Ages:
Marco: 41
Ace: 27
Austin: 8
Marcy: 4
Relationship status: Happily married!
TWO UPDATES! I REPEAT TWO CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AT THE SAME TIME.
Since the last chapter was pure smut, I decided to upload two in one go, so those people that don't like it can skip it and still have an update to read. This chapter only has a slight mention of it but nothing written out.
Friday morning Ace laid on his stomach playing a game on his phone. Unable to sit properly due to events from the previous night. Maybe it was a little too much, but it was completely worth it.
Hearing some thumps from the stairs he looked up to see Austin and Marcy coming down. Austin holding Marcy's hand and going very slow for her to do the steps on her own. He may, or may not, have snapped a quick picture.
Getting down Austin released Marcy's hand and noticed Ace on the couch. "Oh, morning Ace."
"Morn-"
"Daddy!" Marcy smiled big at seeing her father. But unlike the child's happiness, said father's face filled with dread and his phone was dropped in favour of holding out a hand, "Marcy, no, stay, stay, sta-"
"DADDDDYYY!" Marcy called for him and started running towards him. Ace could already see his life flashing before his life, squeezing his eyes shut he waited for the impact.
"Wooow Marcy, calm-yoi!"
"Huh?" Not getting jumped on and hearing his husband he looked up to Marco standing not even a foot away from him, holding Marcy by her waist who was still trying to reach for him.
"Daddyyyyyyyyyy!"
Marco chuckling as his daughter tried to pull away, he picked her up and kissed her cheek. "Settle down sweetie."
"But daddddyyy!" she sniffled, desperately reaching out for Ace.
Slowly Ace went to sit up, hissing lightly when putting weight on his butt.
"Ace, are you hurt?"
Very worried eyes were looking at him when Ace turned to Austin, "No, I ehm I think I slept wrong ... Ehm pulled a muscle or something, don't worry."
After Ace sat up properly, Marco sat Marcy next to him, "Don't jump on daddy." He warned before walking to Austin and patting his head, "He'll be fine. I already put some ointment on, and he's taken a pill. And I'll be handling breakfast so he can relax."
Blushing Ace was watching Marco go, why did he need to add the extra info! ... anyway... there was giggling next to him and he knew his daughter was waiting for him to look at her. He could feel her eyes staring into him and felt the seat move from her squirming.
After preparing himself, he slowly turned his head and the moment he made eye contact, Marcy smiled wide and threw herself into his side. It was slightly less intense than normal, so Marcos's warning worked, kind of...
Sighed softly he pulled his daughter into his lap, ignoring the sting of pain in his backside and kissing her head, he couldn't just not cuddle with her when she wanted to, "Good morning sweetheart. I saw you did the stairs. They went so well today"
"Yea! Aussy help!"
Austin blushed at it, not knowing how to react, he just held her hand, nothing more. Luckily he didn't need to find a reply and instead made for the kitchin table to sit down as Marco was already walking back over and was ready to pick Marcy up.
"Marcy, let's have breakfast."
"Daddy carry!"
Marco sighed inwardly, it was cute that Marcy loved Ace so much, but at times like this, Ace carrying her constantly worked against them.
"You don't like Papa?" The blond acted as if hurt, turning away slightly as he brought a hand to his eyes.
Instantly Marcy gasped and she jumped up in Ace's lap, standing on the couch between his legs and reached up, "Noo! Love Papa! Papa carry Marcy!"
He smiled brightly and picked the girl up, smiling more when she snuggled into him. "I love you to Marcy!"
Settling her properly and giving her head a kiss, he looked over her shoulder, "Love, are you going to be able to get up? Or need some help? Or maybe just eat in the couch?"
"I think I'll eat on the couch if that's fine."
Marco nodded and brought Marcy to the table, placing her in her booster seat. Taking a moment he put the freshly made toast out of the oven and put it on the table, making Ace a bacon sandwich before bringing it over to him.
"Thank you, Marco." Ace accepted the meal with a grateful smile.
"Don't worry about it-yoi", leaning down he stroked raven locks and gave a quick peck, "take it easy today, you deserve it"
He himself went back to the table, seeing Austin already had made himself some food while Marcy was patiently waiting... with drool... for him to make her meal. Which he of course quickly did. Pulling some bacon apart into smaller part and slicing the bread into small pieces before handing it over together with giving both kids a glass of milk. Only with his whole family having food did Marco make his own.
After breakfast Austin went to get ready for school while Marco quickly cleaned the table before taking Marcy in his arms and making his way upstairs to get her ready for daycare.
Not much later everyone was ready to go and Marco was shuffling the kids out of the door as he yelled a goodbye to Ace.
"We're going, See you later, Ac-"
"Their lunches!"
Marco's eyes widened and speed walked back inside.
"In the fridge."
Opening the door his eyes landed directly on the items and he took out the two hero lunch bags out and quickly put them in the small backpacks he was carrying. Blessing his freckled husband for already prepping them yesterday.
"Thank you, darling, you're a real lifesaver! Then, this time for real, see you in a bit-yoi"
"See you, drive safe!" Ace chucked at his husband's forgetfulness. He was adorable. Maybe he would kiss his bruised ass better... on second thought, he might not be able to walk for a week if he let him do that... scratch that idea, he'll just take normal cuddles and pampering thank you very much.
In the car Austin quietly opened his backpack and traded his lunch bag with Marcy's. Marco having put them in the wrong bags, but he didn't want to tell the blond that, so he made a little shushing noise to Marcy and it by some miracle worked.
Once arriving at school, Austin climbed out of the car, "Hope Ace feels better tonight for his stream." before shutting the door and running off to the school with a wave.
Marco stared at Austin back for a minute, crap, he had a stream tonight? Will be able to sit to play? What I-
"Papa?"
"Yes, sweetie?"
"Papa make daddy better?"
"Papa will do what he can to make daddy better, I promise-yoi."
Pulling up to the daycare a few minutes later, he got out if the car retrieving Marcy and her bag from the backseats. Carrying her inside he handed the bag to the workers, letting them know he'll also be the one picking her up.
Marco then crouched in front of his daughter, "Papa's going to go, Marcy. Have fun!"
Marcy hummed and leaned in to give a kiss, "Bye papa!"
With a last kiss to her head he got up and made his way out, going to spoil his perfect husband.
"So, are you going to stream tonight?"
Ace looked to Austin as they were eating dinner. He was feeling a bit better and was currently sitting on a rubber donut Marco had somehow gotten out of thin air for him from somewhere.
"I'm going to play as long as I can. Beat the fourth gym last time. Going to have to try and beat the last four and Team Rocket. If not, I'll try and finish it tomorrow night. Then I'll work on shiny hunting and getting the Pokémon from Let's Go: Pikachu."
"Can I stay up late tonight to watch you?"
At that Ace glanced at Marco, not really knowing what to do, "10:30PM. But bedtime will be 9:30PM tomorrow night-yoi."
Austin frowned a little, he could watch longer today, but that mean that he would miss some of the stream tomorrow.
"You can always watch the replay, bud." Ace said looking at him. "I have a lot of people who do that."
"Helllooooooo~" A female voice suddenly called out as the front door opened, no bell having rung. Marcy looked over and cheered "Auntie!"
Haruta laughed and came in after taking her shoes off.
Looking nervously at the guest Austin quietly answered Ace, "I... Ehm I'll decide while watching... If I stay up longer for the live..."
Ace nodded to it and ruffled his hair before looking at their guest "Well hello person who let themselves in." he raised his eyebrows, "You found the keys alright? Not too difficult?" he asked sarcastically.
Haruta laughed and just dangled the key in front of him in a reply, "Aw thanks for worrying, it was doable."
Rolling his eyes at the interaction, Marco looked to his sister, "Hey Haruta-yoi, what brings you here-yoi?"
"What? Do I need a reason to come and see my brother, his husband, and their adorable child and... ehm...?" she trailed off as she noticed a boy sitting at the table, blinking slowly as she watched the kid look back at her for a minute before turning to his food and putting all his focus in that.
"Haruta." Marco said looking to his sister, "This is Austin. The boy we are going to be adopting." Turning to Austin he spoke gently, "Austin, this is my sister Haruta."
"Sorry, I didn't realize you had company... Nice to meet you Austin" Haruta said in a kind voice after rubbing the back of her head.
" Auntie! Auntie! Auntie!"
Haruta looked at Marcy and smiled, "Well, hello my favourite niece." And bend down to pick up the girl that had somehow escaped her chair. She played a bit with the girl in his arms before noticing the boy was very quietly, moving around the dino nuggets on his plate as he took quick glances at her.
"Ehm... I can leave if my visit doesn't fit right now."
Marco didn't react as he looked to Austin "Austin-yoi, would you be okay if Haruta stayed in the evening? It's okay if not." he didn't know if Austin would be uncomfortable suddenly meeting new people, even if it was just one.
"I ehm" he fidgeted a bit, "Ehm... It's okay... Marcy seems to like her... I don't want to ruin that... Ehm" he looked towards the lady that had just come in "... Hello"
Haruta kissed Marcy on the cheek, before walking over and bending down next to Austin and extended her hand. "It really is nice to meet you. And I really hope that you get to join our crazy family. Marco and I have thirteen brothers that I know Marco and Ace can't wait for you to meet." She was gentle but didn't hesitate to flip Marco off when he tried to interrupt her.
Austin dropped his fork with a nugget on it and turned to Marco, "Thirteen!?"
"Yea..." he rubbed the back of his neck, "Haruta's the only girl. We were all adopted at different ages. I was seven when I was adopted."
"I was a baby when Gramps got me." Ace piped in too.
"Ow..." He didn't immediately know how to react to this new info. The amount of family and that all of them, including Ace and Marco were all adopted just like him. It seemed kind of surreal.
Marco smiled at Austin. "I was at the same orphanage you were at for five years." He rubbed his head.
"R-really? But... 5 years... That's so long..."
As the small conversation was going on, Haruta took a seat on a empty chair next to Ace, pulling Marcy's supper closer for her to eat, "Don't you have a stream tonight?" She asked before snickering as she noticed the donut.
"I still got 20mins. I've already set everything up."
"Dino!" Marcy pushed a nugget to Haruta's face trying to put it in her mouth only knocking her in the jaw.
Haruta laughed and opened her mouth for Marcy to try again, this time getting it in. "Thank you, Marcy."
"What's wrong Ace, you hurt?" Haruta asked the moment Ace hissed when he moved. Can't miss her chance.
"I-"
"Daddy sleep bad! Pull mic... Pull mussssle!"
Ace looked on wide eyes, how did Marcy even remember!
"Huh, pulled a muscle? While sleeping? How would yo-aaaaah" Haruta smirked, looking between Ace and Marco "of course. It happens to the best of us doesn't it."
Ace really wished she hadn't come over as he grumbled and finished his food.
"Marco, why not join your husband for his stream? I can chill with these two."
Marco looked at his sister and blinked, what was she playing at? He looked to Austin, "Will you be alright if I were to join Ace on his stream?"
"Ehmm, yea, sure..."
"Ace-yoi, you want me to join you?"
"It w-"
"He can be your chair"
Ace blushed "Haruta!"
"What? It may be more comfortable for your pulled muscle, you know"
"... I hate you."
Cackling followed, "I love you to bro"
Marco quirked a brow at his husband, he wouldn't join if he didn't want to, even if Haruta's idea didn't sound bad.
"... I would like it if you joined me."
Haruta smirked at Ace and kissed Marcy's on the head. "Alright then." Marco started to clear the table when Haruta stopped him. "I'll take care of the clean-up. You two go and get ready for the stream."
Marco looked at her. She was plotting something.
"Okay-yoi... Marcy behave okay, and Austin even if we're not here. 10:30PM today, 9:30PM tomorrow if you decide to stay up, okay?" receiving nods he turned to his husband "Let's get going then, you almost need to start right?"
He gently took Ace by his upper arm, helping him up a bit before disappearing into the gaming room.
Haruta sat Marcy down on the couch and picked the remote up and found the channel for his stream, it still standing on the intro screen with a countdown to when the next stream would start. She then waited a minute to let Austin finish his food in peace before ushering the boy to sit on the couch as she washed the dishes.
"And welcome back everyone!"
Ace's voice echoed out of the speakers.
"As you can see, I have a special guest tonight. He's been pretty busy, so he hasn't been on lately. But he's made it todayyyyyyy!" Ace was hyping it up more than he should have been in condition, but he couldn't let his fans down. "Cmon Marco, give a wave!"
The chat exploded with greetings to Marco the second he did, most greetings were in the form of personalized pineapple emoji's though.
Marco gave the camera a dead stare, "Really? This is how I'm welcomed after taking the time to join?"
Instead of it falling in bad taste, the chat loved his reaction, comparing the expression he made to the one on the emoji. It was a perfect match!
Outside on the couch on the couch, Marcy was clapping her hands as she swayed in her seat, cheering out, "Daddy! Papa!"
Haruta couldn't help but awe as she looked to the kids and snapped a few pictures that she sent to the parents. She finished up the dishes and made an alarm to remember Austin's given bedtime and for when she knew Marcy usualy took a bath.
While Ace was playing around, Marco started to interact with the chat more and more, both having a blast. Firefist just beaten the 5th gym when Haruta joined the live stream on her phone and commented on the stream, 'your husband makes a good chair 😉'
"Yes, Disneyfan! I got them, thank you again for the cute key chain and pins! I'll be adding them to my collection soon!" Ace laughed at the comments and kept apologizing for having to cancel earlier that week.
Haruta in the meanwhile pouted at her comment being overlooked, though a small victory as the chat seemed to take notice of it and mentioned it every now and then.
After a while Ace announced he'll be AFK for about 5 minutes, but he'll be back!
The blond was a bit confused at the random pause, but well he wasn't a streamer so he wouldn't know if it was normal and simply let Ace activate his inactive screen.
Once on and the camera and mic were off, Ace slumped into Marco, closing his eyes and breathing the tiniest bit heavier.
"Ace-yoi?" Marco asked worriedly and squeezed at the waist in his arms.
"I'm- I'm fine. Just... Butt Hurts... Sitting up straight, the enthusiasm going with the game.. just give me a minute."
A small look of pity, Marco kissed his cheek, "It was a little too much last night? I'm sorry." He didn't want to mess up his husband's stream. "Think you can go on? Or do you want to call it a night?"
Ace moved his head to be able to smile at Marco "Don't apologize, I loved every moment of it. And I wouldn't mind a repeat some other time later. But," he sighed "I already cancelled the previous stream, it wouldn't be good to do that now too. I just won't stream longer than the planned time today, at least there's no jump scares in Pokémon, it will be fine. Ah, if you get uncomfortable with me sitting on your lap, you can say so, I'll get off"
"Mmmm, maybe in a few weeks we can go another round. You know I'd be your chair anytime. I love having you on my lap." He chuckled. "Just don't jump suddenly when you see a Pokémon." He ran his hand over his inner thigh. "I'll give you a massage after if you want, it could help."
"I'll try not to, but they do suddenly appear random!" He enlaced his fingers with Marcos's hand, bringing it up and kissing it. "I would love that, thank you. I love you so much."
"I love you too-yoi," he smiled and kissed a freckled cheek. Taking the small break time to check his phone and showing the picture Haruta sent of the kids watching them on TV.
"It's still strange to see yourself on a screen, but you look good as always, pineapple" Ace smiled before a timer went off. Getting ready he shuffled a bit in Marco's lap to get comfortable he breathed a few times, "Let's do this".
Pressing on the mic and camera Ace's demeanour was back to that of a streamer.
"And we're back! Sorry about that! Let's continue the journey!"
Marco kept his hands around his husband's waist, already lightly massaging the area but trying not to readjust himself too much and jostling the other.
"Alright, we did it!" Ace laughed brightly, raising his console in victory as he defeated the 6th gym. With a glance at the clock, he saw that there was still about 50 minutes of planned stream time left, so while he reached his goal, it was too early to end it.
"Hmmm, let's do a poll, chat. Are we going to start making our way towards the next gym, or shall we do a shiny hunt for the remainder of the time?" He questioned, clicking some buttons and typing out the answers, he put the timer on 3 minutes.
"hmm mmm hmmmmmmm Let's seeeee~ shiny hunt won by 20% so let's do that! Aaand hmm, let me just make a randomiser aaaaaannnddddd looks like we're trying for a shiny water type! I don't have any of those yet, luckyyyyy!"
Talking away with the chat, he flew towards water and set sail. "Should Marco try and capture our shiny?"
Marco couldn't help but sit up straighter at his name being called, silently apologizing for jostling Ace, he just hadn't been expected to be called on since nothing was planned and he had just been watching.
"Ehm Ace-yoi, I don't know if that's such a great idea ..." those water Pokémon always move around too!
Ace laughed and pointed to the chat "I'm sorry hun, but the world is cheering for you"
Taking a moment to read the incoming reactions he frowned, "... They're placing bets on how many times I'll miss a throw..."
"They are hahahha, but I believe in you that you can make it on your first shot!"
In chat numbers were already going up to 7 misses and promises of donating bits to Firefist for those failing their bet were going around, not that Ace would actually try to hunt for bits for who lost, it was the chat itself that started that part up.
Marco groaned. "Maybe we won't find one... maybe it's better if we don't find one..." He was just supposed to be his husbands chair and keep him comfortable, so why, why After 10 minutes did they already cross a shiny Dratini.
The moment the shiny came into view, pineapple emoji's and Poké-balls quickly overflowed the chat, taking over any text comments being made.
"Hahaha well, Marco looks like it's your time to shine! Good-luck and no pressure, I just always wanted a shiny Dratini.", Ace leaned back, giving a small peck on his cheek. The chat of course reacting with a mixture of hearts and puking emojis making Ace laugh.
He handed the controller to Marco, a brief explanation of what everything was again with it, "You can do it. Give it a treat first"
Marco accepted and took the grey pineapple, knowing it was better than the yellow one. He aimed and...
"Hahaha how did you miss a treat throw that they don't go to eat it!"
Marco went red "Shut up! ... Maybe it just isn't hungry..."
"Ow I'm sorry Mar, hahah, it's okay, just try again haha"
The next treat was luckily eaten and Marco swallowed as he selected a poke ball and waited until it stopped moving to throw it, anxiously waiting as the red light bl- and it got out, of course.
Switching to a stronger Poké-ball, he threw, again hitting the Pokémon by some miracle, but of course it broke free, again.
"Give it another treat." Ace said looking over his shoulder.
And Marco did just that, feeding it a orange looking berry this time and threw the Poké-ball. One... two... Three... CAPTURED!
"I got it-yoi!"
Ace smiled brightly "I knew you could do it! Good job! Let's make it a favourite, do you want to name it something?"
Nodding he went into settings as Ace was busy thanking everyone for the support to his husband and the bits getting send in from people losing bets or just supporting. "My hubby is getting better! Phhss, 7 tries you all said, look at him, only 3 and he got it! Hmmm? I have no knowledge of him missing a treat throw... Nope. Haha thank you all!"
A controller came back in Ace's view, "oh you done? Thank you. Let's see what did you name him? Pffffff, really Marco " Ace burst out laughing at the name.
"I thought it fit" the blond smiled
Still laughing Ace added the new Pokémon to the team, Marco adjusting himself so he could read the comments as he rested his head on Ace's shoulder.
"You guys are so mean," Marco grumbled when he saw people even went as high as 20 misses "and excuse you all, my name is great-yoi!"
The chat was a combination of excuses, comebacks and smaller donations to 'long live the pineapple!'.
Marco snorted at it all, he was really happy for Ace. The fanbase he had all seemed to be nice people, all just in it for the fun, never any real harm meant.
"Just so you all know, next time I'll catch a legendary in one throw-yoi!"
For the remainder of the time, they sailed around, catching whatever they passed, Marco practicing his throws for when he finds the legendary.
When the timer finally went off, they both said their goodbyes and Ace ended the stream, turning off the mic and camera and shutting of the pc.
"Want me to carry you up to bed, darling?" Marco spoke gently once he knew everything was shut off.
"Please"
With a smile Marco moved Ace to get a hold before getting up with Ace in his arms. "Haruta put Marcy to bed and Austin went to bed after I captured the Pokémon-yoi. She left and locked the door." he mentioned as he carried Ace upstairs, having seen the messages come in on his phone.
"That's great." Ace snuggled into the embrace, being immensely happy his husband was strong enough to carry him with ease.
"Pj's?" Marco asked when he got to the room, gently dropping Ace onto the bed.
"Just boxers is fine."
"Alright," he helped Ace get rid of his clothes before following suit. "I'll be right back-yoi."
Ace quirked a brow when he saw Marco come back in with a bottle, "...lube? I don't know if I can g-"
"Hahha no Ace! I'm not going to pound you again when you can't even sit now haha it's massage oil and I went to heat it up for just a second."
"O-oh" Ace blushed, why would he even think it was lube... The bottle's even a different shape... He totally hadn't forgotten about the promised massage...
Marco made sure their door was closed before gently rolling him over onto his stomach and pulled down his boxers. Putting some oil on his hands and started to give his husband a well-deserved back massage.
Ace groaned at Marco squeezing and rubbing over his flesh. The pressure felt so good, even with the occasional sting of pain accompanying it. The lukewarm oil also felt amazing
"I love you so muuuch~" he spoke while melting into the bed.
"You going to be alright with the kids tomorrow alone? I only have a few appointments so I should be home by midafternoon."
"I'll be okay. I'll just give Marcy's some berries and let her rewatch the stream, one kid already busy for a few hours."
Marco smiled and leant down to kiss his husband "Just call if anything is wrong okay, I'll call back as soon as I can if I miss the call."
After a few minutes Marco stopped massaging Ace's back, ass and thighs, resisting the urge to slap his cute freckled butt. Going to wash his hands he came back and helped his husband put his boxers back on and helped him get under the sheets. "I love you-yoi." He lent down and placed a kiss on his lips before standing up. "I'm going to check on the kids, then I'll come to bed. I'm in at 6 tomorrow."
When Marco got into bed later, Ace sleepily snuggled against him, even with butt pain he shall snuggle his husband! He kissed his chest, not wanting to try and stretch before wishing goodnight and thanking him, not long latter the duo was both fast asleep.
In the morning Marco had to bid farewell to his sleeping husband to get ready for work, no intention on waking him just to leave. He had a quick meal and made sure to leave Ace's medication on the counter in its vial in his sight.
Around 7 AM Marcy waddled into her parent's room, getting into the bed with the small steppstool. She barely remembered not to climb on her daddy on him because that would make Papa mad. "Daddy." She shook Ace's shoulder, quickly switching to poking his cheek when there was no reaction. "Daddy, food."
Groaning he swatted lightly at the finger "5 more minutes"
Marcy pouted and readied her tiny vocal cords, taking a deep breath, "DADDDYY! FOOOOD!"
Ace jumped up, bad idea, very bad idea, he doubled back over, clutching at the lowest point of his back and hissing under his breath. Looking to the side he saw Marcy sitting, a head cocked in question at his action. ... He would forgive her, she's too adorable.
"Food?" she tilted her head slight to the side.
Ace sighed but ruffled her hair and smiled "I'll get dressed and get started okay. How about you get Austin huh?"
"Okay!" sliding off the side of the bed on Marco's side, she ran to Austin's room and opened the door without knocking. "Aussy! Food!"
Ace laughed at hearing Austin scream out of surprise, well Marcy was successful in getting him up at least, though they should remind her to knock.
Putting on some comfy clothes he threw some water in his face to wake up and took his meds before going to make breakfast.
"Food! Food!" Marcy came while he was at the stove, pulling at his pants leg.
Rolling his eyes he picked her up to place her in her seat. "It's almost done, sweetie."
"Austin, can you get the juice out please?" Ace asked as he flipped the pancakes.
Austin nodded and went to the fridge to get it, placing it on the table just as Ace put the last things down and went to sit himself.
Ace set the cups on the counter and distributed the pancakes, making sure to slice Marcy's up before giving everyone their drinks, Marcy's served in a sippy cup.
"Marcy, how long have you been up?" she might not even know, but it was worth a shot.
"Heard Papa." she said while eating her pancake
"You heard Papa?" Ace blinked and internally groaned, that was a while. She was definitely going down for a nap this afternoon. He was trying to avoid sitting up straight in his chair still. He looked to Austin who was happily eating his pancakes. "Did you have a good sleep?"
Austin hummed around his pancake, taking a moment to chew and swallow "Yea, it was good. Did get scared when Marcy came in this morning."
Ace chuckled, "Sorry. She should have knocked before bursting into your room."
"More please." Ace looked at Marcy, oh she was going to need a bath. Chuckling as she a syrup in her hair and all over hands and face. Laughing he picked up her plate and got her another pancake and sat it down for her to enjoy.
Finishing all the pancakes Ace quickly scooped up Marcy before she could escape and touch the furniture with syrup hands.
"Austin, you can put on the TV, even some games if you want, you gotta press the HDMI button once on the remote and it will open the screen the console's connected too. I am going to wash Marcy."
"No bath!" Marcy tried to wiggle free from Ace.
He could pick a game? Austin finished eating, before placing his stuff in the sink.
"Yes bath, you got syrup all over you"
"Noooooo~"
"I'll put some bubbles in."
"BUBBLES!" Marcy changed her attitude and instead held onto Ace as she cheered.
Austin cleared the table for Ace while he went to give Marcy a bath. After setting the stuff in the sink he went and sat on the couch and did as Ace told him and started looking at the games.
Some time later Ace came out, carrying a freshly cleaned Marcy and putting her on the couch next to Austin.
"I'm going to take a quick shower myself," he pointed to his drenched clothes, Marcy having splashed him as she played around, "You can just continue to play, Marcy likes to watch." He commented as Austin was playing a platforming game, still too difficult for Marcy.
The warm water helped his back immensely and he maybe stayed in a few minutes longer then needed. Once he was done, he changed into some shorts and a t-shirt and made his way downstairs.
Getting down he saw that Austin had changed his game and had started up Buzz Junior, a simpler and easier game for multiple people and one that Marcy could play too. His heart melted at it, Austin could have easily played another game, or could have kept playing the one he had been before and Marcy wouldn't have minded. But no, in the few minutes he was away, the boy had switched to something Marcy could play too, even if this game would be boring for himself.
He went to stand behind the couch, "You guys having fun?"
"Yea!" Marcy smiled brightly, "Daddy! Aussy let me play!"
Ace chuckled, "I see that. And did you say thank you?"
Marcy nodded her head quickly, "Yup!"
"Good girl." He ruffled her hairs before looking to Austin. The boy's cheeks were tinted pink as he paused the game, but didn't look at him. He was so adorable!
"Thank you Austin. Once this rou-nd I-is o-ovvvvveee..."
While embarrassed, Austin looked over his shoulder confused as Ace started speaking weird, only for his eyes to widen as he saw the freckled one had closed his eyes and fell to the ground...
"A-ACE!?"
TO BE CONTINUED HAHAHAHA
How will Austin react to seeing Ace's sleep-attack for the first time? And Marco's not even there to tell him what's going on!