"All Is Fair" for dg_challenge
Title: All Is Fair
Prompt: #40: mammy
Rating: PG
Summary: Mrs. Malfoy had taught her child a new word. The child’s father might not approve.
All Is Fair
“Mammy! Mammy! Maaammmmmyyyyy!”
“Angel, no! Not ‘Mammy’, Abby. Father. Not even ‘Daddy’, not ‘Papa’. Father. Now say it.”
“Mammy! Mammy! Mammy, Mammy, Mammy, Mammymammymammy…”
“Oh, come now! Abigail, stop crying, this is most unbecoming. Abigail, I’m serious, stop it this instance. What are you doing? Why are you crying louder? Was that the door? Oh, you little snitch, you’re calling for reinforcement! Bollocks, your Mum heard you. Abigail, stop wailing. Now! Why you litt-oh, hello, Love, how are you? Had a nice day at work? Hope it was smashing! We’re just playing here to our heart’s content, see?”
“Draco, why are you smothering our daughter with your cloak?”
“Wha-I’m-I’m not smothering her! We’re playing ‘Hide and Seek’! She’s hiding and I’m seeking.”
“Oh. Did you find her yet?”
“Was just gathering an expedition.”
“Give me my daughter, please.”
“No. She’s mine too. I’m playing with her now, go away.”
“You did not just say that.”
“I might have. No, you can’t have her! Hey, give her back!”
“Why are her eyes red? Draco, she’s been crying! What on earth were you doing to her?”
“Nothing! I just tried to make her stop calling me ‘Mammy’! I don’t know where she got that crazy idea, but she keeps ca-you didn’t.”
“Well, I thought it would be cute. Come now, the guests love it!”
“Well, let her call them ‘Mammy’, for Circe’s sake! Why hell did you train our daughter to call me that?”
“I didn’t train her, Draco. She’s not a dog, if you’ve missed that little fact.”
“I don’t care if she’s the Prime Minister’s rabbit. She’s not allowed to call me ‘Mammy’.”
“Mammy!”
“Hush it, you. And you, Mrs. Malfoy… you taught her this, you unteach her this. Blaise has been offering to dress me in a dress and attempt breastfeeding her. This is not funny!”
“Well, I think it is. And so does Abby. Look, she’s smiling!”
“She takes pleasure in angering me… a Weasley woman through and through.”
“The best women always are, Love. Don’t look so beaten.”
“I think I’m growing too old for such quarrels, because I don’t even want to retaliate.”
“You’re not growing too old, you’re simply growing up. And inadvertently realizing that I really ought to win. It is my given right as your savior.”
“My savior? I must have slept during that act of this play. When was that? Ow!”
“When I was standing between you and the tip of Harry’s wand, you ponce!”
“Oh, that…”
“Yes, that. Honestly, I don’t know why I bother!”
“…”
“Oh, yes, now I remember…”
“Easy, woman, not in front of the child.”
“Cilli!”
“Anxious?”
“You have a life debt to repay…”
“That I do… and many other debts.”
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“Hey there, my little baby girl… How does the most beautiful redheaded baby that ever pooped this earth doing this fine morning? Oh, yes, you smile, because you know you’re so beautiful. Yes, you are. Yes, you are! Now, tell your Mamma you love her. Who am I? Who am I? Come on. Say it, my clever bean. Who am I?”
“Dadda!”
“...”
“Dadda! Dadda, Dadda, Dadda, Dadda! Da-dda! Dadda!”
“…”
“Dadda?”
“DRACO!”
Prompt: #40: mammy
Rating: PG
Summary: Mrs. Malfoy had taught her child a new word. The child’s father might not approve.
All Is Fair
“Mammy! Mammy! Maaammmmmyyyyy!”
“Angel, no! Not ‘Mammy’, Abby. Father. Not even ‘Daddy’, not ‘Papa’. Father. Now say it.”
“Mammy! Mammy! Mammy, Mammy, Mammy, Mammymammymammy…”
“Oh, come now! Abigail, stop crying, this is most unbecoming. Abigail, I’m serious, stop it this instance. What are you doing? Why are you crying louder? Was that the door? Oh, you little snitch, you’re calling for reinforcement! Bollocks, your Mum heard you. Abigail, stop wailing. Now! Why you litt-oh, hello, Love, how are you? Had a nice day at work? Hope it was smashing! We’re just playing here to our heart’s content, see?”
“Draco, why are you smothering our daughter with your cloak?”
“Wha-I’m-I’m not smothering her! We’re playing ‘Hide and Seek’! She’s hiding and I’m seeking.”
“Oh. Did you find her yet?”
“Was just gathering an expedition.”
“Give me my daughter, please.”
“No. She’s mine too. I’m playing with her now, go away.”
“You did not just say that.”
“I might have. No, you can’t have her! Hey, give her back!”
“Why are her eyes red? Draco, she’s been crying! What on earth were you doing to her?”
“Nothing! I just tried to make her stop calling me ‘Mammy’! I don’t know where she got that crazy idea, but she keeps ca-you didn’t.”
“Well, I thought it would be cute. Come now, the guests love it!”
“Well, let her call them ‘Mammy’, for Circe’s sake! Why hell did you train our daughter to call me that?”
“I didn’t train her, Draco. She’s not a dog, if you’ve missed that little fact.”
“I don’t care if she’s the Prime Minister’s rabbit. She’s not allowed to call me ‘Mammy’.”
“Mammy!”
“Hush it, you. And you, Mrs. Malfoy… you taught her this, you unteach her this. Blaise has been offering to dress me in a dress and attempt breastfeeding her. This is not funny!”
“Well, I think it is. And so does Abby. Look, she’s smiling!”
“She takes pleasure in angering me… a Weasley woman through and through.”
“The best women always are, Love. Don’t look so beaten.”
“I think I’m growing too old for such quarrels, because I don’t even want to retaliate.”
“You’re not growing too old, you’re simply growing up. And inadvertently realizing that I really ought to win. It is my given right as your savior.”
“My savior? I must have slept during that act of this play. When was that? Ow!”
“When I was standing between you and the tip of Harry’s wand, you ponce!”
“Oh, that…”
“Yes, that. Honestly, I don’t know why I bother!”
“…”
“Oh, yes, now I remember…”
“Easy, woman, not in front of the child.”
“Cilli!”
“Anxious?”
“You have a life debt to repay…”
“That I do… and many other debts.”
***************************************
“Hey there, my little baby girl… How does the most beautiful redheaded baby that ever pooped this earth doing this fine morning? Oh, yes, you smile, because you know you’re so beautiful. Yes, you are. Yes, you are! Now, tell your Mamma you love her. Who am I? Who am I? Come on. Say it, my clever bean. Who am I?”
“Dadda!”
“...”
“Dadda! Dadda, Dadda, Dadda, Dadda! Da-dda! Dadda!”
“…”
“Dadda?”
“DRACO!”