"She's so tiny," Rachel whispers, stretching out her finger. Ava latches onto it with her impossibly tiny little hand.
"She looks like you," Finn whispers.
They're both squeezed onto Rachel's hospital bed, Ava in her little bed beside them.
"She doesn't have my nose, though, thank God," Rachel laughs.
"I love your nose," Finn murmurs.
Rachel takes his hand. "Well, thanks, babe."
"Anytime," he whispers.
"We're actually parents now," she says, disbelief coloring her tone. "This is all so surreal."
Ava coos, and Finn smiles. "She's perfect, isn't she?"
"She really is," Rachel agrees. "How did we get so lucky?"
He's wondering the exact same thing.
The cries come in through the static of the baby monitor. Rachel groans, sitting up.
"I'll get her," Finn says.
"You sure?" Rachel mutters, but Finn notices her eyes are already fluttering closed.
He kisses her on the forehead. "Go back to sleep, Rach."
He makes his way into the nursery, Ava's cries getting louder and louder. "Hey, hey," he says quietly as he reaches her crib. "What's wrong, baby girl?" He picks her up, cradling her head, and sits down in the rocking chair Rachel's Grandma Berry got them at her baby shower.
Her cries soften as he rocks back and forth. "Did you just want daddy?" he asks quietly, smiling down at his little girl. He still can't believe that he helped create a little person, half him and half Rachel. He's certain she's the most adorable, perfect baby that ever was.
"I love you, Ava Bear," he says quietly. "I know that you don't understand any of this now, but I'm here to help you learn. You're my little girl, and no matter what, I'm gonna be here for you, protecting you from whatever might try and hurt you, okay – whether that's mean girls on the playground or the dog up the street or boys – which you are never to date under any circumstances. Ever."
He hears a soft giggle and looks up to see Rachel watching him, leaning against the doorframe. He smiles.
"And that, over there, would be your beautiful mommy," Finn says, glancing back down at his daughter. "One day I'll tell you our story, full of ups and downs and everything in between. I met your mommy when I was fifteen years old, and nothing's been the same since." He looks up at Rachel. Her eyes are a little misty. "She changed my life, for the better. She's the reason I have you."
Rachel crosses the room, puts both hands on his shoulders, and kisses him full on the mouth.
"What was that for?" he asks after she breaks away.
"For being so good with her. And for being so good with me."
He grins.
"Look, she's asleep," Rachel breathes.
He looks down, and, sure enough, their daughter is sleeping peacefully in his arms.
"Have I told you lately that I love you?" he asks, smiling at his wife.
She smiles back. "You can always tell me one more time."
So he does.
THE END
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FanficHe nods, and he feels like she's walking in slow motion as she brushes past him, heading to the bathroom. They're only twenty-five and they've been married for a year so how are they going to handle a baby? SEQUEL TO DAMAGED BECAUSE OF YOU
