Scott's curled up on his dad's chest, eyes shut nearly all the way. The only noises escaping the small boy are quiet suckles as his sucks his thumb and the sound of friction as he rubs Raleigh's long hair through his little fingers.
Raleigh breathed deep, slow so he might leave his boy in peace coiled up on the plane of his chest. He seemed so tiny compared to him, so small and fragile and it made his heart ache in so many ways. A hand lowered to flatten on wrinkles of Scott’s back, humming gently as he rubbed there gently, smiling at feeling those little fingers curled up in the dusty blond strands of his hair. “Love you, pup.”















