On the bright side, once that particular crisis is sorted, there's this:
"He's a little young to be setting shit on fire when we're not looking," Brad muttered, but even as he said it he pushed Nate's hand away, pushing up to look over at the crib and make sure that Linus was still asleep.
Nate huffed and shoved Brad back down, sitting up and twisting away. When he came back he had Linus, and he set the baby down on Brad's chest and then pressed in close against Brad's side himself, throwing his arm over Linus and Brad together.
"There," Nate said against Brad's ear. "Problem solved. Now go to sleep."
Brad smiled, and laid his arm down over Nate's, and obeyed.
It's just occurred to me that this story is sort of the result of me going "What would be kind of like Get Loved except mashing the forming-a-family button even harder? What if I took out all the timey-wimey plot bits and just wrote 50,000 words of exhaustedly taking care of a newborn together? MAYBE THAT."
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(Er. Warning for consent ... things ... in this snippet!)
"Nate," Brad said, remembering to breathe in and out and to keep his hand on the baby light. "What do you remember."
Nate shook his head. "It's fine, it's--I assume we had sex, which I know I would have wanted. I trust you--"
"Nate," Brad repeated, holding down something unhelpful that felt like panic. "What is the last thing you remember."
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"He's a little young to be setting shit on fire when we're not looking," Brad muttered, but even as he said it he pushed Nate's hand away, pushing up to look over at the crib and make sure that Linus was still asleep.
Nate huffed and shoved Brad back down, sitting up and twisting away. When he came back he had Linus, and he set the baby down on Brad's chest and then pressed in close against Brad's side himself, throwing his arm over Linus and Brad together.
"There," Nate said against Brad's ear. "Problem solved. Now go to sleep."
Brad smiled, and laid his arm down over Nate's, and obeyed.
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It's just occurred to me that this story is sort of the result of me going "What would be kind of like Get Loved except mashing the forming-a-family button even harder? What if I took out all the timey-wimey plot bits and just wrote 50,000 words of exhaustedly taking care of a newborn together? MAYBE THAT."
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