Teddy lay on her sofa, her tiny three year old son in her arms. Luke was playing with Teddy's silky blonde hair, wrapping it through his fingers, the was he always would when he was sleepy. Teddy found herself subconsciously tracing soothing patterns on Luke's back as his head rested on her chest.
She had gotten the call off daycare earlier that afternoon saying her son had the flu and she needed to come and pick him up. It was only 5pm and Addison wasn't due home for another three hours and Mark and Lexie were looking after Emma till Addison got off work.
"How are you feeling, baby bear?" Teddy asked her son.
"My head hurts, Mama" Luke looked up at her with giant blue eyes.
Teddy placed the back of her hand to her son's forehead. His fever had been getting worse and worse over the past few hours and Teddy was starting to get worried.
"Oh baby, you're burning up! Will you lie here on the sofa while Mama goes to get you some more medicine?" Teddy asked, stroking his blonde hair off his burning forehead as he nodded groggily.
Teddy gently stood up, making sure her son was comfy on the couch, giving his head a quick kiss before rushing to the kitchen to get the bottle of baby cold medicine from the medicine cupboard and rushing back to his side.
"Here Lukey" Teddy said soothingly, holding up a spoon of the pink liquid to his mouth. "This should make you feel a bit better"
Once Teddy sat back down on the sofa, Luke snuggled in close to her side. Teddy listened to her sons breathing quickly become even slower and heavier than it already was to start with and within a few minutes, she was greeted by the sounds of soft snores. For the past hour, Teddy had been debating on whether or not she should phone Arizona and ask her to come and check on Luke. She knew it was just a cold, but it was her son and there was always going to be the doctor part of her niggling in the back of her mind. It had been that way since the twins were first born, both her and Addison would freak out if they got a cough and would page Arizona to check on them. Checking the time and knowing Arizona got off fourty minutes ago, Teddy decided that she was going to call her.
"Hey Teddy, what's up?" Arizona asked after four rings.
"It's Luke... He's got the flu but you know what I'm like! Addison isn't home and I'm freaking out and his fever is just getting worse and worse even though I've given him Calpol-"
"-i'll be there in 10 minutes" Arizona replied with a smile. She knew exactly what her bestfriend was like and that she would only freak out more if she didn't go down there and prove it was the flu.
Luke stirred in his sleep, grabbing the material of his mothers shirt, letting out little squeals of terror. Teddy rolled her eyes an huffed, her heart breaking knowing nightmares were a side effect from fevers. She pulled him closer to her, kissing his soft blonde hair.
A wave of relief washed over Teddy once she heard the knocks on her door.
"Its open!" Teddy shouted, not too loud to wake her ill son but loud enough so the adorable blonde doctor on the other side would hear it.
Arizona couldn't help but smile when she entered her best friends home, the look on Teddy's face was adorable -even though she looked like she was about to have a nervous breakdown-.
"...I know its just the flu, I just, my mind is everywhere!" Teddy huffed as Arizona checked her Godson over.
"Teddy, you know I don't mind!" Arizona looked at her sympathetically. "Anyway, it looks like the flu. Just keep giving him the Calpol and fluids and he'll be fine"
Arizona rushed off once she had checked Luke over and soon after, Teddy began to feel tired. It was only 6pm but she had been up for almost two days so she set Luke down in his bed and then headed to her own. As soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep but was soon joined by her son. Not wanting to leave his mothers side whenever he was ill, Luke clambered into his mothers' bed and snuggled up close to Teddy. His tiny hand clasped his mothers and his little button nose touching hers as they slept.
It was around 8:45 when Addison arrived home, her daughter on her hip, chatting about how much fun she had in daycare and then at Mark and Lexie's house. She had expected to find Teddy and her son snuggled up on the couch watching a movie but they were nowhere to be found.
"Ted?" Addison called out, placing Emma down on the floor. "Tedds, you here?"
Addison placed her handbag on the table before heading upstairs in search of her wife. She poked her head into her sons room. His bed was ruffled and obviously slept in, but it was empty.
She carried on up the hall to her bedroom, and quietly opened the door. Her heart melted at the sight. Her wife and son, sleeping soundly in the bed together, their noses touching and Luke's tiny hand lost in Teddy's magic ones. Addison crept into her bedroom and pulled a blanket over the adorable sleeping blondes in her bed, giving them both a quick peck on the cheek as she did.
As Addison's lips brushed Teddy's skin, she began to stir in her sleep.
"Addie?" Teddy said sleepily, her eyes still shut but guessing it was her wife as all she could smell was Addison's beautiful perfume.
"Oh crap! I didn't mean to wake you, baby. Go back to sleep" Addison whispered as she caressed her wifes cheek.
"I missed you today" Teddy yawned, finally opening her eyes and smiling as she was met with the stunning gray-blue ones of her wife.
"I missed you too! How's our boy?" Addison asked, sitting in the bed next to Teddy.
"He's fine, he just has the flu" Teddy stroked her sleeping son's hair.
"Did Arizona confirm that?" Addison smirked.
"Maybe..."
Addison smiled as she bought her hand up to Teddy's face to brush one of her blonde curls out of it.
"Geez Ted, you're burning up" Addison said as she began to check Teddy's temperature with her backhand.
"I'm fine-"
"-Oh no, you've got the flu too" Addison huffed, it was heartbreaking enough to see her three year old ill, let alone her wife as well. "Go back to sleep"
"Okay" Teddy yawned sleepily, her eyes almost closed.
Addison made sure Teddy had fallen back asleep before she exited the bedroom, not before catching one last glimpse at the adorable couple sleeping soundly in her bed.
