little love

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calum was basically bouncing around the house in happiness as he waited for luke and michael to show up. ashton (like the usual daddy he is) just lets calum run around the house happily while he himself cleaned up and got the house ready.

"hey, sweetheart!" ashton calls out, laying the towel back over the oven door, "come here, please!"

footsteps get louder as calum runs into the kitchen, right up to ashton, then looks up at his daddy with a big smile and with his hands clasped behind his back.

"yes, daddy?"

"lulu and mikey should be here in a little over an hour, little one," ashton says, running a hand through calums hair, "you wanna take a tubbie?"

"nooo!" calum whines, shaking his head, "'m wai'in for lulu n mi'ey!"

"i know that, bubba," ashton says, giggling a bit, "again, they won't be here for a bit, okay? so why dont we go take a tubbie. i bet your cheeks and your hands are sticky from the syrup."

calum looks to ashton with a pout. the little knew he wasn't going to get out of taking a tubbie even though he just wanted to watch for when his best friends arrived! then, that meant building the fort!

calum was super excited to build the fort.

"come on, silly. it'll be a quick tubbie, i promise. daddy just wants to make you all clean, yeah? that way mikey and lulu want to be by you and not away from you because you smell bad!" ashton says, playfully scrunching his nose up as he picks his little up. calum giggles in ashtons arms, then relaxes.

"'tay, dada. 'ubbie toge'her?"

"sure, bubba. we can take a tubbie together," ashton says, walking in the direction of the bathroom while calum just giggled happily.

ashton was just happy that calum was going to take a tubbie.

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"alright, see? mikey and lulu aren't even here yet!" ashton exclaims as he puts the baby blue fuzzy socks onto calums feet.

"why dey not 'ere, daddy?" calum asks sadly. all he wanted was for his friends to come over so they could build the fort (little calum was way, way too excited to build the fort and ashton knew that) and watch movies all day long. that, plus it was getting close to calums nap time and the little easily wore himself out by running around all morning. ashton knew that, and he knew calum wouldn't admit to being tired.

"they had to stop and get some things before coming here, little one," ashton says, picking calum up off his changing table, "they should be here soon, though. then we're gonna build that fort, okay?"

'"tay, daddy," calum mumbles, not happy to be set down on his own two feet. then, there's a noise that catches both boys' attention.

"ashton! calum! we're here!"

"mi'ey!" calum shouts, running out of the room, down the stairs, to the front room, "lulu!"

"hey callie," michael says, ruffling calums hair when the little basically attaches himself to michael, "how are you, bud?"

"miss 'ou!" calum says, then looks to luke excitedly, "we 'ake a 'ort!"

"we are," luke says, then frowns, "mikey gets a hug,  but i don't?"

calum giggles, and gives luke a hug while michael goes up, and hugs ashton who was following calum slowly.

"hey, man," michael says, pulling back from ashton, "how are you feeling?"

"im fine, honestly," ashton says, "it feels like nothing ever happened. must be all the new medicine i have to take, though."

"you're still resting though, right?"

"yes, mikey i promise."

calum runs over, grabs ashtons hand, then starts pouting, "daddy, daddy we make da 'ort, p'ease? pwetty pweeeeeaaaaaaase."

"let them settle in first, okay bubba?" ashton says, nodding to them, "they have some things to give me first, then when we're ready we'll make the fort."

calum pouts, but watches as they help his daddy put some groceries away, along with some other things that calum couldn't see. the little gets more sleepy since it was past his nap time and he had used all his energy, but he didnt want to sleep just yet.

"alright bubba, come on its time to make the fort!"

calum gets up, but doesn't run since he's tired and as soon as his daddy sees him, his daddy knows.

"sweetheart, can you toss the pillows over, please?" ashton asks, nodding to the pillows on the couch. the little just nods, and goes to grab a pillow. when he turns to toss it to his daddy, he drops it. with a huff, calum picks it up again but right as he stands up straight he drops it again.

the little pouts, upset with himself, and harshly grabs the pillow.

"is everything okay, callie?" luke asks, making the little turn away from him and look at his daddy.

"calum, he asked you a question. is it nice to not answer?"

calum doesn't answer.

"calum, im speaking to you."

the little mumbles, and looks down at the pillow in his hands.

"okay, lets go," ashton says, taking the pillow from calums shaky hands (ashton knew, since he was tired, the shaking and pouting and the attitude wasn't exactly his fault) and discarding it somewhere in the room before leading calum into the kitchen.

"okay, talk to daddy," ashton says after he gets calum sat on a kitchen chair. of course, ashton knew what calums problem was but he wanted calum to also tell him.

"come on, sweetheart," ashton says, kneeling down so they're eye level with each other, "daddy isn't upset, or angry. daddy just wants to know whats bothering you. remember, daddy can't help unless you say whats bothering you."

"w-wanna build da 'ort," calum says sadly, "b-but 'm sweepy."

"well, you did miss your nap time bubba."

"no sweep," calum says, shaking his head.

"why not?"

"da 'ort!" calum whines,

"you aren't gonna build a nice fort if you're tired, love," ashton says, "and you aren't really being nice to anyone, and thats rude especially since they made the time to come out here and be with us. so, why dont you take a small nap that way when you wake up, you're not tired and you're ready to build a fort."

calum thinks for a couple seconds, then nods softly, "'tay, daddy."

"alright, come on love bug," ashton says, picking calum up, "its way past your nap time."

ashton pats calums bum the whole way to calums room, and thats all it took. when ashton lays his little down on the bed, and he's already fast asleep, it has ashton smiling.

"sweet dreams, sweetheart," ashton whispers. then, he places a soft kiss to calums head, and leaves the room.

then, ashton made a mental note to wake calum up after an hour so they could finish making the fort.

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this idea popped into my head while i was talking to my adorable smolbeanmikey_ ! <3
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