Stay With Me

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Omg guys I'm sorry but I was sick for
two weeks 😭. But I'm much better now anyways, how was y'all Christmas? Mine was pretty good besides the fact I was sick lol

-A few months later-

Alexei's eyes snap open hearing the sounds of crying. He breathes out through his nose before closing his eyes shut once again. Trying to tune out the noise from the infant but after a while, it just gets more annoying. The irritation wins over him as he opens his eyes.

Any other night Mercedes would wake up and take care of the infant but Mercedes is currently out of the state with her grandmother for the rest of the week. Alexei decided to stay with his child for a week. He didn't think it would be hard, but now he was genuinely starting to regret his decision.

He gets up from his bed and grumbles out strings of profanities as he opens his door. He follows the sounds of the cries which eventually lead him down the hall. He goes to the nursery room and opens it to find a guy trying to calm down the crying baby. Immediately Alexei feels his blood boiling inside.

"Where the fuck is Susan?" Alexei asks catching the man off guard.

He turns around and looks over at Alexei. He was tall, a bit slender. His dark green eyes widen in fear as he clears his throat. He was young, couldn't be older than nineteen years old. He wears a black plain shirt and denim jeans. A gun in the waist of his pants.

He mumbles out words that Alexei couldn't hear. This and the baby crying only made him more annoyed. He takes a step closer to him with his jaw clenched.

"Speak up." He says eyeing the guy.

The green eye guy rubs the side of his neck before clearing his throat. He drops his hands to his sides before mustering the courage to look Alexei in the eyes.

"I- I said she quit sir. I was just trying to help, I have siblings-"

"Fucking great." He cuts the guy off.

He timidly moves away from the crib and looks away as Alexei goes to the crib. He looks down and lets out a big sigh. His eyes stare at the baby, his light brown skin slightly turning red as tears stream down the baby's face. He picks up his baby carefully, holding him gently like how Mercedes showed him.

"Next time wake me up," Alexei says before going to the rocking chair Mercedes picked out.

He sits down and rubs his baby's back. The guy nods, his eyes dropping to the floor. He walks out of the room and closes the door carefully. Alexei rocks back and forth carefully, and the baby still cries nonetheless.

He rolls his eyes, leaning his head back.

"I have a meeting with the Irish tomorrow morning, then I have to find that bitch Susan for quitting without telling me, and then check on some business throughout the day. That means I need sleep, I can't sleep if you're going to be crying this obnoxiously." Alexei speaks to the infant.

As expected the cries don't stop. His hand carefully supports the baby's neck as he stops rocking. Looking down his eyes meet his son's. They had the same green eyes and it always made Alexei stare at them.  He stops rubbing his son's back because of this.

Unknowingly his lips turn into a smile. Even though that was the only thing his son have of him when he stares at his son all he could see is beauty. When he looked at his son he didn't see himself, the ugly monster his father created. All he saw was happiness and admiration from his son.

Alexei gently uses his other hand to wipe away the tears. The baby stops crying at the touch and stares at him. Alexei tsk moving his hand away.

"I'm not going to make the same mistake my father did." He whispers.

The room becomes silent with them staring at one another.

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"Alexei, are you sure you want to do this? What happens if Mercedes finds out, I'm supposed to be on vacation-"

Alexei cuts her off.

"Natasha, I can't just take him with me. You have kids this shouldn't be hard."

"But this is your kid, yours to watch." She points out.

"Well, the nanny quit, apparently I was disrespectful or whatever bullshit she said," Alexei tells her before throwing his coat.

Natasha scoffs loudly. "I knew when you told me to come over you would pull something like this. I want to get paid."

"That's fine, his stuff is in his nursery, if anything happens call me."

"Yeah yeah, Nikolai is in good hands." She says walking off carrying the baby.

Alexei turns around and walks out of his home. Leaving behind his son.