Prompt fill from this single parent AU list: “I asked you to babysit one time and now my child keeps asking when you will spend time with them again.”
As soon as the elevator doors open and Sophie see their across-the-hall neighbor at his front door, she is off down the hall at a happy sprint. “Mr. Connor! Mr. Connor!”
“Walk, please!” Oliver calls out after her. He follows at a more moderate pace, carrying their groceries.
Connor smiles slips the phone he was messing with in his pocket as Sophie approaches. “Hey bub.” He holds out a hand for her to high-five but pulls it back at the last minute so Sophie’s hand swipes through nothing but air. “Oh! Too slow.”
“No fair!” She cries with a little stomp of her foot and Connor holds out his hand again. This time she winds her arm up and hits his with all her might.
“Ow! You got me,” Connor says as he makes a show of shaking out his hand and Sophie giggles in delight. Connor and Oliver exchange pleasant smiles and nods when Oliver stops in front of their door, digging in his pockets for the keys.
“You wanna see what I got at the library?” Sophie asks up at Connor. Not waiting for his response, she sits down in the middle of the hallway and starts pulling books out of her backpack. “I got Fancy Nancy and Pigeon and Knuffle Bunny and this one’s about giraffes. Have you ever seen a giraffe?”
Published
lanablack 