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Matthew walked into the kitchen and was met by the familiar smell of one of his favorite addictions, coffee. Kat handed him a cup. He replied with a simple thank you. She settled in at the chair to his right, sleepily sipping her coffee (which was really just cream and sugar with a little coffee in it).
The two were just content with just being together, they didn’t need any grand gesture. Matt propped his head up on his hand and gazed at Kat for a moment. Kat, mid sip, stopped and gave her husband a weird look. “Matvey… what are you doing?” She questioned. He smiled at her, “I just think you’re beautiful.” She chuckled, and the two just kind of stared at each other for a moment.
GROWL. The attention was turned to Kat’s stomach, which was objecting at the lack of food it had at the moment. “Pancakes?” Mat asks. Kat nods, “Pancakes.”
By the time the pancakes were done, Noel was happily bounding into the kitchen. His eyes lit up when he smelled the pancakes. He wiggled up onto the seat and fished a couple pancakes onto his plate. “Thanks papa!” Matt walked over to the table and ruffled Noel’s hair, “You’re welcome bud”
The family of three was happily eating when a zombie came stumbling into the kitchen. Matt looked up at him, “Whoa,” he gaped at his brother’s ragged appearance. “You don’t suppose that’s what we looked like when Noel was that age?” He asked Kat.
Alfred plopped into the last seat at the kitchen table, a wide awake baby nestled into the crook of his arm. Kat handed Alfred a plate of pancakes, “Long night?” Alfred grunted in response before snarfing down his pancakes, and then going to brew a cup of coffee and mix up a bottle for Caroline.
Matt and Kat started to clean the plates off the table as Caroline was finishing up her bottle. “Okay guys, I know yesterday was an exciting day, but we can’t rest yet.” Alfred looked up at his brother, “Do you have some important meeting with your prime minister or something?” Matt and Kat both looked at Alfred with deadpan expressions. “Please tell me you’re not serious.” Al looked between the two and racked his brain, then it hit him. “Shit, there’s a world meeting today.” the other adults in the room sighed in exasperation, before heading back to their room to get ready, “Be dressed and ready to go in an hour!” Mat yelled back to Al.
Noel was left in the room. He looked at Alfred with an innocent expression, “Shit.” Choking on a bite of pancake, Al panicked. “No,no,no. You can’t say that. That word is for mommies and daddies only.” Noel just stared at him.
“Shit.”