milliways_bar | No one can resist the Seth-cute

No one can resist the Seth-cute

Seth is in his carrier, making "brrrt! brrrt!" noises. The carrier is on a table and Charlie is at the table, eating lunch and making "brrt! brrt!" noises right back.

[ooc: ~~mun must change locations. be back soon.~~ back yay!]

[summary: Ron is powerless against the Seth-cute. Elaine learns about the Ramones. Joshua is also cute and Richard is a proud daddy. Charlie's worried about Seth's magic but Tom is reassuring. Asar-Suti sympathizes about Bartleby. Danny drops by briefly, for Seth is cute.]

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He nods.

"Seems that's how it is a lot of the time at this place."

"Yeah. Does." He grins at Richard. "But I'm betting you two are over the moon right now."

He grins like a sap.

"Yeah, we really are."

"He's beautiful. And so calm, I love that. See, Seth?" he says softly. "This is Joshua. Maybe you two will play together when you're both bigger."

Seth's face says he is not at all in favor of this proposal. Or that he's got gas.

Richard bounces him a little and pats his back.

"You'll like having a friend, won't you, little man?"

Joshua burbles in agreement. Or maybe he wants a finger to suck.

Charlie chuckles and offers his littlest finger. He's getting pretty fluent in Baby. "This place is going to be crawling with kids before long, I suspect. See what you started?" he says to Seth severely, who just blinks at him.

Seth is smug. They know perfection when they see it, Da!

Richard kisses on the forehead and bounces him one more time, and finally gets him to burp.

"It'll be fun. But we may need to start a daycare."

"Here," Charlie says and hands him a rag for any spitup Seth may have graced him with. "I think there's someone in the House of Arch who's good with kids--Tom offered to ask her to look after Seth for Claire when it's needed. And we'll want teachers, eventually. Some kind of school."

Richard takes it and cleans them both up.

"Thanks, mate. I'll ask Tom abut the babysitter, though between Amadeo and Loki and Yamino, I may never need one. Hopefully you'll be rescued from your island by the time school starts for Seth."

"I think," Charlie says slowly, "that Claire intends to stay here, no matter what happens on the island."

He raises an eyebrow.

"She wants to live in the bar forever?"

Charlie nods. "Yup. Because it's safe. Safer."

He shrugs.

"I suppose she knows what's best."

"I hope so. I hope it's not just being afraid."

"I hope so too. Maybe if we encourage her to get out a little bit, she'll relax."

"Maybe. I know she feels safe in New Orleans, so that's a start."

He nods.

"We would never let anything happen to her or Seth."

"Yeah. But taking her back to our world, where there is no vampires who love her, that's going to be the hard part. We know Seth will be safe here as long as I'm here too, so . . ." He has a helpless expression. "We're staying, I guess."

He smiles.

"Then Seth and Joshua will get to grow up together."

"I think I shall like that. Won't you, Sethie?"

Seth blinks impossibly long lashes and says, "Prrrbt!"

Richard smiles at Seth.

"That's right, little man, you tell 'im."

"Oh, you think you're in charge," Charlie says severely.

Seth jabbers and waves a tiny fist imperiously.

"I think he knows it, mate."

Joshua slurps on Charlie's pinky serenely.

Charlie laughs and Joshua loses the finger a moment and makes a fussy sound. "Shh, shh," Charlie whispers and gives the fingertip back. "Are you hungry, wee one? Do you need an actual bottle?"

Richard checks his watch.

"Aye, it's about time for a bottle and a change."

He holds Seth out.

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