hey baby.

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You say that like I'd be able not to notice.

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[ Mako smiles at that, because yeah she's had enough time to ease from completely mortified to sort-of...accepting. And she likes when Raleigh says hello to her after a long day's work.

She makes a soft noise, then asks. ] Want me to help with anything?

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Mako. Don't jinx us.

[ are oral fixations genetic?? ]

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[ let's hope not. raleigh and mako go down on each other, a lot. ]

It's... not likely, is it?

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[ mako. he loves and adores you, and you're the very best mom, but you also work 5 days a week and he has weathered far more tantrums and lost binkies than you. only difference is, other times? there's always been a spare. apple juice isn't going to work. ]

No.

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I say that like I know the way you stare at them every time I walk past.

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We might as well start weening him off now. Can't have him sucking his thumb, that'll mess up his teeth.

[ raleigh knows from experience or something... ]

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[ what's he talking about, raleigh has adorable teeth. ]

Right now? You saw what happened the last time he lost his binky.

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Nah.

[ although on second though, he's rummaging in his pocket with his cleaner hand and pulling out a tube of baby orajel. ]

Nah, just go sit with the kid. Give him more of this if he gets fussy, he's cutting a tooth.

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[ omg that sounds so good. so, so good. ]

The whole day? We can definitely do that.

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[ aw yeah braces. ]

Slowly. We'll go slow.

[ did he see what happened last time, excuse you mako. ]

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Here I thought I was being discrete.

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Sure, all day. We won't even change out of our pj's.

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I liked it.

[ and that -- that was honest. for the longest time mako had privately freaked out over the potential that he wouldn't be attracted to her anymore; pregnancy hormones, you know. And it never really went away after childbirth, because having a baby is traumatic and up until the first time he came to her again for sex, she'd been worried. Had kept it under wraps, of course, but sometimes it turns up now and then.

Like now. ]

I was afraid you wouldn't look at me that way again.

[ things like this are always better to admit over text. ]

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Don't forget pancakes in bed, with chocolate.

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[ ......................... ok technically that one was her fault. ]

How do you go slow with a screaming baby?

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[ noooo intense emotional text conversations are never healthy. especially because raleigh misses the tone of seriousness and can't take this seriously because — ]

What?

[ — really? if he ever stops being attracted to mako mori, check him for a pulse. ]

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Don't ween him to the point where he starts crying. Just a little bit at a time, and eventually distract him so he doesn't scream and doesn't need the binkie either. ]

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How about you make those, Mama. I'll take mine with Mickey Mouse ears.

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[ has mako ever mentioned that you're a very sexy dad? ]

Where did you learn that from?

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[ oh, she could do that. Mako takes the orajel and kisses him on the cheek, deciding to leave him to his cooking; Raleigh does best when no one disturbs him, she realises. ]

All right. You've been dealing with that all day?

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All Things Baby Vol. 2: 6 to 12 Months

[ you best believe he's read ALL the baby books. ]

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[ IT'S HEALTHY ENOUGH. MAKO DOESN'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT HER FEELINGS. but she's getting embarrassed so she's changing the subject. ]

Do you need me to buy anything back home today?

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No. Just yourself.

[ oh no you don't mako. ]

Go back to that last bit.

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[ ALL of them? ]

I love that you're a very dedicated father.