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A year after the Hunger arrived Taako was doing great. He had his twin back, he had two hot boyfriends, and he had Angus. He wasn’t sure how to categorize Angus for the most part. The kid still called him sir at times and on those nights when he snuck into his bed and squished himself between Magnus and Taako he swore he heard the kid call him dad.
So Angus was his kid in a sense, but also not. He had a room in his house, Lup’s house, Merle’s house, and even on Davenport’s ship. He was happy to stay wherever even though he seemed to prefer Taako’s, and would be there unless asked to come visit. It was confusing to say the least.
Then there were times when the kid just straight up disappeared for a few days. He wouldn’t spill the beans on that no matter how many times Taako bribed him with his favorite food and sweets. So he needed to figure this out. Right now was one of the times when Angus was out on one of his little adventures.
As he tries to meditate in the living room, too wound up to lay down and sleep, he hears the front door open quietly and then shut with the softest click. Angus was home, but at an odd time. Usually he waited for morning before showing up and running inside to sit down for breakfast.
“Sir you should breathe, it makes it more believable that you’re meditating.”
Taako sighs and opens his eyes, looking at Angus. The boy was dressed just as he’d been when he left and was in piece, so that was something.
“You’re home early kid. Usually I don’t see you until daylight.”
“I got done with what I was doing sir and wanted to sleep in my own bed.”
“And what was it that you were doing Agnes?”
“Taako, I don’t want to talk about it right now. I’m very tired.” To seemingly prove his point he yawns widely and smiles tiredly.
“Oh fine, but we’re talking about this on the morning. Now go to bed before you fall over.”
“Goodnight Taako.”
“Night pumpkin.”
Taako watches Angus head to his room, then he gets up and heads to his own bedroom. Maybe he just needed to lay down and relax for a while. Maybe slip into a meditative state or even get some sleep before he got up to make breakfast.
Once he climbs into bed between Kravitz and Magnus he feels a warm arm wrap around him.
“Where’d you go?”
“Tried to go meditate where it was quiet.”
“Don’t snore.”
“Magnus you saw logs. Now go back to sleep.”
He feels Magnus hold him a bit closer before going back to sleep. Then he feels a cold arm wraps around him from the other side. He looks over and makes a face at Kravitz giving him a knowing look, then he rolls over to face Magnus instead.
“Taako…”
“Go back to sleep. It’s late.”
Taako closes his eyes and relaxes a bit when he feels Kravitz scoot closer. Over the past year he’d gotten warmer, but not to normal body temperature yet. Of course laying between Magnus and Kravitz meant Taako was the perfect temperature all night and neither of them complained.
It’s only a few hours to sunrise, and a justifiable time to be awake. So Taako just tries to rest as he waits. It’s only an hour though before he feels the bed dip slightly and feels a small body wiggle its way between himself and Magnus.
He keeps his breathing steady as he Angus wraps a small arm around him and get comfortable. He almost thinks Angus is asleep when he hears the boy speak softly.
“I missed you dad.”
Taako fights the urge to move, to do anything and show Angus that he was awake. Instead he waits until Angus is truly asleep to wrap his arms around the boy and kiss his head. Now he just needed to figure out if he really liked the idea. If he did then he would work on getting Angus to call him that all the time.
Taako keeps Angus close for the rest of the night, petting his hair and rubbing his back slowly. When sunlight starts spilling into the room through the window behind him he carefully gets up and gets dressed for the day, then he heads to the kitchen to start on Angus’s favorite breakfast. He still needed to figure out where Angus was disappearing to after all. No better way to do that than to butter him up.
Once everything is done he goes back to his bedroom and picks up Angus, taking him to his own room and shaking him gently.
“Ango, it’s time to wake up. Breakfast is ready.”
“No sir, it’s still bedtime.”
Taako snorts and detours to the kitchen, letting the smell of food wake up Angus.
“Is it still bedtime?”
“Yes.”
He notices a small mage hand grabbing a pancake off of the stack and he makes one himself to smack it away.
“Either it’s breakfast time or bedtime, it can’t be both.”
“But Taako.” Angus whines and buries his face in Taako’s shoulder.
“No buts pumpkin. Either wake up or I’m taking you to bed.”
Angus whines and leans backwards, going limp. Taako holds him easily.
“You get breakfast in bed all the time though.”
“Yeah, when I make it myself. So until you make breakfast yourself you have to eat out here.”
Angus huffs and grabs onto Taako, pulling himself up.
“Fine.”
Taako chuckles and puts him in his chair.
“I’m gonna wake the other two so make sure to grab plenty before Magnus gets in here.”
Angus nods and starts piling pancakes on his plate, giggling a bit. Taako smiles and heads to his bedroom. He goes over to the bed and shakes Magnus, kissing his temple. He wasn’t often affectionate in the mornings when waking up his boyfriends, but today he was feeling it.
“Mags, wake up. I made pancakes.” There’s a pause and Taako sighs. “I put chocolate in them.”
“I’m up.”
Taako shakes his head and goes around the bed to wake up Kravitz next, rubbing his back and kissing his cheek. He’d learned that shaking Kravitz awake made him jump and lose his skin. While it was tempting on a normal day, today he just wanted to wake him up normally.
“I’m awake love.”
“Good, I made pancakes with chocolate in them. Some without for you of course.”
“You’re so good to me.”
“Don’t you forget it.”
With that Taako heads to the kitchen, being stopped on his way by Magnus so he could get in a quick kiss before heading out to the table to grab some pancakes. Taako shakes his head and follows him, sitting down and grabbing a few for himself. Kravitz joins them a moment later and grabs his pancakes.
This felt right, and Taako was happy to see his family happy. His family. Now that was something usually reserved for the IPRE crew, but with the addition of Kravitz and Angus this was his own little chunk of family. This was his to keep close and protect.