Preath Oneshots

Childcare

Requested by- @fawnpuppies A few years in the future, Tobin and Christen are now parents.

'Chris, are you in the kitchen?' I yelled out.

'Yeah babe, why?' She returned.

'I think Tj is hungry, he's crying,' I yelled out again, rocking the small child in my arms haphazardly.

'Stop yelling then,' she sighed walking into the bedroom beside me. 'You can't feed him "food" anyway, you know that,' she told me, taking the blue eyed boy form my arms. 'Hey little guy, what's she done too you,' she whispered to him.

'Hey I didn't do anything wrong, I think,' I pouted.

'Yeah yeah, come to the kitchen and I'll warm his bottle up,' she said handing out child back to me. He had strangely blue eyes for reasons we could not quite figure out, he wasn't overly big yet but he had a small tuft of dark hair on his head already; tomorrow he would be six months old.

I followed Christen into the kitchen calming Tj the entire way with soft words I'm sure he didn't understand. Her voice was lowered, a tone she only used if Tj was upset, or if I was in a bad mood; which believe it or not helped me a lot a few years back when we first got together.

She held me together at times when I felt like I was falling apart from the inside out. She stuck by me years before we began too date, and she's stuck by my side to this very day. I wouldn't give her up if it meant the world would end, she was something special I didn't plan on losing.

'What are you thinking about babe?' She asked while I stared semi consciously out the kitchen window.

'Huh? Oh, us...you,' I admitted, admiring the way her lips turned up in a happy curve almost instantly.

'Remember when everyone used to think you had a thing for Alex? God that made me so jealous for some reason,' she laughed, a genuine laugh, one you did when you remembered something stupid.

'I think I've only ever had eyes for you, and maybe Ash,' I winked getting an eye-roll in return.

'Don't let Ali hear that, you won't live for longer then a minute,' she giggled.

'I could take her,' I pouted while shadow boxing.

'Settle down, hold Tj while I feed him,' she told me pushing me backwards into a kitchen chair. I took the small child in my arms, rocking him gently as I did. Chris sat on my lap, so her back was leaning up against my chest. I placed Tj and my arms around her mid section so she could feed him. We did things like this together because honestly, it felt like we never parted, this was we could just sit contently as a family.

'Remember back when there was a thing going around the Internet, that you had a secret boyfriend,' I mused out loud.

'Oh god don't even bring that back up, little did they know those pictures where just you in a hoodie,' she laughed at the memory. 'I still find it funny about you and Alex, what was it? Oh right, "talex" or something like that,' she finished still gently laughing.

'Little did they know...I spent almost all my time with you, doing all sorts of things,' I whispered kissing the back of her neck.

'Yeah, some of the best days, I'm glad we get a break to bring Tj up, then we can make our miraculous return while he watches,' she told me, leaning as far as she could into me.

'Mmm, it's like an extended rest period, I don't miss the turf burn,' I admitted slyly.

'I think he's falling asleep, want to take him to bed for me?' She asked.

'Sure, but you gotta hop up first,' I agreed.

She reluctantly got up handing Tj back when I stood up. I wandered off in the direction of his room, rocking the almost asleep infant in my arms very very very gently. His room was a sea green with ducks and bows on the back wall, Christen's choice of course. He had a few toys here and there, but most where packed up out of the way. I placed him gently in his yellow cot making sure all toys where removed. After that I turned on his baby monitor then made my way back out to Chris; not forgetting too close the door on my way out.

'Was he quite?' Christen asked upon my return. She was now leaning her back against the kitchen counter, seemingly in thought.

'Quieter then you are when we're at your mothers house,' I smirked.

'I cannot believe you just said that...' She sighed but laughed at my expense anyway.

'Hey it's true, you almost suffocated yourself you where concentrating that hard on not making a noise,' I teased.

'Oh shut up you,' she remarked playfully. I smiled for at least the one thousandth time today before closing the small distance between us. I had my hands resting on the counter right beside her with our noses brushing gently against each others. She leaned in more closing the small distance between our lips, I kissed her back eagerly just like it was our first kiss; I was still madly in love and will always be madly in love with her.

I picked her up and sat her on the counter without breaking the kiss. She was hesitant but not willing to pull away. 'We shouldn't while Tj is in the house,' she mumbled while I kissed her neck.

'We won't, it won't go past this,' I whispered against her skin, not missing the way she shuddered against my chest.

'I- okay,' she gave in and we picked up where we left off. Sure enough after only five minutes the baby monitor crackled too life. Our sons little cries belted out of the speaker, almost scaring the remaining common sense out of me.

'Damn...I'll check on him,' Chris told me kissing my cheek. She hopped off the bench and made her way into his room, the baby monitor beside me still emitted a high pitched cry, it went on until I could hear Christen's soft soothing voice talking in what would be a foreign language to our baby.

Her voice instantly calmed him along with me even though I was already as calm as could be; or so I thought anyway.

When she reappeared from the room I decided this was the moment I would do it. Right here right now, the way she looked at me was all I needed to find the courage in me.

'Christen Press,' I began, setting myself on one knee before her. 'I have loved you for many many years, and I will for many many more to come. I have opened and closed so many chapters in my life with you by my side, and I wish to finish the rest with you by my side. I fell madly in love with a you, I kept it a secret, but now, I don't want it too be a secret to anyone anymore. Christen, will...will you marry me?' I told her completely honestly, with nothing but love for her in my mind, a small tear formed in the corner of my eye.

'I- Tobin, fuck, yes. Yes!' She practically yelled taking dragging my back up to her eye level. I couldn't say anything in that moment so I just kissed her, passionately.

'I've been nervous about this for ages,' I admitted shyly, taking her hands in my own.

'I'm glad you did it,' she remarked cheerfully, I had her slightly small frame wrapped tightly in my embrace.

'I love you Chris, so so much,'