Sun Child: Lt. Jee, Babysitter

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The AU:  Sun Child, in which Princess Zura was pregnant when she was banished from the Fire Nation.  Now she roams the world with a child in tow, seeking the Avatar as the key to redemption- for her, and her daughter...

The Prompt/Summary:  Lt. Jee babysits Lan Min.

The Fic-

This is Lt. Jee. 

Lt. Jee is a very fierce man with a fierce mustache and an even fiercer vocabulary.  When he finds something amiss, sailor-boys tremble and grown men shiver in their shorts.

Lt. Jee is also charged with the duty of tending his royal captain’s infant daughter when she is ashore on business.  This means that he goes about with the tiny girl strapped to his chest, a solemn burden and joyful ward.  She goes everywhere with him, and is probably one of the few who will be able to legitimately say she learned to sail before she learned to walk.

Of course, when her mother the princess returns from her business ashore, and puts aside her armor and her own fearsome temper, she hugs her daughter tight and asks, what new words did she learn today?

The answer has Jee standing before the captain, receiving some fierce vocabulary of his own. 

So now when Lt. Jee’s about his duties, he does not swear, not even at the ensigns or midshipmen (who can be very annoying).  Now what he does, is point to the small, widely curious girl chewing on a toy as she dangles firmly harnessed from his chest.

He points out exactly what has been done wrong, and why it is such a bad idea on a ship.  He explains the million and one ways the ocean can kill them even when everything is running exactly right on the ship.  And then he asks them if they feel at all right, contributing to the level of risk and danger this little girl, this darling young princess of theirs will face.

The crew really wishes he would go back to swearing.