They all ate in the living room because their table just wasn't big enough for seven people plus a baby.They put Ezekiel on the floor infront of the coffee table, pulled in a few chairs from the kitchen and everyone else just held their plates in their hands.Of course before Hazel and Matthew could eat, they had to feed Aariyah but that didn't take too long and now she was in Asher and Cailen's room taking a nap in a make shift crib they had made with their blanket so she wouldn't accidentally roll off the bed.It was nice, sitting here on the couch with Asher by his side, Ezekiel at their feet eating dinner and their friends spread out in the living room.It felt normal again, and Cailen wasn't only talking about Asher and his accident.It felt normal to be sitting here with Matthew and Hazel having to worry about the little girl asleep in the bedroom.It felt norma

 Cailen is startled from his sleep by a sudden weight crashing into him and then a wet nose sniffing at his face.He knows who it is instantly and groans, not caring if he wakes Asher up at this point.It's his dog, if Loki is waking Cailen up, then Asher can get woken up as well.Cailen brought his arms up, having to untangle himself from Asher's grasp in order to do so, and shielded his face from the intruding nose.It's not like this has never happened before, but it didn't happen often.Loki was usually pretty good at just sleeping at the foot of their bed, but recently, he's been cuddling up to Ezekiel in his so it was a bit strange.Either way, Loki was waking Cailen up so he started to sit up, just remembering to be gentle in case Asher's arm or leg was in the right position to get squished."Loki, down," Cailen mumbled, his tone firm.Cailen heard a groan come from behind him and knew Asher was now awake.

 Seven years later…"Alright," Cailen heard come from down the hall.It was only a couple steps further so he made the small venture to poke his head around the corner and into the hall to see Asher just coming up from the basement."The basement is officially 'Teen-Proof'," Asher said around an exhausted sigh.Cailen fully stepped into the entrance of the hallway, crossing his arms over his chest and waiting for his husband to meet him at the end of the hall and proceeding to follow him into the kitchen.Cailen still cringed slightly whenever he walked into the kitchen, more so when he had company following him.They were in the middle of renovating the kitchen, the last of the house's renovation, thankfully.When they purchased the house four years ago, they had gotten it pretty cheap because it needed so much work done to it. They just hadn't realized how much work it ne

 Cailen stopped a ways back, pulling his coat tighter around him as the fall breeze blew and made him shiver.He was always surprised sometimes when he really looked at Ezekiel and saw how much he's grown.Up until last year, it seemed as though he had missed the puberty bus until one day, Cailen really looked at him and noticed he had grown about a foot and was stealing his cologne to wear.It was a bit of a shock that he quickly got over and went out to buy Ezekiel his own cologne along with some shaving supplies since he had noticed the boy had also started growing some scruff.It was something he never had a problem with in the first place because until now, he never had a single hair grow on his face, well aside from his eyebrows and his head, of course.Cailen knew he was going to be one of those teenagers that looked way older than they really were just because puberty decided to randomly

 Both Matthew and Cailen looked over to where the girls were sitting.It was instinctive now, whether it was your own child saying it or not, when you heard 'Daddy' or ‘Papa’, you look.Maddison was standing from her spot and making her way over to where Cailen and Matthew sat, a sheet of paper in her hands."Look, isn't my flower pretty?" she asked holding up the paper to Cailen where he saw a simple flower drawn on it.It was pink with big petals and a small green stem and looked like every other flower drawing she'd ever done but Cailen still nodded along, smiling at his daughter."Yes, it's beautiful, love," Cailen smiled, his arms still bouncing Misha up and down on his knee."But- But isn't mine beautiful-er?" Aariyah stood in a hurry, rushing over to them and nearly tripping as she held up her own drawing of an almost identical flower.Cailen s