little love

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"little one, wake up."

calum lets out a quiet whine, and slowly opens his eyes.

"there's my good boy. how was your nap?"

calum whines louder, and moves so the side of his face was pressed against his daddy's thigh. then, he lets out a content sigh when his daddy starts petting his hair.

"nuh uh, bubba. mikey and lukey are waiting to finish building the fort. plus, lunch will be ready soon so we have to have the fort done by then."

"'m s'eepie," calum says, still half asleep as he tries to let himself fall back into a state of unconsciousness. unfortunately, his daddy is quick to stop that.

"either you can get up and come with me to the family room to build the fort, or i'll carry you down there and let you sleep on the floor until the fort is finished."

calum wants to build the fort, but he wants to sleep...so, the little rolls onto his back, grabs his stuffie, then raises his arms up. ashton just playfully sighs, stands up, and easily picks calum up. the little latches onto his daddy, and lays his head down on ashtons neck.

"you're so silly," ashton mumbles, one arm secured under calums bum to keep the little on his hip, and he uses his other hand to softly pat at calums bum. once they get to the family room, ashton sets calum down on the recliner (he would never make his baby sleep on the floor, it was an empty threat to try and get his little up) and then gently laid a blanket over him.

calum falls back asleep, even with the sound of the three boys talking and finishing the fort.

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"come on, sweetheart. wake up for daddy."

calum groans, and opens his eyes. this time, he's more awake and ready to have fun.

"there's my pretty little boy," ashton says, cupping calums flushed cheek in his hand, "you were really tired, huh bubba?"

"mhm," calum hums, nuzzling into ashtons touch, "uppies?"

"are you hungry, bub?" ashton asks, picking calum up, "lunch is ready, and its in the fort if-"

"DA 'ORT!" calum yells, suddenly fully awake as his eyes widen.

"yes, the fort, silly. lukey and mikey are also waiting for you, with lunch. if they didn't already eat it all."

"lets go, daddy! 'e go!"

"yes, sir," ashton playfully says, walking over to the entrance of the fort. then, he sets calum down, and calum is quick to crawl into the fort with his stuffie.

there was three pizza boxes, pop for the two boys, water for ashton and a sippy cup of juice for calum.

"come on in!" michael says, "we've been waiting for you!"

calum looks back at his daddy, who crawls around him and then settles down with his back against the soft cushions. then, calum makes himself comfortable between ashtons legs with his back against ashton's chest.

since they had the fort up over the tv, there was a disney movie - christopher robin - paused and ready to start.

"here, this pizza is yours," luke says, setting down the medium sized pizza on calums lap. the little smiles happily, opens his pizza, and grabs a slice. the movie starts, and calum is comfortable against his daddy while he ate his pizza, and focused on the movie.

by the end of the movie, calum was once again fast asleep (with a half eaten pizza box still on his lap).

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calum wakes up screaming, which scares all the other three boys awake quickly.

"hey, hey," ashton says, bringing the shaky and crying little against his chest, "daddys right here, daddys got you love."

calum cries, and squeezes his daddy tightly. ashton keeps the little tightly held against his chest with one hand, and uses his other hand to pet at calums hair. that helped a bit since the littles cries for quieter.

calum was still shaking visibly in ashtons hold.

"should we go?" luke asks softly, nodding back to michael. ashton shakes his head no, and continues to rock calum back and forth on his lap. once calums done crying, and there's only stray tears falling down his cheeks, ashton pulls back to look at him.

"did you have a bad dream?" ashton asks softly, using the pad of his thumb to wipe at calums stray tears. the little nods, and lets out a little sigh.

"its all the pizza he ate before he went to bed," michael says jokingly, "the pepperonis caught up with him."

the little lets out a little giggle, and turns to michael, "'ou scawy mikey."

"i agree," luke says, smiling, "his face is scary!"

calum giggles more, and hides his face in his hands.

"hey callie, wanna play hide and seek?"

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