Kevin Ford (witherthougoest) wrote in after_the_fall, @ 2012-07-11 23:21:00 |
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Entry tags: | eddie, other!josh-616, other!kevin-616 |
Foley, Wednesday night
They had a routine, now, on the nights he spent with Foley and Eddie, and it was both strange and comforting. They usually played some kind of game, or colored, or occasionally watched one of the children's shows Eddie liked; then it was bathtime, which he could actually manage on his own these days; then pyjamas and cuddling up for stories in the big bed, Eddie nestled between the as Kevin read anywhere from one story to half a dozen, depending on how tired Eddie was. Somewhere in there he'd drop off between them, and they'd talk quietly for a while, 'their' son curled safe and warm between their bodies, until one of them scrounged up the energy to carry him the few steps across the room to his own bed and tuck him in.
Tonight it had been Kevin who'd lifted him carefully from the bed between them and laid him gently in his own bed. "Good night, baby boy," he whispered, bending to smooth baby fine hair back from Eddie's forehead before pressing a soft kiss to the spot. "Sleep well."
He stood and just watched him sleep for almost a minute, marveling at how small and...well, perfect he was. Finally, though, he turned around and headed back to the big bed, crawling in next to Foley before simply draping himself across the older boy, pressing him into the mattress with his weight as he nuzzled up under his jaw.