Upon returning home, Kevin laid Edward down in bed and covered him up. He stayed for a while but eventually moved into the kitchen to eat something. Marie came home and met up with Kevin. "Where is Eddward? Did you already put him to bed?" she asks quietly.
Eddward wakes up in a dark room and immediately going into offense, not even realizing he can feel his mate through their bond.
"Yeah, he is still fast asleep, I think..." Kevin answers back quietly.
Eddward slowly stands moves about the dark room in a haze of confusion.
Kevin hears a soft shuffling inside the room and slowly enters. "Eddward...?"
'Kevin?' Eddward asks through their bond.
'Yeah, it's me... It's okay, you're safe... You're home' Kevin eased into the room and reached out to Eddward with one hand. "Marie has some food for you, you hungry? You should keep eating every few hours, your body needs lots of nutrients right now."
Eddward relaxes and moves into the wolf's gentle touch. "Yes, I actually am famished. What of the children? Are they alright?" he asks.
"Yes, they are fine and Nazz is here to keep an eye on you and them while my Mother is with the fledglings working on a cure. You fell asleep about half way through their treatment... I carried you back and you didn't hardly move" he said pulling Eddward out to the kitchen where Marie had a body ready.
"Eat up, Eddward. When you're done I wanna take another look at you guys, ok?" Nazz offered from her spot against Marie's side.
"Yes, that's fine" Eddward says before latching on to the body's neck and sucks it dry but moving on to another one. He starting hissing when Marie went to pat his back. "Whoa Eddward, I'm not gonna take it away from you but you need to slow down" she says gently.
"Yeah, please don't choke out when they worked so hard to make sure you stay with me" Kevin chuckles. Eddward softens up and begins drinking slower. "There ya go, Eddward" Marie says patting his back.
After Eddward was done, Kevin lead him back to the bedroom and sat on the bed with him. Nazz followed and knelt down in front of Eddward, resting her hands on his expanding stomach. A soft light emanates from her hands as she concentrates on the small heartbeats. She smiles "I don't believe we are totally out of the woods yet but I can see a light at the end of the tunnel... I think if you stay in bed and get as much rest as possible, you'll be back at 100% in no time."
Eddward sighs in relief. "Yes, very well then. Mon amour, may I at least have a book?" he asks defeatedly already feeling useless.
Kevin just smiles tolerantly and goes into the living room, finding the book he was reading and bringing it back to him. "It will be okay. Do you want me to stay in here with you or do you want to be read alone?"
"It doesn't matter" Eddward sighs beginning to read.
Kevin sighs tolerantly and kisses the side of his head. "I'm going to eat some more and then I'll be back in" he says, leaving to eat some of their stored meat. Eddward sits there being annoyed with himself as he reads and does nothing.
Kevin comes back after his shower with just some sleeping pants riding low on his hips. "You need anything before I get into bed?"
Eddward growls, eyeing him up and down in appreciation, his mind instantly going to the last time they had sex a few weeks ago. "No..."
"Good, cuz I'm exhausted" Kevin lies down on his back and stretches his arms above his head.
Eddward sighs "Good day then, mon amour" he says returning to his book.
"Aren't you tired? Lie down with me..."
Eddward shrugs "I've slept nearly all night." Kevin curls up next to him and quickly going to sleep, finally being able to sleep easily and not having to worry about if someone was going to kill him or someone he cared about in his sleep. Eventually, Eddward was able to lie back and get some sleep but dreams continued to plague him most of the night.
The Moon rising in the dark sky woke Kevin from his sleep. He looked over to his mate, curled next to him, wrapped in most of the blankets. Grinning, Kevin was able to get up but Eddward stayed asleep, pulling the blankets all the rest of the way to his side making a cocoon.
Kevin slinks around to Eddward's side, resting a hand on his stomach, and kissing his forehead. "You okay?"
Irritation flashes through their bond momentarily then calmness as if nothing happened. "Yes, I am fine" Eddward says sleepily.
"I can sense you're mad. What's going on? You should be happy, everything is fine now..."
"Fine for who, Kevin? I got blindsided and captured, put our children's life at risk, and now I can't do anything to atone for my own stupidity because I am on bed rest and cannot so much as get a book or hunt for myself."
"You probably won't be on bedrest the whole time, you've been through a lot and rest is the best for you right now. I'm pretty sure my Mother will be showing up tonight so we can ask her when you can go hunting again. The woods are safer now."
"Will you let me out of the house by myself?" Eddward asks looking at the ginger and feeling the overwhelming protectiveness rise up through their bond and knowing the answer. "No, I thought not" he scoffs turning away.
"Can you blame me?!" Kevin knelt on his knees on the floor. "I like how you're mad at me for trying to help you keep our children alive. Fine, go out and do what you want but if anything happens to them, I'll never forgive you. Just so ya know..." Kevin stands, grabs his jeans, and left the room to greet his parents and brother.
Eddward scoffs and turns away from the door, falling back to sleep. Victoria greets her son looking a bit better. "Hello Love, how are you tonight?"
"Fine, just want to go hunting" Kevin said shortly.
Victoria eyed her son. "What happened?" she asks with hands on hips.
"He's being crabby and unreasonable. He wants to go out and hunt alone! I told him that it would only be for a few days while he heals! But nooooo, he has to be bitchy to me about it. I'm trying to keep our children alive!"
Victoria sighs "Go apologize to him."
"Why?! He's the one being an unreasonable asshole!"
"He's pregnant and hormonal, Kevin" Victoria says calmly.
"Yeah, and? Doesn't mean he has to be an asshole."
"He isn't in control of his emotions."
"He's acting like Danny when he doesn't get his way... I expect it from him, not Eddward!"
"Now dear, you must think. He is a male and likely feels helpless and vulnerable for the first time in his life. How would you feel if someone told you would couldn't leave the house without an escort?"
"Like when Nat showed up and kicked my ass right when I met Eddward... that's how. I managed just fine..."
"Did you or were you a little hostile?" she asks.
"No, I wasn't!" he crosses his arms and looks out the window.
"Kevin…" Victoria levels a gaze at him.
"What, Mother?!"
"Do not raise your tone with me!" she growls.
"I didn't! I was answering you!" Kevin snapped.
"Lucas! Get your son" she says brushing past him and into the room with Eddward.
Lucas watched his wife leave before leveling a look to his son and sighing. "Pregnant people suck... they get emotional and worked up for no reason. Keep your head down and shut up and you might survive until your babies are born."
"Thanks, Dad... helpful..." Kevin laughed.
Victoria emerges from the room after checking on the twins and Eddward. "He needs to feed soon" she says gently.
"He won't go unless he goes by himself! I'm not letting that happen!"
"I've talked to him, he understands that it's not wise to do so now so he is letting you and Marie hunt for him in the meantime but once he is off bed rest I can't help you" she shrugs.
"Once he isn't pregnant is when he can hunt alone... he can just deal with it. We've hunted together before, we can do it again" Kevin snapped before turning and leaving the house to hunt for his mate. Daniel watched him leave before turning to his mother. "Momma, can I go see Eddward?"
"Of course, darling but just be careful with his stomach" She reminds him before sitting down to rest with Lucas by the freshly burning fire. Daniel jumps down and trots into Eddward and Kevin's room. Pushing the door open with his muzzle, he peeks in. "Eddward?"
"Mon petit" Eddward says fondly. "Come in."
Daniel quietly comes in and sniffs around under the bed until he produces his old and tattered Froggy and hops up on the bed. He lies down next to Eddward tiredly. "Are you gonna replace me?"
"Oh, Daniel…" Eddward says petting him gently. "I would never replace you. What made you ask such a silly question?"
"Cuz that's what happens when new babies come around. Momma said that you and Kevin won't have a lot of time for me anymore..."
Eddward continues to pet him gently. "Not at first, no" he admits "but after they get old enough that they don't need constant attention, I'll start training you again. I'll need their uncle's help taking care of them, as well" he says with an encouraging smile.
"Is your belly gonna get really big? I know some of the women at the compound got big..."
Eddward chuckles "I don't know, it is a possibility" he says.
"You promise you won't forget or replace me?" Daniel pleaded with his big green eyes and curled up next to Eddward's hip in a ball.
"I promise, mon petit" Eddward says ruffling his hair.
Daniel leaned into Eddward's scratches and watches for Kevin to return. "Eddward, why was Kevin mad when he left?"
"Because he was being unreasonable" Eddward says absentmindedly.
"Daddy said pregnant people suck... I don't think you suck, Eddward!" Daniel grins up at him with a few happy thumps of his tail
Eddward smiles outwardly. "Thank you, Daniel" he says petting him as he internally fumes.
'Eddward, how many people you want? I have two...' Kevin asked through their bond.
'That's fine' Eddward snips through their bond letting his anger flow through as well as a fleeting image of Eddward choking Kevin.
'What did I do?! I'm not even with you!' Kevin could literally feel Eddward's pale hands around his throat.
'Oh don't mind me, pregnant people suck, remember?' Eddward hisses through their bond.
'I didn't even say that! Come on... I'm heading back with your dinner, don't be crabby when I get back... please?'
Eddward growls 'Fine.'
Kevin returns with two bodies over his broad shoulder. Passing by the living room, he made eye contact with his father and growled "You got me in trouble!" Kevin opened the door and smiled. Even though Eddward drove him crazy, he loved him. Eddward was sitting on the bed fast asleep, book opened upside down on his thigh, and Daniel napping next to him with his head resting next to Eddward's stomach. Kevin quietly puts the bodies on the floor and moves over the sleeping pair. He pets Daniel's ears lightly before kissing Eddward.
Eddward groans and shifts uncomfortably, opening his eyes "Mon amour?"
"Yeah, it's me... I'm sorry for waking you"
"It is alright, I need to feed" he says gently moving Daniel off of his stomach so he could sit up all the way. Kevin hefted one of the bodies up enough so Eddward could latch on but kept the weight off his abdomen as Eddward feeds leisurely.
After he had finished with the first, Kevin hauled the second one and watched his mate eat. His color was much better and he seemed lighter. "Better?" Kevin dropped the body, waking Daniel up.
"Hi Kevin!"
"Hey, kid. Take one of the bodies and go eat with Dad, k?"
"Kay!" Daniel hopped off the bed, grabbed the smaller one and drug it into the hall. "Anyway, are you feeling okay?"
"Fine" Eddward says picking his book up again.
"What did I do now?!"
"Nothing."
"Then why are you mad at me?"
"I'm not, I am just being a pregnant person."
Kevin groans "So I guess a good night fuck is out of the question...?"
"I'm on bed rest, Kevin. I can't even stand and walk around by myself, what makes you think I can have rough sex?"
"It doesn't have to be rough!"
"Why don't you ask your mother if we can have sex? I can't go hunting by myself but I can take care of my other needs by myself." Eddward says giving a pleasantly unpleasant smile
"If I do and she says yes, are you going to let me? Or are you just being an asshole because you think I won't do it?"
"Now where would be the fun in giving you that information?" Eddward asks smirking now.
"I'm just gonna go masturbate in the shower like a normal male..."
Eddward rolls his eyes "Of course you are" he scoffs.
"I'm not coming back either!"
Eddward rolls his eyes "Whatever!"
Kevin enters the bedroom again about half an hour later smirking. "Hello Eddward..."
Eddward quirks a brow. "Kevin... you look rather pleased with yourself" he says glancing up from his book for a moment only to return to it. Kevin quickly slides into Eddward's lap and grins down at him.
Eddward looks up in surprise. "What are you doing?"