#levi dad

You're holding your 4-months-old baby girl in your arms. You are tapping your baby's back lightly, trying to make her burp. Your baby is now a curious creature. She likes to stare at the world with big, wondering eyes. Her eyes sparkle so brightly that Levi couldn't believe that they share the same colour as his.

Your baby girl always smiles, toothless when her dad comes near. She lets out a laugh, and you stop for a moment.

"Was it a burp?" You ask Levi.

Levi reaches his finger out, and the baby grabs it in her small palm. Her chubby little fingers around his. Levi says, "no, not yet."

And you continue bouncing on your feet, tapping the baby's back as you move.

Levi moves his finger up and down. Baby laughs and tightens her grip.

A sudden wave of warmth fills Levi's chest. He couldn't believe that he had brought such a beautiful child into this world. It was just yesterday that you told him you were pregnant, and he was panicking. But now, your baby has grown strong and healthy, always laughing and giving up toothless grins so freely to anyone and everyone.

Happy tears fill his eyes. He pulls you and baby into his arms and rests his forehead on the side of your shoulder. His warm breaths seep through the sleeve of your shirt onto your skin. Baby laughs as she buries her face into Levi's soft hair.

"Thank you, y/n," he whispers.

You know he's having another happy moment. Levi has been having happy moment attacks like this since your belly showed during your pregnancy. And he's getting more of it after the baby's born.

You rub his upper arm, echoing a "thank you, too, for this,".

"Ohk!" And the baby burps.

You folded and gently dropped the last piece of baby clothes into the woven basket. The sky was painted with soft yellows and purplish clouds. Birds sang as they headed home. You carried the basket and walked carefully down the stairs from the rooftop into your house.

You heard your toddler squealing happily and banging her little fists on the coffee table. Your toddler was now at that age where she got really excited about the mundane things. A cat walking by the roof? Happy screams. A bicycle rang somewhere down the streets? Curious big eyes looking around for the sound.

You placed the clean laundry in your master bedroom and headed downstairs to the living room where you left Levi with the baby. You watched in the shadows. You had this new habit of observing your husband and baby in silence.

Levi sat at the edge of the sofa, hunched by the coffee table as he cut red grapes in halves. His delicate fingers held his pocket knife, carefully removing the seeds before he gave one half to the impatient toddler. The halves grapes looked so small in Levi's palm but looked so big in your toddler's little fists. She took both halves into each palm. Her eyes were sprakling with delight as she pushed one half of the grapes into her mouth. Grape juice leaked from her opened mouth as she grinned. Levi mirrored her grin too. His eyes had softened so much, there's wrinkles by his eyes as he grinned at his little toddler.

You smiled to yourself. You loved watching Levi living a normal life as he should have years ago. But it was never too late for love and happiness. You descended the stairs. Upon hearing your footsteps, both father and toddler duo lifted their head in unison and turned toward you. You were greeted by the same glistening bluish grey eyes. Your baby wuggled her hands, sticky grape juice flying around the living room.

You took a handkerchief from your pocket and kneeled by your baby, wiping her mouth, slimy with saliva and sweet grape juice as you cooed, "are you enjoying the grapes? You like the grapes daddy cut for you?"

Levi quietly pushed a bowl of cut grapes toward you, all seeds removed. "We got the wrong grapes," he said, "these have seeds." You got the grapes. And you overlooked if they were with seed or seedless, but Levi never blamed you. He used "we" when you or baby made a mistake. That was his gentle love.

You tugged the handkerchief onto baby's shirt collar and Levi gave baby another half grapes. Baby was smiling as she ate the grapes. You sat next to Levi and took one half of grapes from the bowl. You gave it to Levi, trying to feed it to him but he nudged at you. "I had them as I cut," he nodded toward you. "You eat." And so you ate. And the grape was sweet and juicy.

You leaned against him, watching your toddler as she took halves of grapes from the bowl. Four eyes on two as your baby watched you back, grinning as she ate the grapes. Love griipped your heart and happiness filled up your chest so fast, you had to unload it. You turned and immediately welcomed with Levi's lips on yours.

You could taste the grapes on his lips. As you pulled away, you leaned your head on his shoulder. You took a seedless half grape from the bowl and ate it.