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alex & jake; stressful day

*Jake has a stressful day and just breaks down. Thank you for my bff ftm_trans15 for helping me write this! Send suggestions on what you wanna see! Enjoy! Love • Bree 👽*

Jake has just put Avery down in his crib for the night. Scarlett, Aurora and Levi are also in bed for the tonight after a very long day.

Scarlett, Aurora and Levi have been pushing his buttons all day long while Avery has been teething, which has made him basically cry all day. Jake is just done with the day and just wants to lay down in peace.

Jake feels very stressed and alone right now. Alex has been working really late for the past few weeks, since he just started a new job at Netflix.

Jake absolutely loves being a stay at home dad, but he wishes he had some help with the kids sometimes. He also wishes he could spend more time with Alex. Jake feels like he and Alex have been distant lately and he absolutely hates it.

Jake walks into the master bedroom and lays down in bed. He curls up in a ball and begins to cry, letting all of his emotions and stress out.

Alex comes home to a pitch dark house, since everyone is in bed for the night.

Alex tip toes up the steps and checks on the kids one by one to make sure they are okay before heading into the master bathroom for the night.

Alex hears Jake's cries from the master bedroom and his heart breaks.

Alex goes into their bedroom to find Jake curled up in a tiny ball. Alex rushes over and sits next to Jake.

"Honey, what's wrong, love?" Alex asks softly, rubbing circles into Jake's back.

"Allie, I just can't take this. I am so freaking stressed and I am such a bad dad." Jake says as he cries some more, nearly loosing it completely.

Alex frowns as he sets all of his work things down and takes his jacket off before kneeling in front of Jake on the floor of their bedroom.

"Jake, honey. You are an amazing father. The greatest father ever. What's going on, baby? What's wrong?" Alex asks Jake in a whisper. 

"The girls have been arguing non fucking stop. Like all day long today! Over a stupid Barbie doll! Fuck Barbie! Then Levi colored on a wall in the playroom. I cleaned it up and he did it again on another wall in the playroom. I nearly snapped all of the crayons in half. Then poor Avery has cried on and off all day long due to teething. I couldn't get nothing done! Laundry is piled up to the roof, dishes are dirty in the sink. I just feel so alone and useless." Jake says to Alex.

Alex grabs hold of both of Jake's hands and kisses them tenderly and lovingly.

"I'm so sorry, baby. I know it has been really rough these past couple weeks with the transition to my new job and my new work schedule, but being overwhelmed doesn't make you a bad parent, baby. You are doing the best you can and that's what anyone is asking from you, baby. The kids are perfectly healthy and happy and they are in a nice bed and in a nice house with a roof over their head. Just because you had one bad day, that doesn't make you any less of a father." Alex says, reasoning to Jake in a soft gentle voice.

"I just fucking miss you, Allie. I miss you so fucking much. I feel like we are getting really distant and I don't want that to happen. I don't wanna loose you - ever. I just hate this new work schedule. It fucking sucks." Jake says as he sniffles.

"Oh honey, we will never fall apart, or get too distant to where we are just co-living with each other. I will always make time for just us and for you and the kids. We just have to adjust to the new work schedule right now and get back on track. We can do this, Jakey. We are so strong, baby." Alex says as he rubs Jake's cheeks.