She had promised Alec and the kids that she'd be home early tonight, and they would get to have some fun with the new video game system that she had gotten Tom for his birthday, but just as she was about to leave, eight hours ago, a case came in and it took a while to get sorted out. She texted him then saying she'd be a few hours late, but now here she was driving back home at midnight, grumbling under her breath about the incompetencies of the people around her.
She finally arrived home and took off her coat, noticing a dim light coming from the living room, and she mentally chastised him for staying up so late waiting up for her. A soft melody was playing as she approached closer, and a second, almost imperceptible blue-tinted light caught her gaze, and she could see brown floppy hair over the back of the couch, in front of the television still displaying a menu screen. She turned the tv off, then turned around to the sleeping figure behind her, but was surprised to see not one, or two, or three, but four sleeping bodies all scattered across the length of the sofa.
Tom was curled up at one end with his brother close by, eyes still flickering like he was trying to fight it. Alec was at the other end, head back, mouth open, and a cute white and brown puppy head in his lap. She smiled as she scooped up Fred in her arms and gently woke Tom so he could go to his room, startling the other two awake.
"Good morning." He groaned, yawning and stretching his arms, but having a difficult time with the ball of energy jumping on him.
"Good night." She replied, giving him a chaste kiss on the forehead before carrying Fred to her room.
