Falling for you

~~CHAPTER 15~~

<Includes: being little, dadzawa, trying new rules, and separation anxiety>
We were cuddling in papa's bed while watching "The Nightmare Before Christmas" I love that movie. I tug at papa's shirt a little, expecting my cat plushy. I get up a little and look under the sheets and around to try and find it. Papa looks at me confused. I try and talk but nothing comes to mind. My eyes start tearing up as I pout while still trying to find my plushy. "What are you looking for little one?" Papa asks while pausing the movie. I start to cry as I didn't know where my favorite cat plushy is and I start point at the ears on my hoodie onesie frantically. He understood and quickly speed walks out of the room and coming back with my cat plushy. I make grabby hands to him while still pouting. He quickly closes the door and gives me my plushy. I squeezed it tight and make grabby hands for him while putting my plushies ear in my mouth. He walks over to his side drawer and pulls out a pacifier with "❤️papa❤️" on it with cat ears and drawn on whiskers. I smile and let go of my plushies ear while still making grabby hands at him. He gets on the bed and unpauses the movie. He then gets his legs under the blanket and gives me my new pacifier. I gladly take it and pop it in my mouth and crawl on him and sit on his lap sideways while looking at the movie.
The movie finishes at 9:50pm and he picks me up and brings me to my little room. He takes me to the bathroom to brush my teeth and read a story. He reads me a story about lonely cat while I lay in my bed with my plushy and pacifier. He finishes the story and it hits 10pm. He kisses me goodnight on the head and I grab his shirt, afraid to be alone. I know it's against the rules to stay up but I just don't want him to leave. I shake my head no and slowly get up. "Little one you know bed time is at 10pm. You need to sleep" Papa says in a calm voice. I shake my head no and let go of my plushy to grab onto his shirt with both hands and try and make him stay. "Ok ok. Little one you need to try and sleep here ok. Every other night you can sleep with papa. Ok?" Papa says while squatting down and hold my hands softly. I shake my head no and try to pull him in the bed. "Ok let's try something. I stay here until you fall asleep ok. I will give you a weighted blanket to use to feel more comfortable. How does that sound?" I shake my head no and look at him with pleading, teary eyes. "No. No leaf. Peas. No lone" I mumble around my pacifier. "Little one I have patrolling tonight. I can't i'm sorry. I will be back. I promise to come back. You will see me in the morning. Tomorrow we have all day to hang out and be around Papa and the next day to. How does that sound? Be good and maybe we can get you a bottle this time? How's that little one" I start to shake and silently cry but slowly let go of his shirt. I lay down with my plushy and he kisses my head again, brushing the tears and hair off of my face. He turns off the lights but stay by my bed while holding my hand. I quickly fall asleep after 5 minutes. He slowly puts my hand on my plushy and quickly grabs a weighted blanket, making sure it's not to heavy and lays it on top of my blanket I brought. I pull my plushy closer to me and Papa freezes, making sure I'm comfortable. He quickly makes sure my phone is charging and slowly closes my door quietly and quickly while quickly going downstairs, feed the cats, and lock the door and gate to the house while speeding to his job across town. He hates leaving me alone but Midnight is allowed to sleep in my bed with me.

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