"Zeke!" Cailen called out into the flat from the kitchen."When you're done with your homework, come and eat!" Cailen set the plate of food he had made down on the kitchen table, wiping his hands off on the towel and looking around the kitchen for that glass of juice he had poured.He was a bit scatter brained at the moment because he was supposed to leave in five minutes or he'd be late and Noah wasn't here yet.He resisted the urge to text him, the guy was doing a favor for him after all, and busied himself with cleaning up the kitchen.He didn't want to be late because he knew he was already asking a lot of the hospital to split his shifts like this. He had to go talk to them and work out a shift that had him starting later in the day so he could drop Ezekiel off at school, then he was off early in order to pick him up and back to work a couple hours later to finish his shift.It was a bit exhaust

 "Okay, before we go in there, I want to talk to you," Cailen told Ezekiel, pulling on the boy's hand to get him to come to a stop.Ezekiel turned and blinked up at him curiously, if not a little impatiently."Ash- Dad, is still a bit tired, love. He can get a bit... grumpy, okay? I don't want you to think it has anything to do with you. It's all the medication he's taking. He might be sleeping, or he might randomly fall asleep, but I don't want you to think it had anything to do with you. He asked to see you, alright? He wants to see you, no matter how grumpy or tired he may seem," Cailen explained softly, running his fingers through Ezekiel's now short hair.Cailen missed the longer hair and how it was easier to play with but the shorter hair did look better on him, not so messy."Okay, should I still give him my picture?" Ezekiel asked, sounding a bit worried that the picture might upset him."Of course, he'

 "Come on, get up," Cailen instructed as he walked into Asher's room, seeing that he was awake and staring at the ceiling.Cailen walked over to his bed and threw back the covers, not having to worry about any wires because Asher didn't need any of those anymore, thankfully.His lungs were, although not the greatest, good enough to manage on their own as long as he didn't decide to go for a jog... or even a brisk walk, and he was taken off morphine and put on pills to kill the pain in his hip and arm."What are you doing?" Asher asked, obviously confused.He wasn't supposed to go anywhere unsupervised but Cailen figured since he was a nurse, he technically had supervision.That's what he told himself anyway."We're going out," Cailen said, holding out his hand to his husband. "We are getting you out of here for a little bit, you're paler than pale," Cailen teased and reached for his right arm w

 "Alright, you should know," Cailen said as he walked- yes, walked- Asher up to the door of their flat.Asher was walking now, with the help of a cane, and at about a quarter of the speed of a normal person, but he was walking so Cailen was thankful.There was a while there where Cailen knew Asher figured he would never walk again and was ready to just give up, but he pushed through it and now he was able to come home with the promise of coming back to the hospital twice a week for Physio.It was the first time Asher would be home since the accident. He had been discharged this morning but had to wait because Cailen still had to finish his shift before he could take him home."That the second you get in there, you will have a face full of slobber," Cailen warned him, referring to the dog waiting inside.Loki has been miserable the past few weeks without Asher, not even Ezekiel 

 Cailen was mildly concerned when he dropped Ezekiel off at school one day, watching as the boy walked away but was approached by a familiar little red headed girl.Cailen didn't immediately freak out. He stayed calm and just watched from his car, ready to intervene if needed.Cailen had spoken to Ezekiel's teacher like he had said he would and she agreed to keep an eye on the children.She also said she would speak to Airene privately and hopefully explain to her about bullying and teasing.Cailen had been given daily updates when he picked Ezekiel up from school and she's told him that she hasn't seen anything alarming, but that didn't mean it stopped for good so Cailen kept a close eye on the two children.Ezekiel slowed his pace, obviously a little hesitant towards the little girl and Cailen couldn't help but feel a little angry at that.He didn't like anyone making Ezekiel&n