Angel went upstairs and met Connor in his bedroom. "Are you still
mad at me."
Angel shook his head. "No but I'm still unhappy about what happened and you're still going to be punished. " Angel sat on the side of Connor's bed. "Come here and take down your pants." Connor came and stood next to Angel and pulled his jeans down to his knees. Angel pulled him across his lap and held Connor's legs down with one arm and laid two swift smacks with the other. Connor twitched but Angel didn't scold him. Then next two came and Connor remained still this time. Angel was a little surprised but the usually vocal child's silence.
"Theses ten..." Smack. Smack. "Are for being ..." Smack. Smack " Disobedient." Smack. Smack. Angel then reached over and pulled down Connor's boxers. "And..." Smack. "these five..." Smack. "are for getting..." Smack. "Lorne..." Smack. "into this." Smack.
Angel pulled Connor up and held him on his lap. The boy didn't let out one sound as he wiped the tears off his cheeks. Angel began to rock Connor and sing to him softly. He held the boy for a few minutes before removing his pants and putting him to bed. Angel leaned down to kiss Connor goodnight when the boy finally spoke.
"You used to sing to me in the hospital. When I first came." Angel looked surprised and nodded silently. It still upset him to recall the event of last summer.
"Yeah. When they had you really sedated. I didn't know if you could hear."
"Sometimes I'd wake up for a little and I'd hear you singing. I'd try to talk but I had that tube."
"It's alright. You were healing. You had to be quiet."
"Dad? Will you stay with me?"
"Sure." Angel climbed onto Connor's twin bed and wrapped his arm around his son. He spoke softly as Connor drifted off. "When you were in the hospital you had all these tubes and wire an I was so afraid to touch you. I sat next to you for three days just looking. Finally one of the nurses came in to unhook one of the monitors and said I could hold you for a minute. I sat down on the bed with you and you opened your eyes for a minute and fell right back asleep in my arms."
Angel shook his head. "No but I'm still unhappy about what happened and you're still going to be punished. " Angel sat on the side of Connor's bed. "Come here and take down your pants." Connor came and stood next to Angel and pulled his jeans down to his knees. Angel pulled him across his lap and held Connor's legs down with one arm and laid two swift smacks with the other. Connor twitched but Angel didn't scold him. Then next two came and Connor remained still this time. Angel was a little surprised but the usually vocal child's silence.
"Theses ten..." Smack. Smack. "Are for being ..." Smack. Smack " Disobedient." Smack. Smack. Angel then reached over and pulled down Connor's boxers. "And..." Smack. "these five..." Smack. "are for getting..." Smack. "Lorne..." Smack. "into this." Smack.
Angel pulled Connor up and held him on his lap. The boy didn't let out one sound as he wiped the tears off his cheeks. Angel began to rock Connor and sing to him softly. He held the boy for a few minutes before removing his pants and putting him to bed. Angel leaned down to kiss Connor goodnight when the boy finally spoke.
"You used to sing to me in the hospital. When I first came." Angel looked surprised and nodded silently. It still upset him to recall the event of last summer.
"Yeah. When they had you really sedated. I didn't know if you could hear."
"Sometimes I'd wake up for a little and I'd hear you singing. I'd try to talk but I had that tube."
"It's alright. You were healing. You had to be quiet."
"Dad? Will you stay with me?"
"Sure." Angel climbed onto Connor's twin bed and wrapped his arm around his son. He spoke softly as Connor drifted off. "When you were in the hospital you had all these tubes and wire an I was so afraid to touch you. I sat next to you for three days just looking. Finally one of the nurses came in to unhook one of the monitors and said I could hold you for a minute. I sat down on the bed with you and you opened your eyes for a minute and fell right back asleep in my arms."