homeless_pard | Well...babies

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Well...babies

Who: Nat, Beryl, tiny twins
When: A few months after the twins are born.
What: Oh gods the parents need SLEEP.

Khemrys sighed, looking exhausted and grateful all at the same time, "true thanks, Beryl, that you are willing to aid here..." She passed a bag full of many things from cloth diapers to plastic ones that Jason found easier, and bottles, though adjusting to the breast pump had been, hard, it had freed her up a great deal to do more work in the greenhouse and stillroom, and let Jason feed them at night without having to wake her...

...it was still strange to use. But convenience was a large word in this world!

"Even I can tell you're ready to drop, Khem," Beryl snorted, slinging the bag over a shoulder easily. "We can handle them for a day." Easy, right?

"They are good children, but..."

"But babies, and you're both tired. Especially since Jason had to attend that banquet with Jean-Claude last week," she nodded. "Your job now is to let your employees run the store, let your husband take you to dinner, then you both sleep yourselves out okay?" She figured they didn't need any innuendo there. If they HAD the energy to get up to anything more power to them!

"Nat is getting the car seats installed properly.." She expected him any second really, eager to take an armful of infant!

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"I told him you could just take our car," Jason's voice rang out from the next room where he was still getting ready. "We're not going to mess up your upholstery."

From the tone of his voice, they weren't likely to even mess up the sheets tonight.

"Oh, Khem," he shouted suddenly, "Do they have their blankies?"

"Nat's more comfortable driving our car," she chuckled. "And truth told so am I." Solidarity! "The upholstery will live."

Khemrys chuckled, "of course my love. In the bag Beryl has. They won't lack for home comforts." And there might be a second bag being passed with a hot meal for the adults too!

Nathaniel appeared in the doorway, somewhat breathless. "Ok. I think they're in right. I'll have Jason check before we leave, though."

There was a snort from the bedroom and Jason's voice drifted out. "Just ratchet them down like you like to be and I'm sure it'll be fine."

Khemrys glanced back at the door and chuckled softly, "he will check, he is perhaps more worried than even I about them." She didn't want them to get the wrong impression here.

"Or we know he's an utter dad," Beryl snickered softly. "It's common gossip."

Jason emerged from the bedroom looking spectacular in a well-cut suit, but no amount of style could erase the exhaustion from his eyes. "Like anyone gossips to you," he teased Beryl. "You should hear the shit they spout at the club."

He nodded to Nathaniel before his friend could even speak. "Let's check it out; come on."

Khemrys offered a soft and truly still in love smile to her husband, but she'd need help lacing up her dress and would finish dressing once the others left. "I am rather certain Beryl may hear all that gossip as well my Jason," she teased. How not?

She took the opportunity to kiss the children then touch Beryl's hand, reading the ongoing, subtle shifts in the woman's body. "Your ears are lovely," she smiled.

Beryl blinked, reaching up to touch the points that were...sharper each day recently. "I feel good," she agreed.

Jason glanced back at that on his way out to the car, and the door wasn't quite closed when his voice could be heard murmuring to Nathaniel, "What about her ears?"

Beryl snorted, amused, "he's observant these days huh?" she teased.

Khemrys laughed, "he too is far too tired. Forgive him?"

"Eh, if he earns it!"

Nathaniel smiled to himself as he watched Jason meticulously check and test each car seat. "Beryl seems to be showing some of her Huntgrounds self here," he said sheepishly.

Jason didn't answer right away, but when he was certain the seats were properly installed, he backed out of the car and nodded. "Oh. Ok, yeah...the ears. Are they really?"

He was so tired.

"Well I am grateful that you can be amused by my lord husband regardless," Khemrys chuckled. "My thanks."

"He's a funny guy," Beryl assured easily then...hesitantly picked up one of the kids. Figuring out where to put her arms was a little awkward!

Nathaniel came up beside him and gave him a gentle hug. "Yeah. But don't worry about that. You guys look ready to drop. Have a nice dinner and get some sleep; the kids will be fine, I promise."

Jason let out a slow breath. "Thanks, Nat."

"You know I love you both."

He hugged Nathaniel back. "I know. Just promise to call if you need to, ok?"

"We will," Nathaniel promised as he opened the front door for Jason.

Khemrys moved to adjust Beryl's arms, smiling, "Gentle support but firm hands," she instructed. "They will not break, so do not be afraid of touching the children," she chuckled.

Beryl looked up when the door opened, arms shifting a touch reflexively after Khem fixed the grips so little Kirion didn't even do more than yawn, "hey, we get those seats to pass inspection?"

Nathaniel positively beamed at her. "Passed," he answered. He felt himself still for a split second when he saw her with the baby in her arms before turning that smile to Khemrys. "Can I hold Irias, then?"

"Of course lord," she chuckled. "How else are they to get to your vehicle? I cannot walk them out..." being in her shift as it were in prep for being laced into a dress!

And to prevent Jason fussing, well, she drifted over to kiss her husband then take his arm, beaming at their friends.

Beryl...swallowed a touch nervously and started carefully toward the door!

She would undoubtedly feel the tension in his arm, but he got the hint and gave an uneasy smile to their friends as they walked out of the house with his babies.

He would need a minute quietly holding her after the door closed.

"You good, babe?" Nathaniel asked carefully as he shifted Irias into one arm as he opened the car door for her to load Kirion in.

Trust was necessary, and their friends were trustworthy. Khemrys would never say otherwise! And in lieu of a village to raise their children with, well...

Beryl gave Nat a nervous smile? "I'm a little terrified," she admitted. Honesty was good here? "What if we screw this up somehow? I mean it seems like it should be simple but..." But she was overthinking every little motion as she bent to get Kirion into his snug little seat!

Nathaniel found himself snickering. "I know, but if Jason can do it..."

He flushed, teasing his best friend behind his back, but he knew Jason would laugh at it too. When he wasn't freaking out about his babies going on their first overnight...

He smiled at her from the other side of the back seat as he worked at loading Irias into the car seat. "And we have each other, so it's not nearly so scary."

"...true," she laughed, relaxing a touch as Kirion's buckle clicked home properly on the first try. "He wasn't exactly first to mind when it came to the idea of fathers so, yeah, he can do it..." they'd be fine!

And she was certain Nat had read all the books to hep quiz Jason...despite it all. It had to have...hurt, helping him study. The look she gave her love was somber, and a touch sad, but then she was moving to get into the driver's seat. Nat was more comfortable driving than he WAS but she wasn't going to push it tonight! "Always babe."

"Yeah, it wasn't his first thought, either," he laughed.

He saw that look; he couldn't help but notice any look she gave him. But no, they were supposed to be making Jason and Khemrys feel safe letting them take the kids for the night, so he kept his soft smile in place and finished buckling Irias in.

He slid into his seat and buckled his seatbelt, shifting slightly in his seat to be able to see the two carseats clearly. "All set," he assured her.

"Alright," she trusted him to monitor the babies as she eased them out of the alley behind the shop and into traffic. Normally she drove like any other city dweller, today she was CAREFUL and took turns slow enough not to upset anyone!

Well, anyone in the car anyway. "Khem sent dinner too," she chuckled at last. "Think she's just as worried as Jason just..." in her own way.

Nathaniel actually chuckled at that. "You know, I can't even be offended when I know how worried she is. But it does save me from having to make dinner, and now we can have all our focus on the babies."

He felt the shift in her driving and reached out blindly to rest a reassuring hand on her thigh.

Edited 2023-11-13 05:58 (UTC)

"She is used to a village aiding with babies, but..." she chuckled wryly. Mothers still worried it seemed. "And yeah we can just let the slow cooker go all night for tomorrow." Since he'd started something before they left but it was by no means the full meal he'd intended!

At the next red light she dropped a hand to his, squeezing his fingers gratefully.

That earned her a quick smile and a squeeze in return before turning his attention back to the twins. "Has to be nice, though, right? Knowing that everyone is going to look after your kids without you having to worry?"

That thought registered and he was somewhat quiet, watching over the two babies in their backseat.

"...yeah, and it's a healthy idea," she admitted quietly. It was her turn to lay a hand on his thigh before the light turned, once it did though, well, BOTH HANDS. They might even be at ten and two. "Here in America it's a very 'you should be self sufficient' thing you know?"

Far, far better to reach out to other willing adults and not...expect your kids to deal with it. She was quiet herself at that thought honestly.

"Yeah," he agreed quietly. "But it doesn't really work that well like that, does it?" He was lost in thought as images from his past whispered through his mind.

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