aeipathy | one shot collection

just lay here with me.

*Aubree's POV*

I'm sitting on the couch with King and Lightning curled into my sides when I hear the door to our apartment slam shut. I jump, the puppies jumping awake and growling.

"Shh, it's okay," I whisper, calming them down so they stop freaking themselves and myself out.

I get up and head into the kitchen, where I see Willow bent over the counter with her head in her hands. I approach her slowly, walking up behind her and gently rubbing my fingers down her arms. She jumps slightly, but her tension releases when she realizes it's me.

"What's wrong, baby?" I murmur, softly planting kisses on her shoulders.

She shakes her head, turning around and burying her head into my chest. I squeeze her closer.

"Tell me, love," I press.

She sighs. "Just a hard day at work is all."

I reach up, running my fingers through her hair. "Do you wanna talk about it?"

She is silent for a second, then shakes her head.

"That's alright, babe, just come with me."

I pull away slightly to take her hands in mine, leading her to our bedroom. I leave her for a second to turn our TV on and grab the remote, then lay beside her in our bed.

I open my arms, giving her a chipmunk smile. "C'mere babes."

She crawls into my arms, laying her head on my chest and wrapping her arm around my stomach. I grab the remote, running my fingers through her hair with my other hand.

"What do you wanna watch?" I ask, finding nothing on TV.

She shrugs, then starts flailing her limbs around frantically.

"Let's watch Bones!" Willow shouts enthusiastically, and I laugh, flipping to the channel.

Willow burrows further into my body, sighing contentedly. She tangles her legs around mine, and I kiss her forehead.

We watch the show for a while, occasionally sneaking in little kisses here and there. After a while Willow's breathing starts to even out, and I realize she had fallen asleep.

Unfortunately, at that second I had a painful urge to tinkle.

I try to wait it out for a while, but my bladder is the size of a peanut. I take a deep breath, strategically untangling myself from Willow without waking her, and tip toe out of the room to the bathroom.

After I relieve myself, I debate on flushing so I don't wake her up, but knowing me I'll forget to flush it later. So I flush it in one quick flick, wincing and hoping it didn't wake the sleeping beauty.

After I wash my hands, I tip toe back into the room to see she's still sound asleep. I sigh in relief. I make it across the room without falling and making it sound like World War III, and just as I'm about to climb back into bed, almost there, I hear the clicks of nails on hardwood and I mentally slap my forehead.

Lightning jumps up, flopping his body onto Willow's legs, King following closely behind. They decide it's time for a party, barking and running back and forth like a cat on catnip.

Oh, come on.

Willow starts awake, sputtering, "Wh-what?"

"I'm sorry, babe," I mumble guiltily. "I had to pee and they followed me."

She grins, shrugging and opening her arms. "It's fine, I can't be mad at someone so cute."

"They are pretty cute," I chuckle, scooting into her embrace.

"I meant you, but I suppose they're cute too."

I scoff, looking up and puckering my lips expectantly. She bends down, pecking my lips a couple times quickly, making me giggle.

I put my head back down on her chest, the puppies finally settling and curling up beside us.

"I love you," Willow murmurs, kissing my head.

"I love you too," I mumble, yawning and nodding off to sleep in my love's arms.