fic: pretend like it's the weekend now (final fantasy vii)

Title: Pretend Like It's The Weekend Now
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VII
Characters: Barret Wallace, Tifa Lockhart, Marlene Wallace
Pairing: Tifa Lockhart/Barret Wallace
Rating: Gen
AO3 Tags: Pre-Canon, Parenting, Fluff, Romancing Barret Week
Summary: A surprise breakfast in the Wallace household.
Notes: Written for Romancing Barret Week on Tumblr, with the prompt: co-parenting. Drawing heavily from my own experiences as a mom of two who didn't get a ton of sleep when my kids were teeny-tiny. :)

Everyone gave him parenting advice, but he’d never understood the one that said to let a child soothe themselves to sleep. Who ignored a crying child? Not Barret. If it meant he sacrificed a good night’s sleep to help his daughter, so be it. He finally drifted off shortly before dawn, figuring a few minutes’ rest was better than none.

When he opened his eyes, a quick glance at the clock showed it was well past eight. The sheets were rumpled, but a small weight was missing. “Marlene?” Barret murmured, blinking away sleep. “Marlene?!”

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