[ Mako instinctively notices, though, because as much as Raleigh's patience is strained by him, he doesn't really want to leave his son alone -- and Mako's going to have to be extra patient with Raleigh when Daycare Age happens and Yancy has to leave him to play with other little tots his age for the day. ]
You know that we're going to have to send him to daycare soon, right?
[ it's just... the prospect of no yancy day-in and day-out...
raleigh might cry. but he also might let himself be pulled into mako and comforted and soothed like a gigantic toddler but who can blame him, he spends all his time with one! ]
And wasn't that the longest two hours of your life?
[ There, there. Let mommy make you feel better. She's a adept hand at soothing him and her other baby, apparently :| And she might also be reaching out for his coffee. ]
Mako makes a soft, disappointed noise when Raleigh wises up to her sneakiness and takes a good swig of his coffee in a display of caffeine-inspired dominance. ]
that, though, gets Mako's full attention immediately -- she's a sucker for hot chocolate, or actually, for any kind of chocolate. WHY DID SHE NOT KNOW THIS. ]
You can make hot chocolate in an espresso machine?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
[ Mako instinctively notices, though, because as much as Raleigh's patience is strained by him, he doesn't really want to leave his son alone -- and Mako's going to have to be extra patient with Raleigh when Daycare Age happens and Yancy has to leave him to play with other little tots his age for the day. ]
You know that we're going to have to send him to daycare soon, right?
[ Like in six months? ]
no subject
[ when was this decided mako
(nevermind the several conversations they probably started to have about it before raleigh hedged and distracted himself with something else.) ]
no subject
mako just stares at him because ENOUGH AVOIDING IT, BECKET BOY. ]
He needs to be with kids his age, or he'll get terribly lonely. What's wrong with daycare?
no subject
[ also raleigh would be lonely. ]
And the kids! We don't know them, they could pick on him.
[ also raleigh would be very lonely. ]
no subject
You could go back to work. I know how much you like working with your hands.
no subject
Yeah, maybe, [ raleigh grumbles, but it's rough and huffy and not at all sold on that idea. ]
no subject
She leans over to kiss him on the cheek, sensing his unhappiness. ] We can talk about it?
no subject
no subject
I didn't say right now, did I? You'll be inconsolable if I have to separate you two for more than ten minutes.
no subject
[ it's just... the prospect of no yancy day-in and day-out...
raleigh might cry. but he also might let himself be pulled into mako and comforted and soothed like a gigantic toddler but who can blame him, he spends all his time with one! ]
no subject
[ There, there. Let mommy make you feel better. She's a adept hand at soothing him and her other baby, apparently :| And she might also be reaching out for his coffee. ]
Did you get that for me?
no subject
now raleigh's twisting out of her grasp, and hastily retreating with his coffee — taking a huge sip to show her whose coffee was whose. ]
I know someone brought an espresso machine into your office last Christmas, you can get your own coffee at work.
no subject
8(
Mako makes a soft, disappointed noise when Raleigh wises up to her sneakiness and takes a good swig of his coffee in a display of caffeine-inspired dominance. ]
But what if I want some coffee now?
no subject
no subject
You broke our coffee pot!
no subject
[ he looked. he looked so many times
no subject
We should go shopping again.
no subject
[ and he's going to be admiring her butt while she looks. ]
no subject
What's wrong with a coffeepot?
no subject
...maybe. ]
You can't make a kickass hot chocolate in a coffee pot.
no subject
pervert.
that, though, gets Mako's full attention immediately -- she's a sucker for hot chocolate, or actually, for any kind of chocolate. WHY DID SHE NOT KNOW THIS. ]
You can make hot chocolate in an espresso machine?
no subject
I mean, yeah. How hard would it be to figure out how to make work?
no subject
Famous last words. Do you remember what happened to the washing machine?
no subject
[ and thus not his fault ]