Disclaimer: Days own the characters, I just take them out the toy box to play with from time to time!
Four Times
Inspired by 'Unless she wakes up four times in a night, like she did last night.'
1.
Arianna gets fussy at night again not long after the shadow of New York is lifted from over her daddies heads. She had been going through the night, but whether her teeth were playing her up or she was having bad dreams or whatever…
She wakes up at eleven thirty as Sonny and Will are climbing into bed, Sonny back from the club at last. Its Sonny's night shift with Ari so she is in the bassinet which has been placed at the bottom of their bed.
"Hey, shhh, baby girl," Will soothes, rubbing her back gently before rolling her back over when she settles.
2.
Sonny is up with her for the first time at one, getting up swiftly as he can rouse himself as to try and minimise the disturbance to Will's sleep.
"Ok, sweet pea," he sighs, picking her up and holding her to his chest where she can hear his heartbeat, a sound which always seems to soothe and comfort her when combined with his voice. "Let's go have a bottle, shall we?"
She takes the first half fairly easily after being changed, but pushes the second half away as she drifts back off in Sonny's arms.
3.
Three thirty is the killer that night though, and it doesn't matter what Sonny does, he can't settle her and so all he can do is pace the living room. She doesn't cry (unless he attempts to put her down) loudly, more moans a little and rubs her eyes as she pouts.
"I have no idea why you don't wanna sleep tonight, Ari," he murmurs, kissing her cheek and rocking her back and forth. "I wanna sleep. Did you nap too much today? When daddy was stressing about grandma's surprise party for him? Mmm?" he questions.
He doesn't get to fall back into bed until five.
Five.
4.
Ariana awakes for the last time at six thirty, not screaming but gurgling so loudly it in impossible for her father's to ignore the fact their baby girl is very much awake and would like some attention.
"I got her," Will takes the hit. He never sleeps well when Sonny is up and down, his best nights sleep actually being when he can doze in his boyfriend's arms all night long. "What did you do to our Sonny, hey? Was he not allowed to sleep last night?"
Arianna is bright eyed as she is lifted into Will's arms, and the pair watch their man for a moment, Arianna looking at him as if he hung the moon. He is wrapped up in the covers, a yawn escaping his mouth as he rolls over.
"Did you just want his attention? Well, I can understand that," Will kisses his daughter forehead and escorts her from the room.
The night shift is over: but the day has just begun.