#Apparently I'm on a season 2 kick for writing Millie i guess?

[millie-manx-the-nutcracker]

“ -- sshhh, come here… “ He tenderly reached out for her, his hand in demeanor had called the child to him, ushering her close with guiding limb. Enveloping her into an arm aloft shoulders and coddling her smaller frame against him.

Millie didn't hesitate as her Father beckoned her to come to him. She buried her face into the blue wool of his coat, sniffling against the fabric as she tried to stifle the tears that kept threatening to fall. Her arms, gilded in the blue and red fabric of her Nutcracker clothes, came around his sides as she clung onto him for dear life.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry," The Little Nutcracker sobbed, as the tears finally fell free from their prison. She was apologizing for all of it; all the arguments, the disobedience, the trip up to the house past Candy Cane Hill that should have never been discovered in the first place.

"I didn't....I didn't...mean..to...hurt...you Father...Please I'm sorry! Please don’t leave me again, Please, I ...I promise I’ll stay within the gates," She hiccuped between the sobs, her small frame shaking against his own longer frame.

@wraith-of-christmas-future