Emma's big blue eyes shot open in the dark of her large room. She layed perfectly still as her eyes adjusted ot the darkness and it started to swallow up the room. Frightened, she ducked under her covers, stuffed duck in hand, hoping to stay away from the darkness and its clutches. Suddenly, she realized that she needed to go to the bathroom, and bad!
She whimpered as she clutched her duck tightly to her chest and ran across the hallway to where her parents slept, knowing that one of them would be brave enough to take her to the bathroom. Once she got to their room she went straight to her Papa. He's always up when she needs him, but not this time around. No matter how many times she tugged and pulled at his pajama pants, he would not budge. She then proceeded to go to her Dad, who she knew would be useless but would decide to give him a try anyway.
As she tugged and pulled at his shirt and pants, her efforts were useless and all she wanted to do was go to the bathroom. Then, as she stood at the foot of the bed, she felt a warm liquid rush down her legs and the fabric of her pajama pants stick to her thighs. She let out a howling cry and hugged her stuffed duck closer to her chest. That got both of her parents' attention.
Steve shot up out of bed to see his little girl crying and her pajama bottoms wet. He gestured with his hands for her to come to him. Tony groaned and rolled over onto his side.
"Did you have an accident Emma?" Steve looked into her eyes with sympathy, this had been happening for a week now and she was running out of clean pajama bottoms.
"Y-yes..." Emma sniffled and looked down at her feet, embarrassed of herself. "Am I in trouble?" She asked in the softest, sweetest voice.
"No, you are not in trouble sweetheart. Let's just get you cleaned up and back to bed." Steve held her hand as he led her to the bathroom.
"Can I sleep with you and Daddy?"
"Yes baby you can."
After cleaning up Emma and wiping up the carpet a bit, he brought Emma back to the bed he shared with Tony and placed her in between himself and his husband.
"Goodnight Papa I love you."
"I love you too baby girl." Steve kissed his tiny pride and joy on her head and drifted off to sleep.
