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they made their way home, jackson carefully carrying both his son and their newfound pet as to not get mud and dirt everywhere.
he plopped them both down into the bathroom, turning on the faucet and letting the water run into the tub. mark sits on the floor, trying to clean up the already starting mess from the puppy.
"come on danny," jackson says, patting the bathtub. "gotta get clean."
"puppy needs to get clean too!" daniel says, grabbing the puppy and splashing water everywhere as he sat down in the tub. the puppy shakes once again, flinging water and mud everywhere.
"danny!" jackson says, sighing. "he's making a mess."
"don't worry," mark says, laying a hand on jackson's shoulder. "i'll clean up."
jackson softens a little under his touch, nodding. he begins to wash the mud out of the puppy's fur and his son's hair carefully.
eventually the two were both clean, dried off an in fresh clothes. jackson has just finished taking a shower himself, since he too was covered in mud.
he stepped out of the shower, drying off and putting some comfy clothes on before stepping out of the room. he looked around, trying to find his son and his babysitter.
"danny?" jackson called, expecting him to run up to him. though his call was only followed with silence.
"mark?" jackson called out again, trying to find the two. he hadn't been gone for just a mere ten minutes in the shower.
"get him!" he heard, as small pellets of darts hit him all over.
jackson looked over, seeing his son and mark reveal themselves with nerf guns in their hands, laughing. the puppy was following closely behind them. the two had on extravagant outfits; fake shields, angel wings, wigs–basically anything and everything they could find in the dress up drawer.
"got you!" mark yells, laughing. he melts down to the floor, shooting another foam pellet at jackson.
"you were totally scared!" daniel says, giggling and sitting with mark. "we got you good!"
jackson joins in on the laughing, sitting along with the two. "you sure did," he says, "you sure got me."
jackson smirks, picking up daniel's fake gun and standing up. "but now it's my turn!" he says, laughing and shooting the two.
daniel yells happily, getting up and running around. mark shoots him back, his loud laugh booming through the apartment.
"i'm out of ammo," mark says, continuing to try and shoot while laughing. "you win, jacks."
jackson looks down at mark, taking in his wide smile. he just looked so happy that jackson couldn't help but feel all fuzzy inside.
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soon enough it was night, and jackson was tucking daniel into bed. kissing the top of his head, pulling up the blanket and turning off the lights.
"goodnight, danny! sleep well, okay?" jackson says, flipping the light switch to off. "i love you!"
"goodnight daddy!" daniel says, with a slight giggle. "i love you too!"
jackson smiles, closing the door. he turns around, clutching a hand over his heart as he sees mark.
"gosh, you scared me." he says, giving a soft chuckle. "what are you doing?"
"i was just about to head out," mark says, scratching the back of his neck as his cheeks tinted pink. "i'm sure i've overstayed my welcome."
jackson looks at him, a sweet look on his face. "mark, you could never overstay your welcome. you're always welcome in the wang house," he says, smiling. "i need someone to watch daniel tomorrow anyways. you might as well just stay again."
"are you sure?" mark says, giving jackson a skeptical look. "i really don't want to be a bother."
"you're never a bother, mark!" jackson says, pulling him into a hug. "i'd have you stay here all the time if you could, honestly."
mark felt his cheeks heat up again as jackson hugged him. "o-okay."
"so you'll stay?" jackson says, looking up at him. mark nods, causing jackson to cheer.
"shh," mark says, holding back a laugh and pointing to daniel's room. "sleeping."
"right," jackson says, grabbing mark's hand and leading him back to the living room.
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a/n: i'm sorry it's been so long, blah blah you all know my ramble by now but yeah i'm sorry for no updates
i'll try to do more soon
i hope you enjoyed! please vote & comment, i really appreciate it! thanks, ilysm~ -author em
