Fill 8 Card 2: Gloves

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"Sigyn, sweetheart, are you all packed up?" Pepper asked as she entered her granddaughter's room.

 

"Almost, Gam Gam!" the little girl answered her.

 

Pepper paused when she caught sight of Sigyn's fiery red hair, its vibrant hue lighting up the room.

 

She was so focused on pushing something into one of the knapsacks that had accompanied her from Asgard two weeks ago, and she hadn't noticed her grandmother entered the room. This allowed Pepper to observe silently.

 

She's so much like Eva when she was that age!, she thinks as she watches her granddaughter. Sigyn stuck out her tongue in concentration, just as her mother used to when faced with a challenging task. Pepper couldn't help but smile, reminded of her daughter's playful spirit. Eva lives on this little wonder she made with Loki....

 

"Gam Gam?"

 

Pepper blinked and realized that Sigyn had stopped what she was doing.

 

"What's wrong, Gam Gam?" Sigyn asked, sliding off the bed, and coming over to her.

 

She brushed aside a lock of the little girl's hair, and forced a smile, "Nothing, sweetie."

 

"You sure, Gam Gam? You look sad."

 

"I do?"

 

"Yeah."

 

Pepper's heart sank, a pang of longing washing over her as memories of her daughter flooded her mind. She forced a smile, not wanting to burden Sigyn with her sorrow. She wrapped her arms around the little girl. "I guess I am just a little sad. You look so much like your Mommy when she was your age that I started to think about her, and thinking about her made me miss her."

 

"Oh."

 

"Yeah."

 

Grandmother and granddaughter stay that way for a moment or two before Sigyn wiggles out of Pepper's arms, and returned to the bed. The moment has passed, and Pepper shook off the residual feelings before she walked over to the bed where Sigyn has resumed her struggle.

 

"Here, sweetie, let me help you with that," Pepper said, pulling the knapsack over, "What's all this you're trying to put back in here?"

 

Sigyn watched as her grandmother pulled out the contents of her bag, "It's all the  new things you and Pop Pop have given me while I've been here on Mid... Earth! I want to take it back to Asgard with me!"

 

"Oh, I see," her grandmother responded with amusement, "Well, let's see if I can't help you get it all packed so it'll fit. Okay?"

 

"Okay."

 

Pulling out the contents of the bag, she placed the items on the bed. Despite the difficulty of getting them packed, they'd only gifted the little girl with a few items. They had known she would want to take them back to Asgard with her when her father arrived to take her back home, and they didn't want to over do things. Mostly what they'd given her were some books, three games, and a few toys that Pepper doubted could be found on Asgard. The packing of Sigyn's knapsack went more smoothly with Pepper's experience of packing luggage, and soon there were only two items left on the bed. 

 

"These too, Gam Gam! I want to take these with me too!" the girl proclaimed, holding up the items.

 

What she was holding up were two long red gloves that had been decorated by a child to resemble Iron Man's gauntlets. They were kinda faded, and the frayed around the edges, and Pepper had been sure Sigyn would even want them before she had presented them to her granddaughter.

 

She took one from the child, and asked, "Are you sure you want to take them to Asgard, Siggy? I mean they're a bit faded and don't look all that Asgardian."

 

Sigyn would not be discouraged, "No, they don't, Gam Gam, but that's why I like them. But I want them because they were Mommy's and you said I could have them."

 

Ah, there was the real reason Pepper didn't want to pack them to be taken away with her granddaughter. The two Iron Man gloves had belonged to her own little girl once upon a time. Eva had spent hours playing with her brother and cousins, insisting that she was Iron Man when they said she couldn't be because she was a girl!

 

"Gam Gam? Please can I take them with me, Gam Gam? So I can have something with me that was my Mommy's?" Sigyn begged.

 

Pepper swallowed, took a deep breath, and nodded, "Of course, you can take them. Just promise me that you'll be careful with them and look after them."

 

"I will, Gam Gam, I promise."

 

After one last look at them, Pepper folded the gloves and placed them into the knapsack.