home || n. de vries x reader
pairing: nyck de vries x reader request: yes / no summary: after a trip away with friends, your house never felt more like a home. word count: 950 warnings: child has a decided name.
sitting in by your flight's gate and surrounded by tired, hustling people rushing to and fro, you only had one thing on your mind.
two things, actually. but in the same category. your fiancé and your daughter.
the joy the two of them brought you was unreal, but that also meant the amount that you missed them while they weren't present was just as unbelievable. you enjoyed your trip away, certainly. as much as you loved them the break was nothing if not much needed, and the time weekend spent away on some white sanded beach with a few of your closest friends could not have been any more enjoyable. but now after flight one of two home you were more than ready to fall into nyck's arms and hold little tess for hours and hours.
your flight was boarding in just under fifteen minutes. luckily, it was a short one. so, you should be home within four hours. and considering the time now, you didn't expect much communication until you see them face-to-face... that is until your phone lit up with a facetime call from the contact titled “nyckie 💙”
you wasted no time in connecting your headphones and accepting the call, only to be greeted with a close-up on your 10-month-old's face -- her very awake face. before you could say anything, the camera tilted to the side to show part of nyck's face.
“shouldn't you guys be asleep?” you asked, attempting to be stern. but you couldn't hide the smile at the sight of them. the camera had since returned back to tess, but with your question nyck set up the camera against something, showing that they were both on your bed, laying down and now facing his phone.
“tess couldn't sleep,” nyck responded, a hand resting lightly on her back. “too excited, i suppose.”
“tess, or you?” you teased.
he grinned, watching you with a look in his eyes you'll never get tired of. “both?”
“uh huh.” you scoffed lightheartedly, switching the phone from one of your hands to another. “you should sleep. both of you.”
“but we want to stay up for you!”
“absolutely not.” you gasped. “you'll ruin her sleep schedule entirely, nyck!”
“but she misses you.” he pouted. “isn't that right, tessie?”
tess only babbled in response, making you deadpan at the whole exchange. this should've come as no shock, really. nyck had been wrapped around your finger since day one and then around little tessie's the moment she was born. this behavior was just about expected.
you sighed. “let her sleep if she falls asleep, yeah?”
“yes, ma'am.” he responded with a grin, repositioning himself yet again as he sat up, took tess into his arms, and held the camera with one hand. “isn't your flight boarding pretty soon?”
“yeah.” you nodded. “few minutes, actually.”
“you hear that, dropje?” nyck whispered to tess, sounding about an octave higher. he placed a light kiss to the top of her head. “sooooon.”
you giggled, shaking your head. “i miss you guys.”
as soon as nyck began to respond, tess' babbling increased, muffling his response. making both of you guys giggle again.
“think that's her way of saying she misses you too, hm?”
“or a please don't ruin my sleep schedule, dad.” you chided softly.
“hey.” he gave you a pointed look, feigning offense at your light jab.
you only smiled. before you could say anything else to him, a loud voice interrupted -- the airport announcer. your flight was beginning to board. you perked up immediately.
“hey, nyck? i've gotta go. flight's boarding.”
“okay.” he smiled. “stay safe, schat. love you.”
“love you too. and you also, tess.”
the last thing you saw was him picking up her tiny hand to wave at the camera before you hung up.
by the time you'd landed, picked up your luggage, and took the uber home it was near 4:30AM. you were really hoping they were asleep, mostly for the sake of tessie's sleep pattern and how messing it up would ruin your daytime schedule. but also because you knew how tired nyck got with everything he had to do in a day. you didn't want him to waste sleep hours over waiting on you.
making it upstairs in your home, you made a point to be quiet. just in case. you opened the door to you and nyck's bedroom slowly, wincing when it creaked. a sense of relaxation came over you immediately with the sight you were met with.
nyck, laying on his back on your shared bed. tess laying on top of his chest, his arm slung over her protectively. you couldn't help but snap a photo before anything else.
climbing into bed with extra care to be as silent as you could, you lay your head on his free arm. if it wasn't the door creaking that's what woke him up.
thankfully, he didn't move so much as to wake up your daughter, he only craned his head your way, eyes unfocused still. then they widened, and his mouth opened in surprise. “you're back?” he asked, voice groggy from sleep.
“hello, my love.” you said, smile wide as you snuggled into him. “go back to sleep. greetings in the morning.”
“yeah... okay. okay, goodnight.”
it was hardly nighttime, you believed you both knew that. sunrise was in a mere few hours. but you let yourselves have this. “goodnight.”
and you haven't felt more in peace before. laying there with your family, feeling their warmth. you couldn't properly describe the feeling if you wanted to, but it's moments like these that made this plain old house home.
