One Shots Book

All Over Again • Ari Levinson

parents! Ari & Reader

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"Mmmm, bah, bah," a chunky hand hits your face, and jolts you awake subtly. Even in the darkness you know it's your baby.

Because as far as you know Ari has only gotten you pregnant once. "Enzo," your voice is croaky, "go to sleep, baby."

"Bah," he murmurs, sitting on his bottom. Your eyes are too heavy to open. The room is still dark so you know it's still night time.

"Come, sh," cradling him to your chest, he lays there quietly. Murmuring every now and then. You can feel him breathing, and your hand goes up and down his little back, as he just lays on you without a care in the world.

Just as you think he finally went back to sleep, he pops his head up to look at you, wondering if you went back to sleep. Sitting up carefully, you gently flick the lamp on your night stand.

Enzo blinks at you, and the change of light in the room. "Mama," he gurgles when he sees you, "Dada," he says when his eyes see Ari asleep beside the both of you.

Cradling his face, you can hear the crickets chirping outside, "you hungry?" You ask him, your eyes barely opening from how closed shut they were a few moments ago.

Enzo sticks his little tongue out, wiggling his body, you gently touch your forehead with his, it didn't matter. It doesn't matter that he woke you up...looking over at the clock...it's 10 minutes past midnight. He's still so adorable.

Enzo hasn't been on his sleeping schedule lately, Ari's parents kept him up late last weekend he was with them and now it's all messed up when he sleeps and when he gets up.

Before he'd fall asleep at 8 and then wake up around 8 the next morning. Now it's give or take when he wants to follow that.

Your son laughs out loud at you being so up close to him, he grabs your cheek bone and then a strand of your hair. Ari wakes up beside you, opening one of his eyes and seeing his son was awake.

He waits a few seconds before sitting up too, giving your back a loving rub, "Enzo. It's midnight. You need to be sleeping, we have our workout in the morning."

Ari takes Enzo out into the gym in your guys' garage. He just hangs out with daddy and he loves it. Your husband's voice is so scratchy, so rigged, it's almost enough to make you want to give him another baby.

"Aha!" Enzo tries to grab Ari's cheekbone but he's too far away. He has this thing with cheeks. And feet.

He loves when you don't wear shoes, and only flip flops or sandals because he'll literally snuggle with your feet.

Ari takes the baby from you and throws Enzo up in the air, and then again and again. "Are you trying to make him sleepy or get him riled up?"

Of course Ari always wanted a son, to play football with, out in the yard, and do all kinds of guy stuff. "Oh see now you made Mommy grouchy," Ari frowns making Enzo frown too because he's in this phase where he mimics everything you do.

"I don't know what we're going to do, baby, he can't keep waking up like this." You tell him, rubbing your eyes, and trying to fight your tears. You don't play with your sleep.

It's like Enzo was rebelling, because even as a newborn baby he slept through the night with the exception of the first couple days on this earth.

"Hey," Ari rubs your back, moving your hair over, "it will be fine, he'll revert to his old schedule. We just need to give it time."