Can you do a day in a life of wife reader and her getting the kids ready and stuff
pairing: rafe cameron x wife!reader
contents: fluff, pregnant!reader, dad!rafe, mom!reader, established relationship(married), child character
a/n: once again, tumblr thinks this post requires content warning BUT WHY 😭💔
“But mommy, i want to stay with you and the baby,” Missy whines as you slip the baby-pink sneakers onto her tiny feet.
“You already missed preschool yesterday, baby. Your friends must be missing you,” you say gently, lifting her into your arms, enjoying it while you still can before your pregnant belly grows.
“They’re not,” she mumbles, burying her face in the crook of your neck, wrapping her short arms around you tightly.
By the time you come down the stairs with Melissa on your hip and reach the kitchen, Rafe is closing Missy’s hot tea bottle. He comes up to both of you, resting his free hand on your waist as the other hands Missy her bottle. When she wraps her hands around it to take a sip, Rafe points a finger at her. “Behave, little miss,” he warns, though the softness in his eyes ruined any attempt at sounding strict. Then he looks at you. “I’m leaving already. Have a meeting.”
“Okay. We’ll see you later,” you smile, leaning in to press a quick kiss to his lips. Your daughter waves at her dad. “Bye, daddy.”
“Bye, baby girl,” Rafe kissed her cheek, smiling, before grabbing his briefcase and walking out the door in his suit.
Right as you park in front of Missy’s preschool, she finishes her tea and stretches the bottle toward you from her car seat in the back. “Mommy,” she calls you.
You twist in the driver’s seat, taking the bottle from her and placing it on the passenger seat. Then you stepped out of the car, open the back door, unbuckle the straps around her, and help her down to the ground.
Hand in hand, you walk toward the entrance, her backpack dangling from your other arm. When you reach the door, where the same security guard stands like every morning, you crouch down and slip the backpack onto her shoulders. “See you later. I love you.”
Melissa smiles. “Bye, mommy,” she says, but her attention is already drifting as she spots one of her classmates running inside. She hurries after her, little sneakers squeaking against the pavement while you stay there for a second longer, smiling at the sight.
Your baby. Your first baby. Growing up way too fast.
The next stop is the baby store.
It might seem superficial to anyone else, but you had been counting the days until you could start buying things for your new son or daughter. It had been like that when you found out you were pregnant with Missy too, even if she had been a surprise. Buying tiny clothes, hospital bags, stuffed animals, even just walking past cribs and rocking chairs. That makes everything real, and you couldn’t be happier with your reality.
You walk into the store, the same one where you had bought most of Missy’s newborn things, one hand resting on your belly as you head straight for the furniture section.
You must have spent over an hour walking through every aisle of the store, but in the end, you didn’t buy any furniture. You want Rafe there with you for that moment.
Still, you couldn’t leave empty-handed. So you walk out with two bags; one with a pair of plush toys inside (which Missy will definitely play a lot with before the baby is even born), and another with two or three light-colored onesies for the hospital bag, along with the softest blanket you could find, printed with tiny sea animals.
As soon as you get back into the car, placing the bags on the back seat, your phone rings and Rafe’s contact name shows up on your phone screen.
You smile at that and answer. “Hi, love.”
“Hey,” he says, and you can hear papers shuffling, drawers closing. “Just wanted to know if you wanna have lunch together. The noon meeting got cancelled.”
“Of course. I’ll head to The Wreck, then. Meet you there,” you reply, starting the car.
“Alright,” Rafe nods, still moving around in his office. “Is Missy staying until three today? Or can I pick her up now?”
You laugh softly. “She said she wanted to stay only until noon. But you know your daughter, if you show up now, she’ll cry and say she wants to stay until midnight.”
Rafe chuckled under his breath. You could picture the smile on his face perfectly. “Yeah, okay. I’m leaving the office now.
Lunch had been nice. You and Rafe sat side by side at your usual table at the restaurant, he told you about work and you told him about the crib you almost bought.
Afterward, he went back to the office, you picked Missy up from preschool at three, and now the clock on the oven reads 5:02 p.m.
Melissa had just gotten out of the bath, wrapped in her panda towel, the little hood with ears wobbling as she walks around the house instead of going to her bedroom to put on pajamas.
“Missy,” you call from the living room, fingers running through a magazine’s pages. “Pajamas.”
“Nooo,” she sings, dragging the word as she pads behind the couch you’re sitting on, water droplets still clinging to her legs. “I’m a panda!”
“Well, I can see that,” you chuckle. “But pandas also wear pajamas.”
Missy stops moving, clutching the towel to her chest. “They do?”
“The ones named Melissa definitely do,” you say with a firm nod, making Missy pause, considering that.
For one hopeful second, you think you’ve won. Then she bolts for the stairs.
You sigh softly, pushing yourself up from the couch, one hand going to your lower back. “Melissa Cameron,” you warn, already moving after her, even though you know she’s much faster than you.
You check your bedroom first, where Missy is trying — and failing — to hold in her giggles. You can practically hear the smile she’s biting back.
You step further into the room, and that’s when she jumps from behind the door. “Boo!” she yells, laughing immediately.
You gasp dramatically, pressing a hand to your chest. “Oh my God, you scared me!” before she can run again, you scoop her up into your arms. “Got you, little panda!” you tease, attacking her sides with tickles.
Missy collapses into helpless laughter, squirming, trying to escape. “No, mommy! Pandas don’t need pajamas,” she argues between giggles.
“Oh, I think this panda does,” you say, kissing her cheek while she laughs and laughs.
A couple of hours later, with Missy finally in her pajamas, you stand by her bedroom door, leaning lightly against the frame. Rafe sits on the edge of her bed, a book open in his hands, Missy tucked under the blankets beside him. Her curls fall across the pillow while he gently brushes them away from her face as he reads.
“And then,” he says, turning the last page, “everyone closed their eyes and fell asleep, already waiting for the next adventure,” he glances down, seeing Missy deep in sleep.
Rafe looks up and finds you watching from the doorway. He smiles and carefully closes the book, moving slowly to stand up and not wake your daughter up.
When he reaches you, he presses a soft kiss to your lips as the two of you step out into the hallway, pulling the door almost all the way closed behind you. “Finally our little panda settled down,” he murmurs with a quiet laugh, remembering what you told him about Missy running around the house this afternoon.
You smile too, leaning into him. “I hope this one,” you say, pointing to your belly, “isn’t as energetic as their big sister.”