School Run DM x TM
Back at it again with a Reese x Danny one shot
Danny p.o.v
I leave the bedroom quietly, Reese is still sleeping after a night shift at the hospital. I had a rough night myself, I managed to get the stomach bug our daughter had only the other day. She is fine to go back to school, but I feel like quite the hot mess this morning. I need to get Scarlett ready and take her to school since I want Reese to get as much sleep as possible. I can take care of myself while she sleeps. I can just flop on the sofa and sleep there without disturbing her. "Morning daddy," Scarlett says when she sees me walk into her room. "Morning Scarlett, did you sleep good last night?" I ask her, and she nods. She wraps her little arms around my neck and cuddles me. I hug her back and carry her down the stairs.
"Daddy, you're really warm," Scarlett says, I felt all hot and clammy, so I probably did have a fever. "I got sick last night, I'll be okay," I tell her. She has the personality traits of her mother as well as me, so she tends to try and look after me too. She does have to go to school though, so she will have to wait until after school to give me all the cuddles she wants. "Okay, as long as you get the bed rest," she tells me while she eats her cereal. "Yep, I'll be going to bed after I drop you off at school," I tell her, and she smiles at me. She shouldn't worry too much about me now that I have promised her I am going to be spending most if not all of today resting and recovering from the stomach bug I seem to have gotten.
"Does mommy know that you're poorly?" Scarlett asks me as I give her the clothes she picked out last night to wear to school. "I don't think she does. I was asleep before she got home last night even though I did wake up a couple of times," I tell her. If Reese doesn't know before I pick up Scarlett from school then I am sure that our daughter will tell her that I have been ill all day. I brush Scarlett's hair, ignoring the sudden nausea attack since if I went to throw up now we were going to be late. I send Scarlett off to brush her teeth while I put her packed lunch into her backpack. She prefers me to take her rather than get the school bus which I think is cute. I smile at Scarlett when she came running into the kitchen with her shoes on all ready to go.
On the car ride to school she was happily singing along to any song that came on, even ones she hadn't heard before. I had managed to leave with enough time to avoid the bulk of the rush hour traffic, but I know I am not going to be so lucky when I am driving back home. I hope to god that I do not need to throw up between now and when I am on the drive home. I started singing along with Scarlett which distracted my body from other things. "Daddy, make sure you have a nap when you get home okay?" Scarlett asks me as we arrive at the school. I look at her with a smile on my face. "Don't worry Scarlett, I will be asleep when I get home," I tell her, and we get out of the car and walk to the front gate of the school.
"Have a good day okay? I'll see you later," I tell her, and she hugs me tightly. I hug her back and she smiles. "Okay daddy, I'll see you later," she tells me. She saw one of her little friends and goes running up to him. She is very popular with her classmates which is good, the last thing any parent wants is their child to come home saying that they have been bullied or that they bullied someone else. I smiled as she waved at me and her friend did too. I waved back then walked to the car. I got some strange looks from the parents, but they didn't have a child like mine who was so excited when I came to pick her up from school. She always screams and runs before giving me one of the tightest hugs possible.
Reese was awake when I got back, she had a cup of coffee in her hand and was sitting on the couch. She looked at me when she heard the door close. "Morning Danny," she says, and I smile. I sit next to her and wrap my arm around her shoulder and kiss her cheek. "Good morning beautiful," I tell her. She kisses my cheek and I saw a frown appear on her face. She puts her hand on my forehead and the frown didn't disappear. "Are you okay? You feel very warm," she tells me, and I shake my head. I know it is not worth lying to her. "I picked up the stomach bug Scarlett had the other day," I tell her. Then I had to dash to the bathroom. I decided to stay curled up in the bathroom once I had finished as the stomach pain had become unbearable.
Reese had probably realised I wasn't coming back to the living room. She walked into the bathroom and I just gave her a weak smile. "Aw hun, it's going to be okay," she tells me and rubs my back. I feel so bad. I know she is still tired from the night shift, the last thing that she needs to be doing is looking after me. "Yeah, I think I'm gonna lie down on the couch for a bit," I tell her, and she helps me to my feet. I finish what I was doing in the bathroom and slowly walked into the living room where Reese had already sorted one of the couches out, so it was like a bed. I walked straight over to it and flopped down. "Let's have a lazy day today," Reese says, she walked in with a glass of water and some Tylenol for me to take in a little while.
"That sounds like a good idea to me Reese, the only thing we have to do is get Scarlett from school later," I tell her, and she smiles. She probably heard Scarlett this morning as our little one tends to talk to herself in the bathroom. "She'll want to play nurse when she gets home," Reese tells me, and I nod. "She wanted to be looking after me before we left. She must have told me at least two or three times to get a lot of rest today," I tell her, and she chuckles. She knows that Scarlett picked up these behaviours from her since I had a tendency to not always get the rest I need when I fall ill with something. I am so used to just pushing past my symptoms to get the job done that I needed to. Then I would take a day of rest because I over did it the day before.
I curl up on the couch and try and focus on what was on the television before sleep takes me. I am in far too much pain right now to sleep and I was hoping that in half an hours' time I could take the Tylenol and go to sleep afterwards. "Aw, I wish I could take the pain away right now," she tells me. Reese comes to sit next to me on the couch and plays with my hair. It was quite comforting, and I felt myself close my eyes for a moment. "I know baby, I felt the same when Scarlett was sick," I tell her, and I give her the best smile that I could manage at that moment. "Hopefully when you can take Tylenol you will feel less pain and be able to sleep a little bit," she tells me, and I nod. I wonder if she is still tired.
"You can go back to sleep too you know Reese. Aren't you tired from the night shift?" I ask her. It's in my personality even when I feel like death warmed up to put other people before myself and my wife would be no exception to this. "I'm okay Dan, I slept a little bit during work when I had a break and I slept good when I got home," she tells me. I am glad that she feels fine, I don't expect her to spend the whole day looking after me though. Finally, half an hour passed, and I tried a sip of water to see if I could keep it down. I managed it and took the Tylenol. Reese made me once slice of toast so that the Tylenol could get to work. I am so tired right now the rough night was catching up with me for sure.
"Go to sleep my love, everything is going to be okay," she tells me. Then she covers me with a throw blanket we kept in the living room. I was getting so tired my eyes were just closing on their own and I did nothing to stop them. "Okay Reese, I love you," I tell her, I even sounded as tired as I felt at that moment. "I love you too Danny," she tells me, and I smile at her. She is so pretty, and I am so lucky to have her in my life right now. She is perfect for me in every single way. I can go to sleep happily knowing that I am loved and will be loved right into my old age. I am so glad I asked her out back when we were in high school. I know a lot of boys were jealous when they found out that I was dating the prettiest girl in the grade.
Reese P.o.v
Poor Danny. I hate seeing him sick as he can get quite bad and there is nothing worse than seeing your husband so ill and not really be able to help much. He had thrown up as I got in from work, I heard him. By the time I had had some food and went up to get changed and ready for bed he was already fast asleep, and I didn't want to disturb him then. Then I heard Scarlett talking to herself about making him better when her school day was done when I woke up. By the time I decided to get up he had left to take Scarlett to school so I couldn't talk to him then it was only when he came home that I could ask him about what I had heard last night. He was so pale when he walked in the door and I don't think he realised his arms were around his stomach as he walked across the house.
I'm so thankful that he hasn't thrown up the toast he ate before he fell asleep. He really didn't need that after he had been sick throughout the night and probably a bit this morning. I move a few stray strands on hair out of his face before going to wash the dishes left over from this morning. He washed Scarlett's breakfast dishes, but I noticed a cup full of stone cold coffee which I tipped down the drain. He probably felt too nauseous to drink that, so he left it and forgot about it. The guys aren't needed in the studio today which is a blessing in disguise. Danny would have driven to work from the school even though he felt so ill and probably would have been sent home buy one of the guys before lunch time.
Louie decides he wants to lay next to Danny and rest his paw on Danny's arm. That's cute, I love the little bond that they have with each other. Louie will always come running when Danny comes home from tours and long days in the studio and he follows him around the house wherever he goes. Danny often jokes that Louie is his first born baby and Scarlett is his second. "You look after Danny for me while I go grocery shopping okay?" I ask the dog who quietly yips in reply. I am sure with how tired Danny was before he fell asleep that it will be fine for me to quickly go to Walmart to get a few things and then come back. I doubt he will wake up in the next hour or so and it is only 11 am right now. That gives me plenty of time.
I do have to factor in doing the school run after to pick up Scarlett from school. That shouldn't take me too long and if Danny wakes up then he will probably fall back to sleep again soon. I kiss the top of my husbands head and smile as he smiles in his sleep. I swear he kills me with how stinking adorable and sexy he is daily. I walk to the front door and grab my keys on the way past. I was already dressed before Danny came home. I slip some comfy shoes on and quietly leave the house. I don't want Danny to suddenly wake up with how loud this front door can be sometimes. I successfully leave the house and get into my car to make the short drive from our house to Walmart. I walk in with a clear idea of what I want to get from the store.
Danny will probably need some Gatorade, Sprite and chicken noodle soup while he spends the next day or two recovering from the stomach bug. I'm going to get some ready meals for Scarlett and I for dinner tonight and tomorrow. Maybe Danny's stomach will be kind to him tomorrow and he can join us for dinner. We will just have to see how tomorrow goes, can't be making speculations now but I can buy the meals anyway. He can eat them when he is better. He isn't the kind of guy who would waste food. I bump into Vanessa on my travels who is with her boyfriend Jorel. "Hey Reese, how are you?" she asks me as we hug. "I'm good hun, how are you?" I ask her, and she smiles. I think Jorel was looking for Danny.
"Good, where's Danny at?" she asks after looking at her boyfriend. She also noticed that Danny wasn't with me or nearby. "He came down with the same stomach bug Scarlett had the other day. He is currently sleeping on the couch at home," I tell them. I had only just started the shopping and I had only gotten some milk and bread so far. When I continue my shopping, I will probably end up with nearly a trolley full. "Aw, I think he sent me a message last night saying he felt rough. Tell him from us that we hope that he feels better soon," Jorel says and I nod. "I will do, I don't think he got much sleep in the end. He was dozing off not long after he came home from the school run," I tell them. We talk for a little longer before going our separate ways.
I continue my shopping until I have everything that I need. I met Vanessa and Jorel again at the checkout and we talked some more about what we should do the next time the guys go out to Europe on tour and invite us out too. It's nice to talk to them again, but if I spend too much longer with them I would barely have time to get home and put the groceries away before having to leave again to pick up Scarlett because I want to have some lunch. I was quiet when I got home so that I didn't wake Danny up while I was bringing the groceries in and putting them away before making my sandwich. I sit on the couch next to the one Danny is sleeping on and smile. He is still out for the count and doesn't seem to have thrown up again.
I put an empty trashcan near him, so he wouldn't have to move too much when he does have to throw up again. I think we both knew that the time he threw up before he fell asleep was not going to be the last time that he throws up today. I don't want to disturb him, but I covered him up a little more with the throw blanket I had given him earlier. I have another hour before I have to pick up Scarlett from school and I was so thankful that Danny was managing to get some peaceful rest for once. Danny woke up ten minutes later after I had washed my plate and he sat up with a smile. "Hey bear, how are you feeling now?" I ask him, and he looks at me. He does a little stretch and reaches for his bottle of water.
"I'm feeling a little better, still rough and I think I am not going to be out of the woods completely," he tells me. That's good, I'm still worried about him but less so now that he feels a little better. I walk over to him and hug him on the couch. "You are still having a lazy day hun, so I am sure by this evening you will feel a little more better," I tell him, and he hugs me back. He rests head against my shoulder and I could feel the warmth from the fever that he has developed. "Yeah, might have a shower after I take more Tylenol. The clammy feeling this fever brings is disgusting," he says and then we both chuckle. "Yeah, that is fair enough love. That might help you feel a bit brighter too," I tell him. Then I get up to get him the Tylenol.
When I got back to the couch, he was still there but he was sitting up now. He takes his shirt off and I bite my lip. I married a total hottie and I was not afraid to let him know how hot I think he is. I give him the pills and he downs them with most of the water he had left. He last had a dose over four hours ago, so it was safe to give him some now. Then he gets up and leaves the room to go and have a shower. He definitely looked a little better than he did before, a little less pale. He comes back into the room about fifteen minutes later in just a pair of shorts, his damp hair sticking up from when he tried drying it. He sits next to me and relaxes in my arms. "Do you want me to sort your hair out?" I ask him.
"Yeah, feel free," he tells me, he might regret that decision at a later date but right now all I want to do is make his hair look semi-decent and try and keep it out of his face while he is sick. "My stomach hurts again," he tells me, I had gotten up to get the hairbrush so that I could sort his hair out. "It will do babe; do you feel like you are going to be sick?" I ask him, and he nods. I make sure the trashcan is closer for the moment when his stomach turns. "Just tap me and let me know so I can stop brushing your hair," I tell him. I brush all the knots out of his hair first, it's still damp enough that I can attempt to make it into a quiff when I have all of the knots out. He tapped my leg just as I was about to turn his fringe into a quiff.
"Okay baby," I tell him, and he rolls over slightly so he could throw up into the trashcan. It was quite nasty as he threw up, but I stayed by his side and rubbed his back with one hand while keeping the fringe away with the other. "I'm sorry baby," he tells me when he finished being sick again. "There is no need to be sorry my love. It is not your fault that you are sick. I am here for you regardless," I tell him. Then I finish sorting his hair out while he relaxed against me. We moved back to the sofa he was sleeping on before and I let him cuddle up next to me while he tries to get some more rest. I can't give him any more Tylenol because he is likely to throw it up again. "I love you Reese. You're too good to me sometimes," he says.
"You are the same with me my love. I treat you like you deserve to be treated and you do the same to me," I tell him, and he smiles. He always writes in his little anniversary cards that he is the luckiest man alive to have a women like me in his life. He does it on his Instagram too, he always mentions that I should get a trophy or a medal for putting up with him through all these years. He was my high school sweetheart, I will never forget the day that I saw him for the first time back in 10th grade. We went to summer school that summer and that's probably the point that I realised that I was in love with him. I am glad he asked me out and here we are years later married and as strong as we have ever been.
"You get some more rest my love. I need to go and get Scarlett from school," I tell him, and he sleepily nods at me. I cover him up to his waist with the blanket and he grabs my hand before I leave. I look at him and smile. I know exactly what he wants. "Don't worry I hadn't forgotten," I tell him then kiss him on the lips. He kisses me back and smiles. "Thank you babe, I love you," he tells me, and I chuckle. "I love you too Danny," I tell him then I go to grab my car keys again. I have a car seat for Scarlett in my car, so I don't need to worry about getting one from Danny's truck. I quietly leave the house again even though I know at this point that he is not quite asleep yet, but he probably will be by the time I get home.
Scarlett ran straight for me as soon as she saw me, and I took her into my arms. She looked for Danny, but only for a moment as she quickly realised he hadn't joined me on the school run. "Is daddy still poorly?" she asks me, and I nod. "Yeah, his belly is quite sore, and he's been sick again," I tell her as we walk to the car. "I made him a get well card during free time at school," Scarlett says, and she shows me. It looked so cute, with Danny playing a guitar on the stage with get well written on the top. "I'm sure he will love it baby girl. It is very good," I tell her, and she grins. She's going to be joining me in cuddling Danny while he rests on the couch so that he can get better. "Is he going to be asleep when we get home?" she asks me as I make sure she is in her car seat.
"I think so, he was very sleepy when I left," I tell her, and she smiles. She is such a happy go lucky little girl with just the right mixture of both mine and Danny's looks and personalities. She was trying her best to look after me when I got sick when Danny was on tour and Danny has been looked after by Scarlett before as well. Mainly from times where he has fallen over while skateboarding since there isn't a lot she can do when her dad is sick. She can give him a lot of cuddles and help me give him medicine and food. She is definitely going to be my little helper when we arrive home in a short while. Hopefully Danny will be fast asleep, and his stomach won't be bothering him as much when we get home.
Danny was asleep when we got home. He didn't look as peaceful as he did when he first fell asleep. He was much paler than when I left, and it had been clear that he had thrown up again. You could see the sweat from the fever on his skin and I felt so sorry for him. "We need to make daddy better," Scarlett says, and I agree with her. First I take the trashcan and clean it out. When I came back Scarlett was sitting right next to her daddy and keeping his hair away from his eyes. "He's all wet," Scarlett tells me as I put the trashcan down. "Yeah his fever is making him all sweaty," I tell her then I go to get a towel from my airing cupboard and bring it down. I tell Scarlett to take the blanket off Danny and I manage to get the towel under him.
"Are we giving daddy a bath?" she asks me when she follows me into the kitchen. I was just getting a bowl of cool water and a flannel. "Kind of, going to try and cool him down a little bit," I tell her. He did have a shower about an hour or so ago, but fevers will make that shower you had a bit pointless. I give Scarlett a flannel, so she could put it on his head to help break the fever the old fashioned way. "I like helping you mommy," she tells me. I was happy to have her helping me and happy that Danny was still sleeping. If what he said was right then he didn't get much sleep last night at all in between times where he would run to the bathroom to be sick. I use the flannel I had to wipe down his skin too see if that would help cool him down.
It did do some help, I checked his temperature both before and after we did this, and it went down from 102°F to about 98.5°F which is good. Scarlett kept the flannel on his forehead and lay with him while he continues to sleep. She'll do her homework later on, probably after dinner. She's a good girl and she will get it done before the deadline her teacher has set. I get Scarlett a snack and get Danny a bottle of cold water from the fridge, so he could drink it when he wakes up. That's if his stomach will keep it down. I am surprised he hasn't woken up with how much pain he was in right now with his stomach. "I'm going to make sure daddy has all of the bed rest," she tells me with a big smile. I feel safe knowing she will look after us when we are both very old.
"I'm sure you will darling. He needs his bed rest to get better," I tell her. I'm sure Danny appreciates the snuggles or he will do when he is awake. "What do you want for dinner?" I ask her, it is approaching her dinner time and she was quite content to snuggle up to Danny while she watches some cartoons. "Can I have mac and cheese mommy?" she asks me, looking at me in almost the exact same way that Danny does when he wants something. "Sure, then you gotta do your homework okay?" I tell her, and she nods. I know she will get it done and then she can go back and cuddle with her daddy some more. I think Danny woke up while I was in the middle of cooking because Scarlett came wandering in looking for something.
"Can daddy have medication to make his tummy stop hurting?" she asks me, and I let the mac and cheese simmer on the stove. "I think so, has he had some water?" I ask her, and she nods. I give her the medicine and watch her take it to her father. Danny sits up and takes the pills from Scarlett and takes them with the water. "Thanks Scarlett," he says and sends a little cheeky wink my way. I walk over to him and we have a little family hug. "Are you up for eating dinner or do you think it would be worth waiting until tomorrow?" I ask him, I can make enough mac and cheese so that he could have a little bit. There is a high possibility the way his stomach feels right now that he is going to say no tonight.
"I mean I could have a little bit, but I don't think my stomach's going to agree with that plan," he tells me. I feel so sorry for him, I wish I could take all of his pain and sickness away. "Fair enough darling, I'll still make some for you and you can eat it if you feel up to it tonight or you can reheat it tomorrow when you hopefully feel a bit better," I tell him, and he smiles. I leave Scarlett and Danny to cuddle while I finish cooking dinner. I put a small amount out in a bowl for Danny and serve the rest in between two bowls for Scarlett and I. "Dinner" I call, and Scarlett comes running. I think Danny has decided against eating since he didn't walk through to the dining room. "Daddy says his belly hurts too much," Scarlett tells me.
"Aw bless him, the stomach bug does make your belly hurt a lot," I tell her. She knows how it feels to be in Danny's position as we looked after her last week when she had the stomach bug. It involved a lot of snuggles and naps. "I hope he feels better soon mommy," she tells me. She loves her daddy a lot. "Me too darling," I tell her. When we were done with dinner I looked into the living room and saw Danny curled up on the couch holding his stomach while looking at the cartoons Scarlett had on the television. I don't think he minded watching cartoons. I sneak a picture of him while he didn't know I was there. Then I go back to the dining room to help Scarlett with her homework. "Daddy's watching cartoons in the living room," I tell her, and she giggles.
"Daddy's silly," she tells me. He's probably trying to think of anything other than the pain in his stomach, so I guess the cartoons are helping him. "He can be sometimes," I tell her, and we finish her math homework in record time. Danny is hands down much better at maths than I am, but this homework was not as bad as I was expecting. "I can give daddy magic make it better snuggles now," Scarlett says happily and runs off in the direction of the living room. It was cute to hear some of the things that we told her when she was sick come out of her mouth now while her father is sick. "Daddy, I got magic make it better cuddles," she tells him, I walked into the living room to spend some time with my family.
"Oh, have you now?" he asks and smiles as Scarlett gives him a gentle hug. It's moments like these that can make any bad day turn into a good one. "Yeah, I saved them all up, so I could make you better," she says, and Danny kisses the top of her head. I never want Scarlett to grow up, I want her to stay this little forever. "Aw thank you Scarlett," he says, and I take a few pictures of them snuggling together. Their relationship is the cutest and she misses him so much when he goes away on tour which is expected. She does love the presents she gets when he comes back though which makes it worth it in her little mind. "I've put the mac and cheese in the fridge, so you can heat it up tomorrow if you feel up to it," I tell him.
"Thanks Reese, I appreciate it. I might try eating tomorrow, it's just my stomach hurts so much right now I don't think eating will help," he tells me. I decide to sit next to him instead of on the other couch and he rests his head on my shoulder. I play with his hair and smile at Scarlett who was now hugging both of us. "Mommy gets magic cuddles too, so she doesn't get sick," Scarlett says and Danny chuckles. I had the stomach bug first, so I don't think I am going to get it again, but the gesture was really sweet. "Aw thank you darling," I tell her, if I don't get sick again that would be really nice for her to believe her little magic cuddles work. It's nice to give your child that sense of pride that they have done something good.
We relaxed together until it was nearly bedtime for Scarlett. "Daddy can you read me a bedtime story down here?" Scarlett asks, she knows he doesn't feeling like moving too much yet. "Of course, I can Scarlett, just bring the book you want me to read here and I will read it too you," he says. Scarlett goes running up to her bedroom and comes back down in her pyjamas with her favourite book in her hands. She sits on Danny's legs and Danny reads her the story, he didn't have the energy to do all of the voices, but he did his best and Scarlett still found it funny. I took her to bed when it was done then went downstairs to watch a film with Danny until it is our turn to go to bed. Danny finished his bottle of water, so I gave him one of the bottles of Gatorade I had bought earlier.
"Thank you for looking after me today babe, I love you," he tells me when we climb into bed. He's so sweet, I bet I am going to come home the day he is better to a box of chocolate and some flowers. "You're welcome babe, you looked after both Scarlett and I when we were sick, so it is our turn to return the favour. I love you too," I tell him, then we share a sweet yet passionate kiss. I cuddle up to Danny as he falls asleep. He seems to be feeling a lot better now and I am hoping this continues when we wake up in the morning. The stomach bug only lasted 24 hours with Scarlett and I and it seems to be doing the same with him. I love my sweet husband until death does us part.
And that is the end of another one shot I hope you enjoyed. I feel like I am aiming now to post about two one shots a week, let me know what you think down below and I am always accepting requests.
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