Essence of Quinn Parts 3 & 4 (MxM)

Absent

As predicted, Quinn hadn't been able to fall asleep. After a couple of episodes, he, Air and Rin had moved to the bedroom. They'd laid the kit on the fur between their heads. Air had succumbed to slumber gazing at their youngest pack mate, a hand on Rin's belly and a contented smile on his face. His eyes gradually closed, and that was both of them for the rest of the night. Quinn watched over them in the darkness, mind drifting to the ominous meeting with Agrat.

When the dawn broke, Rin stirred. Air was still fast asleep, so Quinn carefully picked the kit up, climbed out of bed and grabbed his bag of stuff.

Rin snuffled around the skin of Quinn's shoulder, and he chuckled.

"Hungry, gravel ghoul?" he said. "You will not find what you need from me."

He made his way to the kitchen and put some water on to boil for the milk. He frowned when he realised it was going to take a while. Rin was getting frustrated by now, sucking on the skin of his shoulder and crying in-between when he realised Quinn could not do what his mama could.

Quinn grabbed the milk from the fridge, glanced over his shoulder to make sure nobody was watching him, and then cast an Infernal spell to warm it, hoping it wouldn't explode or start boiling inside the bottle Zoe had sent. Luckily for him, it didn't.

He checked the temperature and gave Rin a smug smile when it seemed to be perfectly fine.

"See. Your papa couldn't do that, could he?" he said as he moved the kit to cradle him and offered him the milk. "You would have had to wait."

The kit drank it with relish and when he was almost done, Quinn heard the door to the apartment open. He looked up and met Earth's green stare. He looked much better than he had the previous night. Smelled better, too.

"Morning, seer," he rumbled out, eyes roaming over Rin to check he was well. "Looking very domesticated there, I see."

Quinn snorted.

"The little guy didn't have much success looking for milk, so I figured I'd give him a hand."

Earth smiled and gestured for the kit. Quinn put the now empty bottle on the counter and handed him over. Earth propped him up against his shoulder and inhaled his scent, rubbing his back with his massive palm.

"Missed you," he whispered.

"Well, you've seen me now, I guess, so it's all good," Quinn said dryly.

Earth chuckled.

"Fuck off, seer." He sighed. "Did you guys have fun?"

Quinn nodded.

"Oh yes. Air introduced him to Doritos, Pornhub and The Walking Dead." Earth's eyes flashed for a second and he growled. Quinn rolled his eyes. "Calm down, big guy. As if we would."

Earth looked sceptical, but he knew Quinn was fucking with him.

"Thank you," he said. "Zoe and I appreciate this. It's done us both the world of good."

"You're welcome. Any time you need a break, we're here. Although, I guess we'll have to fight Fire and Water for him. They'll be pissed they were working last night."

He laughed, and Rin let out a loud burp.

"Good job, little man," Earth said.

Quinn frowned.

"Oh, so when he does that, he gets a good job. When we do, we get a fuck off. How is that fair?"

Earth grinned.

"That's because he's cute and you are all filthy, disgusting beasts."

Quinn shrugged. He couldn't argue with that.