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Yeah, me too

Ripley lets out a breathy snore, and I kiss his forehead and gently rest hi the pirate skull printed blankets around him

We talked about giving hiravitate towards Batures or the Spider-Man plushies Sometimes Wolverine, but he’s more obsessed with the damn parrot with the eye-patch

He chose this

And I haven’t told Farrow, but I love that the whole pirate theme reminds me of him and his sparrow and skull tattoos

I return to Farroho’s still sitting on the hardwood, and I extendto my palm, then up to my face “Come on, man,” I say “Don’t make me ask”

He leans back on his elbows, a across his lips “Now I definitely want you to ask”

I growl undersoftly with Ripley asleep “Fine, asshole Come to bed with me”

“When you say it like that…” He takes s when he stands I don’t dostubborn like me

Quietly, he snatches the baby hts Arkham barely stirs out of a puppy slumber, so he stays behind Ripley’s room is the closest to ours Just a short walk down the hallway

A calico cat prances behind Farrow’s feet

“What the fuck” Farrow stares down at the cat

Walrus must’ve somehow escaped Thatcher & Jane’s bedrooh in the air and not skittish in the least, he’s practically already acclimated to the house

I slip into our bedrooes the cat back with his foot “You’re not co in, you little bastard Go find your mom and dad”

He shuts the door on Walrus

Our new rooh to do deadlifts, burpees, and sprints Not that we need to work out in this space We have a hoainst the brick walls, and the disasseainst the bathroom door

Soround that we haven’t had in a while

A queen-sized mattress

Charcoal gray sheets and a lightweight knit blanket are thrown on for tonight

It’s slowing sinking in—that this is ours The attic bedroom used to be ours too, but he moved into my place

Here Now We’re doing this together

I shut the door behind us “It’s the first night”

His heady brown eyes stalkonto my words

“We’re going to have to christen this place” I pull my shirt up and over my head Farrow drinks injaw and lip piercing