"Ok so I'm apologizing in advance but we have to go to Mom and Dad's."
"Why?" he yawned getting in the car.
"Vivianne kicked me out of our house I have no clue why."
"So we can't go home to our own house? The one we bought?" he asks glancing over as he kicks back his seat.
"That's the one baby. I'm sorry." She glanced at him before driving off.
"Where's the baby?" he looked in the back seat.
"Probably reciting Oscar Wilde by now if Daddy has his way." She rolled her eyes as he closed his.
"It's already starting and we've had her what twelve hours?"
"Of course it is first Grandbaby."
"Something tells me Pop will be a bit different." He mutters tiredly.
"Oh and before I forget according to my mother we need to go parking and have sex because it could be awhile til we get to do it again." She said and his eyes pop back open.
He looks at her blankly. "Babies don't sleep and they consume your life."
"Really? Like how long til we get back to sex on the regular?" he asked curiously.
"Eh, until she sleeps through the night and or stops joining us in the middle of the night." She said nonchalantly
"Wait they sleep with you? Why?" Kelly asked going a little pale.
"Baby, your cluelessness is so very charming." Liv gave a bemused laugh.
Kelly's in light bulb finally lit up. "Your Dad was serious they pee the bed don't they? And then join you because they peed their bed."
"Well not right now, she has diapers but yes he was truthful."
"I'm going to miss the sex. I like sex." He pouts.
"I know."
"I really like sex with you. You're like my favorite person to have sex with ever and that includes a very flexible Russian." He continues.
"Thanks I think."
"Wanna pull over?" he tries.
"I'm on the freeway Kelly!" She said genuinely exasperated.
He stares at her. "What? Don't look at me like that I can't stop! We can kiss at the turn off stop light."
"You brought up my favorite thing and then said you can't have any that's mean Livvy."
"Are you pouting?"
"You're mean and pretty but mostly just mean." He said and looked out the window,
"Uh! Really? I love being married to you Kelly it's never boring. I'll make deal with you. Think up dirtiest, naughtiest fantasy you have and we'll do that the first time we leave Klaire with Vivi. No threesomes and no I won't do a lesbian while you watch, I have limits." She laid out her offer out.
The gleam in his eye frightens her. "Shit I just opened Pandora's box didn't I?"
He nods. "I'm going to tie you to something in the elevator."
"That's not at all creepy Kelly."
He shrugged. "I'll untie you after. "
-/-/-/-/
Liv's sitting on a bar stool in the kitchen shelling peas for her mother in preparation for lunch. Kelly walks up behind her and wraps his arms around her waist. "Hey wife person, kiss me so I can go to bed."
"Are you over me being a tease then?" She leaned into him.
"Almost." He kissed her. "Who has the baby?"
"Mila or Grady I lost track of her."
"Livvy! " He reprimands.
"What she's in the house with people who've grown up with special needs babies she's fine." She kissed him again. "I love you goodnight my other baby."
He kissed the hair at her temple. "I love you too Liv, I'm gonna go steal Klaire!"
"If she's awake leave her to play I'm supposed to sleep when she does!" she calls to his retreating back.
-/-/-/-
"Mama Where's Livvy Loser and Kelly?" Liam asked. He held up his camera. "I'm on finishing touches and I mildly despise Vivi today!"
Mara puts down her dish towel. "They're upstairs sleeping, in Liv's old room be quiet. Don't despise your sister it's not nice."
"You haven't dealt with the decorating Hitler." Liam winks at his mom then goes up stairs.
-/-/-/-
He finds them sleeping Kelly on his back arm around Liv who's sleeping with her head on his shoulder. Klaire lay wide awake on his stomach holding her dark little head up staring up at Kelly.
-/-/-/-
Liv woke up from her nap before Kelly she changed the baby sitting her in a swing her mom kept when she was done, leaving her still in the room with Kelly but in her own little space. She grabs the monitor and goes to watch The Fosters with Mills, Mads, and Tess.
"This is so not realistic! No way would any of us be attracted to a fellow foster sibling." Mila said mildly disgusted.
"That's not true, Livvy totally wanted to jump this one way before you his name was Rhett." Owen tattled. He stood behind the couch peering down at them.
"Dear God, I forgot about him! He was like Kelly levels of pretty Mom had him placed elsewhere. The lusty eyes scared her. What are you doin' in my house Owen?" Liv asked stealing Madden's chips.
"Can't say!"
They hear the baby fuss through the monitor. "Where's the Mommy? Did Mommy bail?" Kelly yawned. "Someone peed! You wanna get a dry butt? Then I'm your guy looks like…" there's a beat of silence then a terrified "Olivia!" screamed and her heart jumps into her throat! She tosses down the chips.
"I can't run!" before the words are out of her mouth her Mom's running up stairs and Owen scoops Liv up off the couch to follow.
Her Mom meets her at the door. "Her umbilical cord fell off. She's fine. Newbie's a bit tweaked though." She said with a soft smile
"I'm going to kill him with my bare hands!" Liv growled out. He'd just taken ten years off her life.
"Go easy on him sweetheart. He's new and it's precious." Mara pats her shoulder.
"If you need help I can outfit him with cement shoes." Owen offered.
"Bubbie you rock. Can you just sit me on the bed?" She said using her sweet voice that usually meant bad things for Kelly.
"Kelly it's okay." She tries to be comforting.
"A part of her body fell off!" he said looking at Liv like she had a few screws loose.
"It's supposed to babe. How do you think you ended up with your cute little innie belly button?"
"I never thought about it. Do we have to keep it? It's gross." His entire face screws up.
Liv flung herself back on the bed and cackled with laughter "No babe we don't keep it God I love you." He leaned over and kissed her. "Baby don't leave Klaire on the changing table alone."
"Shit!" he hurries back and picks her up. "Daddy's sorry he's so shit at this but you're the first baby I have ever really known."
"You're doing well Kelly." Liv encourages as they set on the bed next to her.
"You're like SuperMama."
"Would you mind telling me that when she's a teenager and hates me because I don't let her pierce her face or wear skirts like postage stamps? I just have practice Kell but this the only one that has ever belonged to me I'm just as scared as you."
"That makes me feel better knowing you share my constant terror."
"Welcome to parenthood Baby." Liv said smirking.
"And to think we had doubters."
"We did? Well fuck em'" She said and leaned over to kiss.
"Can we go home now?" He asked.
-/-/-/-/-
"Do we show her around the house? What's the protocol here for infant house members?" he asked looking back at her as they stood outside their door.
"Kelly Klaire is asleep please let Klaire sleep."
"When does she like do stuff?" he shoots her a perplexed look.
"She does stuff now; she eats, sleeps, poops and sometimes accidentally smiles while attempting to fart."
"Viviane? Shay? Can we reenter our house now?" Kelly calls up as opens the door and then takes carrier from Liv.
"You're here thank God if she makes me paint one more thing and I may just/ break up with her and I kind of can't since I love her." Shay said as she came down the stairs.
"That's being with a Grayne they like to paint!" Kelly replied.
"I know, I saw I slept in your very girly bed."
"May I hold her?"
"You wake her you take her Leslie Shay." Liv snipped back.
"Go upstairs Mrs. Bossy Pants. Go with her Mr. I'm Whipped."
"You're very lucky you're holding my daughter right now Shay." He points at them with a glare and follows Liv to the elevator.
"You're just mad because she speaks the truth." Liv teased. "I'm playing, teasin' baby just teasin'." She back peddles as he shoots her a dirty look.
"Get your little fine ass on the elevator woman." He commands.
"Baby's still here you can't tie me to anything."
"Doesn't mean I can't dream Livvy." He smirked down at her and slapped the up button.
-/-/-/-
There's a bow on one of the guest bedroom doors. "What'd you guys do?" Liv asked Shay who had woken up Klaire.
"Open the door and find out."
Kelly opens the door and inside is a fully decorated nursery. The walls were gray and the furniture white. There red and black accents in the Lady Bug theme.
On one wall is the crib and rocker over the crib a Lady Bugs flight trail spells out her name. On the wall above the changing station are black and white pictures in silver engraved frames. The one on the far right is one of Liv holding Klaire up to her shoulder on the bottom of the frame is engraved with "Her little hands stole my heart." The center photo a picture of a bright eyed smiling Klaire. "I was chosen not expected."
"Liam, how'd you get these?" Liv asked.
"I was sly."
In the one on the far left Kelly is lying on his back holding Klaire. He's holding her so close that their foreheads touch as they peer at each other. "And her little feet ran away with it." The inscription finishes the phrase started on Liv's frame.
"They're beautiful Liam…" She whispers.
On the last wall not bearing a window is a chalk wall. The wall has an impressive list of people who'd been adopted and then there are notes from their family under the heading reasons you're loved.
"You guys how did you do this?"
"My girlfriend has a key." Vivi supplied
"Thank you all."
"Not a problem, you know when someone enters our family we party it up. This was just the start." Lang said leaning down to kiss her cheek. "Don't lean on the door yet man it's not totally dry." Owen advises Kelly.
"You know you're going to be one kick ass uncle right?" Liv whispers to Lang with his diagnosis it's likely Lang will never have children.
"And you'll be one kick ass Mama."
"You can borrow her anytime."
"Don't let Sarah Anne hear that you'll never get her back." He said with a smile.
"It was Viv's brainchild but my man power. This is my way of saying thank you for magically procreating so I don't have too!" Owen said hugging Liv.
"Owen Alexander Grayne!" She reprimands.
"What? I know I'm not the only one grateful. Let's be honest Liam's trying figure out which team he plays for, Rainey pines over Pin Cushion, Vivi is eternally bed hopping, it was you or me." Owen explains.
"Hey I'm Pansexual!" Liam defends himself.
"What the fuck's that?" Kelly asks. "Seriously I don't know and who's Pin Cushion?"
"Keller was hot! Why do y'all gotta hate." Rainey pouts.
"Babe Pansexual is someone whose attractions aren't based on gender but who they fall in love with as a person and Rain, Pin Cushion was creepy. He looked like a hybrid of Dave Navarro and Marilyn Manson." Liv said.
"Makes me glad I'm gay just looking at him." Vivi added in while shuddering.
"They're only honor bound to be nice to him in the event he marries you." Kelly tells a pouty Rainey.
"I didn't get that Memo Douchey McFireballs, it's a shame to I take joy in loathing you." Owen teased.
"Hey! No one has shown the reason this was all done around her room." Erin said. She stands behind Kelly in the door. "I had to rush but I thought you'd need something for your desk douche nozzle." She hands Kelly a gift bag.
"I didn't even think to-"Liv starts.
"I know, you've been busy so I did it." Erin finishes stopping to hug her friend.
Kelly pulls out the framed shot Liam had taken of them sleeping earlier. The frame engraving reads "True family knows no definition only love."
Erin takes the chalk from Owen. She writes. "I love you for many reasons yet to be discovered. I love you because you have given your mother a more defined purpose than before. Because she's now your mother something she thought she may never be. For this child she prayed and the Lord granted what was asked of him. 1 Samuel 1:27 "Always, Aunt Erin.
"Leave it to the baddest girl here to leave a bible verse on the wall."
"I can still own you Owen Grayne." She retorted not looking at him.
"The badassery is a front." Liv said with a misty eyed smiled.
Erin hugged her and was the only one to notice the fear behind the joy in her friend's deep green eyes. "Don't go there, just don't. Eighty nine more days. I have a count down on my phone."
"See Countdown to Klaire." She showed Liv.
"You make her sound like a rocket ship Lindsay!" Lang Said as the baby was passed to him. "Hey Dudette."
-/-/-/-
He feels warm lips on his chest but doesn't really wake up until she moves lower and lower. When her tongue rings his navel he is fully alert. "What are you doing Livvy?" he asks.
"You'll figure it out." Her voice is soft with sleep. Her redhead ducks beneath the covers. Her mouth finds what it seeks and the air backs up in his lungs. The wet silky warmth of her mouth makes his insides curl.
The deep suction surrounding his cock has him reaching down to tangle a hand in her hair. Her tongue swipes under the head of his cock. "Livvy." He calls out through hardly gritted teeth. Her chuckle is an exhaled breath feathering across his pelvic bone.
He feels himself drawing closer to climax. "Stop Liv! Stop, Stop. "
"You sure?" her head pops up from beneath the covers.
"Not really I can't decide. Get up here woman." He pulls her up his body so she's straddling his hips. Lucky for him she's only wearing a tee shirt.
"You planned this. "He said and she smirks down at him as she grips the headboard and pulls upward to set the pace. He lets her have control mostly because it's easier and he likes watching her. When he's on edge he flips her beneath him driving into her he kisses her hard and pulls her hair. Her breathy little gasp claws at his control. "Olivia…" he whispers her name and they're so close they're breathing the same air. He sees the orgasm building from the look in her eye. Seconds later it's rolling through her body and tightening around him.
He kisses her as his orgasm hits. "Goddamn." He curses as he comes down collapsing on her. He goes to roll off of her.
"No stay for a second. Hi!" She says all soft and happy. It makes him smile.
"Hi baby." He said chuckling as he moved sweat slicked hair off of her face and neck. "How are you?" he asked as he kissed her softly.
"I'm happy. How about you?"
Klaire's cry crackles through the monitor. "I knew going for round two was pushing it!" he kissed her again. "I'll get her." He got up and put on pants to journey down the hall.
"Good Mornin' Klaire Bear. How's my princess this morning?" Liv listens to him talk to their girl through the monitor."
Liv's phone chimes.
She reads a text from Erin. "Hey Bitchface morning coffee date with you and the babe?"
"Sure. 7; 30?"
"Sounds great,"
"Bye twat waffle. I love you!"
When she gets up she dresses in her CFD yoga pants the hip is garnered with the logo the and the waist band is red a zebra print and a matching red yoga top with a circle cut out back. Her hair in a messy bun on the top of her head she swipes on some sheer lip gloss and mascara and goes to dress the baby.
Kelly sits in the rocker half asleep. "Hey baby. It's six forty five." His eyes open. "You look hot."
"I'm in sweats you suck up!" she replies grinning.
"So sexy…" he keeps it up smiling back.
"Gimmie Klairey and get in the shower." He hands her the baby girl and kisses her before getting up.
"Why are my lips tingly?" he asks.
"Lip gloss it's supposed to make my lips more kissable. "
"Baby you're plenty kissable. Does that hurt? Why would you do that?" he said in honest confusion.
"Beauty is pain."
"Bullshit. You're beautiful as you are stop doing things that make your face hurt."
"Thank you Kell."
"For what?""
"For loving me as I am. Now shower."
"Giraffe bubble jumper?" Liv asked Klaire.
"Daddy votes no, sounds ugly." He said walking out.
"Daddy's a guy Daddy gets no vote." She retorts to his back.
-/-/-/-
After dropping off Kelly at work they head to the coffee shop rocking out to some country music. Liv sings along to Paint Me a Birmingham and Klaire slept like a rock in the back seat.
"Klaire Katherine Eliza you're supposed to be my back up." She mutters to herself. "Daddy gave you a long ass name sweet pea. I'm sorry."
When Liv rolls through the door of the coffee shop carrier in her lap it hits Erin more than it had before in the brand new nursery. It's more real and true now. Her best friend is someone's Mom.
"You're a Mama Liv Lou. It just hit me."
"Yep, she's mine Kelly was right. Last night midnight feeding just me and her and it clicked but I'm still terrified until it's legal. Don't tell Kelly I said he was right he'll gloat." Liv's a glittering smile and sits the carrier in the seat next to her which Erin promptly takes her from to hold her.
"Wait a minute someone got L-A-I-D I know the look!" Erin's eyes narrow into little brown slits
"E, you don't need to spell it out she can't talk yet but yes, I do love when I get to stealth attack him."
They sit sipping their coffees and Erin holds Klaire "You need to come to family dinner Erin Autumn! Mom keeps bugging me."
"That means I'll see your brother." Erin points out mid sip.
"So you'll see him BFD I need mom off-"her pager goes bat shit insane. "I'm not on today." She dials the hospital but the line's busy there's a news interruption. The sound is off on the TV to the left behind the counter but she sees the university hospitals main ER explodes. "Oh God!"
"What Livvy?" Erin looks around startled.
She points and Erin looks over her shoulder to the TV. "Holy Mother of God."
"I've gotta go, I need to go take Klaire to Mom and go." Liv's words came out in one rushed breath.
"I'll take her. Let's go! Livvy?" Erin said.
When she catches Liv's eye she says. "Remember to breathe, think and keep moving just keep moving okay? And don't think about Kelly."
-/-/=/=
She'd kissed her baby and left her with Erin. Now she parks her truck in the grass next the Pediatric ER she winds through floods of people in the main hospital lobby.
The mass of people is nearly overwhelming she grabs a pile of triage tags and wields them like a talisman. "If you can walk please gather near the far vending machine. I will get to you all I promise. I'm Dr. Severide!" She shouts using her authoritative voice.
She finds one of her interns crowding back against a wall "Hillman get your ass over here. Now! Tag people. Quick, cursory, accurate, exams, you got me? Green for minor, yellow for serious, red, for critical, black for deceased. Is that clear?"
"Yes Doctor."
She triages dozens of people without stopping until another doctor shouts her name. "Severide!"
"Young!" she shouts back.
"I need help little guy has a compound fracture I can't get him to stay still enough to place a line."
"That's compartment syndrome Jodi." She said.
"I know." She responds expression dark.
"Hiya handsome you got a name?" Liv asks the kid.
"Sam."
"Oooh I like Sam. Nice and strong! Okay Sammy, talk to me my hubs is busy I got no one to flirt with."
"I like your chair." Sam replies.
"Men always want me for my wheels."
"Big stick buddy." Jodi said. "Owww."
"How old are you Sam?" Liv interrupts.
"Six. I was here to run in the cancer fundraiser for my friend Sadie."
The name hits Liv like a slap but she brushes it aside. "I've got flash." Jodi said.
"Do need help?"
"No got it."
"OR's should be fine, the rest of the hospital seems untouched."
"How do you?"
"I glanced over. It was a bad idea, OR 3's empty. Go. Be quick. See you soon Sammy!"
She goes back to triaging. "Hillman comes learn real fast. Palpate the belly and tell me what you feel. Fast, no thinking only instinct."
"That's hot belly. He needs surgery before we go from red to black."
"Atta girl. Take him to Dr. Seals in bay 3 he's doing inn field surgery."
"Livvy we need a pronouncement." Liv knows the voice.
She turns to see a pale Shay. "You good girl?"
"Fine." She checks for vitals.
"Time of death 9:33 AM. Damn it my fourth one today. Have you seen Kelly?"
"He's digging Dawson out she's trapped."
"Jesus. Okay I gotta keep moving. "She ditches her gloves where she sits. The gloves snag on her wedding set. She takes her rings off and puts them in her lab coat pocket. "Please don't fall out." She kisses the cool metal of the pendant hanging on her neck. "Be careful, be smart, be quick, Kelly." She says like a prayer and moves on.
Liv is stitching a scalp laceration when Shay comes by again a few hours later. "Shay!" Rafferty shouts and Liv turns just in time to see Shay collapse. "Fuck! Take this." She hands off the scalp lack.
"Shay!" She shouts undoing her belt and slides to the floor. "Leslie can you hear me?" she asks and gets nothing she examines her and finds a pressure dressing over a deep abdomen puncture. "Goddamn Shay!" She picks up Shay's radio.
"Leutient Kelly Severide Squad three of house 51 respond if able."
"Livvy? What're you-"
"I'm speaking as a doctor not as your wife." She said plainly.
"Affirmative." He responds equally professional.
"Shay has a deep and very free bleeding abdominal puncture I'm going to fix it but I need consent from her medical power of attorney she's unresponsive to verbal commands." She said being strictly professional and proficient.
"Do what you have too."
"I got her babe. I'm out."
"I need a room, blood, fluids, a suture kit, and enough antibiotics to clean out an elephant. And I need help off the floor." Liv demands.
A cop Liv sort of recognizes picks Shay up. "Exam 9!"
Rafferty picks her up. "Thank you. Someone needs to call my sister Vivianne Grayne."
"Your sister?" Rafferty scowls.
"Is Shay's partner. The one you didn't want shoved down your throat. Yeah, I remembered." Liv answered.
-/-/-/-/-
After replacing half of Shay's blood volume and pumping her full of fluids and the strongest antibiotics she can find she cleans the wound stops the bleeding and stitches her up.
There's a lull in the action she takes a breath and sits still a moment. "I'd forgotten you were born for trauma. This is a horrible circumstance but I still love watching you work. "A voice rumbles beside her
She turns to see Carver. All floppy hair and love me eyes. "We're not having post traumatic sex Carve I'm married."
"Had to try, it's one thing we were really good at. Verbal ping pong aside."
"I miss the verbal ping pong occasionally but that's all." She smirks.
"I gotta go," she tries to exit.
"I know. When you crash? I hope he's there Livvy."
"He's here. He'll crash." She answers.
"Right fire fighter." He nods in understanding.
She turns to go check on Young's compound fracture and runs smack into Kelly exiting Shay's room. "Oh I think I've got everything with Shay handled, it might be touch and go infection wise with the intern-"he cuts her off with a kiss so deep she feels it in the toes she can't actually feel.
She can hear Vivi whistle at them from inside Shay's room. She grabs the suspenders of his turn out gear to pull him closer and kiss back.
When the break a part. "Sorry, I got you all sooty. I just needed too."
"Not complaining." She kissed him again. "Needed it too. I gotta go."
"Hey baby?" he says and she cocks her head at him.
"Yeah?"
"What's verbal ping pong?"
"Nothing worth being jealous of, after all I love you." She smiles at him.
"Stay put just one second Liv." He leaves only to return with a warm wash cloth. He wipes away the soot marks he'd left from grabbing her face and kissing her lips. He brushes the clean section of cloth under eyes as if to wipe away the dark circles.
It's oddly sweet moment amidst the chaos of their day. It's uncharacteristic of Kelly to have such a tender moment in a public place but somehow she thinks for Kelly right now it's only them. "There ya go Doc you're good to go. I love you too."
"That was downright romantic McFireballs." Viv calls out.
"I promised Cole I'd take care of her. I'm trying." He answers back quietly.
He turns around to ask Liv something and she's half way down the hall. "Who has our child?" he shouts.
"Mom. Erin took her!" She hollers back.
She's going on twenty three hours working nonstop. "Grayne! Go home." Dr. Arata her mentor said walking towards her. "I'm good Doc. I catheterized midway through the day I have my Foley and I ate a banana on the run. My husband's safe and they're still bringing in people. I'm good. Thanks though. It's Severide now. Got married." She said not looking from debriding burn.
"I know. He's out in the lobby waiting on you. Go home to your baby. That's an order."
"I have-"she tries to object.
"Look at me Olivia. You don't need to keep going you're done. Job superbly done. Go."
"Hi gorgeous! I'm your relief." Holmby grinned at her as he squatted down by her.
"I've never been so glad to see you in my whole life Jason."
-/-/-/-
She nearly cries when she sees Kelly standing in the lobby. Looking like she felt. He held the carrier in one hand.
"I'm sorry baby. I forgot to pick you both up." She said.
"Your Mom covered your ass." He teased.
She tears up. "Baby its okay I was teasing." She starts sobbing. "Shit! Babe!" He sits Klaire on the ground and strides over to pick her up.
He stands there with her sobbing in his arms. It's a scary thing watching her crumble. "Liv, you're over tired baby." He said trying to calm her down.
"They blew up a hospital Kelly full of sick people and people running to honor their loved ones. Who does that? It's heartless and evil! I pronounced five people dead and barely saved Shay." Hearing it all boiled down makes Kelly's eyes sting with his own tears.
"How many saves did you make today?" he asks so she's see it in a different light.
"I didn't count that's tacky." She said slightly offended.
"Of course you didn't. You saved lives today babe. Shays and probably a hundred more. We both did, you answered your calling baby. Now, we go home." He kisses her forehead.
"Okay, one thing? Am I still sexy in my sweats?" She asks grinning.
Kelly laughed genuinely for the first time since this began. "The sexiest."
"Liar."
"Nope still hot." He puts her down.
"I'm starving and fucking tired."
"IHOP's in the car."
"I love you for that."
"Your Mom again!"
"I love her then."
Once back in the chair, she reached down taking Klaire from the carrier, "You'll just have to put her back in."
"I know, I just want to hold her from here to the car. I need one good thing today. One, that's all, She's it." She replied as he wheeled with one hand and carried the baby seat in the other.
"I laid in the floor with her for ten minutes staring at a water spot on the ceiling .she was so fascinated."
"We have water spots?" she twisted to look at him.
"Your parent's do."
"You stared at the ceiling for ten minutes?" her brows quirk.
"I stared at her, staring at the ceiling. There was staring."
"Who won Klaire or the ceiling?" she asked laughing.
They walk toward the door and find Erin leaning on a wall next to an elevator. "Hang on Baby. Five minutes I promise. Here take Klaire." She hands him the baby and wheels off.
She rolls over. "Erin?"
Erin hugs her. "Erin? I'm scared. Are you okay?"
"I caught that fucker." She whispers.
"Good."
"I love you."Erin said.
"I know I told you to keep moving because I was scared you'd trigger but when that guy held that knife to my throat I couldn't remember if I said I loved you. So, I love you. I really, really, love you LIvvy." She continued.
Liv looked at her. "Someone held you at knife point? When? Why am I just now-"
"You were busy babe Cruz and Mills handled it." Kelly said.
"Remind me to thank them."
-/-/-/-
"You're going to wake Klaire! Girls! What's so funny?" he said as the girls sit on the couch eating their brioche cinnamon roll French toast. "Facebook video…' liv cackled "Dancing and then someone opens…." She died laughing again.
"I'm a little scared." Kelly said unsure about this version of Liv.
"A door mid head whip and knocks her over." She finished doubled over.
"No, the baby laughing sells it." Erin added.
"I'm confused….Livvy did you just snort?" he said starting to laugh himself.
"She does this when she's over tired."
"That made me happy, I'm a sick person." She said trying to catch her breath.
"Let's just go to bed Livvy. Before your laugh gets any creepier."
"But I didn't even rock Klaire to sleep."
"Baby it's eight fifteen AM you've been up twenty six hours. Klaire is her crib napping we're going to bed." He orders
"Carry me? Because you love me not because I'm lazy."
"Was planning on it." He scoops her up.
"You need to call Katie and Benny they left messages the explosion made national news."
"After sleep. Couch folds out Erin." He said.
Liv cuddled into him. "I'm using you as a pillow until I have mine. Night E."
She sniffs his neck. "You smell really good but I'm too tired to make a move."
"I'd fall asleep anyway." He states starting up the stairs.
They lay in bed. "Cuddle me McFireballs."
He pulls her in and curves around her. "Kelly?"
"Yes baby?" he tries not groan.
"I was really scared for you today. I love you." She whispers tickling her finger tips up and down his arms.
"I was scared for you too. The second bomb was in the parking structure. Mills de armed it. Thank you for pushing through the fear though. I love you more than you know. Night Livvy." He said and kissed the crook of her neck.
"Night Kell." She turns and splays across him.
"That's okay Liv just lay on top of me." She moves. "I was teasing babe don't you dare move." She settles back down into place.
8 hours later.
"Babe…" she waits. "Kelly…" she pokes his cheek. "Hey Kelly, "he swats her hand away. "Keely." She quotes Hadley.
"What?" he grumbles.
"I gotta pee and my chair is on the second floor."
"I hate you and your pretty fucking face. I don't mean that. How bad do you need to pee?" he grouses.
"Like really bad."
"Fine, if I lug you down there you owe me a blowjob."
"Hand job? I'm too tired to be orally fixated." She replied.
"Deal."
She sits up. "You know I do dirty shit just because I like you like that. You could just take me to pee because you love me like that. Then go back bed." He piggy backs her to their bathroom.
"You have a point." He set her on the pot and handed her the toilet paper roll before turning back to the bed. "Don't leave me here!" she complains.
He waits while she pees. "Jesus woman it's like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Are you part camel?" he asked surprised by the amount of pee in her body as he rubs the sleep from his eyes.
"Are you part Jackass? Or a total asshole?" she retorts teasingly smiling up at him.
"Little of both." He admits.
"I'm done." She states. She wipes.
"Wanna go check on our human?"
"Klaire, oh god… It didn't hear the monitor. Go! I'm serious Kelly, we're awful parents."
"We're not awful, we're just new that's all." he sprints down the stairs.
"My parents never forgot me and there were a dozen of us. We're awful!" she mutters to herself.
He runs down. "Erin has her we're good!" He shouts up and the baby cries.
"No, Kelly…I just wanted to pee." She whines as Klaire's cry amplifies.
"Stupid, loud, sexy husband." She mutters to herself. "Bring my chair and the baby." She shouts back.
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"Mom I had to tear the ladies away from the Netflix queue but we're here." Kelly hollered as He, Liv, Erin, and Klaire enter the kitchen. "House Marathon it's sacred." Liv said as though he'd committed a sin.
"Sorry baby."
"Do interrupt Backdraft?" she cocks her head at him.
"Never seen it."
"Seriously?"
"My Dad was a firefighter I had no reason to see it." He shrugs
"Good point…" her mother hugs her. "Oh I'm getting hugged ok, ok, mama I'm fine. Kelly's fine, Shay's going to be fine. We're all fine." She tries to be reassuring.
"Mama Mara, loosen your grip a tad Livvy can't breathe." Erin said and she let go of Liv to hug Erin. She moves on to pull Erin into a bone crushing hug. "Kelly has the baby." Liv said in attempt to help her friend.
"Erin's not a hugger." Owen informs Kelly. "She will hold hands with my sister though. It's very weird. Can have the baby?"
"Liv's history with Erin is just weird. I've given up on trying to understand it." He hands over Klaire.
"Who's boss today? ViviAnne is with Shay." Liv said finally free from her mother. .
"Me!" Owen's wife Lindsey shouted. "You're on sides. Kelly's watching the breads and Erin is doing salad."
"Gotcha! She said stopping to kiss Kelly for no particular reason and then moves into the kitchen.
There was a moment underground searching for Gabi that Kelly wasn't sure he'd get this place or moment back but he's glad he has because for as much as he loves Livvy and tries to make her happy, only her family lights her up this way.
AN: I own nothing but Liv and Klaire I hope you enjoyed. Please review-Meg.