The Benefit of Dorkdom
Title: The Benefit of Dorkdom
Moonverse: New one. This does not follow any previous stories I've written/published. However, it might be the first insight into a new one!
Pairing: Ami/Zoi
Prompt: Not really, but entirely based on something that happened for real at the beach. You know, minus me being married to a woman and having a baby yet. And the kids involved were 9, 10, and 11 rather than 3-months, 3 and a half, 4, 5, and 7.
“Aunt Ami!” Alora giggled as the starfish wrapped itself around her hand. Ami looked up from where she was helping Kaela hold onto a sea urchin, making sure that she kept her hand under the water.
“Yes, sweetling?”
“It tickles! But it won’t talk to me!”
Zoe, holding Kimiko so that she could keep her hand in the water and let the minnows nibble at it, chuckled and glanced over. “It’s a fish, kiddo, not a real star.”
“Oh…” She pouted and then shrugged, “Kays!”
Ami grinned and looked over at Chibi-Usa who was reaching for a fish. When Ami saw which one it was she called out, knowing that with Charis in the sling that she could not get there in time to pull the princess back. “Chibi-Usa! Don’t touch that fish.”
“But Aunt Ami!”
“It can hurt you if you scare him, hun. Just leave the puffer fish alone.”
“Oh.” She pouted, like her mother, Chibi-Usa hated to be told she couldn’t do things, even when the reasoning was sound.
Seeing the two women taking care of the four children, the curator came over. “Why don’t you all come over here. There’s a starfish that is purple!”
“Really?!” Chibi-Usa squealed and ran over to where the woman was.
The older woman nodded, grinning at the thankful looks that Ami and Zoe turned on her.
Zoe removed the starfish from Alora’s hand and then lead the two younger girls over to the “do not touch” tank. Ami removed the sea urchin from Kaela’s hand as the five year old ran over to join her best friends and cousins.
Ami chuckled, relieved that for a moment the three month old was the only child on which she needed to focus. She leaned back when she felt Zoe slip her arms around her waist. “I love my nieces, but I’m going to enjoy a moment with my two girls.”
“I offered for you to stay home with Charis.”
Zoe chuckled and kissed her cheek, “This is so much more fun.”
“Mmmm.” Ami closed her eyes and enjoyed the brief moment and leaning back into Zoe.
“So, if you have any questions just ask me.”
Ami watched the girls, grinning as the older two helped the younger two. After a few minutes she turned to the curator, “How do you keep the salinity in the tide pool correct?”
The woman positively beamed. “Almost no one ever asks that. Come with me and I’ll show you!”
The girls squealed, not really caring what the answer was, but knowing that something special was happening.
She lead the group to a door, “It says staff and volunteers only, but come on in.”
Ami and Zoe exchanged a look. If it was something untoward, they would be able to protect themselves and the girls. The girls followed the woman into the room, and she explained the filtration process, the emergency salinated water, the testing.
When she was done, she winked and said, “Now, look over in that corner. You’ll see the tank where we keep the baby fish that are not ready for the tide pool.”
A chorus of squeals came out of the girls, with Chibi-Usa picking up Kimiko so she could see.
As the girls exclaimed over the baby puffer fish and the pipe fish, Zoe once again wrapped her arms around Ami, while leaning over to speak to the sleeping baby. “It’s a very good thing that your Ami-mama is a dork.”
Moonverse: New one. This does not follow any previous stories I've written/published. However, it might be the first insight into a new one!
Pairing: Ami/Zoi
Prompt: Not really, but entirely based on something that happened for real at the beach. You know, minus me being married to a woman and having a baby yet. And the kids involved were 9, 10, and 11 rather than 3-months, 3 and a half, 4, 5, and 7.
“Aunt Ami!” Alora giggled as the starfish wrapped itself around her hand. Ami looked up from where she was helping Kaela hold onto a sea urchin, making sure that she kept her hand under the water.
“Yes, sweetling?”
“It tickles! But it won’t talk to me!”
Zoe, holding Kimiko so that she could keep her hand in the water and let the minnows nibble at it, chuckled and glanced over. “It’s a fish, kiddo, not a real star.”
“Oh…” She pouted and then shrugged, “Kays!”
Ami grinned and looked over at Chibi-Usa who was reaching for a fish. When Ami saw which one it was she called out, knowing that with Charis in the sling that she could not get there in time to pull the princess back. “Chibi-Usa! Don’t touch that fish.”
“But Aunt Ami!”
“It can hurt you if you scare him, hun. Just leave the puffer fish alone.”
“Oh.” She pouted, like her mother, Chibi-Usa hated to be told she couldn’t do things, even when the reasoning was sound.
Seeing the two women taking care of the four children, the curator came over. “Why don’t you all come over here. There’s a starfish that is purple!”
“Really?!” Chibi-Usa squealed and ran over to where the woman was.
The older woman nodded, grinning at the thankful looks that Ami and Zoe turned on her.
Zoe removed the starfish from Alora’s hand and then lead the two younger girls over to the “do not touch” tank. Ami removed the sea urchin from Kaela’s hand as the five year old ran over to join her best friends and cousins.
Ami chuckled, relieved that for a moment the three month old was the only child on which she needed to focus. She leaned back when she felt Zoe slip her arms around her waist. “I love my nieces, but I’m going to enjoy a moment with my two girls.”
“I offered for you to stay home with Charis.”
Zoe chuckled and kissed her cheek, “This is so much more fun.”
“Mmmm.” Ami closed her eyes and enjoyed the brief moment and leaning back into Zoe.
“So, if you have any questions just ask me.”
Ami watched the girls, grinning as the older two helped the younger two. After a few minutes she turned to the curator, “How do you keep the salinity in the tide pool correct?”
The woman positively beamed. “Almost no one ever asks that. Come with me and I’ll show you!”
The girls squealed, not really caring what the answer was, but knowing that something special was happening.
She lead the group to a door, “It says staff and volunteers only, but come on in.”
Ami and Zoe exchanged a look. If it was something untoward, they would be able to protect themselves and the girls. The girls followed the woman into the room, and she explained the filtration process, the emergency salinated water, the testing.
When she was done, she winked and said, “Now, look over in that corner. You’ll see the tank where we keep the baby fish that are not ready for the tide pool.”
A chorus of squeals came out of the girls, with Chibi-Usa picking up Kimiko so she could see.
As the girls exclaimed over the baby puffer fish and the pipe fish, Zoe once again wrapped her arms around Ami, while leaning over to speak to the sleeping baby. “It’s a very good thing that your Ami-mama is a dork.”