lia's lion (pierre gasly x reader)
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summary: y/n misplaces something very important to hers and pierre's daughter.
words: 1.5k
warnings: none!
what a way to come back from the dead, i've just been super busy the last couple of months and haven't even had time to read let alone write!
anyway i'm like a quarter back so enjoy this!
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as soon as baby lia was born, charles leclerc, her uncle, made it his mission to be her favourite, despite only being the girls god father. pierre encouraged it, he loved watching his bestfriend interact with his daughter. however her favourite uncle had always been her mothers twin brother, mick schumacher. he didn't even have to try little lia gasly would light up with joy when she saw him.
mick constantly teased charles about it knowing how desprately the monegasque man wanted to be the german-french girls favourite.
charles got his wish eventually on lia's second birthday. she'd opened the gift and both her parents saw how she lit up with a face that could only be described as love. a plushie lion was in her hands and she hugged it close. "what did uncle charles get you?" y/n asked crouching by daughter.
"lia's lion! lia's lion!" she showed her mum jumping out of excitement.
"go say thank you" y/n encouraged the toddler who ram over to charles and charlotte giving them both massive hugs.
"merci! merci!" she hugged them both tightly and charles couldn't wipe the smile off his face.
lia had a thing for lions since she was born, she loved the things. she'd watch hours and hours of lion documentaries just staring in awe, her favioute helmet was max's because it had a lion on it and her favioute outfit was a dungaree dress that had a little lion embroidered on it. so charles had knocked second birthdays out of the park.
"i think you've been dethroned" pierre told mick who feigned annoyance letting out a huff at which charles laughed at.
since lia's lion joined lia's life, they had gone everywhere together. litterally everywhere. lion had it's own seat at the table, lion had to be with lia at bathtime, lion had the same bed time as lia, lion went shopping with lia, lion went to the races with lia, lion went to visit family with lia, lion went to church with lia. lion was lia's everything.
"mama, where lion?" lia asked standing in her bedroom, dressed in pyjamas, covered in lions of course.
y/n frowned looking round the room. lion should be in here, normally it's put back in her daughters room if it's just laying about. "scheisse" she muted under her breath. lion was not where it should be. they'd gone all over the place today. they'd gone to the supermarket then to micks and then her parents. lion could be anywhere.
"lion" the girl burst out into uncontrollable tears. that damn plushie was her everything. "lion, lion" she repeated over and over again. fuck.
"lia, let's have a look, i'm sure lions somewhere" y/n reassured her voice not even sounding convincing.
lia sobbed harder and harder as they searched the top floor of the house to find nothing. they made their way downstairs and y/n knew the toy wasn't there but she hoped that it would miraculously turn up.
with no luck, y/n bounced the toddler in her arms desprately tying to soothe the toddler but it would not work. the only thing that would stop the cries was the lion.
"lion!" her daughter cried.
"i know lia, i know" y/n tried but it was no use. pierre walked though the front door and immediately regretted doing so. the cries of his daughter echoed though the whole house.
"what's wrong?" pierre asked walking into the living room. y/n immediately regretted letting the toy out her sight. pierre looked exhausted. he hadn't been sleeping very well recently with a possible move away from the security of redbull on the table. that plus the long days at work had clearly caught up with him.
"papa,lion!" lia cried to her dad and the look on pierres face was almost begging y/n.
tell me you have not lost that lion.
the look she gave him back made pierre sigh heavily. "y/n!" he groaned annoyed collapsing onto the sofa. they knew the devastation that would be caused by losing their daughters beloved lion and had both decided that it would never be left out of sight.
"lion" lia sniffed too sad to call out for her favourite thing in the world.
"oh baby" y/n held her daughter close sitting on the sofa.
"papa" lia sniffed reaching for dad. pierre took her into his arms even though he had a thumping headache and a crying toddler was the last thing he needed.
"i'm sorry lia" pierre stroked the girls head as she cried silently into his shirt. "where have you been?" pierre asked y/n.
"everywhere" she sighed. "we went food shopping, to micks, my parents" she told her partner. he put his daughter onto the sofa who was still crying but too exhausted to do anything but sit and cry.
"okay" pierre stood up grabbing his car keys. "i'm going to find that lion" he stated.
"the shop closes in 30 minutes" y/n told him implying that he wouldn't make it.
"lia needs her lion and i'm a f1 driver, she's getting her lion" he confirmed. regardless of how tired he was. lion was his daughters everything and she was his everything. "i'll call your brother in the car" he told her leaving as quickly as he arrived.
"lion" lia looked at her mama desprately unable to think of anything else.
"pierre everything okay?" mick asked though the car speakers sounding tired himself.
"no, your sisters driving me insane." he stated. y/n and pierre had been together five years. they were happy of course and very much in love. however the birth of their daughter turned them into a married couple. they weren't, wouldn't be for a while. they just didn't want to get married yet.
"lion's gone missing" pierre broke and mick hissed.
"i don't remember lion being out at mine but my parents maybe?" mick sugested.
"i'm gonna check the shop first, lia can't even go to the bathroom without lion, she must've started the day with it" pierre concluded. "do you mind dropping your mom a call for me?" he asked.
"yeah of course don't worry, ask charles where he got it from if you have to get a new one" mick sugested.
no lion. the shop worker looked at pierre apologetically. he was in sweats and his alpha tauri t-shirt. the bags under his eyes were very prominent and his skin was dull. both the shop worker and pierre knew sleep wasn't an option for him tonight. "good luck" they smiled apologetically.
returning to y/n and lia the cries were still leaving lia but they were quieter. the girl was going to cry herself to sleep.
"lia i'm sorry" y/n told her daughter who let out a sigh seeing her dad return empty handed.
"mama! why!?" lia looked at her mum her heart breaking. her daughter was angry at her.
"lia, i said i was sorry" she looked at pierre taken aback by her.
"lia, it was a mistake she didn't mean too" pierre sat next to y/n and his daughter huffed. "do you want to try sleep?" he asked her. she looked so tired. it was bang on 11, five hours past bedtime.
"not without lion" she shook her head.
"i'll get it" y/n got of the sofa opening it to see her brother. "mick?" she asked.
"i have a delivery for lia gasly" mick said loud enough for the girl to hear. showing y/n the lion.
"thank you" she told him exhaustedly her twin simply smiling at her.
"what it is!?" lia called from the living room.
"i was talking to your oma and she said that you'd left someone very special with opa" mick nodded. "i had to go and get them straight away because they were really missing you lia" mick showed her the lion making it wave.
"lion!" lia exclaimed and pierre let out the breath he'd been holding.
"danke uncle mick!" she jumped off the sofa launching into micks arm. "danke, danke! papa, mama! uncle mick brought back lion" she showed her parents squeezing the lion tightly.
"you and lion have had a long day, shall we get you to bed lia?" y/n asked.
"can papa do it?" she asked.
"i think papas a little tired"
"it's fine" pierre smiled at his girlfriend scooping his daughter into his arms.
"danke mick" y/n smiled at her brother.
"reckon i've dethroned charles?" he asked his twin with a smirk on his face.
"oh definitely. he's gonna be pissed" she nodded with a chuckle.
charles was infact pissed.
daddy!pierre for my comeback, of course.