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Pete's watching some crummy reality show on TV one weekend night, when out of the blue, there's a small tumbling fall of stuffed animals. Patrick's stuffed animals. This action is followed by a giggling Patrick crawling over the sofa and onto the cushion next to Pete, squishing half of the animals that had fallen on there.
"Well, what's this, squirt?" Pete asks, looking at the younger man with a small grin on his face.
"You seemed alone so I broughts my stuffies!" Patrick giggled, seeming to bury himself in them, and Pete had never really noticed until then just how many stuffed animals Patrick owned.
"You're sharing your stuffed animals with me?" Pete gestured between Patrick and himself, pretty amazed with Patrick at this point. When Patrick was in his headspace, he didn't really like sharing anything that was his with anyone, including Pete.
Patrick happily nodded, picking up a purple and blue teddy bear and placing it on Pete's shoulder. "We came here so you wouldn't be sad!" Patrick made up a voice for the teddy as he cuddled closer to him as well as deposited a few more of the group into his lap.
Pete was amused by now, and allowed himself to chuckle. "I think it's working, Mister Bear." he says, wrapping an arm around Patrick's shoulder and pulling him right up to him.
Patrick started laughing cheerfully, nuzzling into Pete's arm, and Pete most certainly wasn't paying attention to the show on TV. Patrick was his reality, his now, and his forever.
end.