by deafeningnerdcat on tumblr
It had been a rough day, and your body was aching all over. Someone had hired you to get something of theirs back from someone else, and you had succeeded.
You had come home to a nice cooked meal from your boyfriend Peter, who had cooked for everyone else on the ship. You were sound asleep in your bed, Peter's arm wrapped around your waist when you heard Groot crying.
You grumbled in your sleep, trying to wake Peter up to go check on him, but you just couldn't wake him, or he was pretending to sleep. You mumbled under your breath, as you threw Peter's arm off your waist, and got out of bed.
Groot had woken up crying two nights in a row, and other than you and Gamora had gotten up to see to him. As you left the room, you saw Gamora heading to where Groot was.
"It's OK. I've got it." You commented, as you let out a small yawn. Gamora nodded, and headed back into the room she had just left. You ran your fingers through your long hair, and walked into the main room.
Groot was sitting on the edge of the couch, tears running down his cheeks, and you could feel your heart break a little. He must have had one of his nightmares again. He lifted his head, and lifted his arms up.
You smiled down at him, and walked over to the couch, sitting down and picked him up, and sat him down on your lap so that he was facing you.
"Did you have a scary dream again?" you asked, and he slowly nodded his head. You reached over and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Do you want me to stay with you until you fall asleep?" you asked, and he nodded his head. You smiled down at him, and laid down on the couch as you cradled him in your arms.
"I am Groot." Groot whispered as he cuddled into your arm. You smiled down at him and nodded your head. Rocket had taken the time to teach you how to understand Groot, and you were grateful for it.
"Alright then, any specific song?" You asked, and he shook his head, as he closed his eyes. You nodded your head and started to softly sing Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac. It had been a song that Peter had introduced her to and she had fallen in love with it from the first word.
You looked down at Groot and couldn't help but smile. You had been with Peter since the beginning, and when you first met Rocket and Groot, you had gotten on well with Groot, even if Rocket had to translate most of the time.
You heard someone walking towards the room and you looked up and saw Peter standing in the doorway. You smiled up at him and then looked down at Groot and saw that he was asleep. You gently placed Groot back down on the couch, and once you were sure that he wouldn't wake up, you got up off the couch, and walked over to him, wrapping your arms around his waist and snuggling into his chest.
You looked over to Groot and couldn't help but think how cute he was sleeping there. Peter grabbed your hand and the two of you headed back to the sleeping quarters.
"You're really good with him you know?" Peter commented, as he sat down on the end of the bed, and ran his hands over his face and glanced up at you and couldn't help but smile at how beautiful you were.
He reached over, grabbed you by the waist and pulled you over to him so that you were sitting on his lap. You wrapped your arms around his neck and planted a soft kiss on his lips.
"He's like a normal human child. My sister back home had a son. I helped her out when her husband was working." You explained, as you reached up and brushed a piece of hair from out of his eyes, and reached forward and kissed the top of his head.
"Would you ever consider having kids one day?" he asked, and you were a little taken back about the question. You had never really thought about having kids, especially with the type of work that you and Peter did. Now that you thought about it, you would love to have kids one day, but when you were both ready to give their work up.
"Maybe one day, but for the time, we have a Groot to raise." You commented with a small smile as you reached forwards and kissed his lips once more.
"Let's get back into bed, we have an early start tomorrow morning." You explained, as you yawned. Peter nodded his head, as you got off him, and jumped into your side of the bed. When you were all snuggled in, you felt Peters arm around you, and you couldn't help but smile.
Life was just perfect.
