Don’t Repeat That

”We’re back…” Broken leaned into the cubicle. “That was fast.” Anubis hummed. “You say that like I ain’t good at this…” he flicked his tail. “Because you’re not.” They moved to start filling out that the job had been finished. “Are you up for another one? You have plenty of options.” “I should get started on that paperwork…” he pushed himself off the wall and started for his office. Anubis pushed their chair back before Bolt could follow him. “He’s not going to see the nurses, don’t waste your time.” He huffed stubbornly. “I know one nurse he’ll see.” “The nurse that’s going to yell at both of you for him being hurt?” They asked. “Yeah, that’s the one.” Bolt said weakly as he scampered off.

Broken settled in his chair and shut his eyes tight. He pricked his ears as someone walked inside but didn’t care to see who it was. “The big dragon guy said you have to sign these too.” Bolt dropped more papers on his desk. “He sounded like it was pretty important.” He peeked his eyes open to see what was so urgent. “They ain’t important, he’s just impatient… make yourself useful ‘nd get me a coffee…” “I don’t work here, you can’t just boss me around.” Bolt huffed. “C’n you please get me a coffee…?” He asked. “I’ll get it for you but I’m not buying it. You owe me for whatever Remus is going to do when we get home.” He held his hand out.

”I run the place, coffee is on the house… s’on the house for everybody…” Broken purred. “You could have lead with that.” He turned and headed the wrong way towards the cafeteria. He rubbed his face and dug out his phone to let Remus know they’d be back as soon as he got sick and tired of his paperwork. Bolt returned with coffees and settled behind the desk to help work on paper. He read, explained, and signed what he could to help tear through the stacks of work. Between the two of them they managed to knock out a fair chunk of the stack but still had a long way to go.

”Honey, ‘m home…” Broken called as he walked through the front door. “Welcome home handsome.” Remus looked up from watching the kids play games. “How was g papers?” “Me wrist is killin’ me, think I need a handsome nurse to fix me up…” he purred. “Call me when you find one, I need my back fixed after sitting for so long.” Bolt nudged him on his way past. “Ain’t you engaged…?” He smiled. “Come here, let me have a look.” Remus gestured him over. Broken padded over and let him inspect the damage. “As long as you don’t use your hand too much for a little while you’ll live, maybe put some ice on it for good measure.” He kissed his knuckles.

Broken kissed the top of his head. “Gonna take a nap, I’ll ice it while I sleep…” “we’re having dinner soon, why not go to bed early instead? We can watch movies upstairs.” He said. “Used me brain a lot with all that readin’, need to recharge…” he purred. “Plus I’ve been up all day, ‘m overdue for a snooze…” “you big baby.” Remus giggled. “Do you want me to wake you up for dinner?” “If you’d be so kind..” he leaned down to get a kiss, grabbed his ice, and padded upstairs. He closed the door as he limped into the bedroom and settled on the edge of the bed, letting out a shaky sigh. He laid back and closed his eyes, trying to fall asleep to ignore his aching.

He pricked his ears as the door creaked and tiny footsteps ran across the carpet. “Dad.” Jax’s big eyes peeked over the edge of the bed. “Are you asleep yet?” He cracked an eye open. “Depends, what do you want…?” He crawled onto the bed and curled up to his side. “Gramma said I should keep you company because dad said there are monsters under the bed.” He purred and pulled Jax onto his chest. “Ain’t you awful brave…” “dad said he didn’t want you having nightmares all night.” He giggled. “You don’t gotta worry about monsters under the bed, I got…” Broken trailed off and looked around. “Where’s he to…?”

He sat up and looked around the room. “Who?” Jax slid into his lap. “Me cat, the little bastard ran off… don’t repeat that…” he said. “Maybe he fell off the bed trying to fight the monsters.” He hopped off Broken and ran around the room. “There he is!” He rescued the toy cat from under the bed. “He’s feisty…” Broken settled by the headboard with his ice. “C’mere, it’s past me nap time…” he giggled and crawled into his arms, carefully setting the cat next to him. He purred and kissed the top of his head. “G‘night kiddo…” Jax settled down and closed his eyes. “Goodnight. Wake me up for dinner please?” “I will…” he rubbed his back until he fell asleep, then dozed off himself.