#wentae

🤩🤩 taeyeon as baby wannie’s mommy is something we didn’t know we wanted but we need

Taeyeon is already so teeny tiny but wannie is even tinier. Gosh, getting dropped off at Taeyeon’s apartment when there are blocks of breaks between their schedules so that wannie and tae can have some mommy and baby time uwu

Imagine the girls scrambling to take care of a sniffling wannie while finding a babysitter last minute who wouldn’t rat them out or judge them.

Cue Taeyeon. Their sunbae who has always been kind and fair, and their only hope. (Honestly Seulgi was ready to cancel her schedules for wannie because that’s her baby, and she can’t bear to leave her baby alone at home not knowing how to take care of herself or why she’s left alone.)

But luckily taeyeon agrees, albeit hesitantly - not because of judgement, but just wariness since she’s never taken care of a child before.

Irene, whose schedules start the latest, is tasked to drop an already droopy and sniffling wannie off at taeyeon’s. Poor wannie had to be a big girl and walk from the car up to the apartment, but umma picks her up once she’s in the elevator, and she buries her face into the crook of umma’s neck, hiccuping slightly. Her cries start again the moment Irene rings the doorbell.

Wannie already misses her mama, and now umma is leaving her behind with a stranger? Are they going to be throwing wannie away? Has wannie been a bad girl?

She starts crying harder, clinging onto umma’s shirt so tight her hands hurt.

“Sorry for such last minute arrangements, unnie,” Irene apologises over Wannie’s cries. She leaves wannie’s packed bag at the door, and begins to try coaxing wannie into letting go.

Taeyeon waves her off, rubbing a soothing hand along wannie’s back. “No worries at all. I hope wannie will be comfortable with me,” she worries.

“Umma! Umma no, no!! Umma no go!”

Irene’s heart wrenches at the sight of her baby, cheeks splotchy red, tears streaming down, as she cries herself hoarse. But she has no choice, prying wannie’s hands off her shirt as gently as she can, passing her over into Taeyeon’s waiting arms, even as wannie screams harder and squirms and begs for her umma. “I’m so sorry baby,” she says. “Umma will come back soon, okay. Umma loves you so much.”

Sometimes, the anxiety is so dreadful that it startles Taeyeon awake in the night. The restlessness causes her to cry out in frustration. She laid back, putting her arm over her eyes in an attempt to stop her tears. Her body shakes as she starts to sob, the stress of the past few weeks has finally caught up with her. The company had rushed her to several shoots, some lasting a lot longer than anticipated due to the director being particularly moody. Her voice had gotten hoarse due to too much practice and she was given a scolding by both her vocal coach and her company. It felt like nothing she did was right. It was too much. Everything was just too much. Taeyeon reaches out with her free arm to grab her phone and sits up as she types in a familiar number.

Lying on her side, she waits for a response. Anything to distract her from the tirade of sadness and anxiety that washes over her like waves at the ocean. Taeyeon cries out for her in a plea to answer. Thankfully, Wendy has already picked up. The comforting rhythm of Wendy’s breathing soothes her, and calms her down enough to let out her tears. A groggy voice replies with reassuring words. 

I’m here. 

Don’t worry. 

Wendy baking surprise treats for Taeyeon and her concert crew. Their shared apartment ends up being a makeshift factory so she can churn out enough cupcakes, brownies, and cookies for the whole crew. The apartment smells like chocolate for the next ten days but who cares? She ended up making them all in one night because she didn’t want Taeyeon to know. The crew ate them well and even sent Wendy several candid photos of Taeyeon as thanks and repayment.

Taeyeon being all mopey cause she misses seeing Wendy at the company. She can still see her at home but their impromptu lunchs and secret dance practice dates really made her days. Taeyeon’s dance crew love to tease her about it. Sending photos in the group chat comparing the singer to Eeyore and Sadness from Inside Out. It gives Wendy a laugh when she’s sees them. Of course, Taeyeon is clingy as hell once Wendy finally gets to go back to work.