Tarlos: We're A Family, All Four Of Us

Part 20

Two screaming girls and a screaming baby. The thought of Louise being messed up from using while pregnant. Finding that narcan in the first day bag. Did people seriously have that little doubt from TK? Carlos was trying to calm the girls down and TK was numb to Wesley crying. Eventually Carlos got the girls to play and scream outside giving the house two less children screaming, Carlos turned his attention to TK, "Hey," he smiled softly taking Wesley from him, he stopped crying just like that contented to fall asleep, "You okay?" Carlos asked, defeated TK dramatically rested his head on Carlos's shoulder, "Oh, oh okay," he held TK's head in order to place Wesley down and fully embrace TK. "In your own time," "I'm a crap parent," he confessed, "How come?" He was not going to indulge this thinking but he needed to understand it's cause, "Louise is probably going to have issues as a result of my drug use in pregnancy, Harper shouldn't have to be terrified of someone she should not even know, and now Wesley. Dam it the doctors were right Louise would have been better off in foster care," Carlos smiled softly and kissed TK's forehead, "Baby, Lou is all the better with you as her daddy, Harp is not terrified of Alex but terrified of loosing Lou and as for Wesley you had such a textbook healthy pregnancy it became the textbook example. You are not a bad parent, they're alive, fed, sheltered and loved it's a win," he felt TK's lips curl into a smile. But they both knew, "Do you want to call Cooper I can keep them distracted for an hour?" Carlos offered, "You don't mind?" "Course not."

As concerned as he was for TK, Carlos remained away choosing to sit with Wesley outside while the girls played mermaids in the plastic fountain they have been meaning to get rid of. The backdoor creaked open alerting Carlos to TK's presence, "He recommends that I go to a meeting," "Then go we need to be at full capacity in order to raise these little devils," "I'll make it up to you," "I don't expect you to," Carlos called out as TK shut the door.

TK unlocked the front door a few hours later, children firmly in bed he felt guilty for missing bedtime. A warm splendid meal was waiting for him in the kitchen, a bowl of spaghetti bolognaise, "I didn't know if you ate?" Carlos smiled taking the hot cover off the bowl, "Thank you I didn't eat anything other than a stale donut which probably isn't the greatest of foods," he joked kissing Carlos's cheek as he sat down, "Apple cider what's the occasion?" "Any occasion can be the occasion," the baby monitor started crying, "And that would be our two week old, a firm reminder to the both of us no sex," TK added going to get Wesley, "No I'll get him," Carlos smiled, "He'll want food," "Then I'll give him a bottle, you eat up I'll be back," Carlos kissed his cheek before going to their baby. TK put the dishes away then headed up to bed, as suspected Carlos was feeding Wesley the bottle, "How is he?" TK asked, "Hangry like you," he suggested as he lay Wesley back down in his cot, "Shocker now come to bed baby. It's either a good thing or a bad thing that we can't keep our hands off each other other," TK smiled, "You take it anyway you like baby," Carlos pushed TK's hair off his face, "I feel so tired," he whispered, "Sleep then, we both need it."

In honour of Tarlos Wedding anniversary today!