[Ficlet ~ PG] Paternal Instinct

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Title: Paternal Instinct
Length: Ficlet
Continuity: Nonsensical Nuances
Pairing: 1xR
Prompt: None
Teaser: How did Relena come out of that nursery smelling like baby powder while he ended up covered in toxic waste?
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5141105/31/

Disclaimer: GW = not mine.

Author's Note: Bonus, bitches. xD Cuz that's the way I roll.

Nonsensical Nuances
by mistress amethyst une

Paternal Instinct

Heero stumbled to the refrigerator at five in the morning. Covered in spit-up and smelling of soiled diapers, he would not have been opposed to calling himself a broken man. Flinging the fridge door open, he grabbed the milk and poured it into his coffee, downing the brew with no regard for any burns his mouth and throat might sustain. Caffeine was a godsend, and he would need it to survive the day.

Such was the price he paid for knowing Relena had at least been spared the previous night's horrors. His noise cancelling headphones had fit snugly over her ears as she dozed on the couch. After her long day's work, Heero thought she deserved a reprieve. Knowing she wasn't going to give herself one, he had taken what he decided was the best course of action. He could only hope she wouldn't resent his high-handedness later.

Their infant daughter had given them both their share of sleepless nights but Relena's maternal instinct had always trumped Heero's heightened sense of perception. Without fail, she would somehow manage to get out of bed before him, spending the better part of the wee morning hours rocking the child's crying into silence.

Not that he hadn't tried taking over that responsibility.

He'd follow Relena to the nursery, asking to hold the baby so she could go back to sleep. But whenever his daughter went from his wife's arms to his, it always ended with horrific wailing.

It was obvious the kid had a preference and, last night, it couldn't have been made any more clear. How did Relena come out of that nursery smelling like baby powder while he ended up covered in toxic waste?

He didn't hear his wife make her way into the kitchen. She was positively radiant. Despite still wearing the previous day's work clothes, she looked immaculate compared to him.

"Tough night?" she asked, placing a sympathetic hand on his shoulder.

He nodded, still focusing all his strength on keeping his eyes open before the coffee kicked in. Shrugging, she took the coffee pot from the countertop, pouring herself a cup. Setting it down, she went to the fridge.

"Guess we're out of milk," she declared.

Heero gave her a befuddled look. "The milk's right here."

"Huh?"

Looking at what he was referring to, her eyes widened and the faint beginnings of a blush began to color her cheeks at the sight of a glass milk bottle next to the coffee pot.

"Heero, our milk comes in cartons. That's- Well, that's- I bought a breast pump last week."
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Don't kill me. Again, I have no idea where this came from.

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Eep, double post