lastbluetardis

Things don’t always go as planned. Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, James and Rose have to work quickly to get everything prepared for their fifth child, and to prepare their eldest children for a new addition to the family. Ten x Rose AU, Soulmates AU. Tagging @doctorroseprompts This chapter: Teen, 5400 words; small trigger for minor character death and discussions of loss at the end of the chapter Ages of the Tyler-McCrimmons at the start of the chapter:

James: 39, Rose: 34, Ainsley: 9, Sianin: 6, Twins: 5.5 months If you like reading my stories, consider leaving me a tip? Or leave a reply on this post to tell me what you thought? And as always, reblogs are very much appreciated so more people can see this. AO3 | Perfectly Matched Series Ch1 |

Rose had forgotten how much she hated when her babies were teething. Hannah was inconsolably irritated for many hours of the day, and nothing she or James did seemed to help. They provided her with a multitude of hard, cold objects to chew and suck on to alleviate her discomfort. They gave the same teething toys to Maddie, but she wasn’t interested in them; she instead preferred softer textures. She was often found chewing on the arms and legs of her stuffed animals, or on any piece of cloth that was in reaching distance. James had turned around from doing the dishes one morning to find Maddie sitting in her high chair happily gnawing on a dish towel.

Within days of them realizing the twins were teething, Maddie’s first tooth broke through. James noticed it when he got the twins up one morning. She had smiled at him as he changed her nappy, and he saw a white, craggy tip peeking through her pink gums. He had carried her into their bedroom, where Rose was in the middle of a shower.

“First tooth!” he announced, yanking back the shower curtain and holding the baby out proudly to his wife. Maddie delighted in the spray of water, bouncing in his outstretched hands.

Rose rolled her eyes at her daft husband and ordered him out so she could finish her shower in peace. But as soon as she was dressed for the day, she inspected her baby’s first tooth, took a photo of it, and jotted the date into Maddie’s baby book.

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