Are You My New Best Friend? [closed]

[ccecilia]

"You look so pretty, Aunt Sissy-"

Cecilia glanced in the mirror, the large crown sitting haphazardly on her blond hair, still damp from the shower she only had five seconds to take before her niece started crawling into her make-up. She laughed, tugging Madeline into her lap, adjusting the miniature matching crown

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[george_goesboom]

George wouldn't have gone so far as to say he was nervous about meeting Cecilia's family. Excited, definitely. Maybe a tad giddily anxious. But it was nearly impossible to be nervous when a four-year-old with, if the anecdotes Cecilia had shared about her niece were even half true, a penchant for fairy wings and things that exploded had anything to do with it. While he was certainly also looking forward to meeting Holden, possibly the only other person besides Daphne whose approval with regards to his relationship with Cecilia he cared about, he had to be honest - he was mostly just preparing himself for a play date

[ccecilia]

As George crouched down, Cecilia hung back, her hands hanging on the edge of the door as she leaned against it. Her eyes followed him, her lips quirking into a bright smile as he so easily got down on Madeline's level. She had no doubts he'd be alright around her, knowing he had more than a handful of nieces and nephews himself.

Still, seeing him with her brought a little flutter to her chest.

"Mommy and daddy have weird names, too," Madeline said, smiling. "And Aunt Sissy- but mostly cause I don't know how to say her real name and so daddy says I can call her Sissy-"

Cecilia laughed, her hand reaching to tug at the sleeve of Madeline's sweater.

"Alright, love, let's let George inside, yeah?" she asked.

[george_goesboom]

"Obviously that's much better than her real name, anyway," George nodded with a smile that matched Madeline's before Cecilia's tug interrupted and he straightened himself back up, the smile twitching into a teasing smirk as he turned his attention to the taller of the two blondes.

"Hey Sissy," he finally greeted her, instinctively pressing a light hand to the small of her back as he leaned in to place a quick kiss on her cheek. "I like that crown on you-"

[ccecilia]

"Don't worry, I'm sure Madeline can make you one," she told him, skin feeling warm at his kiss. She couldn't help but give his hair a little ruffle as he leaned in toward her. "Among all the other things she's got for you, isn't that right, kiddo?"

Madeline was already darting back to the pink polka dot knapsack hanging from the edge of the kitchen stool, rummaging through it with a determination that Cecilia thought of as oddly familiar.

"I made you a friendship bracelet-" she called out, voice filling the flat in a way that caused Holden to wince. "Aunt Sissy told me you would like red and gold-"

"It's a little welcome gift-" Holden explained, coming from behind the counter, wiping his hands on a kitchen towel before moving toward Cecilia and George. "We've all got them-"

As if to prove that point, he lifted his arm to reveal two rainbow bands. Edin and Cecilia mimicked the movement, both with colorful bands of their own.

"It's good to meet you, mate," Holden said then, reaching out to shake his hand.