Dammit Jim!
Chapter 11
Adventures During Leave Part 3
Jo was in the kitchen helping her aunts and grandmother prepare food for that night's dinner. She kept a mother's ear out for Alex.
The house was filled with the sound of Alex's squawks, giggles, and frustrated screams. As wells as one or two yelps from Jim; usually proceeded by the words: "No Alex, don't-."
But soon the ruckus died down and she could hear Jim cooing to the little boy. Cooing.
Jo smiled. …There's a captain of a Starship cooing to my little brother…
When the sounds stopped completely a twinge of what she knew to be irrational panic rose in her chest. Jo excused herself from the kitchen. When she walked into the living room a sensation warmed her body, starting at her heart.
Jim was sprawled across the couch asleep, with Alex also asleep on his chest, his little head tucked under Jim's chin.
Jo went back to the kitchen, her mind at ease.