Come Here. Let Me Fix It.

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by devilboxx

by devilboxx

I woke up to Cherry and Leo jumping onto us. Dan laughed as Leo pulled my hair.

"Oww!" I laughed. Dan kissed Cherry's cheek and Leo got off the bed.

"Breakfast! Can we have breakfast?" He asked. I smiled sheepishly at Dan

"Hun, can you get them breakfast? I'm tired." He kissed my cheek and stood up.

"Come on guys! Aunt Louise is picking Cherry up at 11. You're gonna get to spend the weekend with Pearl and Darcy Cherry!"

She smiled. I giggled.

"And don't forget! Uncle PJ is taking Leo and his friends, Ryan, Mike, and Will to the movies at 10." I croaked. Dan gave me a thumbs up and ushered the two kids out of the room. I closed my eyes. However, it was too cold. I pulled the blankets over my head. I was about to fall asleep when I heard a thump and crying. I shot up out of bed. I was wearing Dan's boxers and a sweatshirt. I ran into the kitchen. Dan was tending to Leo, who had tripped and cut his knee on a chair. Across the room I saw a toy car. His favorite toy car. In pieces. I sure as hell didn't know how to fix that. I picked up Leo and sat him on the counter. I put a band aid on his bloody knee. I placed a kiss onto the plastic cover and set his feet on the ground. He raced over to his car and picked it up, bawling once again.

"It's broken!" He cried.

"Leo..." Dan said.

"It'll never be fixed! Never ever ever..."

"Lee."

"Ever ever ever..."

"Lee!"

"Ever ever ever..."

"Leo Aidan Howell!"

He shut up for a minute.

"Come over here. I'll fix it." Dan said. He placed the broken car in front of Dan. He took a good look at the car.

"Hmm..." He repeated obnoxiously, which made Leo giggle.

"This might take... let's see... two days! In the meantime why don't you go watch TV with your sister or write a story. Me and your father will be right out. We're getting changed."

He walked joyfully into the living room and joined his sister, who was drawing. I walked back to our room with Dan.

"Phil you can go back to sleep for now. I can handle it." I grunted and collapsed onto the bed in response. I made grabby hands at him.

"Just for 5 minutes." He sighed. I fiddled with his hair, absorbing warmth

I must've fallen asleep because I woke up to find Dan on the laptop next to me.

"Hey Dan." I said softly

"Mmhmm?"

"That car can't be fixed."

"Yes, but there's Amazon, so we're all good. Let him think I did it. He'll be heartbroken if he finds out. So shush."

I rolled my eyes and rested my head on his shoulder.