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watsonsings‌.

He knew that she was right, but the grief he felt for losing parts of him that weren’t even completely deteriorated yet was almost suffocating. His tone was half-hearted when he responded. “Yeah, you’re right.”

“And yet I can see that you’re not really believing me,” Sam says, picking up Nikki and holding her out towards her husband. “She misses her dad. Hold her, Lip. I’m right here. I won’t let you drop her.”

#lip #gc

motherandcommander‌.

The sentiment that Sam expressed was appreciated, but the fact of the matter was that Violet didn’t believe in herself enough to be helpful to anyone else in her life. Her ability to care about the people around her was compromised by her need to put her child first. “I care, yeah. But I’ve never been enough for anyone. I’m not even enough for my own son.”

“That,” Sam says emphatically, “is completely untrue.” There’s a lot of conflicting emotions in her expression, and she wonders for a moment if she’s saying this just as much for herself as she is for Violet. “Take it from me, okay? You love your son. You are doing everything in your power to protect him and provide for him. That is enough. You are enough.”

#violet #gc

watsonsings‌.

Lip’s mouth twitches into a semblance of a smile when she kisses him, but this feeling of shame washes over him at the same time. Putting their rowdy friend group aside for a moment, he turns to her. His voice is barely above a whisper as he confides in his wife. “I’m scared to even pick her up anymore, Sam.”

Sam feels her heart begin to sink in her chest as she hears the mournful tone in her husband’s whisper, wishing more than anything that she could say something or do something that would fix all of this. “I know,” she whispers, as though they have to keep this conversation hidden from Nikki. “I can feel how scared you are. But don’t let the fear of the bad that’s coming take away from the good we have left.”

#lip #gc

motherandcommander‌.

Violet knows, deep down, that Sam is right. The truth was that she felt abandoned by her…what could she even call Diana? The brunette would probably balk at being referred to as her girlfriend, but they were certainly more than buddies. “I just wish that I knew what to say to make it all better for her. And I wish that Tommy was here. I know he’s off with Alex trying to save the day in England, but I’m afraid she’ll think he doesn’t care about her. She needs people to care right now.”

Personally, she would have loved it if Tommy and Alex were back as well. Over time she had really come to like Violet despite their rough start, but Alex was her best friend, and she needed her here to be her simultaneously callous and supportive self right now, as selfish as she knew that was. “You care,” Sam says, somehow managing to turn herself into a therapist instead of her usual babbling self at least for the time being. “You don’t think that’s enough? That you’re enough?”

#violet #gc

watsonsings‌.

Lip smirks, but his grin slowly fades as his hand begins to tremble on his wife’s shoulder. He quickly extracts himself from the position, crossing his arms over his chest to hide the tremor. He wasn’t sure if he was hiding it from her or himself, but either way it was too painful to watch. “I’m bettin’ that Blair is gonna be our biggest donation.”

Sam notices Lip pull away, a twinge in her chest as his expression closes off for a moment. Without saying anything, she leans over and presses a kiss to his forearm, before sitting back up and letting the matter drop. “Either her or Alex, but regardless, I have a sinking feeling we’ll be doing a lot of damage control with her future preschool.”

#lip #gc

motherandcommander‌.

She smirks, nodding. “Occupational hazard of being friends with rock stars and degenerates.” At the gesture, Violet’s hard exterior thaws just a bit. “I hope you’re right.”

“That’s very true,” she agrees, her expression soft as she comforts Violet. “I think I am, at least about this. Learning how to deal with people caring about you... it’s hard. We’ve both been there,” she says, gesturing between the two of them, “months ago, but you and Tommy are the first people she’s ever really had. Maybe she just doesn’t understand it yet. But she will.”

#violet #gc #remember when they hated each other? how the turn tables

motherandcommander‌.

“Don’t feel too bad about that,” Violet chuckled. “At least you guys try to keep the profanity away from her. I’m pretty sure Diana was trying to teach Thomas to say fuck.” Her eyes darken at the mention of the smaller girl, instantly cursing herself for bringing her up.

“Something tells me we have similar problems,” she says, thinking about how Alex would love to make sure Nikki has an amply offensive vocabulary. She notices the sorrowing of Violet’s expression, though, and reaches out to place a comforting hand on her shoulder. “She’s gonna be okay, V. She’ll come back to you.”

#i approve of and embrace this headcanon #violet #gc

watsonsings‌.

Lip smiles, wrapping an arm around his wife. “It’s an impressive first word, anyhow. That hard ‘t’ at the end is difficult with no teeth.”

“Don’t wish for teeth, babe. I’ve heard too many teething horror stories to be excited for those,” she says, though her words are paired with a grin as she leans into Lip’s embrace. “Seriously, though, between all of our friends, a swear jar could probably raise an impressive college fund by the time she’s in her teens.”

#lip #gc

“You know, she’s gonna start talking soon.” Sam murmurs absently, looking down at Nikki as she plays with her toys on the mat. “We should probably invest in a swear jar, otherwise her first word is gonna be ‘shit.’”

#starter