Mason's injury.

"Daddy got hurt, there's a lot of blood and I'm sad because I don't want to see you sad" she murmured and Mason smiled, wiping away the tears that were still streaming down her face.

"You don't have to cry. Daddy is not crying, see?" you walked over to look at Mason's head and almost cursed when you saw the cut, moving away when the doctor said he would need some stitches. You picked Annie up and stroked her back, she was still crying a little from seeing her daddy hurt.

"Does it hurt a lot?" you asked and Mason nodded, but he stood up and left a kiss on your cheek as if he wasn't even in pain. "We'll wait for you outside to go home."

"He'll be fine, it was superficial but needs some stitches" the doctor said and you nodded, and he looked at Annie who hadn't smiled in minutes, and she was the smileiest child you had ever seen. "Your daddy will be fine baby Annie, but you need to take care of him, okay? Do you promise you will do this?"

"Yeah" she murmured and you smiled, then you left the medical room and sat with Annie on a bench in the hallway, where some people were passing by as the game was almost over.

Annie was inconsolable sitting on your lap, and she didn't even want to eat anything or let go of you. Forty minutes later Mason came out of the room with clean hair and stitches all over his head. Annie lit up when she saw him approaching, and her heart warmed when she saw how much she loved Mason.

"Hello kitten, you're feeling better?" Mason crouched down to her height and rested his hand on your leg, leaning in to rest his nose on Annie's cheek, who just smiled at the tickling. "I see a smile."

"You good?" you asked and Mason smiled at you, giving you a light kiss on the lips before getting up.

"I'm good, babe, let's go home."

Mason is probably more frustrated by the loss than the head injury. He will spend days ruminating on what he could have done better in the game, and it will be hard to convince him that this is not just a team and that everyone needs to work hard to win.

You had to drive home because Mason was getting drowsy from the pain medication they gave him. Annie asked every five minutes if he was okay, worried and wanting to know if her father needed anything.

"Annie, I'm fine, babe" Mason replied when she asked for the fourth time once you guys got home. "C'mere, give daddy a hug to take away the pain."

Mason held Annie in his arms and she snuggled into him, laying her head on his neck like she had done since she was a baby. You still feel like she's your baby, but bigger and smarter. Mason sat on the couch and Annie didn't want to let go of him at all, still sad. Sometimes she looked at the stitches on Mason's head, and it was funny to see her petting him to help the pain go away.

"Do you want to eat something?" you asked him but Mason denied, yawning and almost falling asleep on the couch with Annie stuck to him. "Annie, shall we let Daddy go to sleep?"

"But I need to take care of him mom, he can't be alone" you and Mason let out a laugh, but you sat down next to them on the couch and pulled Annie towards you.

"He needs to sleep now to get better, love" Mason came closer and put his arm around your neck, leaving a kiss in your hair while you looked at Annie still suspicious.

Annie agreed and you went with Mason to the bedroom, and when he lay down he complained of a headache because of the blow, but the prescribed medicines were to alleviate the pain he was feeling.

You and Annie had dinner together, you gave her a bath, and you watched cartoons for a while until she started yawning. Most of the time it's Mason who puts her to sleep and she missed her daddy that day because Mason always knew how to tell fun stories and make her feel safe enough to fall asleep quickly.

"Will daddy play with me tomorrow?" she asked softly, almost asleep as you stroked her hair.

"Of course, love. Tomorrow he'll be fine."

You left the room as soon as she fell asleep and quietly entered your and Mason's room, but he was already waking up when you entered. Mason was on his stomach and smiled sleepily as you approached him and laid down on the bed. He lifted his arm and you lay next to him feeling the warmth of him and the blankets.

You ran your hands over his back the same way you do with Annie and moved in to kiss him. Mason closed his eyes and enjoyed the affection.

"Does it still hurt?"

"It's much better now, just a bit of a headache" he spoke in a hoarse voice. Mason likes to whine when he's sick and in pain, and Annie is just like him. They like it when others do everything for them. "She was worried, did you manage to get her to sleep?"

"She's still worried, I've never seen her like this" you turned to face Mason, staring at him. "She curled up a little to sleep, but she was tired."

"I'm much better at getting her to sleep, I win at that."

"You know this isn't a competition, right?" you rolled your eyes and Mason laughed. "At least she knows I dress her up much better, makeup and hair."

"She was traumatized when I did her makeup."

"She said she looked like Sid from Ice Age" you laughed out loud when you remembered Annie crying because Mason did her hair and makeup and she felt ugly. "I will never forget this."

"Poor thing, it wasn't on purpose" Mason laughed, and it was something you always laughed about when you remembered it.

"And yet she loves you, she cried so much when she saw you lying in the pitch."

"My little girl, I didn't want to make her sad" Mason snuggled closer to you because he couldn't put the bruise on the pillow. "I love you darling, both of you."

"We love you too."