momslilassassin | Skywalker Home, Naboo

"You have to blow out the candle first, sweetheart," Ender said wryly. "Or at least pretend to, and then Ben can blow it out."

"Cake," Val said firmly. "And NO HAT."

"Nuh uh," Ender said. "You'll have no cake and all-hat if you don't blow out the candle like this."

He blew out a little bit of air.

Val screwed up her face, then blew in the general direction of the cake.

"Good job!" Ben said, waving the candle off using the Force.

Ender picked up a knife, dutifully cutting off a small piece of cake. "And now you get to have cake," he said, smiling, as he dumped it onto a small plate and put it down in front of her.

"CAKE!"

Ben laughed. "Yes, she'd definitely my kid."

"If that was ever in question, it's settled now," Ender agreed, grinning. "You'll get more cake if you can finish this, Val."

"CAKE!" Val said, taking handfuls of it and smushing it into her mouth as Ben took holos, laughing.

"She'll be so embarrassed about this in about six months," Ender said wryly, "If I remember the Wiggin timetable right."

"You Wiggins and your accelerated everything," Ben teased.

"She'll be a teenager in 8 months," Ender joked. "Be prepared."

"I'll gird my loins," Ben said, nodding.

Ender snorted softly. "Start with getting less archaic," he said.

"But where's the fun in that?" he asked.

"Your daughter might be slightly less inclined to kick you in said loins?" Ender said, smiling.

"She can't reach my loins just yet," Ben said.

"Punch them?" Ender offered, as he cut off another slice of cake for Val.

"Stomp on them climbing into my lap?" Ben countered, reaching for a slice for himself.

Mmm, cake.

"You're going to get into a fight much faster if you keep eating her cake," Ender said.

He looked terribly amused at the general face-stuffing going on here.

"There's plenty," Ben insisted, "and learning to share is important, especially if she's not an only child for very much longer."

Ender smiled softly. "We should pick a planet with good medical facilities, when we get back from Fandom."

With any luck, the last kinks had been ironed out after the last time they'd gone through this.

Ben leaned in and kissed him. "Sounds perfect."

"I'll start running comparisons soon," Ender said, touching his face.

Then he kissed the top of Val's head. "How would you like to have a brother, sweetheart?"

"No," Val said very clearly.

Ben burst out laughing.

"Too bad," Ender said cheerfully, patting her on the shoulder. "Get used to the idea."

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