"You're better at this baby stuff than I thought you would be," Jack said as he poured coffee into two mugs.
Doug sat Amy in her highchair next to the kitchen table, her young face glowing in her yellow spring dress. Doug kissed her soft head before he placed her dish of breakfast in front of her.
"Maybe I just have a good teacher." Doug winked at Jack as he fed spoonfuls to Amy.
"Or maybe you just have a natural talent at it," Jack said as he placed Doug's coffee on the table next to him.
"As do you," Doug replied with his chin up, accepting a kiss from Jack. Amy looked at them in admiration.
"Ready to switch?" Jack asked.
"Yep." Doug sat up and went to the coat hanger as Jack continued to feed Amy. "Oh, by the way, while you were in the shower, Pacey and Joey called with some exciting news," Doug said as he put his police chief jacket on.
"What is it?" Jack replied.
"Dawson Leery is going to be meeting Mr. Spielberg himself."
"What, no way!" Jack chuckled. "That's awesome! Man, I'll have to wake Grams up and give Jen a ca-" he stopped. He lost his gaze quickly and looked back to Amy, feeding her another spoonful.
Doug put his hand on Jack's shoulder and bent down to kiss his cheek. The scent of Doug's aftershave comforted Jack. For months, Jack had told Doug that he could share his aftershave, but Doug always refused. Jack liked it though. It made the scent more personal, and always warmed his thoughts when he smelled it every morning. The scent of his fresh and clean self, the scent of a new day, the scent of nostalgia of when he and Doug first got together all those months ago. Doug knew it comforted him, when he'd put his clean-shaven face close to Jack's, kissing him, spreading that musky, smooth aroma to his senses. It made all his troubles surrounding him fade away.
"See you later," Jack said to him.
"You too." Doug kissed Amy's head once more and left for work.
After breakfast, Jack got Amy cleaned up. She had always been quite fussy, not a morning person, just like her mom. The rest of the morning, Grams spent time with Amy while Jack graded some papers. Grams stuck to the house mostly those days, but she had always been willing to be with little Amy. Most of her days were spent with Amy in the garden, or in bed taking naps.
Around noon, Jack packed three lunches into a basket and got Amy set up in her stroller. Every Saturday, the two of them met Doug for lunch and they would go to the ocean. There weren't questions yet, since talking wasn't a big skill for Amy, but one day there would be questions. The day Jack dreaded to come, when he'd have to explain why they went to the ocean every weekend, and the day he'd have to show Amy the video her mother Jen left her.