Tiny cuddling partner
Papa Emeritus IV x Fem!Reader, mentions of Plushia (in an innocent toy story way)
warnings : none really, just a cute moment w/ our sweet popia.
word count : 1,026 words.
Hi ghesties, this is my first ever fanfic, i’m really glad that it’s a ghost one. i don’t know if anyone is gonna read this. I had fun writing it, honestly I giggled so much. here goes nothing.
Reader’s POV :
I missed him, I missed my papa.
He’s been working his gorgeous ass off planning future rituals, merch and box sets.
It’s been a few weeks now since we’ve had a proper romantic moment together. Most of the time we manage to find time for a date, movie night, even if it’s just cuddles before falling asleep.
Today, he called to let me know that he could take some time to have lunch together in his office. So, this is me walking there with lunch in one hand and a box of desserts in the other.
Thank Satan the door is open when I get there, I would have knocked with my foot otherwise.
When I finally get in he is (he’s the shining and the light...sorry, not sorry) nose deep in his papers, fully focused, didn’t even hear me come in.
“Knock, knock” I say.
That makes him lift his head and smiled at me.
“Hello my love, I’ll be yours in just a moment” he said and gestured me to sit on the couch near the fire.
Then he went right back to finishing his task. I decided to take that time to unpack lunch.
After a while he finally joined me, put his hand on one of mine, I smile at him, he gently kisses my forehead.
I was melting at his touch. I instinctively hug him and nuzzle deeper in his neck leaving a couple of innocent kisses there. He hummed quietly and started rubbing my back. He pulls back looking me in the eyes.
“Thank you for lunch, amore, I’ve been looking forward to it, I miss spending time with you” he says kissing my hand.
“I miss you too, papa” I kiss him on the cheek and he hums again.
“I am really sorry, I’m trying to do a good job with this album, I want everything to be perfect”.
“You are, you’re doing amazing. Now let’s eat”.
“Yess, I am starving, I’ve been living on sandwiches and juice boxes for too long” that makes me realise that I’ve been busy myself; too busy to make sure he doesn’t miss his meals. That ought to change.
“Don’t worry your wifey is here to make sure you eat healthy, or not so much since I brought desserts” pointing at the box.
“I swear to Satan, you’re a fallen angel!” he says before starting to eat, and I do the same.
“How’s your day so far” he asks, mouth full.
“A bit slow”
“You sleep well?”
“Yeah, I got me a new tiny cuddling partner” I say with a smile, thinking of that plush version of my hubby that one of the ghouls gave me when coming back from tour once, they said a fan threw it at them.
“You do? Well...um...” Copia chokes on his food. Not knowing what to say or what to think he just kept eating.
After we finished our lunch and had our desserts, I noticed his eyes darting to his desk, probably time to get back to work.
“We should do this more often, papa. I enjoyed it.” I say while cleaning the small table. He nodded. “You should get back before sister imperator scolds me for distracting you“I say with a hint of seriousness. That woman is gonna work him to death.
“hahaa, yes I should, thanks again, my precious” he goes back to his place behind his desk and picks up where he left off.
Before leaving, I went over to him, put my hand on his shoulder to get his attention, then leaning to him, I give him a soft yet firm kiss. Then I’m gone.
3rd person POV :
Papa Emeritus IV had a hard time focusing for the rest of the day. Thoughts clouded his mind: who the f*ck was cuddling his wife at night?
He never saw anybody when going to bed at night -then again he was so exhausted.
Maybe they leave before he gets there?
She said tiny...Sodo!? Noooo way!
I was so consumed by work that I made her seek comfort elsewhere.
“Stop that” he says to himself,“get back to work”.
Usually, at night he spends extra hours working and planning tomorrow’s work, but today all that thinking made him want to get off work a bit early to give his lady the cuddling they both missed.
Once he arrived, he opened the door extra quietly and got in, walking on his tippy toes, trying to summon the ninja in him.
Poking his head through the doorframe, he saw his lady’s back was turned to him, the lights were off except for the one on his bedside –she always leaves that one on for him.
He rounds the bed, and what he sees leaves him speechless.
In his beloved wife’s arms a tiny, ugly he thought, plush that looked like him in his cardinal days.
“You!” he whisper-yells at it.
As if possessed the plush slowly turned its head and winked at him.
Eyebrows to the sky, mouth open, Copia didn’t know if what he saw was real or if he was hallucinating. Pointing at it, he said : “I am not having no Annabelle near my precious wife”.
Reader’s POV :
I woke to papa taking Plushia from my arms and putting it on one of the top shelves where he keeps his boring (his words not mine) books.
“Papa, what are you doing? Are you back from work already?” I ask confused.
“Don’t worry amore. I’m all yours in a moment” and with that he picked some comfy clothes and got ready for bed.
“hi” he says getting under the covers and positioning himself in the middle, he takes me in his arms and I instinctively rest my head on his chest. “That’s better, no?”.
“Yes it is, I have to say that even though I enjoyed having Plushia with me, I definitely prefer the original”. That earns me a confused look.
“What did you call that thing? You know what, nevermind, I’m here now” he tilts my head so I’m looking at him”I love you”.
“And I love you, Copia”.
