The Photo Hut; Monday [05/01].

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So, the thing with the werebeasts was over, graduation had come and gone, and the weekend had passed, leading into the week before the start of the summer session, which should, from experience and general knowledge of how these things went, meant they were entering into a quiet week, and therefor Prompto should have been able to relax by now.

But he'd discovered that these things hit a whole lot different when you had a little precious child to protect, and even though it was, theoretically, over, those intense feelings were still lingering and making him feel antsy, and wondering if maybe he should have handled it differently, despite the fact that they'd been safe all weekend, and he'd made sure of it. It made him wonder if somewhere like Fandom really was the best place to raise a kid, a family, and ohgod, what would he have have done, if something had happened??

He told himself that going down to the shop to work today was a good idea. He needed the distraction; he couldn't stop thinking about these things, was back on his no-sleep bullshit, and was just generally not having a good time with any of this. Maybe he just needed to be reminded of all the mundane normalcy of life outside> of the weird Fandom stuff, but it was really hard to focus on any of that, especially when all he wanted to do was start researching up nice, quiet, safe communities for raising families, with little to no instances of werebeasts or other invasions...

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Liz had felt a rather guilty about Thursday and hadn’t been back downstairs since then and so around lunchtime, came downstairs with Noctra she had been fed and changed.

“Hi are we interrupting?” she asked softly as she held tightly onto Noctra.

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Prompto glanced over from the shelf he'd rearranged and restocked mindlessly about five times, pulled out of his wandering thoughts, with a faint smile on his face. "Not really," he said. "Shockingly, there's not exactly a big demand for camera equipment after a big crisis. Which, you know, you'd think maybe there could be, to get shots for the insurance claims, but with cameras on everyone's phones..."

And that's how you knew his was officially in Grown-Up Dad Family Man Land, his first thought went right to insurance claim photos.

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Liz smiled at that as she and Noctra came came over, “it does feel like a missed opportunity doesn’t it?” she considered, “I suppose people don’t even need to be able to print off photos from their phones, unless they want physical copies for their files …” she admitted.

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"And even then," Prompto pointed out, smile gone a little rueful, "there's a million websites to upload those files and have them printed, too."

But now that Liz was close, he was going to hop onto something much nicer, by leaning over to greet her with a light kiss.

"Hi."

And then a little wiggle of his fingers over Noctra's belly. "And hi to you, too!"

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“That’s true, I suppose it’s not really something we could take compete with,” she nodded at that and then smiled as she happily returned that kiss, “hi,” it was definitely a lot nicer than thinking about insurance claims.

Noctra let out a happy gurgle as his fingers went over her belly, “would you like to hold her?” she offered.

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"If the little lady won't protest too much," said Prompto, with a faint grin, as he bent his knees a little to hold out his arms to sort of scoop Noctra up out of Liz's. He was mostly joking, of course, but there always was that moment where he was sure she'd just cry bloody murder over being handed over when already so comfy and snug.

So much so that there was a sigh of relief when the transfer occurred with little more than few gurgles and other random sounds.

"So, how was everything this morning?"

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Liz smiled as she gently helped hand Noctra over.

“Everything went pretty well this morning,” she said as she waggled her fingers at Noctra while she got comfortable, “we had a nice feed, she was very well behaved this morning,” she said fondly as Noctra cooed quite contently.

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"Well, that's good to hear," said Prompto with a faint grin. "No riots or smashing things or causing wild and unhinged destruc--" Don't mind the yawn, tearing through the word before he could hold it back, and he shook his head a little, as if to chase away any others that night try to follow, "--ion today, huh?"

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“No there was nothing like that today,” Liz said fondly and then looked a little worried at that yawn, “are you okay?” she asked gently, “did you want to go back upstairs and have a nap? I could cover down here for you?”

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"I mean," Prompto chuckled a little, giving Noctra a slight bounce and Liz a roll of his eyes, but he was grinning, albeit a bit sheepishly, "I could probably take a nap down here, too, and not even miss anything! But if you wanted to stick around and keep me company, maybe, that'll probably help..."

He honestly could probably use the nap, but, seeing as how the last couple days went in the sleep department, he doubted he'd actually be able to.

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Liz smiled warmly at that as she waggled her fingers a little at Noctra and looked up at him, “of course, I’d love to stay down here with you,” she assured him, “I could order us some coffees and get them delivered if you'd like?” she offered with a smile.

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"Ooooh, coffee does sound like a good idea," Prompto admitted.

Or a terrible idea.

Guess they'd find out later!

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Liz hadn’t really thought that particular part through either so she was going to feel bad if this did turn out to be a terrible idea later, “is there any kind of coffee you’d like me to order for you?” she asked as she got out her phone so she could start to place the order for the Perk, “maybe we could get some pastries as well?” she considered with a tilt of her head.

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"I will never say no to pastries."

Which wasn't true, but Prompto liked to think it was.

"What kind of seasonal thing do you think they're doing right now? Or just whatever is really nice and sweet. Like a mocha. Ooh, no, hazelnut mocha!"

Whoa, there, big guy, slow down with that kind of crazy excess!

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“A hazelnut mocha actually does sound really good, maybe I might change it up from a small cappuccino this time?” Liz wondered as she considered what options the Perk would have for seasonal drinks, “I suppose they might start getting in ice lattes now wouldn’t they, since it’s getting so close to the start of the summer?” she considered, "but we could get a box of pastries and then a couple of hazelnut mochas?"

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"Perfect." Prompto smiled, leaning in to give her a quick, light kiss with being mindful of the baby between them. "Thanks, Liz. You're the best."

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Liz quickly placed the coffee and pastry orders and smiled, she happily returned the kiss, “you’re welcome,” she said as gave him and Noctra a gentle hug, “it shouldn’t take too long to get here,” she added as she took a moment to enjoy just how nice this was with her husband and her daughter.

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And Prompto was going to take a moment to just sort of bask in it a little, too. A moment a bit more fleeting, than he would have liked, before the thoughts that had been plaguing him all weekend tried to nudge their way back in. Thankfully, he could focus on trying to stifle another yawn, as another wave of exhaustion swept in as well. It was fine. A little coffee to get through the rest of the day, and maybe some video games to help relax, maybe he'd go for a night jog....definitely not afraid of the dark anymore like he used to--

Prompto blinked, shook his head, realizing he'd sort of half-dozed off there, and laughed it off a little.

"Man," he said, adjusting Noctra a little as she fussed a bit, "what a week, huh? Glad things'll be back to normal for a little while."

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Liz watched a little concerned as Prompto seemed to fall asleep, she gently leaned in for a hug, being mindful of Noctra as she fussed a little, “it was definitely something different,” she agreed, “I think that one might have been new, I don’t remember werebeasts attacking Fandom before,” she admitted. "but it'll be nice to have things settle down, especially now that graduation is over,"