birds // hs

23. The Kingdom

"Baby."

I mumbled something unintelligible and rolled towards Harry, my head landing over his slowly thumping heart as he chuckled.

"Hm."

"It's time to wake up, darling. The kids will be demanding breakfast soon."

"But I'm so sleepy," I protested half-heartedly. "Don't make me get up, Har. If you love me you won't make me get up."

"I love you so much," he assured me with a grin. "But I'm not quite sure I can handle a five year old and two toddlers, love. They'll eat me alive."

I looked up at him with pleading eyes. "I'm so warm."

"You're so damn cute when you're sleepy," he grinned, leaving a sloppy kiss on my cheek. "You stay here and I'll see what I can do with the kids."

"Wait, wait." I stopped him before he could get off the bed and pulled him back, my hands immediately going to his soft curls as he laid between my thighs. "Stay here with me for a couple more minutes."

"Baby-"

"Please?" I bit my lip and he immediately cupped my face and kissed me again, his soft lips smothering mine as his hands crept up my pajama shirt.

"God, you're so hot," he groaned as he slid down my body, leaving soft kisses in his wake. "It's been so long since I've tasted you, baby, I think I've forgotten how sweet you are."

"I thought we were supposed to be getting the kids," I laughed softly. "You were the one that said that, remember?"

"Mm, just give me five minutes," he grinned cheekily. "Come on baby, you know how fast I can make you come."

He wasn't wrong.

"Wait, let me ask you something."

"What's that?"

"Do you want another baby?"

Harry froze and pressed his forehead to my tummy, exhaling deeply as I just laughed. "I have no idea, darling. Why?"

"I don't know, I'm just thinking."

He picked his head up and grinned. "You want another?"

"I'm not sure-"

"Are you ready for that?"

"I-"

"Maggie and Mia are just now starting to talk," he asserted, picking back up his line of kisses as his long fingers dragged my sleep pants down.

"Yes, I know that."

"But honestly, do you want another? Because if you do-"

"No, no, I'm happy with our little family," I smiled. "I'm just wondering. I had a dream about a baby the other night and I guess I wanted to hear your thoughts on it."

"But you're happy?"

I ran my fingers through Harry's soft curls and nodded. "Very happy."

*

After our extended time under the sheets Harry and I got the kids up and made them breakfast, then bundled them up and set them loose in our large, fenced-in backyard.

"They really are happy here," Harry murmured, wrapping his strong arms around my waist as I stood at the backdoor with a cup of coffee in my hands. "Don't you think?"

I leaned back into him. "Of course."

"Hm, good. And about that fourth baby thing."

I laughed.