My Promise to You [A gift for @toloveawarlord for the Ikemen Vampire Gift Exchange]
Characters ⤞ Arthur Conan Doyle x Reader
Rating ⤞ General
Tags ⤞ Cotton-candy sweet fluff, First-time Parents, Married Life
TW ⤞ Babies
A/N: It’s been such a pleasure participating in this gift exchange! Thank you to @ikemenlibrary and everyone involved for all of the hard work you put into organizing this. Additional thank you to @toloveawarlord, as I’m a huge fan of her work, getting the opportunity to write this has been so great.
Disclaimer ⤞ I don’t own the rights to Ikemen Vampire or any Ikemen/Cybird games.
The sun’s early morning rays beamed through the window, casting the room in a soft luminescent glow. The warmth from the sun’s beams began to caress your face, slowly bringing you forth from your sleep. With a groan, your heavy lids began to open, faintly recognizing the familiar surroundings of your room. As you regained your senses, a soft movement against your belly caused you to lower your gaze, only to realize where it was coming from. Your husband, Arthur, had draped his arm over your body in the middle of the night, hugging you to his side as close as physically possible. The steady breaths coming from him indicated that he was still deep in his slumber.
It had already been two years since you two had recited your vows in front of everyone you held dearest to your heart. Yet, every passing day you spent waking up with your handsome, loving husband by your side still felt like newlywed bliss.
Speaking of your husband, as though spurred by a sixth sense of having someone’s eyes on him, Arthur Doyle slowly roused himself from slumber, eyes like the deepest sapphire gems gazing at you with a look of pure love and adoration. “My love, just how long were you expecting me to stay still while you examine me with those beautiful eyes of yours?” He teased, deft fingers reaching towards your face to tuck a strand of your hair behind your ear. The affectionate gesture had your heart soaring in your chest. You were seconds away from pressing a kiss to your lover’s lips when the sharp wail of a baby’s cries interrupted your intimate moment with your lover.
“And there she goes,” you murmured, sighing exasperatedly, yet, the twinkle of amusement in your eye betrayed your true feelings. This was you and Arthur’s morning routine now, with a four-month-old newborn baby daughter with hair matching the exact shade of yours and eyes as blue as her father’s. And after all of it, the sleepless nights where you were cradled in Arthur’s arms, exhausted out of your mind, you wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.
“Don’t worry, just stay in bed. I’ve got her,” Arthur murmured, pressing a quick kiss to your brow. “You already do enough, waking up in the middle of the night to feed her. You need to rest more, Mrs. Doyle.”
A soft smile ghosted your lips as you heard the pattering of Arthur’s feet running to the nursery, followed by the sounds of soft cooing and gentle whispers. If he thought you were okay with missing out on a picture-perfect moment of him being the best father, then he was sorely mistaken. You quickly pulled on a cardigan and followed your husband. The sight greeting your eyes from the doorway caused butterflies to erupt in your chest. Even the sun seemed to work in Arthur’s favour, casting the most beautiful glistening light against the two of them. You watched as he pressed kiss after kiss against your daughter’s cheeks until she was giggling in delight, mouth forming the most adorable little smile.
“Who’s papa’s little girl, hm? Who’s papa’s little girl? That’s right, you are!” Arthur cooed, tickling her little cheeks with his fingers. “My absolutely beautiful, brilliant daughter that looks like a spitting image of my absolutely beautiful, brilliant wife. How did I ever get so lucky? A right ole’ rascal like me, having the two most perfect girls around me,” The amazement in Arthur’s eyes as he gazed at his daughter was akin to someone looking at the most precious treasure in the world – his world.
“Well, first off, if you’re a rascal, you’re myrascal. Second of all, I think Uncle Theo and his meddling in our relationship had something to do with that,” you teased, wrapping your arm around Arthur’s lean waist. “If you think about it, we would have never met without Comte’s help either, so I guess you could say it was a dual Comte and Theo effort. If I’d left it up to you, you might still be pushing me away and pretending to chase ‘pretty skirts’ around to try to fool me into thinking you were terrible!” Crinkles formed in your eyes as you giggled at the incredulous look on your husband’s face. Though your words were merely jests at your husband, the look that he’d get on his face was just too adorable. The way his bottom lip jutted out slightly into a pout, stunning blue eyes somehow becoming even more irresistible.
“Hey! Th—well, you may have a point there, darling,” Arthur mused. “Perhaps I should call that old chap up, see what that darned Theo has been up to. It’s been a while since he’s seen our little girl, too. As her bloody godfather, he can’t just send her toys in the mail every month – he has to come to see her sometime.”
“Right,” you murmured, leaning in to ghost your lips over your husband’s neck.
His eyes widened for a second in shock, and then his gaze turned heated. It was always such a wonder to you how Arthur could go from being the perfect gentleman to immediately ready for something else in the span of two seconds. The way his eyes roamed up and down your body, despite the messiness of your morning bedhead, the cardigan you’d haphazardly slung over your shoulders, despite everything.Even when you felt your worst, he still looked at you as though you were the most beautiful woman in the world.
“Mrs. Doyle, are you finally ready to try for baby number 2?” Arthur asked, gently setting down your daughter into her crib and directing all the intensity in his gaze at you.
“Settle down, Mr. Doyle!” You cried out, heat immediately fanning over your cheeks at his words. “I mean… I do want her to have a sibling… maybe a younger brother that she could boss around….” A smile tugged at your lips as you imagined your daughter leading a younger sibling around the house, protecting them and guiding them as you knew she would. You knew that Arthur came from a large family and that deep down, he always wanted a family of mini versions of the two of you running around.
At your words, Arthur’s eyes lit up, and he wrapped you up in his arms. A radiant smile had formed on his face, and you were sure he was beginning to imagine what your little family could look like in the future. “You remember my promise to you, right?” He asked, cradling your face with his hand gently, so gently it seemed as though he were afraid to hurt you. “No matter what happens, I won’t let any harm come to you. I’ll protect you forever. Well, I’d like to make an amendment to that promise.”
A few beats passed between the two of you, your eyes trained on his as you waited patiently for what he had to say next. His gaze was soft as his thumb gently caressed your cheek.
“No matter what happens, I won’t let any harm come to you or our children, however many of them we have in the future. If it’s just our angel baby, I’ll be happy. If it’s our angel baby and more little mini versions of you running around in our home, I’ll still be happy. You’ve made me the happiest man in the world by just being by my side and whatever our future holds for us. I love you more than words can express, my dear.” There was a mistiness behind Arthur’s eyes as his voice choked up with the overwhelming emotion he held for you.
“I love you too, Arthur,” you responded, vision blurring with your own tears. And with that, no matter what lay ahead for the two of you in the future, as long as Arthur was by your side, you were sure you could take it.
Fandom: Ikémen Vampire Reader-insert:Female Pairing: Implied!Undine!Arthur Conan Doyle x reader Genre:Romance Warnings: Mentions of reincarnation Word Count:700+
Inspired by this lovely fanart@cheese-ception made for me And if you’ve been sleeping on it, shame on you because Arty looks amazing!
Storytelling before bedtime had become a pleasant ritual for Arthur and you, and that night was his turn to tell you a story. So, nuzzling into his arm, you locked your expectant eyes on his bright, sapphire ones. “Say, Luv, have I ever told you about the undines? You shook your head. “What’s an undine?” “Undines are water nymphs. They are usually female, but once every blue moon, a male undine is born into the world.” Your lover could not hide the smile of delight that drew itself on his face upon noticing the spark of interest flashing in your charming eyes. “The story I’m about to tell you happens to be about a male undine who was born many a century ago. This lucky creature was the only male around a sea of cute, little female nymphs.” He saw you rolling your eyes which evoked a light chuckle from him. “This handsome undine was having the time of his life chasing after all those cute nymphs when he met a female human that would turn his world upside down.” “Oh, what was she like?” “She was the most beautiful woman he had ever laid his eyes on.” “More beautiful than the other nymphs?” “Indeed! She was lovely. However, what made him fall in love with her was her kind heart, contagious laughter, assertiveness, and that childlike curiosity that brought them together in the first place.” “She sounds really cool,” you mused aloud. “She was! She had him wrapped around her little finger. He wanted to be with her and show her how much he loved her. He was so head-over-heels in love with her that one day he himself became human.” “This is quite the romantic story. I like it.” Your lips quirked into a small smile as your weary eyes fluttered closed. “One would think so, Luv,” he said, lowering the tone of his dulcet voice. “However, undines are doomed to die if their partner is unfaithful to them. And he was very aware of that.” “Oh… did she—” He interrupted you. “No. Fortunately, she loved him just as much as he did. She even helped him overcome his silly insecurities.” He let out a dreamy sigh. “She was amazing for him.” He pressed a tender kiss atop your head. “And you know what? If their partner is loyal, undines make sure to give them everything. And so he did. The flame of his love was everlasting. His love was pure and intense. So intensely he loved her, that he never forgot her, not even after his death. That’s precisely how strongly undines love their partners.” “Aww, that’s so…” A yawn escaped your parted lips and you felt your lover pulling you closer to him as a soft giggle rang in your ears. “What’s more fascinating is that when undines reincarnate, they spend all their life looking for their partner —their one and only,” he whispered, staring fondly at you as he let his slender fingers ghost over one of your hands, toying with the wedding band around your ring finger. “When they find them, they do everything they can to woo them. And once they win their heart, they never let their partner go.” He wrapped both of his arms around you, holding you securely against him. You buried your face in his chest, taking in his comforting scent. “So, that means the woman forgot about him, right?” you mumbled, words coming out muffled. “Naturally. She was only human, after all.” “That’s kind of sad,” you snaked one arm around his lithe form, gently caressing the bare skin of his back with your thumb. A shiver ran down his spine and he let out a low hum. “Mhm. But that did not deter him from winning her heart again and again.” “Would you… woo me again if you were… an undine?” Sleep was slowly but steadily taking over your consciousness, yet you managed to hear his answer before you finally succumbed to it. “I already have, Luv.” He pulled up the blankets, ensuring to keep you warm as you slept in his arms. “Quite a few times,” he added in a hushed tone. “And I shall continue doing so, my sweet dove. Forevermore.”
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