"A week with their personal space empty and devoid of their children" is such a heartbreaking line. They do little habits, gestures, and accommodations for their kids, still do some of them even alone now.
Alastor will make Victoire's favorite meal for dinner bc it's a Tuesday which is her day of choice, but she chooses this dinner each and every time. He makes her favorite dessert for the same reason, automatically, but she's not there for it, so he eats it alone, or gives it to Nifty. He listens for her in their rooms, but the music she usually has going while she reads isn't there. Her bedroom is quiet, silent, empty.
Vox digs into his pocket and finds the little carabiner ring full of hairbands and scrunchies that Vox keeps practically on his person bc Allie loses hers sometimes or wants to put her hair up, so she'll find either him or Velvette around the tower instead of going to their suite. It gives her an excuse to visit Vox and Vel. He hadnt realized he'd grabbed it that morning. He has a comb and brush in his office drawer for those days she comes to him and not Vel. He slows down his work at a certain time bc that's usually when Allie would slip into his office "to make sure you're still alive, dad!" But she never comes.
Their life and their motivations really shifted for them. And it isn't until Tori and Allie are gone that they realize just how much that's been. How big of a hole they're left with. And oh, it hurts a bit; enough to count the days on the calendar almost anxiously. Then their daughters come home, and everything is right again.
Until the next week.
Can't really add anything here. This is perfect and the little ways that Alastor and Vox miss their fawns are so small yet meaningful. Gosh you can feel how they love them.
Vox would definitely be the sort to anxiously call/text his daughter whenever it isn't his week. Allie would send him some pictures and updates. Alastor usually turns his nose up at modern technology, but he just might bite the bullet and get a phone (an old one) so he could listen to Victoire's voice to chase away the silence during the weeks without her.
