little love

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calum yawns on ashtons chest, and then snuggles closer into ashtons warm heat.

"good morning, my love," ashton says, running a hand through calums bedhead hair while he places a kiss to his head.

"mornin', daddy," calum mumbles, rubbing his cheek against ashtons chest. it makes ashton giggle since he was a little ticklish, and calums curly hair against his bare chest just tickled a little bit.

"hey, come on, love. daddys gotta make some breakfast, yeah?" ashton says, tapping his fingers against calums bum. the little nods, and rolls off of ashton, making him laugh.

"are you gonna help daddy make breakfast or are you going to stay in bed?"

"i help, daddy," calum says immediately, and then rolls out of bed.

"goofball," ashton says as he rolls his eyes playfully, and also gets up. they walk hand in hand to the kitchen, where calum barely helps. he just slaps ashtons bum when he can, and laughs.

once ashtons got three chocolate chip pancakes on a plate, he sets it on the table in front of calum who drowns them in syrup, then starts to eat.

"you think you can take your medicine, bubba?" ashton asks, screwing the cap open, "cause you gotta take these with breakfast."

calum frowns. he didnt want to take his new medicine, but he knew he had to. so, he doesn't answer his daddy cause if he did...he'd say no.

"sweetheart?" ashton asks, turning to look at calum who was chewing slowly, "did you hear me?"

calum just nods, and shoves another mouthful of pancakes into his mouth.

"sweetheart, please don't make this harder on me. all daddy wants is for you to feel better, and this will help."

"i know, daddy," calum mumbles after he swallow, "sowwy."

"its okay, bub. just take it for daddy, yeah," ashton says, setting the green and purple capsule down next to the plate. calum pouts as he looks to the pill, and then looks to his daddy.

"im not gonna quit watching you until you swallow that pill."

calum whines a bit, but he puts the capsule in his mouth and then takes it with his sippy cup of milk.

ashton sighs, hoping that whatever side affects got presented....they wouldn't be bad ones. only time would tell.

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calum cries loudly.

it was about one in the morning, and ashton was trying to console a very unhappy calum.

about two in the afternoon is when calum started to complain about a stomach ache. then, he had to pee every half hour. for the rest of the night, til now, he had been crying and fussing over his stomach. since the little assumed his tummy ache was because of the pill he had to take earlier, he absolutely refused to take any other medicine since those would also upset his stomach.

so, ashton just had to do his best.

"alright, can you take these bubba?" ashton asks, holding out two gummies for calum. the little quits crying for a couple seconds, trying to figure out if he could, and then (to ashtons luck) he takes the gummies and eats them quietly.

"good boy, such a good boy," ashton says, sitting next to calum on his bed, "now, how about i read a bedtime story?"

"s-s'orie?" calum asks softly, tilting his head to the side.

"yes, silly," ashton says, "now come sit on my lap."

calum climbs onto ashtons lap, so they're chest to chest (calum wanted his daddy to rub his back too) and then lays his head on ashtons shoulder while he sucks on his thumb.

"okay, so there once was a prince, and a dragon..." ashton starts, patting calums back gently as he starts to tell the story. calum hums the whole time, and sucks softly on his thumb.

by the time ashton was done, calum was fast asleep.

ashton lays calum down gently, and then lays next to him in bed.

"thank goodness for melatonin," ashton murmurs, pulling his little against his chest. with a final kiss to calums head, ashton closes his eyes and gets some much needed rest.

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i've been taking melatonin gummies to help me sleep and they've been helping lol
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