Wasn’t Great

The rest of the day was excruciating. Listening to Eve go on and on about company issues, watching as the wine bottle became more and more empty, Broken hitting his head harder and harder against the desk. It was nothing but arguing and business and work. It made Broken’s head hurt… but that also could have been from smacking off of the desk.

”Honey ‘m home…” Broken barely managed to drag himself through the front door. “Welcome home darling!” Remus called from upstairs. “There’s a plate of food for you on the counter!” He kicked his boots off and trudged into the kitchen to eat his dinner cold. Eve followed and stuffed all her wine bottles into the fridge, except for one she kept to open. “Do you have wine glasses in here?” She stood on her tip toes to see in the cabinets.

”No we don’t…” Broken said between bites. He scarfed down his food, put his dishes in the sink, got a sucker out of the cabinet and went upstairs. “Welcome home.” Remus looked towards the hallway. “Hey handsome…” he padded inside and kissed the top of his head. “Hello beautiful.” He smiled. “How was work?” Broken sighed and leaned to look at him upside down. “Wasn’t great…”

He grabbed his face and kissed him all over. “You poor baby. Why don’t you go lay down, I’ll come over in a few minutes and we can talk.” He kissed his forehead and straightened out. “Oh me back… I’ll be layin’ down..” he left Remus to finish his game with the kids. Daisy scrambled upstairs after him and crawled up on the bed. “Hey girl…” he pat her big head. She bumped her head against his hand happily, scooting further on top of him. “No, no…” he pushed her away. He held her paws and stared at her for a minute. “Actually…”

”You boys keep playing without me, let me know what everyone gets up to.” Remus said. He hauled himself into his chair and rolled down the hall, slipping into their room. “What’s wrong de-“ he stopped in his tracks and stared at the bed. Broken was laying on his stomach with Daisy sprawled out on top of him. “What are you doing?” He laughed. “Back hurts..” he looked over. “Dog makes it feel better…”

Remus shook his head as he crawled onto the bed. “You’re ridiculous.” He scooted closer and took Broken’s hand. “Now what happened at work to make you so upset?” Broken explained everything, from the semi-failed job to Eve’s harsh scoring, to being worried about Spunk Nut, to just plain being tired of having Eve around. “Such a poor baby, so much to worry you.” He kissed the top of his head and rubbed the back Daisy had since gotten off of.

Broken nodded and nuzzled his face into his neck. “I just don’t wanna have to worry about stuff for a while…” he trailed his fingers up and down his spine. “When does Eve go home? She’s not staying much longer is she?” He shook his head. “Should be leavin’ tomorrow, if not ‘m gonna kill her meself…”