How Green Becomes Wood

"Ditto!" Alec told him.

The pair went outside, and while Xander was handling the crutches and boot just fine, Alec still fussed at him whenever he moved more than changing positions. Xander grumbled, but tolerated it, and once he was comfortable on one of the deck chairs, Alec went to fetch a couple of books and his drawing pad. They settled in, content to enjoy the outside quiet for a while.
 
Dark went upstairs and, after removing his socks, crawled underneath the covers, drew the curtains around his bed shut, and lay back. He knew he likely didn't have too long before Ivy woke up, but he also knew he didn't have much time to himself either. He was glad to not hurt too badly, but now that the adrenaline was wearing off, he was still sore. His hand throbbed, but moving it he knew nothing was broken. But he was tired. He shut his eyes, and the next thing he knew, he heard Ivy crying on the baby monitor, and it was a full hour later.

After getting Ivy and changing her diaper, he brought her downstairs to play while he made lunch for himself and a snack for Ivy and settled in for his normal activities.

Much later, Daizi came home from work slightly later than usual again. This time, she had not stopped in at the grocery store for soup ingredients (she could not make it two days in a row), but she had gotten takeout from one of their usual places, so she knew what everybody's orders would be, and had stopped at a bakery to bring home one of Dark's favourite deserts so she could surprise him with it, but that she stuck into the fridge to hide it before going to greet her family.
 
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