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69 - Lavender & Silence
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2025-06-09 07:59:04Ezra visited the hospital every day, without fail.
He told himself it was to keep some semblance of routine for the kids, to bring them hope, even if that hope felt like a thread in his hands, fraying with each passing hour.But it was also because he needed to see Sebastian—needed to be near him, even if Seb didn’t respond. Even if the man he loved lay in a sterile bed, unmoving, his face pale and framed by the harsh white light of the hospital room.And because Ezra couldn’t stand the absence of Seb’s scent. The stale hospital air was sterile and cold, stripped of warmth and filled with antiseptic.But when he leaned close—just close enough, he could still catch traces of lavender clinging to the pillowcase, to Sebastian’s skin.Faint, but there. Enough to drive something deep and primal inside Ezra into a restless ache.The first night Ezra sat by Sebastian’s side, he did so in complete silence, too overwhelmed by the weight
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The golden morning light spilled through the windows, wrapping the house in a gentle glow.Sebastian moved quietly through the kitchen, gathering stray toys and wiping away crumbs left behind by the twins’ chaotic morning energy.The faint scent of lavender clung to him, blending softly with the warm cinnamon and sugar from the muffins he’d baked earlier.At the front door, Ezra was lacing up his worn work boots, his hands steady and sure. The twins buzzed towards him like little bees, their chatter bubbling with excitement as they prepared to follow him to work—an unofficial “bring your kids to work” day, fueled by holiday freedom.“Dad, wait!” Camden called, clutching a small plastic wrench as if ready to tackle any task.“Don’t forget me!” Caleb added, matching Ezra’s stride with determined little steps.Ezra turned back with a grin that softened his rugged features. He crouched low to ruffle Caleb’s curls and tousle Camden’s
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It was three minutes before either of them moved. Sebastian stood at the sink, rinsing a glass he didn’t need to rinse. Ezra was by the fridge, arms folded, breathing like he’d just run a sprint barefoot through fire. The air between them was thick with heat—body heat, memory, and scent. Lavender laced with sweat and shame. Sandalwood curling under it, laced with something darker, muskier, edged in spice. The way Ezra’s pheromones flooded the kitchen made Sebastian's knees wobble, and the glass trembled slightly in his hands. “I think my daughter just caught me about to have sex on the kitchen counter,” Sebastian said quietly, voice brittle with disbelief and something almost hysterical. Ezra winced. His scent flared again—sharp, like clove smoke in the back of the throat. “She didn’t catch anything.” Sebastian turned, wide-eyed. “Ez—my legs were spread. You were between them. She’s not stupid
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It had been war getting the twins to sleep.They were relentless—restless from the change in rhythm, sticky with sweat and emotions too big for six-year-old hearts. They’d curled on either side of Sebastian like magnets, one clinging to his arm and the other murmuring into his shoulder.“Daddy, don’t sleep in your room, sleep with us.”“Please?”But Sebastian was healing, still nursing the sharp throb of trauma that lurked in his skull like a stormcloud. Ezra had stepped in eventually, scooping them gently up with a “Come on, boys. Let Daddy breathe,” though his voice cracked around the last word.They whined, clung, cried—even tried sneaking back out three times. “But we want Daddy,” Camden pouted, dragging his blanket behind him like a tail. Caleb nodded solemnly, lip wobbling. “Daddy makes the monsters go away.”Eventually, they settled.Mia too—curled up in her room beneath a reading lamp, her bro
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The ride back from the hospital was silent. Ezra kept glancing over from the driver’s seat, eyes flickering between the road and Sebastian, as if afraid he'd vanish again.Sebastian sat quietly beside him, the faint hum of the truck blending with the distant voices of the twins in the backseat.Caleb kept kicking the back of Ezra’s seat. Camden whispered stories about “when Daddy used to bake cookies with pink sprinkles,” stories Sebastian smiled politely at, though none of them sounded familiar. Still, his hands twitched with the urge to fold dough.Mia sat in the middle, quiet. Watching. Absorbing.When they pulled into the driveway, Sebastian stared at the house with a strange heaviness in his chest. It wasn’t familiar—not truly, but it didn’t feel wrong either. The porch steps were chipped, the lavender bushes by the window had overgrown, and a cracked windchime clinked softly in the breeze.Ezra opened t
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There was no up, no down. No sense of time or sound, only the vastness of dark. Not the kind that frightened children, but the kind that stretched too wide and long, too heavy to breathe in.Sebastian floated in it, untethered.Somewhere in that black, a voice.Muffled. Like he was underwater, hearing someone call from the surface. He tried to rise toward it, but his body wouldn’t move. Didn’t exist, maybe. Just a pulse, somewhere deep inside him, answering faintly.“…so then Camden poured the whole carton of milk on the floor and said, ‘It’s a cow’s bathtub.’”Ezra.The sound pressed against him like a warm palm. It didn’t make sense at first, the words. But the tone—the voice hooked into the dark. It had weight. Gravity.And scent.Faint at first, but distinct. Sandalwood and spice, tense and low, frayed with a bitter edge of fear. Ezra was afraid. Sebastian could feel i
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