Well...babies

[homeless_pard]

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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[jasonpschuyler]

It really was. He swayed gently with his arms around her. "Then I guess we'll have to thank him later for freaking out," he chuckled. Slowly, he moved closer to kiss her very softly, an initiating move he was becoming much more confident with lately. Confident and maybe a little proud...

[homeless_pard]

She was not at all going to quash initiative! Especially not when it came to taking the lead or starting things hmm? First getting her to take her shirt off, and now such lovely kisses! She melted against his chest slightly, humming happily, "feeding me dessert first?" she teased.

[jasonpschuyler]

He giggled against her lips. "Maybe. That wouldn't make us bad babysitters, would it?"

[homeless_pard]

Beryl smirked arched against him slightly to tease, "mmmnnaaaahhhhh." Not at all. "We're right here and will hear them even if we're a little distracted..."

[jasonpschuyler]

"I like distracted," he admitted softly. His eyes fluttered closed at the teasing press of her body. "Guess we should try to be quiet?" he asked, tracing lightly over her back.

[homeless_pard]

"Let me start waaaash," she laughed, "then I am absolutely up for the quiet game..." not that she thought the twins were used to silence being shop kids and Jason kids but...

[jasonpschuyler]

Nathaniel's expression brightened, the faint appearance of a smirk crossing his lips. "I could come with you...we could see how long before we set the load off-balance again?"

Joking? Look at him!

[homeless_pard]

Her expression slid to sly a moment and she craned her neck around to look at the diaper bag on the counter, "well...did they pack those baby monitor things?" she snickered. What? VALID QUESTION!

He started it, so.

[jasonpschuyler]

Nathaniel's grin broadened. "And backups. Then he made me show him that I knew how to set them up." He giggled again. "It's just plugging it in, really...plus he sent a ton of extra batteries."

Then he actually gave a tiny, experimental nip to her ear. "He doesn't need all those batteries back, right?"

[homeless_pard]

"Oh, is that why he dragged you into the back bedroom while I talked to Khem?" she laughed softly, a sound that slid throaty by the end after that nip. Oh hello babe yes...

"Not at all," she agreed warmly.

[jasonpschuyler]

"Not like he's ever let me do anything else with him," he teased.

Oh. He was discovering that he liked when she made that sound: it was a sort of involuntary sound of approval.

No...encouragement? He couldn't remember what the healthier way of thinking of it was, just that he liked it. He took a deep breath and slowly backed away with a sultry smile. "I'll grab the monitor."

[homeless_pard]

"I honestly thought he was insisting on you showing him you can change diapers under a certain time limit or something," she admitted wryly. What? That was the right vibe for Jason's freaking out.

Ohhhh daaaaamn he made it hard to swallow or breathe for a moment didn't he? "Fuck me," she breathed softly. "You do that..." Yup. remembering to go start laundry and only bumping off the doorframe to the utility room A LITTLE.

[jasonpschuyler]

"It was worse when they still had those cord things on their belly buttons: he wanted to stand over my shoulder every time to 'make sure'."

A truly wicked glint appeared in his eyes. "Thank you for the permission," he breathed. He felt a bit like when he had a good night onstage, and he was basking in it. Especially when he heard her bump into the doorframe.

He set that monitor up with a speed that would have left Jason gaping and made his way to the laundry room.

[homeless_pard]

The smart come back, about feeding Jason to Khem about that kind of obsessive oversight on a guy who was a follower of GUNNORA for heaven sake would occur to her later.

Much later.

Or, well, later enough she didn't bother bringing it up in favor of juggling kids again and eating like they were suppose to a while ago...