As he shut the door of his Jeep and lowered the garage door, Ethan finally felt the stress of the day lifting off his shoulders. Multiple meetings about different opportunities had his head spinning but he knew coming home to his family always made his day better.
The kitchen and living room were abnormally silent as he entered. He left his keys and phone on the counter and kicked his shoes off, checking a small pile of mail. “Ri?” He asked for his wife a few times, checking the play room off the living room to find nothing.
As he stepped over the baby gate and started up the stairs he heard faint conversation from the bathroom.
“Where’s the ...... blue ducky?” Riley asked before splashing sounds took over, followed by little giggles and squeals.
“Yes! Good job, Brax. Where’s the... orange ducky?”
Ethan peeked around the corner, watching two babies crawl in the bathtub searching for an orange rubber duck. A little brown head popped up with an orange duck in the air, “Ducky!”
“Good job, Tuck!” Riley clapped her hands. “Where is the--
“Daddy!!!” Both boys yelled, trying to crawl over the edge of the bath tub to get to him.
“No, no, stay in the bath.” He picked one up and sat him back down in the bubbles. “Why are they taking a bath so early?”
“We had spaghetti for dinner and more sauce ended up on them than in their mouths.” She motioned to the dirty clothes that sat behind her, covered in red pasta sauce and even one spaghetti noodle.
“Duuuuudes, you can’t play with your food, you’ve gotta eat it.”
“Bax towed a snetti oodle at me.” Tucker babbled out, pointing a finger at his twin brother.
“But--bu--but I--
“You both did it. Stop trying to blame each other.” Riley laughed, pouring a cup of water over Tucker to rinse him of all bubbles. “Towel.”
Ethan grabbed one towel and lifted Tucker out of the bath while Riley rinsed off Braxton and picked him up in a towel. They headed towards the twin’s room; a gray and navy, minimalist space with two cribs that had recently been converted to ‘big boy’ beds.
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Riley sat down Braxton to open their pajama drawer and find a set for each of them, “I’ve got dinosaurs and race cars.”
“No!” A little voice yelled as she looked up to see a naked baby running out of the room.
“Brax, get back in here...” She groaned, “Braxton Grant.. get back in here!”
Tucker giggled at his brother getting in trouble while Ethan pulled a pajama shirt over his head.
“One more warning, Brax....” Riley walked to the door and looked down the empty hall, “You better not be hiding...”
A closet door shut in their room at the end of the hall and she immediately knew where to go. As she opened the door to the walk-in closet, Braxton jumped out and took off running again. He was about to pass his room but Ethan stepped out and grabbed him with one arm.
“Do you want the naked boy or the pajama boy?” He asked, both boys giggling in his grip.
She grabbed Tucker from his arm and sat him on her hip, “You deal with the naked one.”
Braxton giggled uncontrollably as he kept trying to escape while Ethan dressed him. He took off with his shirt half way on and ran straight into the wall. Ethan froze, waiting for a scream, “You’re ok--
“Ahhhaahh!” He laughed and ran the other way but Ethan grabbed him just before he hit the dresser.
“You’re absolutely fearless. It’s terrifying.” He pulled the shirt down and joined the rest of them downstairs.
After wrangling the twins to the couch and dealing with an argument about what movie to watch; they got their bottles of milk and their favorite blankets. Before the movie even started, Tucker was wiggling his way towards Ethan; who sat half awake watching the movie and texting Grayson/their manager.
“Daddy I no Mickey I see tootles.” He whispered, pointing at the TV.
“We can watch Ninja Turtles tomorrow, finish Mickey tonight.” He smoothed out Tucker’s messed up hair, “Watch, Donald Duck is coming up soon.”
Without glancing at the TV, Tucker crawled onto Ethan’s lap. Blanket in hand and bottle in mouth, he situated himself on Ethan’s leg, leaning back to rest on his chest and finish the bottle of milk.
Ethan tossed his phone to the side and wrapped an arm around him before kissing the top of his head. He looked over at Riley, who sat at the other end of the couch with Braxton leaned into her side. He was already asleep, bottle hanging from his mouth.
Slowly, Tucker’s head fell to the side and his bottle fell to the couch. Neither Ethan nor Riley wanted to get up to put them in bed, but they were trying to get the boys to sleep in their rooms alone and had to keep it up.
“Just wait, I’ll come back down and get him.” Ethan stood up with Tucker and headed upstairs. Normally he would grab the both of them, but to keep them asleep as he put them in bed, he took them separately.
One more climb up and down over two baby gates and a set of stairs is all that kept him away from sitting on the couch with his wife, probably eating junk food and watching horrible reality TV.
He carried Braxton upstairs and laid him gently in his bed, pulling his blanket over his legs. Being safe he didn’t speak, he left a kiss on his head and flipped on a nightlight and noise machine before leaving the door cracked.
Ethan collapsed on the couch, Riley was already searching for something else to watch. “Breakfast with Gray and Abby tomorrow?”
Riley brushed her fingers through his hair, “As long as we order the boys something not messy, yes.”
“Was the spaghetti that bad?” He laughed, “The kitchen looks spotless.”
“I cleaned everything but them while they continued to play in the sauce on their plates. Then I put the plates in the dishwasher and tossed them in the bath. I even had to change clothes after bringing them upstairs. But yes, breakfast tomorrow sounds good.”
Ethan grabbed his phone and answered Grayson back before pulling up their baby monitor app and checking on the boys. Both were still asleep in their own beds.
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