Healing Sophie

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Theo smacked a hand down on his alarm for the fifth time and groaned. If he didn't get up then, his day would be spent under his blanket. He sighed and stretched his legs before slowly getting ready for the day, checking off each task on his daily to-do list.

Take medicine, check. Brush teeth, check. Few minutes of self-loathing, check. If he didn't check everything off as he went, he would lay in bed all day, which he couldn't afford. He had a date with a gorgeous woman that night and nothing would keep him from it.

He smiled to himself, thinking about Sophie. She was like a little beam of light in the darkness. He loved her more than he had ever loved anyone, other than his best friends. She made them all closer. Just the way she had dissolved Victor's barriers was more than impressive.

Theo finished getting dressed and walked downstairs to join everyone in the kitchen. He greeted them and gave a smile, trying to not think too hard about all of the noises going on around him. The pots clinking as Victor cooked, Chase's leg bouncing anxiously, forks scraping against glass plates. He ignored it and pulled out his Switch as he usually did.

Victor gave a rare genuine smile that Theo had missed and placed a plate in front of him. The food was perfectly laid out, none of it touching each other or the sides of the plate. He relaxed and began eating.

"Theo," Sophie said in her soft, angelic voice. He placed his fork down and gave her his full attention.

"Yes, Bambi?"

She hopped off of her chair and crawled into his lap. "I'm excited for our date tonight."

Theo breathed in her strawberry scent and relaxed, wrapping his arms around her small frame. A perfect fit. "Me too, Sophie."

She looked at me with those pretty doe eyes. "Aren't you going to keep eating?" He frowned. Nothing got past Sophie. His mind was very simple; he could either focus on eating or he could focus on the beautiful girl in his lap - never both. It was hard for him to feel hungry sometimes, especially when he would hyper-focus on something. Sophie was his current fixation.

He shook his head. "Not really hungry."

She frowned and grabbed a fork full of food, bringing it up to his lips. "Open," she said.

He smirked down at her. "Yes, ma'am." Despite the pieces of egg touching bits of bacon, Theo gladly let Sophie feed him. Somehow it made the food taste just that much better.

She continued feeding him and then began reciting strange facts. She was after his heart. "Did you know that there are two million ants per one person on earth?"

Theo grinned. "So you're telling me I could start my own little ant army?" She giggled and he thought for a second, searching his brain for his own facts. Anything to see that brilliant smile on her face. "Did you know that in 1919, two million gallons of molasses exploded in Boston and caused a thirty-five mile per hour wave that caused millions in property damage and injured tons of people?"

Sophie blinked. "That much sugar sounds like a dream."

He cracked a grin and the two of them continued spewing facts until Theo's plate was clear and the other guys just sat there, enjoying all of the weird knowledge.

Theo looked at Sophie and felt emotional. Whenever she was around it felt like it dulled his messed up brain, different from the awful numbness that his medicine brought. He smiled and leaned down, pulling her into a kiss. She immediately reciprocated with her soft lips. Theo pulled back and appreciated how flushed she looked. "What was that for?", she asked breathlessly.