Author: Regency

Title: Asleep

Fandom: Grey’s Anatomy/NCIS

Pairing: Addison Montgomery/Ziva David

Rating: G

Warning: Implied character death.

Word count: 100 + 100

Summary:  AU. Addison has her daughter and that’s enough. / Ziva has Addison’s daughter and it’s too much.

AN: I totally broke my own rule here with the babies-in-fic business. Admittedly, this one is a bit in-my-head, but hopefully you, outside, can enjoy it like I do.

ETA: Wrote a companion (/sequel) called "The Exception."

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Her breath is like tiny feathers tickling the air.  Her short rust-red hair sticks up in cowlicks that will embarrass her when she’s all grown up and her mother is showing off the pictures of the baby girl she used to be.  She’ll be beautiful even then and Addison won’t see a bit of herself in her—even though she’s everywhere.

                Beautiful skin, lovely eyes, and when she’s glad, a smile that would make the Pope reconsider what defines a child of God.

                She is a perfect product of the love that was unexpected, but simply inevitable all the same.

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                She is a liability.

                Small and fragile, nestled in the crook of her arm, Ziva fears she shouldn’t be so still.  So, she taps her nose and, for her effort, receives a shrill cry in response.  Placated, but affronted at her own insecurity, she soothes her to slumber again.

                She is a liability with grey, grey eyes and a smile that is undeniably Addison. The responsibility of guarding the infant has fallen to Ziva while Ziva herself just feels like she’s fallen.

                Addison Montgomery was only supposed to be an asset.

                Her daughter was never supposed to be an orphan.