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“So we have a kid…”
Elle smiles, gently rocking the sleeping baby Henry as she watches Emily carrying JJ inside. JJ is tired, has been since they brought Henry home from the hospital, but she knows they’ll be fine.
“We have a kid.”
Emily agrees, smiling when JJ stirs slightly, then wakes to look at Elle with their son.
“Motherhood suits you…”
Three words and JJ’s smile are enough that Elle laughs softly, cradling the sleeping baby closer and stroking his soft cheek.
“Look who’s talking…”
Elle had come home when Emily rang her to help with a very pregnant JJ, but now she knows it was more than that. Emily may have been the one to call but JJ had wanted her home, wanted someone she could trust with her son.
“Welcome home Henry…”
The words are so soft that JJ melts a little, watching Elle set the baby back in his crib and carefully tuck him in. Elle’s new role as Henry’s caretaker puts her at ease in a way JJ hasn’t seen since before the Fisher King. She fits their home, fits into their life and JJ has to admit she can’t help loving Elle with Henry, even when she’s not sure why things feel so right. Emily, she knows, is also more comfortable now, when it’s not just both of them in the field with Henry at home with nobody but a babysitter. Love had bloomed late, when JJ was near to giving birth, but JJ knew Elle also treasured Emily now, finding peace in talking things over with Emily and taking care of JJ or Henry’s needs.