Rose danced around the kitchen, it was late out and she was still awake.

OF course, she'd probably be awake anyways due to her daughter Gia having trouble sleeping.

Scorpius had had a late shift at the office today which she completely understood, his job was his job and their main source of income.

She was tired though and couldn't sleep, didn't want to try it. It had been four years since they had graduated Hogwarts. Four years since she'd slept alone.

She walked down the hallway to the children's room where three year old Emmet was sitting, wide awake.

With a sigh, she walked over to Emmet and sat beside him, "Emmet, why are you still awake?"

Emmet frowned, his cute little face scrunching up as he did, "I couldn't sleep mum, I woke up and Gia wasn't here and you weren't in your room."

Rose smiled softly at the little boy, it was almost comical how he had taken on the Weasley coloring, fulfilling the Malfoy, "Eldest child must be a boy" but looking nothing like any of the past Malfoys of his line while his little brother whom he adored looked just like her father.

"I'm sorry Emmet, I couldn't sleep either, and Gia was having trouble sleeping as well so I took her out so she wouldn't wake you." She smiled and tapped his nose, "Obviously I failed."

Emmet frowned, "Why couldn't you sleep mum?"

Rose grinned, "Can't sleep without my pillow." At her son's confused look (he knew his parents slept with a mountain of pillows after all.) she laughed, "I was waiting on your dad to get home."

Emmet hugged his knees, "Dad isn't home?"

Rose shook her head as she hugged Emmet, careful not to wake Gia, "Not yet, I got a call two hours ago saying he'd be home in an hour, I guess he's just running a bit late."

"Oh."

They sat in silence for a little bit before Rose laughed, "I guess none of us can sleep without him huh?"

Almost as soon as she spoke, both red heads shot up in Emmet's bed, looking towards the living room as they heard the jingling of keys and a curse.

They looked at each other and rushed to the living room as Scorpius came rushing in, "Rose! I'm so sorry, the office was packed, we had a rough case, a woman had gotten into a tangle with a particularly nasty dragon baby and well... Surgery was rough."

He rushed to his wife and, careful not to crush Gia, hugged Rose. Then he looked down at his yawning son and laughed, "Emmet? What are you still doing awake?"

Emmet just yawned and stretched and hugged his father's legs, "Couldn't sleep Daddy."

Scorpius looked up at Rose to find her eyes laughing, "None of us could sleep tonight."

Scorpius groaned guiltily, "Oh I'm sorry. I wanted to get home at a reasonable time but…"

Rose laughed quietly, walking back to the kids' room and laying Gia in her crib to sleep and tucking Emmet into bed, "Its fine Scorp, it's not your fault. You had a late night, I get that. Now just get into that bed and be my pillow."

She pointed to their room as she spoke and kissed her already dosing son's forehead.

Scorpius grinned and went to the room, prepared for bed and laid down just as Rose came walking in.

She grinned and cuddled up next to him and he laughed, "You know Rose? I think I have your curse too…"

She frowned, "You need a man-pillow?"

He laughed quietly, "No, I can't sleep unless I am your man-pillow. Wouldn't want to either. Can't even dose."

She grinned and kissed him, "Well that's good because you had better not have any more night shifts."

With that, they both drifted off to sleep.

AN: I named Gia after my first reviewer on this story who wanted more. now its a two shot haha. Thank you Gia1802!