Evander woke up with Kouzen in his arms as he did almost every morning since he’d come home. It was a Saturday and the whole house was quiet, not even the smell of breakfast was wafting up to them yet. He could feel him breathe, hear the softest snores with each rise and fall of his chest. He knew it would all be over shortly, he imagined his summons would be over soon.
He kissed his forehead, hearing a whine as he woke up, “Van? I want to sleep.”
“Then go back to sleep, Sleeping Beauty. I don’t care,” Kouzen’s sleepy eyes rose from his chest to glare at him. He started to scoot out of bed only to feel Kouzen grab onto him, “I have to pee and then I told your brother I’d go down to the gym with him.”
“Why would you do that?” Kouzen let out the most childish noise he’d ever heard making
