SUMMARY: After leaving for eight months, Tristan comes back home from War to find his Mary with a surprise and missing him.
PAIRING: Trory, like I'd actually consider doing anything else!
RATING: PG-13…I think.
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Post-Anniversary Celebration:
"Did you two have a lovely time?" Mrs. Evans asked as Rory took Josh out of her arms.
"We did, thank you so much for taking care of him again." Tristan added picking up the diaper bag.
"Oh it was no problem at all! He's such a sweetie and I love small children. If I had been able to have more children when I was younger, I think I would have."
Rory smiled and nodded her head. "Take care, and we'll be in touch."
"Sure Rory. Bye, bye." Mrs. Evans said smiling kindly and shutting the door.
"Hey Joshy!" Rory cooed to him as they walked back through the snow to their house. Tristan smiled and thought back to the last year. Josh was now almost one, and he had just found out that they were expecting another child. Life was good, he thought. As they walked into their house, heat surrounded them in its bubble. Rory set him down on the sofa and picked a truck off the table in front of her and gave it to him.
"You wanna play with this?" The little boy took the truck into his small hands and it immediately went towards his mouth.
"Oh sweetie, don't do that." Rory said, but the baby persisted. Tristan smiled and sat down on the other side of Josh.
"I can't believe we're going to have another one of these." He said smiling.
Rory smiled, "You make it sound like an object or something you buy at the dollar store."
"You mean we didn't buy him at the dollar store?" Tristan asked gasping.
"Tristan!"
"I'm just teasing, right JJ?" Josh gurgled. Tristan looked at his watch.
"Did Mrs. Evans say when he had his last nap, because he's looking sort of lethargic." Tristan said. Rory inspected him closely.
"A little bit. Joshy, how about I put you down for a nap." Rory said running her hand over his still somewhat baldhead. Rory stood up and put him on her hip. "I'll be down in a few minutes." Tristan nodded and leaned his head back against the top of the sofa. He stayed like that for a few minutes before he saw a magazine on the coffee table and picked it up.
"The Secret to buying women presents—what every male needs to know." Tristan read out loud after looking at the cover. "Who writes these things?" he asked himself.
"Idiots, that's who. Obviously someone who doesn't want to get laid." Rory said plopping down next to him.
"Aww but it might be helpful. I mean what are the secrets to buying women presents?" he said overlooking the other half of what she just said.
"Pssh like you need tips?" Rory asked smiling at her husband.
"I just know what my woman wants."
"Which is?"
"Me." He said smirking. Rory laughed and gave him a soft kiss.
"For my birthday, can I get you all wrapped up? Maybe with a bow too?" she whispered in between kisses.
"What should I wear? My birthday suit?" Rory broke the kiss and smiled.
"It wouldn't take away from the present." She said running her fingers through his. They were quiet for a while. "Josh really likes that truck, I couldn't get him to let go of it." Rory commented.
"Really? I didn't think he'd be interested in that stuff for awhile."
"Same here."
"You know, I can put Josh to sleep sometimes too. You don't have to automatically think that you have to do it."
"I don't think that."
"Then why do I never put him down for his naps?"
"I don't know, I guess it's because I'm home all the time and I'm just used to it, so I do it without thinking. Does that bother you?"
"No, it just felt like you thought I couldn't or was bad at it or something."
Rory shook her head, "No, not at all. I'm just the one who normally does it, so I didn't even think about letting you do it I guess."
"I don't want that to happen. You remember the whole agreement about you doing courses at home was that I didn't become non-existent."
"Of course. I'm sorry; I don't even realize it sometimes. You can do it from now on." Rory promised.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"Any other complaints?" she asked good-naturedly.
"Mmm, well besides the fact that you're wearing entirely too much clothing, I don't think so."
"To much clothing?" Rory asked looking at her outfit. "What did you want me to get rid of?"
"All of it, that way I could cover you with my own body." He said with a twinkle in his eyes. Rory laughed.
"Are you trying to seduce me?" she asked.
"Depends, is it working?"
"No."
"Well then I'm not."
"But then again, now that I think about it, it's appealing more and more to me."
"I see my seduction skills haven't disappeared."
"I see the truth." Rory retorted smiling.
"Ehh, technicalities." He said brushing it off.
"Is that what they're called these days?" she asked as she leaned closer towards him.
"Depends."
"On what?" she asked amused.
"If I can get you out of those uncomfortable looking clothes." She was wearing fleece pants, a soft cotton long sleeve shirt and fuzzy socks. Nothing on her was uncomfortable.
"I can deal with that." She said smiling as he leaned his head down and gave her a soft kiss.
"God, I love you so much." He whispered against her lips. She broke it and smiled.
"I love you too." She said caressing his cheek.
"Good, let's show each other." He said pulling her off the couch. She smiled and followed him, a willing participant.
AN: I'm horrible. SO sorry for the lack of update, but this story is sort of hard to write, since I wanted to mainly focus on the kids when they're older. Maybe, I'll just do a few more chapters and then a sequel. Since technically Tristan is finished with the whole war ordeal, the title wouldn't make sense much longer. Oh well, lemme know what you think! Thanks and please review, Kiki.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I know this is going to sound surprising, but after I post the next chapter, I'm stopping or putting Laws Of The Less Traveled Road on hiatus. I'm really sorry, but my plot of it isn't realistic at all and I was going to base it off of a real story, but until I get that storyline (or a basic one) I'm stopping it. I'll be updating you on the progress of that every so often. Check my homepage for it (link is in my profile). Otherwise thank you all so much for EVERYTHING!