NNT ONE SHOTS

Soothing

Tristan and Meliodad

Summary: meliodas awakes at night to heat his son crying out, and as any father would he got up to soothe his child. This night would be a little different however...

Time line: Tristan is 10 weeks old

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Third person POV
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Wails interrupted Meliodas's and Elizabeth's precious sleep, but it was nothing new.

Elizabeth sat up and rubbed her eyes. She was just about to hop out of bed when her husband out a hand in her shoulder.
"you sleep, I soothe..." he said, clearly more tired than Elizabeth. For quite a few nights meliodas had been insistent that he took care of Tristan at night, after all Tristan needed his mother wide awake and fresh in the morning.

Elizabeth wanted to protest, seeing how tired he was, but she knew it Wind be futile, so she simply kissed him on the cheek and whispered "thank you"

Meliodas then jumped out of bed, wobbling in his feet.
He would have to walk to the next room to get to Tristan but even that small walk seemed like a marathon, but in the end he finally made it there.
"Her little guy, why so sad?" He asked his wailing son as he neared the crib.
Immediately his sons wails turns into simple whimpers, so the reason as to why he had been crying turned obvious.
"Were you lonely?" Meliodas said sweetly as he scooped the baby into his arms.
Tristan then snuggled again in at him and let out one last whimper, and then a content sigh.
"Oh you were so lonely, in here all alone, no mama or papa in sight!" Meliodas laughed as he wakes around the room with his son still in his arms.
At one point he stopped and brought Tristan up to kiss him on the forehead and on the nose.

After that Tristan slumped against meliodas and looked like he was sleeping.
Meliodas hummed happily and walked to the crib whereas he slowly lowered his son into it.
But as soon as Meliodas's hands left Tristan's body he began wailing again.
This had happened to Elizabeth one before and she had been forced to stay up all night with him, however Meliodas wasn't as willing.
"C'mon... won't you sleep for papa?" He questioned as he picked his son up again simply to kiss him on the forehead and then lower him into the crib again, but the save thing happened.
Tristan started wailing.

Meliodas picked him up, so he could at least be quiet while he found a way to get around this problem.
But the only thing Meliodas could focus on was how tired he was as well.

He then can't up with an idea, it was not the most perfect one but it'd hopefully fix both of their problems.
"Alright" meliodas groaned as he stepped up on a part of the crib and then put on foot in, and then the other, and then, Still holding Tristan he laid down in his back.
Even though Meliodas was short the crib was far too small for him, but he was laying down, and Tristan was dozing off, so that's all that mattered, and soon enough Meliodas fell asleep as well.

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Morning came and Elizabeth Awoke expecting to find her husband snoring beside her, but his post of the bed was Sul just as he'd left out when he went to soothe Tristan that night.
"Oh no" she whispered, guessing that meliodas had been forced to stay up all night.
She remembered how tired he was when he got up, how could he have lasted an entire night?
She was determined to find out, and to take over Tristan's care for the day so that Meliodas could sleep the day away.

She quickly got dressed in a casual gown and quirky washed to Tristan's room just next door.
"Honey I- uh?" She started, thinking she'd find Meliodas awake in there.
But instead she had to fight to stifle a laughter.
There was her husband laying in their sons crib with his legs over the high edge, with Tristan places neatly on his stomach where meliodas had a hand in his back, holding him steady.

"Oh honey..." she laughed as she stuff by the crib.
She then slowly moved Meliodas's hand off of Tristan's back and lifted him up.
"Hello darling" he told her son, who had just been awake.
He yawned and the snuggled against his mother.
"Meliodas.." Elizabeth, with the hand not holding onto Tristan, shook Meliodas's shoulder slightly, just enough to gently wake him up.

"G'mornin'" He said groggily and Target as he rubbed his eyes and then fight to shut up in the crib with Elizabeth giggles at.

"Did you sleep well?" She teased.

Meliodas raised a finger at her "actually-" He paused to think about it, and then said in a surprised tone of voice "it resent wasn't that bad"