The house was silent except for the tv replaying ‘Frozen’, which John had on for their little girls. The boys watched ‘Cars’ before and had been enjoying their time, and John hadn’t had a single sip of alcohol. Now the exhausted demonic dad was resting on his side on the couch, the kids laying against him and on his side where they were sheltered by his left wing. John was lightly snoring as the kids slept softly, he did t even hear the front door open.
Eren had been out with some friends on one of John’s days off, they watched as his grave was destroyed then went and did some fun things. Though he was a little worried as John had become even more of an alcoholic since his disappearance almost two years earlier.
When he finally got home at around eight that night after petting Bicker and the kids’ horses before adding some more feed to their food area and heading in doors. Their little ranch was perfect, and it always felt nice being home.
Like usual, when he came back inside the dogs descended on him and he laughed as they tried to lick his face off, he managed to do it quietly knowing the kids might be in bed. The he turned to the couch, and awwed.
He snuck over and laid down on John’s other side, wrapping his arms around all of them smiling. His family, so perfect. He nuzzled into their warmth and closed his eyes, he started to get drowzee as Frozen played in the background.
“Mommy is sorry he was gone so long.” He mumbled.