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It was probably around 3 am when Diego slunk into your bedroom, you hadn’t been to sleep yet because Olivia was being fussy and you were trying to get her to sleep by putting her in the baby sling you had gotten from Allison. It seemed to work and you sighed in relief knowing Diego was home safe. You looked up and he had a cut on his cheek, and already had bruises blossoming over his beautiful face.
You patted the bed beside you and he sat down next to you careful not to jostle you and wake the baby. You gently lifted the sling off of yourself and extracted Olivia from it, setting her in her crib beside your bed before turning back to Diego. Before you could really examine his injuries, you heard little shuffling footsteps and a tired little voice floated into your room. “Daddy? What happened??” he asked, a tone of panic hitching in his voice as he rushed forward as quickly as he could and pressed his little hands to Diego’s face gently.
You swore under your breath and squatted down next to Grayson and gently pulled his hands away. “Had an accident at work, buddy. I’m okay.” Diego reassured him and took his hands into his own with a grin. “Don’t you worry about your dad, he’s tough.” Diego added and pulled Grayson into a hug, who melted against him and nodded. “Okay I love you…” He mumbled sleepily and Diego gave him a kiss on the head. “I love you too, back to bed now okay? It’s late. I’ll be in to check on you soon.” He pulled away to look at Grayson who pouted but reluctantly agreed and shuffled back to his room.
Once Grayson was back in bed you turned your attention back to Diego and grabbed the first aid kit you kept beside the bed for when he came home like this. “Diego you gotta be more careful…” You murmured as you wiped the blood from his face with the antibacterial wipes you had stashed away. He hissed from the burn and gave you a tight smile. “I’m sorry, baby, but this is what I do…” He reached up and cupped your cheek gently and you leaned your face into his hand with a smile. “I know, but…what if one day you don’t make it back to me?” You asked quietly and bit your bottom lip worryingly.
He smoothed his thumb over your lips, just like he did very early on in your relationship, some things never changed. “Baby, don’t worry, I’ll always come back to you, we fought for this life, you almost died…trying to save the woman I betrayed you with…if anything I don’t deserve you sticking by my side.” He looked away and you shook your head. “I get your relationship with Lila, I won’t say it didn’t hurt, but we also hadn’t been together long, and we all could have died so I decided to let it go.” You cupped his face gently and rubbed your thumb over the bruises forming on his cheek. You grabbed a bandage and gently put some ointment on the cut before carefully setting the bandage over the fresh wound on his face. He closed his eyes as you worked your magic on his face and smiled softly. “I love you, I’m glad you picked me.” He slowly opened his eyes as he spoke and you rolled your eyes.
“Well, you made my life interesting, and you stole my heart so of course I had to chase you to get it back.” You grinned and softy pressed your lips against his settling into his lap. He wrapped his arms around your waist and you rested your head against his shoulder, it’s been almost five years since you got together but every day felt like the first, you truly loved each other.
After a few minutes you sighed and begrudgingly got up and went together to check on your older son who was pretending to be asleep. Diego went in first and knelt down beside Grayson’s bed. He smoothed Grayson’s bangs out of his face and kissed his forehead. “Told ya I’d be in to check on you.” Diego whispered and you saw the small smile on Grayson’s face. You joined Diego and also kissed his forehead. “Sleep well, mijo, te qiero.” You whispered and took in his cute little face that filled your heart with such joy. You stayed a little longer than Diego did, just making sure he fell back to sleep before quietly shutting the door behind you after turning on his nightlight.