fluff - baby!yuji trying to eat dad!nanami's tie
you’re half-asleep on the couch.
it’s 6:08am. the sun isn’t even fully up yet. and baby yuji is already in full goblin mode - sockless, giggling and currently trying to climb nanami’s leg like a tree trunk.
nanami is in his work clothes with his blonde hair neat and styled. dress shirt crisp. tie halfway done.
“he wants your tie,” you mumble.
nanami glances down. yuji is clinging to his knee, making grabby hands.
“you can’t have papa’s tie,” nanami says, crouching down. “you’ll chew on it again.”
yuji immediately tries to bite it.
eventually, nanami picks him up - effortlessly, with one hand under his bottom and the other steadying his back. yuji squeals, clings to his dress shirt like a koala.
and nanami just… lets him. presses a kiss to his chubby cheek. holds him like he’s the most fragile and precious thing in the universe.
“you should leave soon,” you murmur. “you’ll miss your train.”
and then he sits down beside you with a baby on his chest and a tie still undone.
“they can wait,” he says softly.
you smile so hard it hurts.
you shift closer, curling into his side. baby yuji hums softly, chewing on his own fingers now instead of the tie. your head rests on nanami’s shoulder. his arm wraps around your waist without even thinking.
he’s still in his dress shirt. still in his slacks. the most put-together man in tokyo at this hour, probably. and yet here he is, willingly trapped under a sleepy baby and a sleepier spouse, forehead resting lightly against yours like this is all he’s ever needed.
he presses a kiss to your temple.
“even when i let your son chew on your expensive italian tie?”
he sighs. “especially then.”