The next morning, a bubbly 5-year-old stumbled out of his bedroom and made his way to the kitchen, where his mother was making his breakfast.
"Morning mummy" Lucas said, sitting on his seat at the counter. The apartment that the family lived in was a modest one. It had two bedrooms and a bathroom all of which flowed off from a medium sized living space that consisted of a lounge and kitchen.
Lucas began to munch on his breakfast, oblivious to the fact that his father, whom he had not seen for a little over 2 months, was in the very next room. Flynn, who had just emerged from the shower, dressed and ready for his day at the Library, walked out into the main room.
"What time does Lucas have to be at school?" He questioned, oblivious to his son sitting at the counter. As he looked in the direction of his wife, he noticed his son who was sitting with a spoon poised halfway to his mouth, agape in surprise. The spoon soon clattered to the floor as the boy dropped it to run over to his father.
"Daddy! I missed you! Where have you been?" Lucas jumped up into his father's arms and sprouted questions so fast at his father, Flynn had to stare at the boy in wonder. Lucas was a spitting image of his father, with hair a lighter version of Flynn's, clearly from his mother's genes. The boy had just as much energy as Flynn, and he was the most boisterous child in his class.
Flynn hugged his son tight and carried him over to his breakfast, telling the boy tales about his trip to Cambodia in search of the Cintamani Stone. Eve stared at the pair in bewilderment, watching how the boy hung off his father's every word. As Lucas finished his breakfast, he hugged his father again and went to his room to get changed for school.
"Aren't you glad I didn't let you wake him last night, you really wouldn't have gotten him back to sleep" Eve noted. Flynn looked at her with a loving glance and leaned forward to kiss her. He got up and rounded the bench, reaching into the cupboard to pull out the same sugary cereal his son had just been eating and began to eat it directly from the box.
"I'll take him to school today, you should probably head in and prepare them for my return, maybe get some of your anger out on Jones before I get there," Flynn stated and quickly flashed one of his signature smirks.
"So now I'm responsible for preparing the pack so they don't eat you alive? How kind of you. Are you sure that is wise, with the mood that I'm in? I may not be much help to you."
Eve had been complaining and yelling to the other Librarians for the entire time Flynn had been gone and needless to say, this had caused the others to not be too happy with the head Librarian. They were all awaiting Flynn's return, most eager was Jacob, who wanted to beat the shit out of Flynn for the worry he had caused his Eve.
"You raise a fair point, my love. But I'm willing to risk it to spend a little more time with my son." Flynn knew that pulling the son card was risky but he tried anyway. The look in Eve's eyes told him he had not been successful in fooling her.
"Ok then, I guess I'll got to work, but don't expect any help from me. They are all very mad at you." Eve went into her son's bedroom and kissed the boy, telling him she'd see him later and that his father was taking him to school. Eve then phoned Jenkins and soon their bedroom doorway was filled with blue light. Eve glared at Flynn as she stepped through.
"Come on buddy, let's get going" Flynn said excitedly and him and his son stepped out onto the Portland streets headed towards Luca's kindergarten.