They had been talking about it for months. Jokingly, at first, something that one of them had brought up on a drunken whim. It had become a bit of a running joke for a while. But then the idea had started to stick, to be thrown out as an actual suggestion rather than a humorous jab. Then they had gotten rather attached to it, to the hypothetical
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Sometime around midday her and Harry had fallen asleep again. Well, Harry had. Skylar was staring at the ceiling, listening to the sound of his breathing to calm her down.
The door slammed and she winced, sitting up quickly.
But then Reid's familiar and comforting voice followed and Skylar relaxed, pulling herself out of bed. She straightened out her favorite navy pullover sweatshirt as she headed out towards the living room, her dark brown hair a mess of curls.
"Reid? What is it?" she asked, catching sight of the little bundle that he was carrying in his arms. A smile pulled at her lips before she could stop herself.
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"-Also known as an adorable kitten, and also the new supreme leader of this household." He unceremoniously dropped with his bag and keys to the floor in order to hold the fuzzy bundle out toward Skylar, a face-splitting grin stretched across his face.
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"You got us a kitty!" Skylar broke out into a smile for the first time in days, warmed by that adorable little face (Reid's actually, though the kitten was just as cute),
She stepped forward and took the kitten, perfect little white paws and peach fuzz baby fur sticking out in all directions. She brought the little face up to nuzzle at her nose.
"I can't believe you got us this little fur ball!"
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"It's been a long time coming. I took a short cut through the shopping center and I swear he was staring at me when I walked by the pet shop and, well. I got us a kitten."
He stepped up to Skylar to scratch a finger behind the quirked up point of the tiny cat's ear, unable to wipe the smile from his face as he watched it paw at Skylar's face as she held it up in front of her.
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There wasn't much in the last few days that had eased her mind. But then again, they hadn't tried the healing powers of a kitten yet.
"Does he have a name yet?" she asked, unable to tear her eyes away from the tiny little face, the button nose and tiny little pink tongue. Skylar pulled him in, rocking him against her chest and she could hear him begin to purr.
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"No, not yet. I figured it was only right for it to be a joint effort."
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"We've thought of so many brilliant names over the years," she mused, making her way to the couch. "How will we chose?"
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He plopped down on the floor next to the couch, curiously peering back at the tiny bundle's wide blinking eyes. "Maybe see what he responds to?"
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"Well, we can cut out Meowly Cyrus and Rowena Ravenpaw," Skylar laughed, nudging Reid's shoulder with her knee.
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"Doctor Mew?"
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"Doctor Mew!" Skylar mused, a wide smile on her face as she turned to Reid. "He wanted to pick his name after all-"
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"So not only is ridiculously cute, we've got some kind of genius Who fan feline on our hands," he said, his voice a few notches higher than usual as he semi-addressed the kitten.
"My dad'll be so pleased-" he added with a laugh.
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"Just like you, Reid-"
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"I'm only adorable when it's worth the effort," he shrugged, dropping his chin on top of Skylar's shoulder to peer back at Doc's flailng, a perfectly goofy grin on his face. "I don't think this one could help it if he tried."
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Skylar turned towards him and pressed a kiss to his forehead, happy then that Harry had fallen asleep and she had this moment alone with Reid. There wasn't a day that went by since she was eleven that she wasn't thankful for him stepping into her life but some days the realization of how lucky she was were bigger than others.
"And he's absolutely perfect," she said, turning back to Doctor Mew and that sweet little button nose of his, "We'll have to get him a navy blue collar and one of those scratching trees with all the different levels for him to sleep on."
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"Obviously, he'll be getting completely spoiled," Reid nodded, laughing as he watched the furry bundle hop up against Skylar's chest, flailingly reaching for a curly lock that fell past her shoulder.
He nudged his shoulder against hers, laughter receding to a small relieved sort of smile as he threw a side glance her way. Though they had been talking about getting a cat for years, this really had been a bit of a last ditch effort to find something to cheer her up, to take her mind away from what was clearly on it every hour of the day. It was even more of a relief than he had imagined it would be to see her smile and somewhat relax again.
"I'm glad you like him."
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