Maybe Tomorrow

Brayson Demetrius Earl Seventeen years old.

[braysonearl]

stella-lyandlee:

Stella hummed. If it was anyone else, Stella would’ve wasted no time in insisting that she was fine and could handle caring for Eliza perfectly fine without help. But she trusted Brayson. He had never been anything but real with her. If Brayson said Stella needed sleep, she probably did. “Maybe… are you sure? I’ll set my alarm so I’m only asleep for a bit.”

“M’sure, Stells. Eliza and I here are gonna bond. It’ll be great.” He said glancing down at the baby again. “And if we need you, I’ll wake you right up. But I think we’ll be okay for long enough for you to get some sleep. You’re no good to her when you’re like the walking dead.”

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stella-lyandlee:

Stella offered an encouraging smile, relaxing once the baby’s fussy noises settled down. Exhaustion was tugging at her limbs.

He smiled a bit when Eliza relaxed and then glanced over at Stella. “You should try and get some rest.”

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stella-lyandlee:

Stella’s heart squeezed at the baby’s whining, but she knew Brayson could handle it. “Try humming to her.”

He glanced up with a smile and then nodded before looking down at the baby and starting to softly hum, jiggling her gently.

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stella-lyandlee:

“Thank you,” Stella let out a sigh of relief that was only slightly dramatic as Brayson took her daughter. She didn’t blame him for being surprised; not only was Stella highly selective with who could hold the baby, but Brayson was still adjusting to being asked.

“Welcome.” He said softly, bouncing the baby slightly as she whined quietly. “You’re okay, Liza. You’re okay. Mommy’s right over there. And uncle Bray’s got you.”

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stella-lyandlee:

“Okay. Then please take her before I start going through every worst case scenario.”

Brayson cleared his throat and then reached over to lift Eliza out of Stella’s arms, settling her in the crook of his arm, reinforcing her head and letting his eyes scan over the tiny human in his arms.

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stella-lyandlee:

“What, do you planning on dropping her?”

“What!? Course not.”

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stella-lyandlee:

“Do you mind holding her for a bit?” Stella nodded her head down at Eliza. “My arms are cramping.”

“You uh...you want me to hold her?”

[braysonearl]

stella-lyandlee:

“Her loss.”

“Totally.”

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stella-lyandlee:

Stella nodded, letting the silence hang for a moment. “Hey, whatever happened to that one girl you went on a date with?”

Brayson shrugged at the question and rubbed the back of his neck, feeling a bit awkward. “Didn’t really go anywhere.”

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stella-lyandlee:

“Always good to look on the bright side or whatever.”

“Yeah, I guess so. I mean I can’t change the fact that we’re not gonna make championships so...whatever.”

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stella-lyandlee:

“How’s the team?” Stella wished she could come to show her support, but Eliza could hate all of the noise and Stella couldn’t handle being apart from her daughter for so long.

“They’re alright.” Brayson said with a shrug. “I mean we’re definitely not making it to the championships. But what can ya do right? Maybe next year.”

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stella-lyandlee:

“Wow. Don’t kill me with the details or anything,” she drawled. “Got any plans for the weekend?”

Brayson chuckled and rolled his eyes. “Mr. Williams is still an asshole. But other than that school was fine. And not really other than my soccer game on Sunday.”

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stella-lyandlee:

“Hey,” Stella smiled automatically. She gestured for Brayson to come sit down with them, cooing softly down at the sleeping baby. “I’m alright. Eliza’s alright, so I’m alright. How was school?”

He smiled and moved further into the living room, shrugging off his jacket before taking a seat beside his sister. “That’s good. Glad you’re both alright. Uh...school was school.” He said with a shrug.

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@stella-lyandlee

Walking into the house quietly, Brayson kicked off his shoes and then made his way further into the house. The last thing he wanted to do was wake Eliza up. Not only would he feel like an ass for waking his niece, but he’d have to deal with a pissed off Stella too. Which was something he didn’t want to experience. Walking past the living room, he noticed Stella curled up holding the baby and he stopped, leaning against the wall. “Hey. How you feeling?”

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[nephrite69]

The saddest thing in the world is when someone flinches when you move fast like no I wasn’t going to hurt you friend

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daniellexellison:

Danielle, of course, understood the problem in a matter of seconds. She knew it wouldn’t be that easy for Brayson. After a while, Danielle had managed to just barely have enough patience to walk Brayson through the problem. Her brows were pulled together as she went over the rest of the problems for him and double checked his work. “Alright,” she slid the paper back to him. “And I repeat: you’re welcome.”

When Danielle finally worked him through the problem and he actually had an understanding of what he’d been doing wrong, he closed up his books and set them aside, glancing back up at the girl. “And I repeat: thank you.” Brayson replied with a cheeky smile. “I really do appreciate your help.”