Background: Danny and Lindsay have been married for 4 years. They have twins: Aubrey and Louie Jr. who are both 3 almost 4. Stella and Mac have a little girl named Amelia and Stella is 5 moths pregnant with another child. Flack is dating a district attorney named Rachel. And to answer the kids vs. school thing-When I was three I went to day care but my mom called it school.
OK- On with the story!
"Mommy! Daddy!"
Lindsay Messer awoke to the sound of her 3 year old daughter screaming. She jolted upright, moving to get out of the bed, earning a grunt
of displeasure from her husband. Lindsay glanced over her shoulder to see Danny still fast asleep. Well the man did just get off a triple shift,
she thought still disentangling herself from the warm sheets of their bed and quickly headed to her daughters room.
Lindsay hurried through the doorway to see her daughter tossing roughly in her sleep. After turning on the night light next to Aubrey's bed, she shook her gently.
Aubrey shot up and looked around, bewildered.
"Mommy!" Once the haziness of sleep had cleared from her head she noticed her mother and jumped into her arms, crying from
fright.
"Shh, it's okay, baby. You're alright. I'm here." Lindsay gently rocked her daughter, trying to calm her.
"Where's Daddy?" aubrey tilted her head to examine the room, looking for her father.
"He's asleep in our room, it's okay. Why don't you tell Mommy what's wrong?" Lindsay began to feel Aubrey relax in her arms.
"I had a really, really bad dream, Mommy. It was so scary." Aubrey's eyes weld up with tears, remembering her dream.
Seeing this Lindsay quickly asked, "Want to come sleep with me and Daddy tonight?"
She didn't wait for an answer as she scooped up her daughter and started to walk towards their master bedroom.
Danny stirred in his sleep when he felt a small body cuddle up next to him. He opened one eye drowsily
and noticed the tear stained cheeks of his baby girl in front of him.
"Wha's the matter, Princess?" Danny thick accent immediately laced with concern.
"Daddy, I had the worse dream ever. You and Mommy died and no one was here to take care of Damien and me."
"Nothing like that will ever happen, I promise." He softly reassured.
"Pinky promise?" she sniffed.
Danny smiled sweetly and stuck out his pinky finger. After being fully convinced she was safe, Aubrey soon fell asleep in the comfort of her fathers stong arms.
Lindsay brushed away a small strand of light brown, wavy hair off of Aubrey's forehead. She then glanced up at her husband, who was staring intently at her, and gave a small grin.
"I thought you were gonna wake me when you got home?"
Danny shrugged, "It was pretty late and I didn't want to wake you." He reached across their daughter and pulled Lindsay in for a sweet kiss, "G'night."
"I think you mean 'good morning'." Lindsay gestured towards the clock that read 4:23.
"Maybe to you, I just got in about 3 hours ago." Danny laid back, completely exhausted.
"Poor baby." Lindsay said teasingly and also laid back. "I gotta be up in a few hours anyway."
"Sucks for you." He mumbled already half asleep.
Rolling her eyes, Lindsay got snuggled closer to her daughter and said a quick good night before letting sleep over take her.
DING! The annoying alarm clock rang in Lindsay's ear. She reached a hand out from underneath the covers to forcefully whack it into silence. Five minutes later she awoke to the same irritating ring.
"Fine, you win!" she growled to the inanimate object. Lindsay glanced to her left to see her husband and daughter still in a deep sleep. Aww, that's so sweet,she thought while heading towards the connecting bathroom.
She sighed in relaxation when she stepped into the hot shower, content to just let the water run over her. Her eyes immediatetly popped open when she heard the door creak open. Thinking it was one of the twins, she grabbed a towel and stepped out from under the showerhead.
As she peaked around the curtain a smile graced her face, there was Danny standing in front of the sink, tooth brush in hand. His hair was still slightly mussed from sleep and his tired eyes looked husky in the dim bathroom light. God, he is sexy!
Danny glanced up from the mirror to see his wife watching him with hungry eyes. He smirked and turned to face her. She only had a towel on and he had to admit he loved the view. She looked beautiful without make-up and her hair was wet from her brief shower.
"Hey,baby. Want some company?" He gestured towards the shower as he put his tooth brush away.
Lindsay grinned, "Now that sounds like an offer I can't refuse."
He licked his lips slowly and tugged off his undershirt to reveal his amazing chest, while Lindsay dropped the towel and stepped back under the water.
"DADDY!" yelled Damien from their room. Danny shoulders sagged visibly in disappointment and poked his head in the shower, "Hold that thought..." He kissed the side of her naked neck quickly before pulling on his shirt and jogging into their bedroom.
Lindsay sighed in frustration and went back to finishing her shower. Once done and blow drying her hair, she could hear the end of an argument between the twins and Danny gently reprimanding.
"I'm not a baby because I slept with Mommy and Daddy!" Lindsay heard Aubrey squeal angrily.
"Are so! Daddy she hit me!" Damien returned.
"Damien, Aubrey is not a baby because she slept in here with me and you mom. I sleep with you mom every night, does that make me a baby?" Lindsay laughed at Danny's reasoning and then heard a huffed, defeated no from their son. "And no matter how your brother teases you, Aubrey, you should never hit him, understood?" A similar answer was given by Aubrey. "Good, now go get dressed and ready for school."
Danny blew out a breath of relief as the twins scampered off to their respective rooms with no argument.
"Nice save, Dad. You're too easy on them, you know?" Lindsay sommented while rummaging through their closet, clad in only her underwear.
And just as the breath of relief was out, Danny sucked in an involuntary one at the sight of his wife. "Keeps me in there good graces." He shrugged and wrapped his arms around her slim middle while laying gentle butterfly kisses on her shoulder.
Lindsay arched her neck to allow him better access."Baby, as much as I am enjoying this, I have to leave in 20 minutes."
Danny smirked hottly against her neck, "I betcha we could do make it." he whispered seductively in her ear before biting it lightly.
"Nothing to brag about there, baby." still she giggled inspite of herself, "I have to meet Mac at 8:00 to discuss our case."
"Talk about a mood killer...Mac..." he shuddered lightly and chuckled when she laughed loudly.
Lindsay turned in his arms and gave him a searing kiss, "We'll finish this tonight, I promise."
Danny groaned and held out his pinky jokingly, "Pinky promise?"
Lindsay grinned and shook his pinky with hers, "Pinky promise."
TBC Tell me what you think.
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