Logan tossed and turned in bed. It was being a truly restless night for him.
The sound of the machine guns. Shouting. Shooting. The bomb. His skin burning off a layer at a time.
He awoke with a gasp, covered in sweat, staring into his brother in the eyes.
"Been a bad night, huh?"
"Yeah," Logan could feel his claws out and pulled them back into his arm. There was a confusing amount of resistance. A glance down revealed them piercing his brother's shoulder.
He quickly drew them in and apologized, rubbing Victor's arm as it healed. Apparently the elder of the two had been leaning over to shake him awake.
"It's ok, it'll heal," Vic stood and walked to the kitchen.
Logan just put his head in his hands and sighed.
Victor returned after a few moments with a cloth in one hand and a bucket in the other, "On your back."
The younger sighed and complied, allowing his brother to change him.
"That bad, huh?" he unpinned the sides, "You're real wet."
"Just...bad dreams," he shuddered as he felt the cold towel.
"Yeah, I know how it can be," Vic patted him with cornstarch before pinning a clean cloth on him and taking the bucket to the bathroom to wash later.
Jimmy sighed and turned, planning on trying to sleep when an aroma hit his nose.
"Here," Vic handed him a hot cup of coco.
"Thanks," hot chocolate always made Logan feel good, ever since his first cup. He sighed deeply as he took a long swig.
"I put three scoops in so it's extra chocolaty," the elder smiled as he climbed in bed and hugged his little brother.
Logan smiled and leaned into Victor as he sipped the drink, "Funny how much things can change, huh?"
"The longer you live the more you experience," he kissed his temple.
X
Vic decided this morning he would cheer his baby brother up. He'd been real down and he hated seeing him like that. So he knew what to do.
Logan stretched out on the bed, he cracked an eye open and looked about, "Victor?"
"Hi Jimmy," he smiled, "Need to be changed?"
"Why are you so bubbly? What did you do?" Logan eyed him suspiciously.
"I made food, that's a thing," he got the pins and stuff out, "Something filling before you go to work and I made you a lunch I think you'll like."
"What do mean?" he watched the ceiling as he was cleaned. It was always a touch weird being wiped. But they wet so much they couldn't possibly take a shower after each time.
At this point wetting at night alone was a fondly missed memory. Now it was all day. If they did feel the urge to urinate they probably had all of four minutes to find a toilet before the floodgates opened, with or without their say so. Which sucks but at least they had plenty of practice in preserving the embarrassing secrets of their lives.
"What's for breakfast, smiley?" Logan sat up, "Want me to do you?"
"I already changed," he shook his head and walked to the kitchen, "Come eat. For lunch I made you ham and jelly sandwiches and scrambled egg sandwich, a tomato and apple, and some slices of cake."
"You're gonna have me pass out after lunch," he smiled, following his brother to the kitchen, "Now that I know my lunch is going to be great what's for breakfast?"
"Toast, boiled eggs, muffin and cereal," Vic had washed his hands and was pouring himself a bowl of Kix.
"Someone has been up and enjoying their morning," Logan sat and grabbed a muffin, "How did you sleep?"
"I slept just fine," he smiled.
"You're a liar," he told him, "I'm sure that me stabbing you wasn't something you slept through well," he had seen plenty of blood on Victor's side.
"Well my nightmares weren't so bad last night. As far as you carving me I don't count that as a strike against my sleep as I can easily go back to bed once you go to work."
"That's true," he nodded, reaching for a piece of toast, "Sorry again about last night. Your shoulder and...whatever else I might have done…"
The elder pointed to the food, "Eat your breakfast. You don't have to apologize, I've done it to you more times than I can count."
"Still," he shrugged.
X
After a long day at work Logan made his way home to see what his brother had gotten himself into.
"Victor, you here?" he took his jacket off and unfastened his overalls, going to look for his clothes.
"Hello," his brother had a sucker in his mouth as he folded clothes at the table.
"Hi," he went to the bedroom to change before coming back in fresh nappy and sitting on his brother's lap, "Lunch was great."
Vic took his sucker out so he could properly accept his brother's affectionate kiss, "Happy to hear," he handed him the sucker and reached back, "I got you something."
"Is it sweet?" Logan asked, around the loli. It was cherry flavored.
"I was not giving you that to have, it was for you to hold," he pulled out a book, "Found this today, looks pretty good."
Logan popped the candy in his mouth, chewing the stick some as he read the synopsis of the book, "Earth Abides huh?" he opened it up and began reading.
Vic smirked, "I remember when I use to have to force you to read. How you use to complain over it."