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Giggles filled the Collodi-Rossi-Liddell residence as Romeo ‘Lampwick’ Rossi bent over the playpen that held his step-brother and best friend, Pinocchio’s, two young children. 

Two year old Alison Ludovica Collodi-Rossi-Liddell—or Ally, for short, as they called her—who was just as blonde and blue eyed as her mother. 

And ten-month-old, Pino Giuseppe Collodi-Rossi-Liddell, who they called Pin—who was the spitting image of his father except for the mysterious brown eyes he somehow acquired and the glasses he wore.

Ally’s hair was up in pigtails and she was spotting a light blue dress, similar to the one her mother—Alice Liddell—had worn when she was younger.

And her brother was sporting a little plaid onesie with a cricket on it that his grandfather had sewn for him. 

They both looked absolutely adorable and Lampwick adored them. 

Which was why he was doing probably the most undignified thing he had ever done in his life. 

“Peekaboo, I see you!”

Ally giggled again and again, louder and louder with each little one. Clapping as she watched the funny faces he made. 

All while Pin let out a full belly laugh that caused him to fall over.

Those laughs right there were worth the loss of his dignity. And he hoped he’d never stop hearing them.