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Bellamy Blake didn’t exactly expect to become a cat dad. When the weird hairless stray from the corner store followed him home and adopted him, he’d avoided doing anything more than leaving it water and food for a week. Then Clarke got it to cuddle, named it George, and Bellamy knew he was screwed.
“I don’t know,” Clarke said, scooping up the cat when he came to butt at her hand. “He just looks like a George.”
Bellamy blinked, fighting the smile that played at his lips. “Fine. But you’re giving him flea baths.”
“Deal.”
He more or less leaned into it after the thematic Christmas gifts and stupidly expensive cat tower. Having a warm, happy body to nestle against him in the evenings was nice; even if it was small and feline.
Now, though, with George crouched in the middle of the bed like a hissing, angry gremlin, he’s questioning the sanity of the whole thing.
“So,” Clarke says, leaning against the doorframe, “do you think he figured out something’s changed?”
Bellamy snorts, tucking his head down against hers. They’ve only officially been dating a week, but he already loves the easy familiarity of her fingers in his hair, the softness of her skin against his. George always liked Clarke best, but apparently Bellamy spending the last two evenings at her place was too much.
“Maybe I can--” George howls, sharp and loud, and Bellamy backs away.
“Come on.” Clarke grabs his hand, tugs him towards the sofa. “We’ve still got half of that Planet Earth episode to watch anyway.”
Bellamy lays down with his head in her lap, runs a hand over his face. He can still hear George clawing at the mattress in the next room. “Do you think I’ll ever get to have my girlfriend sleep in my own bed?”
Clarke’s laugh is soft, her eyes twinkling when she looks down at him. “Here’s hoping.”
Either way, he thinks they’ll probably be alright.
(Three weeks later, when he wakes up to Clarke in his arms and George curled around his head, Bellamy doesn’t have to say he has everything he needs. He just presses a smile into his girlfriend’s hair and lets himself fall back asleep.)