Place in the timeline: November 9th, 2008
"Daddy's Girl" is the first chapter of Ma Fille.
Twenty-four year old Joseph "Joe" Beaufort is called to a hospital, being told that a recently deceased woman had claimed he was the father of her baby.
Initially very nervous and scared, Joe's anxieties melt away when he first meets his little daughter, Katrina.
Tropes in this chapter include:
- Adaptation Distillation: The AO3 version combines this chapter and the following three into one big chapter titled "Those First Few Months".
- Daddy's Girl: The name of the chapter itself. Katrina also adapts well to meeting her father.
- Good Parents: The crux of this chapter, and the fic as a whole, is Joe declaring he will be the best father he can be.
- In-Series Nickname:
- This chapter establishes Joe's name to be short for Joseph.
- This is the chapter where Joe gives Katrina the nickname "Katie".
- Pink Means Feminine: Katrina is introduced wearing a pink onesie.
- Token Trio: The three hospital workers consist of one white man (the doctor holding Katrina), one white woman (the nurse), and one Black woman (the doctor wearing braids).
