Wanda noticed that Shane was his usual self - as soon as his head hit the mattress, he was out cold and she envied that talent immensely, because it sometimes took her hours to drift off, especially now that she was highly pregnant and every possible position was uncomfortable. She let him pull her close and grabbed a pillow to stuff under the side of her belly, so that she could lie without pain, then shook her head slightly, smirking. „Sure. Goodnight“, she replied to his muttering, knowing that nothin coherent would come out of him anymore now anyway. So while he drifted off to sleep within seconds, Wanda remained awake for a long while after, thinking about baby names and listening to the sounds outside, worried that another attack might happen while they were asleep.
Her night - once she had finally fallen asleep - was cut short when the sound of little feet on wooden floor alerted her to the presence of her daughter and Wanda tiredly opened one eye, gaze fixing on Hope, who was standing in front of her with a wide smile. The kid wasn‘t usually an early riser, but the tumultuous evening seemed to have thrown her off her regular schedule and so Wanda quietly rose, so that they could let Shane sleep some more. He was undoubtedly going to spend most of his day helping out around the community after the attack, so she knew he needed his rest. Grabbing one of his sweaters from a chair in the room, Wanda shrugged it on and followed Hope downstairs to make the little girl some breakfast and play with her.
By the time she heard noises from upstairs, Hope had already eaten and was playing with Gracie outside in front of the house where Wanda could see her. It was good to see her interact with other children and watch them play blissfully innocently and although Hope was younger than most others, they all got along well. Turning to pour Shane a glass of water to go with his breakfast, she once more missed the times of having coffee in the mornings instead of water. Nonetheless not everything was bad, because she had managed to get her hands on some eggs from their chickens and scrambled them for Shane, then toasted a bit of bread she had baked the other day and cut up some fruit for him. Not exactly like pancakes and waffles back in the day, but it could have been worse. A smile formed on her features when he entered the kitchen. „Good morning, sunshine. Did you sleep well?“
there wasn’t a doubt in shane’s mind that tomorrow was going to be a long day but he’d make it work. because all he cared about was keeping these girls safe, and their unborn baby. everyone else would throw him to the wolves and he’d do the same. the only other person he trusted was rick and even that was worn thin some days. shane drifted as soon as the conversation for names could finish or wait, he wasn’t actually sure. proved how tired he was, he supposed. he breathed in a bit and as he got comfortable and made room to ensure she was also comfortable he was out.
the appearance of hope didn’t even stir him and to be honest a good sleep was actually kind of rare, sometimes dreams were a little to cruel and vivid and he woke often. other times he wouldn’t sleep much although he and wanda never seemed to pull that off at the same time. because why would misery ever get company? it took several more hours before he was waking up and turning in bed to find that wanda was already up and he could safely assume hope was also awake. he leaned back and hands rubbed at his face before he was pushing blankets aside and getting up, getting dressed and headed downstairs as he fidgeted with the last few buttons on his shirt.
as he lifted his head he looked towards wanda and smiled because he could smell the breakfast and while options were limited and what not in these days with this circumstance at play it was just a good thing to have anything. “ morning. it wasn’t awful. ” he admitted his way of saying yeah, without just saying yeah because shane was a complex man for sure. as he moved forwards he took a fork and quickly took a bite. “ what about you? what time mini you get you outta bed? ” he asked before he took another bite grinning as he did.
