Through the Night

by ReadsToRobots

Cain and Abel, futurefic. Wherein, they've adopted a child somewhere along the way. There isn't really any rhyme or reason to these chapters, they jump around in time, and are all probably going to be pretty short. Right now it's rather fluffy, but I'm planning some sad angsty chapters too.

1. Through The Night

I'm not sure who originally came up with Cain's name. It's going to be a real bugger when we do find it out and it's not Sacha, because I feel like many people have grown attached to that name. Ah well. Here's just a little something, some fluff to warm you up this holiday season.

"Daddy," little Eva claws at the sheets curled under Sacha's back, pulling them toward her. Thunder rumbles in the distance, making Eva pull harder. Sacha feels the cool air hitting his back, and looks over his shoulder. He rubs his eyes, trying to adjust them to the night. Eva's eyes are wide, and her lower lip is trembling.

"Hey," Sacha whispers trying not to wake the man beside him, "what's wrong, baby?" He turns over, slowly, and wraps his fingers around Eva's shaky hand. Suddenly, lightning blinds the room, and Eva yelps, jumping onto Sacha's bed, and into his arms. Her face is buried in his chest, and he can feel her tears, as they drip down onto him.

"Hey," Sacha whispers again, rubbing her back, "it's okay, it's just lightning, it can't hurt you in here. You're safe." But his words hardly calm her, as thunder cracks nearby, sounding as if a tree was being split in two. She weeps louder this time,

"Shhhh, you're going to wake Abby." At this, she lifts her head slightly, looking over at her sleeping Abby. His back is to them, and he doesn't appear to be disturbed by the storm. She reaches her pudgy hand toward him, placing it on his shoulder. "Don't wake him, Eva. Do you want to sleep between us?" Without hesitation, Eva slips off Sacha, to rest between her two fathers. She pulls the blankets up practically to her ears, then wipes her tears away.

Lightning fills the room again, and Sacha turns to face Eva, snuggling his face next to hers, and kisses her temple, then stretches his arm over her body, and his husband's chest. Sacha feels Ethan move slightly, then smiles against little Eva's hair, as Ethan's warm fingers intertwine with his own. The storm went on through the night, but to dream filled eyes, it was as if nothing ever happened.