Jade Nguyen

[jade-cheshire]

redarsehole‌:

Roy was constantly terrified when holding Lian. She was just, very small. Roy sometimes had problems believing that this was his life now, but was somewhat happy for the quiet of a domestic, suburban life. It was easy. Lian got comfortable in his arms, and Roy leaned against the counter. 

“Do you have to go back to…work anytime soon?” Roy said, as if Jade worked a secretary job. Roy wasn’t very excited to go back to vigilantism, but he was worried that Jade was going to bounce suddenly in a few days.  

Jade grabbed a fork and the takeout container, trying not to laugh at the briefly terrified look on Roy’s face. She idly wondered how long he would look that way, or whether it would last until Lian was all grown up. 

She stilled at the question, putting the food back down. “Roy,” she said slowly. “I dropped you into a Lazarus pit that I was not supposed to know existed. Do you really think the League is happy about that?” She had covered her tracks as well as she knew how, but it was only a matter of time before they realized what she had done. “I’m sure I have already been branded a traitor.”

[jade-cheshire]

akumakuzuri‌:

“Well, it isn’t fun for the thousands of eardrums in the store that are bleeding.” Daken said as he rolled his eyes. Babies didn’t need to cry. He never cried growing up. Then again, his childhood wasn’t a shining beacon of health. He scoffed and kept on walking.

Jade turned to ignore the man, but Lian’s eyes caught on the him as he walked by, and her crying stopped. Jade looked down, shocked, before looking back towards him. She resisted the urge to just grab him and make him stay, instead calling out. “You, come over here.”

[jade-cheshire]

redarsehole‌:

“Never. I got my own.” Roy said, holding up his own carryout container. He put it down for a second to continue rustling through the bags.

“Got some more baby food too. I don’t…know how much babies eat.” He said, looking at Lian. Motherhood had softened Jade’s harsh behavior a bit, but not in a bad way. Like she had a diaper bag, but there was a knife in that diaper bag. It was strange. Roy felt like he woke up in some sot of alternate reality, where he and Jade had been married for years. He woke up, was told he had a baby, and here he was. He stocked the baby food in the designated cabinet.

“I can take Lian if you need to eat.” he said with a soft smile. Jade with bedhead was an undeniably adorable sight.

“We’re a pair of lucky girls, aren’t we?” she whispered to Lian as she tried to suppress a grin. She had been terrified at the start of all this, at the thought of facing motherhood alone, at the thought that Roy would resent her. She still worried, but at least for now she could pretend they were a family. 

She passed their daughter off to Roy, something they were still struggling to do without waking her up. As expected, the baby’s eyes blinked open blearily, but she stayed blessedly silent beyond that.

[jade-cheshire]

onehellofalawyer‌:

Foggy grinned as the baby seemed to settle a little and smiled at the mum, she looked a little tired, he couldn’t imagine stressful it was. His cousins (despite how much they loved their kids) hadn’t half looked knackered in those early first few months. “No worries.” he told her quietly, “They look a little fussy.” he said cooing at the babe.

“Carrying her a little bit should help, I don’t mind taking your groceries while you do? Once she’s settled I’ll leave you alone.” he added jokingly, not wanting her to think he was trying anything weird.

Jade glanced down at the carrier and the cartshe was juggling, contemplating. She hated relying on others, but also enjoyed using others for her own gain. This would count as the latter, wouldn’t it? 

She passed the cart to him and reached down to unbuckle Lian. “I just need to get some more diapers before heading to the checkout,” she told him. Lian settled down once she was in Jade’s arms, and an almost serene look passed across Jade’s face. 

[fuckyeahdccartoons]

[jade-cheshire]

@redarsehole​

[jade-cheshire]

redarsehole‌:

Roy still didn’t know how this whole relationship with Jade was going to end up, but they both seemed fine for now. His heart melted a bit at seeing Jade in her pajamas with their daughter on her chest. He didn’t want to wake her, but relaxed a bit when he saw that she was already awake. 

“Mornin’. I got some of that pasta stuff you liked from the place around the corner.”

“Great. I’m eating it for breakfast,” she said quietly. Lian still appeared to be asleep, and the last thing she wanted was to wake her. Which, granted, was probably going to happen soon anyways, given that the little girl couldn’t seem to sleep more than three hours straight.

She shifted as smoothly as she could, holding their daughter tight to her chest as she stood up to head towards the kitchen.

“I hope you’re not expecting me to share my food,” she added with a smirk as she pressed a quick kiss to Roy’s cheek.

[youngjusticeslut]

Haven’t you learned anything? In this family, it’s every girl for herself.

[jade-cheshire]

Jade woke from her place on the couch as she heard someone enter the room. Lian had fallen asleep on her chest, and rather than risk waking her by moving, she had accepted her fate and taken a nap there too. She had automatically woken up assuming there was some danger, but she relaxed again as she caught sight of Roy.

@redarsehole

[jade-cheshire]

akumakuzuri‌:

Daken scowled a few aisles over from the screaming child. Leave your stupid kid at home. Part of the reason Daken was sure to never have any. That, and this line was dying with him. He walked over the few aisles to where the kid was crying, and released some calming hormones to shut the kid up before Daken got a migraine. 

“You want to do something about that?” he gestured toward the kid

Jade scowled over at the stranger. “You think this is any fun for me either?” she asked harshly. She honestly just wanted to sleep without being woken up at odd hours, and it was not helping her already lacking patience. Not to mention, her paranoia at the idea that one of her various enemies could find her and take advantage of her little girl.

[jade-cheshire]

onehellofalawyer‌:

Okay, Foggy needed food and, more importantly, he needed cheap food. Even with Peter working too he wasn’t pulling down much taking so many pro-bono Mutant Cases. He was heading towards the dried noodles when he heard a baby crying and saw the noise coming from a tiiiiiiny little baby and his heart melted, he loved babies.

“Aww,” he pouted at the little one before looking who he guessed was mum, “Not a happy cabbage huh?” he said kindly, “Try resting your hand on their chest, splay your fingers and press lightly, the reflex action’s supposed to help calm’em, worked with my cousin’s kid.” One of many… there were a lot of Nelson’s out there.

Ordinarily, Jade would have glared at anyone who assumed she needed help, but she was way too tired. If this random man in the grocery store thought this would get Lian to calm down, she would try anything. She pressed her hand lightly against the little girls chest, and was surprised to find that her wails dialed down to little sobs. 

She took in a deep breath, trying to keep the stress out of her voice. “Thanks,” she said, somewhat reluctantly. “Any other tips?”

[jade-cheshire]

A child’s cries rang throughout the store, and Jade winced. Lian was strapped in her car seat and crying once again. She probably shouldn’t even be out in public yet, at only two weeks old, but they had been out of diapers and Jade was terrified to let her little girl out of her sight. She bounced in place a little and drew her hat further down. Lian was attracting too many eyes for comfort.

[theavengers]

[gemmanicholson]

Cheshiere by Johnson Ting