75 Godiva Street | Late Morning

[knife_bender]

It had been a long and sleepless, but satisfying, 4 weeks with the twins at home. They were turning a month old on Friday, and Annie and Diego finally decided it was time for them to be introduced to the rest of the world. Diego would miss their little family bubble they had for a month, but he had to admit he was looking forward to talking to adults again.

They had sent texts out to various people inviting them over if they so wished (he was not about to force people to see his children), and ordered a pizza now that they were done with the healthy food Donna had supplied them with. The twins were dressed in cute outfits that they probably wouldn't put up with a couple months from now.

Of course Maggie immediately spit up on her little dress but he figured people were gonna have to get used to that like he had over the last couple weeks.

[Open post, if you think you got a text you did]

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[hatesparadise]

"A gentleman of few words," Danny said, beaming at her and the baby.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Want to?" Annie offered, already shifting Ben into a little more of a hand-off position. "He might spit but I've got the hookup on a real fashionable towel, no worries."

Also, she had a feeling Danny may have encountered baby spit a time or two before in his life.

[hatesparadise]

"I'd love to," he said, taking Ben from her carefully. He was for sure getting puked on by one of the babies. For sure. "How are you two holding up? It's one on one with two babies, after all."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"We're okay," Annie assured him, though she did look mighty relieved to not be holding a baby for a minute, here. "Like, I'm more tired than I've ever been in my life, but we're hanging in there."

Like, she'd thought she'd been tired when she'd been superheroing full-time and outrunning various psychopaths, but it turned out that actually, dual newborn power made the apocalypse look kind of easy and restful.

[hatesparadise]

"At some point, and it sounds ridiculous, you'll look back at this time and feel like it was the best couple months with them," Danny said. Because he was for sure thinking it. "Mostly because kids always find new ways to test you."

Also, time made it seemed totally reasonable. It was not.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Right now, they're mostly testing our ability to stay awake around the clock," Annie replied with a tired smile. "But I bet their methods will get more sophisticated as time goes on."

[hatesparadise]

"Well, of course. That's kids," he agreed. "But they're worth it. Even in the moments where they wanna test you."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You know they stole a margarita from us when they visited as teenagers during one of those weird weekends?" Annie shared, giving Maggie -- who couldn't even support her own head at the moment, let alone concoct a plan with her brother -- a fond look. "Or tried, anyway. I'm not sure if they're the exact same kids, but it's the kind of thing that sticks with you."

[hatesparadise]

"At least you know what to expect now," Danny laughed, bouncing Ben gently.