closed: we're adopting

[reidinggg]

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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[skylar_x]

Skylar hadn't really seen much of the flat since being brought home on Sunday afternoon. After all, her room had an attached bathroom and both Harry and Reid had taken up to doting on her every need. There hadn't been any reason for her to step out of the safety of her bedroom really.

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.

[reidinggg]

"It, Fawcett, is a pristine specimen of the felis catus species," Reid replied, his attempt at sarcasm barely even coming across as such because, how could anyone get their tone to be anything other than overly sweet and playfully high-pitched when they were holding a squirming bundle of gray fur and and wide eyes.

"-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.

[skylar_x]

It was no secret that Skylar had wanted a kitten for a long time now. Actually, she had wanted one the day she received her letter to Hogwarts but her mother didn't approve of pets of any kind. She always said that they were a distraction.

"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!"

[reidinggg]

There. There it was. If the absolute adorableness of the snuggly little ball of gray fuzz hadn't been a good enough reason on its own to completely cave and take the little guy home with him, the genuine, unwavering smile he finally managed to get out of Skylar sure as hell was.

"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.