Scarlet kissed Wolf on the lips before turning to a wrinkled Bear, squirming in his father's huge hands.

"I'm gonna miss you, cub," she said, tickling his plump, pink cheeks. "You be nice for your daddy."

He babbled back to her and stuffed a fist in his mouth in reply.

"I'll see you Sunday, babe," Scarlet said over her shoulder as she hopped into the waiting hover car.

Wolf pasted a smile on his face and nervously shifted Bear from one arm to the other, trying to get him to wave. No such luck. Bear's face twisted in confusion as the car floated away and he burst into tears.

"Shh," Wolf said, bouncing him like he'd seen Scarlet do when he cried like this. This weekend wasn't going well and he'd only been alone with Bear for two seconds.

It took a few minutes and a couple of toys, but Wolf got Bear to quiet down and chew on a stuffed animal. What was he supposed to do with a ten month old infant for two days? And how was he going to finish the chores he had left? Wolf glanced at the baby carrier in the corner, piled with all the other things he always saw Scarlet using.

He didn't know how Scarlet did the whole mom thing so well. Bear never got fussy with her. It was like the second Bear realized it was Wolf taking caring of him and not Scarlet he started crying.

"Da," Bear said shoving the stuffed dog in Wolf's direction.

Wolf smiled and accepted the offering, dancing it around Bear's head and enjoying the way his son giggled. Bear reached for the dog again and took it back, waving it around in his fist.

"What are we going to do today, Bear?"

Bear gurgled and smiled up at Wolf.

He looked at the carrier again. He had things to do around the farm before Scarlet got back, and it would most likely be the only way to keep an eye on Bear while finishing up the work.

Behind him was a sudden happy giggle. Wolf whirled around. Bear peered up at him, standing up with the dog toy in his hands. He waved and gave Wolf another smile, then took a few tentative steps toward him. He started to wobble.

"Ha! Bear, you're walking!" Wolf picked up his son and spun him around the room. "Yes!"

Two days later, upon Scarlet's return, Bear stumbled across the yard and into his mother's happy arms to greet her and babble nonsensically about da-da and pup-pup. She gave him a big kiss on the head and looked at Wolf.

"You kept him alive, didn't call me, and now he's walking?" She walked over, Bear on her hip, and kissed his cheek. "Nice work, Ze'ev."

You GUYS!

I'm BACK!

Kind of.

It's been a hot minute, hasn't it.

*hides behind Wolf*

Anyways, so here we have this really cutesy Wolflet snippet, mainly because I just like the idea of Scarlet and Wolf and little baby Bear (ha) and their funky little family.

As promised, the next chapter will be... (drumroll please, Bear) Kaider! I'd like to post either a cute little Kaider family thing or something funny with Iko so you guys get to decide!

Review with IKO for the funny little thing or CROWN for a cute Kaider family scene!

In the mean time, I'll post the next part of Minutes From the Missing Fingers Club on January 17th at 10:00 AM EST as I attempt to work out an update schedule for the two stories I'm actively trying to update and a third I plan on publishing in the future-Check out Chapter 9 of In Memorium, my Jason Grace Tribute Collection for more details!

See y'all on the flip side! ;)

The Duchess