Casey said in one of their AMA threads yesterday that Alex & Henry eventually do decide to have kids one day and I read that and then my hand slipped
āIf you donāt want to eat it, thatās fine, but this really isnāt the best thing to makeshift a lightsaber out of, Sof,ā Alex tells his daughter sternly, even though this is probably the cutest thing heās ever seen in his fucking life.
āWoosh,ā Sofia hums, tapping her paleta against Alexās with enough force to break it in half. Thankfully itās still pretty frozen.
Alexās resolve cracks in two seconds and he sighs, tapping their paletas together again. Because if sheās determined to do this itās not like Alex is just gonna let her win.
A corner piece has just broken off of his, falling onto the table in a clump of cream and melted coconut when a familiar laugh washes over him. Henry settles in next to him, Arthur wrapped around him totally passed out. āI leave you two alone for five minutes,ā his husband says, completely unimpressed.
āShe started it,ā Alex says defensively and Sof sticks her tongue out at him, so of course he sticks his out right back.
āIām sorry,ā Henry says slowly, raising an eyebrow, ābut who is supposed to be the parent and whoās supposed to be the child here?ā
āIām the baby!ā Sofia cheers and then pauses for a moment, tapping her ice cream on her chin like sheās thinking about something, wrinkling her nose when Alex wipes it with a napkin from his pocket, before she says, āWell, Arthur is the baby, Iām the Sof.ā
āYouāre our Sof,ā Henry smiles, eyes crinkling in a way that completely overwhelms Alex in the best way. āI think we should table this duel until we get home, yes?ā
āBut I was winning!ā Sofia protests, then shrieks loudly when Alex wraps his arms around her tightly and smothers her face in kisses.
āYou can still be winning when we get home,ā Alex says, and Sofia thinks about it for a moment before nodding decisively and tapping their paletas together again.
āDeal,ā she says.
āDo you want to finish that?ā Alex asks again, looking at the blue bubblegum ice cream in her hands. āOr do you want to throw it away?ā
Sofia grins and holds it out to him, āYou can have it, daddy!ā
Yeah, Alex saw that coming.
