Fandom: Twilight
Pairing: Jasper/Seth
Prompt: They're only sleeping
Words: 218
Seth's heart hammered in his chest.
3 hours and it still hadn't calmed down. He swallowed hard as he stared down at his twin daughters, Aylen and Kaya. Their sweet little faces held no sign of the trauma they had experienced just hours earlier.
Seth stiffened when he heard footsteps come up behind him. He knew from the smell that it was Jasper but he couldn't make himself relax until Jasper's arms wrapped around him and Jasper's chin was resting on his shoulder. He could feel his lover, imprint and husband try to sooth his frayed nerves but it didn't help much, he was just to worked up.
"They're only sleeping baby," Jasper murmured.
"I know but if we had gotten there just a moment or two later-"
"But we didn't."
"But if we had! Jazz, they could be dead instead of sleeping…" Seth breathed a shuddering sigh as he pressed the palm of his hand to one of his eyes to keep his tears at bay.
Jasper didn't reply because he knew Seth's words were true. If they had been just a few seconds later… no, he wouldn't think of it. Their infant daughters were only sleeping; their steady heartbeats assured him of that. Jasper did the only thing he could; he tightened his arms around Seth.
