[He was so close. So very close. Teetering right over that edge of going back to sleep, keeping Dave entertained for long enough and maybe even forcing Roxy to take her fucking turn and then BAM. Right in the ass. Literally. It's a good thing he loves them so much or there would be some hell to pay for the other side of this bed.
And he was about to retort with enough verbal abuse to symbolize the amount of violence he currently feels when he realizes that yeah, he should probably go get Rose. She won't start crying - she doesn't do that as much as Dave - but he should. He should. And then with Rose here maybe he can get to sleep.
He thinks about saying something, but then thinks better of it and decides, instead, to go with a frustrated growl before throwing the covers back off and stalking down the hall, literally picking Rose up out of her crib without a care in the world for her conscious state and carrying her back to the bed. There. Done. The family is together again.
So down she goes, right next to Momma and Dave, and then he's collapsed back on the bed, sprawled out.]
If I don't get at least two hours of sleep, there is going to be all kinds of hell to pay. You hear me?
[But of course it's that moment he decides to open his eyes and see Rose sitting there, simply looking at him, and god damn does she have her mother's eyes.]
IF YOU KEEP TAKING ME BACK I AM NEVER GOING TO LEARN MY LESSON
And he was about to retort with enough verbal abuse to symbolize the amount of violence he currently feels when he realizes that yeah, he should probably go get Rose. She won't start crying - she doesn't do that as much as Dave - but he should. He should. And then with Rose here maybe he can get to sleep.
He thinks about saying something, but then thinks better of it and decides, instead, to go with a frustrated growl before throwing the covers back off and stalking down the hall, literally picking Rose up out of her crib without a care in the world for her conscious state and carrying her back to the bed. There. Done. The family is together again.
So down she goes, right next to Momma and Dave, and then he's collapsed back on the bed, sprawled out.]
If I don't get at least two hours of sleep,
there is going to be all kinds of hell to pay.
You hear me?
[But of course it's that moment he decides to open his eyes and see Rose sitting there, simply looking at him, and god damn does she have her mother's eyes.]