supervise · @into-the-jeggyverse · jegulus · background rosekiller · cw: 370
âI have good news and bad news,â James said as he carefully disinfected the wound on Sadie's forehead. âWhich one do you want to hear first?â
There was silence for a few seconds, which was only interrupted by a long, deep sigh on the other end of the line.
âWhat have you done?â
Sadie hissed under his touch and James tried to soothe her with reassuring words and warm smiles. Evan and Barty had asked him to look after their daughter for an afternoon since they were attending an event whose atmosphere was not really recommended for children. James had not objected âhe was free that day and he got on well with children, so supervising one shouldn't be necessarily difficult for him, should it?
Or so he thought until he took Sadie to the park and while buying sweets from a stall by the playground, Sadie jumped halfway down the slide onto the ground. Why? James had no idea. The girl's mind remained a mystery.
An hour before, they had been drawing in the living room. At one point Sadie had decided to put the paper away and draw on the table.
What I paint on the paper gets lost, while what I paint on the table stays there forever.
When James had gently suggested that the table would be damaged if she painted it, Sadie had responded:
What? You don't like my drawings? and Barty lets me draw wherever I want.
She had been quite convincing, but not enough to allow her to ruin Regulus' favourite piece of vintage furniture.
âI've managed to stop Sadie from painting your table.â
âCongratulations. What else?â
âShe might or might not have fallen off the slide and hit her forehead.â
Another sigh was audible followed by a low idiot and I can't be out of the house for a second.
âShe wanted a lollipop, soâ.â
âBarty is going to kill you.â
Sadie suddenly got up from the toilet seat and dropped the disinfectant bottle to the floor while running away.
James stared at the liquid spilled on the tiles as he listened to the girl's loud laughter from down the stairs.
âRegulus, please, come back.â