Young Love

5

When Justin and his daughter get back home from the mall, the little girl is tired, miserable and moody.

After shopping and eating ice-cream, the young man drove his mom back to her house and then took his baby girl home for a bath before bedtime.

"Dada I'm sleepy." Bella mumbles quietly, almost to herself but Justin manages to hear it over the light pattering of the rain on the window sill.

"Hold on baby, you gotta have a quick bath." Justin sighs, knowing that sentence is going to trigger something.

"No bath!" The four-year-old pouts, tears brimming her eyes, held back by her long eyelashes.

Her father sighs heavily and knows this is gonna be a long night seeing how grumpy and irritable she is, before he's even had a chance to bathe her.

"Yes baby. Then we can cuddle and watch a movie okay?" The sandy-haired man promises, knowing his daughter probably won't make it through the whole movie without falling asleep.

She reluctantly nods and Justin presses a small kiss to her warm forehead, noticing she has a slight temperature. Maybe that's why she's so cranky.

He lifts his baby girl into his arms and carries her up the stairs, down the hall and into the bathroom, grabbing a towel on the way.

Bella is gently placed on the toilet lid while her stressed father runs the water, letting the liquid hit the porcelain tub and being mindful of the temperature.

Justin then kneels down and carefully undresses his small girl who is so sleepy she needs the support of his shoulder to stand upright.

"Sweetheart try to stay awake just for now." He chuckles lowly at her, noticing that her eyelids are drooping and every so often, her body relaxes and then jerks back awake.

"Okay." The small brunette mumbles, opening her chocolate-eyes wider and then absentmindedly letting them droop again.

The young daddy places his little girl into the warm, soapy water but as soon as her skin touches the surface she decides she doesn't like it and immediately starts to cry, thrashing her legs around.

"Shhh. Princess I'll get you out in just a minute." Justin soothes, gently trailing a soft sponge over her small body to clean her up a bit.

He drapes some of the bubbles onto her little chin to cheer her up slightly, before washing all the soap off with a nearby jug filled with water and pulling her into his chest.

"There we are." Justin rubs her bare back comfortingly and she sniffles, settling down again. "That wasn't so bad, was it?"

The young man begins to dry his daughter off and slips her into her favourite fluffy onesie. Justin loves how clingy Bella gets towards him whenever she feels vulnerable. He thinks that will make it easier for him to ward off any boys in the future and protect his baby girl.

"Which movie do you wanna watch?" Bella's daddy asks, but peers over to see she is softly snoring in his arms, her chestnut hair splayed out across his chest.

He chuckles and brings her carefully downstairs, finding a DVD case and slotting 22 Jump Street into the player.

Justin lays his sleeping daughter across his chest so she can feel the calming rhythm of his heart and gently places a thick blanket over her, kissing the crown of her head.

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Short chapter but I think it's cute☺️✨
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