baby girl [muke] ✔️

eight

the day came where luke was awoken by a knock on the door, nearly two months after ella was left on their door step. it was a police officer, his face distraught as he asked about a missing child, gender unknown. luke, of course, denied this even though he knew exactly who he meant. the man sighed before leaving.

once luke had closed the door and the man couldn't hear him, he broke down. the boy hated lying, and he never did it for anyone. but he's come to realize that he lies for those he loves.

'hey, who was that at the - are you alright? who was that?' michael got really angry, thinking someone had hurt his baby. luke just held his arms out for a hug before falling to the ground in michaels hold.

'they-they asked about ella. if we had seen a baby around here. i couldn't tell them, mikey' michael tried calming the boy down, but it just wasnt working.

ella was crawling toward luke when she pulled herself up and slowly wobbled over to him. she fell down right in front of luke giggling a little when her bum hit the floor. luke was shaking and crying, because god ella was such a sweet girl, on elook at her and you could tell that she didnt deserve all the hatred the world was going to serve her.

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'alright ella, can you say lukey? c'mon its super easy, just say lukey!' ella was looking at luke with big eyes, unsure of what he was actually saying to her.

'uki!' lukes eyes widened and he smiled so widely. michael heard from another room, and came out to see lukes reaction. luke was in tears as he held ella, kissing her face. she was giggling as she looked at luke, wanting him to say more things.

'what about mikey?' she giggled before repeating it, 'mi'ey' michael smiled from the kitchen as he was getting luke and himself a water. he walked out and ella immediately started squealing. she stood shakily and walked over to where michael had knelt down and fell into his arms. luke was all giggly as he watched her take wobbly steps and god, he just loved her so much.

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later that night, michael and luke were sitting in bed, reading books like television couples normally do, when they heard ella start screaming. luke shot up, the fear in him taking over as he quickly ripped the blankets off of himself. michael was quick to stop the boy and walk in front of him, in case there was any danger.

they approached ellas 'room' and swung open the ajar door. ella was sobbing in her sleep, so luke cooed and slowly lifted her and held her close to his chest. he mumbled soft words to her and rubbed her back in an attempt to calm her back to sleep.

'its okay, baby. just a bad dream. shh' ella opened her eyes and looked at luke with her big eyes before lying her head down on his shoulder. she mumbled little sounds as she saw michael behind luke.

'c'mon, lets have a little sleepover'

ella was placed in the middle of both luke and michael, her little head barely able to be seen over the fluffy blankets that luke needed oh-so badly. she was exhausted so it took no time for her to fall asleep, and the two men followed along fairly quickly.

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