*Trigger Warning* Chapter could contain sensitive reading materials. I watched as Maverick held up his toy car, smashing it onto the top of his pancakes. "Hiya!" "Goodness, dude. Where has all this aggression come from?" I pried the car from him hands, replacing it with a fork. "You need to eat! I want everything on this plate to disappear into your belly!" His head hung as he grumbled his compliance. Butterflies resting in my stomach, I punched in Ashley's contact info. As the line trilled, I let my mind wander to what this life with him would look like... and it wasn't much different from how we lived now. I would get to live here, and take care of two of the most important people in my life, and actually have a sense of family... It made my chest warm, imagining all of the family sce

