๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐?
28 OOC | MDNI
Joined June 2013
- Tweets2K
- Following72
- Followers614
- Likes389
Pinned Tweet
"๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โฆ?"
;โ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐
๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐
๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ | ๐๐๐๐
โI was debating callinโ as soon as I landed but surprisinโ you was so worth it, pip-squeak.โ Caleb grins as he opens up the eggs, showing her that theyโre all safe despite their fall in the grocery bags.
โI donโt think I couldโve gotten a better welcome home.โ He adds, โ
โ voice softening as he sets them side and puts the bags away; a large hand then reaching up to gently cup her cheek. He was already planning on accessing the cameras he had set up - for security, of course - to save the footage of her running at him.
โSo happy to be home, โ
โNo need. Iโll get to the laundry tomorrow after some good sleep, pip-squeak.โ Slowly, Caleb stands, setting her on her feet as he gives her a playful little grin and one more kiss.
โFor now though, maybe Iโll check the groceries survived the fall. Hope you didnโt have โ
โ any eggs in there.โ His tall frame is already making its way over to the discarded bags, carefully picking them up to carry them into the kitchen to help unpack them; throwing his hat down on the counter as he runs a hand through his hair.
Part of him was simply reluctant โ
โIโm glad youโre not makinโ me fight for my rightful place after leavinโ you here all alone, pip-squeak.โ A soft smile follows his words, his heart melting at the fact she had used the audios heโd recorded - from recipes, to bedtime stories he told her when they were โ
โ younger, discussing plane types and models to simply counting her to sleep. Between that and the mental image of her cuddled up in his clothes, he canโt help the way he aches at the thought of her being alone.
Pure guilt.
Cuddling her in once more, Caleb exhales a shaky โ
โIโm sorry I wasnโt here to protect you from the storms, princess. And from a cold bed.โ His smile is small but genuine, the teasing in his tone far too soft to have any real impact. He was far too happy to see the small blonde in his arms.
โBut Iโm back now, will be โ
Caleb is so gentle as he cradles her close, a quiet sigh of relief escaping against her lips as he refuses to pull away; instead sinking down onto the couch with her in his lap.
She was safe, she was well, nothing else mattered. Being so far away, so out of range, had been โ
The surprise on her face is everything, the colonel unable to hold back his own grin as the bags hit the floor. He canโt even joke, not when heโs rushing to meet her half way to scoop her up with a breathless laugh.
โThereโs my girl.โ He breathes, eyes closing as she presses โ
Arriving back from a week spent in the Deepspace Tunnel and not being greeted by cuddles and kisses is insanity.
Heโs so under-appreciated. Shaking his head.
Eventually the toll of her warm body against his own takes effect, like the most comforting weighted blanket that he refuses to let go of, causing him to drift into a light sleep.
It was something that didnโt come easy to him most of the time due to a mixture of nightmares โ
โ that fluctuated between losing her, EVER, horrifying experiments, losing himself and his mind entirelyโฆhis mind was a fractured mess of trauma and it made remaining still and resting impossible.
And yet there he was, sleeping peacefully. Even if the smallest of noises could โ