Disclaimer: As you all know, these characters aren't mine. They belong to Dick Wolf and NBC.
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Day 27: trace619: One where Alex and Olivia take their child for their first day of school.
Universe: Same as Day 21
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Alex has already started to cry and they haven't even left the apartment yet.
Noah, dressed in his first-day-of-school best (a Captain America t-shirt, new jeans, and light-up sneakers), reaches over and wraps his little hand around her finger and grins at her. "Why are you cryin', Mama?"
Alex laughs, wiping at her eyes with her free hand. "Just feeling a little sad today, baby."
Noah nods before launching into a speech about how excited he is to go to school.
Olivia leans against the kitchen counter, sipping her coffee, watching her two favorite people. It's been four years since the night Alex met Noah and while there have been difficult times, Olivia has never been happier.
Noah finishes his breakfast then disappears into the bathroom to wash his hands and Olivia takes the opportunity to sink into his vacated seat at the kitchen table. She leans forward and kisses Alex softly. "What's wrong?"
Alex shrugs, feeling the familiar stinging in her eyes that always precedes tears. "He's growing up so quickly, Liv," she says. "Before we know it, he'll be going off with his friends and he'll resent us for trying to keep him safe."
Shaking her head, Olivia chuckles. "I think you've been watching one too many Lifetime movies, Al."
Alex sighs. "You know it's true, Liv."
"I think we'll be okay. Noah's a good boy, and besides" – Olivia grins and Alex knows she about to make a terrible joke – "if he gets too out of hand, we can just send him to that fancy boarding school in Switzerland."
Alex rolls her eyes. "You're not funny."
Olivia grins, winking at Alex as she stands up. She kisses the top of Alex's head and says, "It's only four hours, Al. He'll be home in no time."
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When they drop Noah off at the preschool, he hugs them both tightly before scampering off to play with the other kids. Alex manages to keep herself from crying until she gets to the car, Olivia does not.
When they get home, Alex corners Olivia against the door and kisses her so fiercely that she sees stars and Olivia thinks that maybe the two and a half hours they have to themselves three days a week will be just fine.
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