The Photo Hut - Thursday

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Liz was feeling a little apprehensive about going back to work, she knew she could have given it another week or so but she wanted to start easing back into working and try working one morning a week to start with. She was also a little tired, so she was trying to take it easy for her first shift back since she was only going to work a few hours that morning and then she could head back upstairs for the rest of the day.

She was trying to stay focused on her work, at least trying to get started on the finance report but her thoughts did keep drifting upstairs so she wasn’t making much progress but it was a start at least.

[the Photo Hut is open!]

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[hashtag_chocobro]

My my my, how the tables had turned! Prompto wanted to make sure to give Liz some time to try an ease back into doing some stuff down at the PH again, but he also knew that it wasn't likely to be the most productive day. So he didn't need to feel bad about when he did eventually come down with Noctra and some food.

"Have no fear!" he announced. "Lunch is here!"

He grinned as he set the bag with some sandwiches and some neatly packed salads in containers on the counter. "Sandwiches," he clarified, and now that his other hand was free, he moved it to shift his support more effectively. "Not the baby."

You know, in case anyone was confused there.

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Liz’s expression lit up when she saw Prompto with Noctra, “hi,” she smiled warmly, “ooh these look great thank you,” her stomach started rumbling a little and she blushed slightly, “how has your morning been?” she asked as she got a bit distracted wiggling her fingers at Noctra.

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"Good," Prompto assured Liz, smiling faintly at the continued role-reversal, and maybe using her distraction in saying hello to Noctra with those wiggly fingers as a good opportunity to steal a quick peck of a kiss on Liz's forehead. "I think she was a little confused and disappointed when she realized she was stuck with me for a while, but I think I managed to convince her it wasn't so bad."

Almost as if on cue, Noctra started to whine and fuss a little in his arms and he chuckled, moving to pass her over to Liz.

"But she's clearly missed her mom."

He'd be offended, but, like, he could relate.

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Liz was grateful for the kiss and did feel bad when Noctra started to whine and fuss and she gently took her in her arms to try and soothe her, she looked apologetically over at Prompto.

“I didn’t think going back would be this hard, even for a few hours,” she admitted, “I didn’t get as much work done today as I thought I would,”

Admittedly she knew there was a real chance that was going to happen but she knew this was going to take time.

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"Hey, every little bit is still something, though, right?" Prompto offered encouragingly. "Baby steps aren't just for actual babies...especially since this one," he grinned a little as he went to playfully poke at a tiny little foot, "still has some time before she gets around to taking them."

Thank gods; maybe he'd actually be able to finally get some sleep in between now and when he'd probably be chasing her around everywhere once she got started with moving.

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Liz smiled at that, watching as Prompto poked Noctra’s foot, Noctra had settled a bit and she started gurgling.

“That’s true,” she agreed, “and I know it will be a few weeks before I go back to two days a week,”

Her smile grew fonder, “can you just imagine what her first baby steps will be like? How adorable that will be,”

Liz maybe wait until she started crawling first.

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"And then," Prompto said with a chuckle, "immediately afterwards, Gladio's already getting on her case about keeping up with morning runs, probably."

But at least the guy had gone a little easier on Prompto this month, all things considered.

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Liz’s smile widened, “yes she’ll be training and running around the island before we know it, next thing she’ll be hitting the gym as well,” she cooed softly down at Noctra, who was currently finding her hands very fascinating.

[hashtag_chocobro]

"I don't know how I'd feel, about my daughter being a gym rat," Prompto admitted with a smirk. "But I guess there could be worse things."

And he almost said something about how as long as it wasn't fishing, but then that would just make him sad. Even just thinking it kind of made him feel that way, a little, and so he just took a moment to focus, instead, on how they definitely had a while before they had to worry about that, and, for now, to just enjoy the fact that even something like Liz's hand was somehow the most interesting thing in the world to this amazing tiny little person.

"Hard to believe," he said softly, "it's been a month already, huh?"

Sure, sure, it had been a very long and exhausting month, but a month all the same.

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“Well we can wait on the gym,” Liz agreed with a fond smile.

She looked down at Noctra playing with her hands, “It’s been amazing watching her grow, the last month has just flown by,”

Even with the lack of sleep, everything was worth it being able to hold their daughter in her arms, “she’s perfect and amazing isn’t she?”

Noctra gurgled as if in agreement at that.

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"Yeah," said Prompto, taking in the sight of both of them, which he'd already seen a million times over in the past month, but it would never cease to leave him feeling stunned and amazed, "she definitely gets those from you."

Where had Prompto managed to suddenly, at that moment, manage to extract a camera from somewhere? They were in a camera store and he was Prompto Argentum. He had his ways.

But he was definitely snapping a picture of Liz and Noctra in that moment, too, one of millions of others before it.

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“And you as well,” Liz told him warmly, “she gets them from you as well,”

She looked up when she noticed that Prompto was taking a photo of them and smiled up at him , she was not surprised at all that he had managed to get a camera out. Her smile widened as she held Noctra close to her, enjoying the tender moment between them.

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Prompto's nose wrinkled a little bit, and he shook his head.

"Naaahh," he contested, lightly, making sure to put a grin in it so it came off as mostly a joke, and not just him being realistic about the truth (or lack thereof) in such a claim.

But the camera was out, so he was going to snap a few more shots, doing a few turns around them for a few good angles.

"That's right," he said, perched now at a good angle to get a shot of Nocta's face, "biiiiiig smile for the camera. Say Wooikee!"

He got mostly a gurgle and a indecipherable noise.

"Close enough!"

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Liz smiled as she gently held Noctra up for the camera, so that Prompto could get in as many shots of her face possible, “do you think we can get that to be her first word?” she grinned at the gurgling noise that Noctra was making in response.