Losing someone you love

She couldn’t help but let out a small giggle as he let out a soft fine. Clearly not very happy about getting up again. She did so herself and got herself out of her bra. With her powers she possessed she summoned a plain t-shirt and put it over her naked body before she got under the covers and crawled closer to him. “Goodnight, Killian” she whispered back and let her hand glide over his cheek, she turned around, feeling her back pressed against his chest. It had been a long time she had felt this peaceful. Waiting for him to fall asleep, she turned around towards him and started pulling out every nightmare that was prowling inside of his head and started eating them. When she was certain nothing would disturb his sleep. She turned around and fell asleep herself.

Eris wasn’t sure how long she had slept, as she felt something standing looking at her. She sat up and with a slight pant she was about to turn on the light as she noticed the aura of the young shapeshifter. “Mary-Jane?” she whispered, giving the young girl a smile. “Hey, its okay, couldn’t sleep?” she asked caringly, and then waved her towards her. “Come here” her hand took Jane’s as she was close enough and guided her to lie down beside her. “It’s okay, just try to sleep, sweetheart” she mumbled, pulling some of Jane’s hair behind her ear.

Mary-Jane had been laying restless in bed ever since she had been left. Occasionally she had invited Bruce up to lay next to her, but even that wasn’t enough. Eventually, when she felt like everything had been quite for so long, she kissed the dog on its head. “Bruce?” she whispered and caressed him a little. The dog quickly looked up at her and gave her a gentle kiss. She chuckled a little, “No, Bruce. No kisses right now,” she mumbled, but gave Bruce a little kiss on the bridge of his nose. She got out of bed, standing in her pajamas, “Heel,” she commanded, and the brown dog was quickly up and by her side and together they carefully walked down towards her father’s room. Even though they haven’t lived there for so long, she had always hated how far away her father had chosen to have his room from hers, but on the other hand, she was also thankful for it. She slowly opened the door, and let Bruce follow in, closing the door behind them. She noticed how sweetly the couple laid with each other and for a moment she wondered if she would just be heading back and she was just about to, when she noticed Bruce wasn’t by her side anymore. “Bruce?” she whispered hearing how he sniffed to something. Trying to be as light as possible, Mary-Jane walked around and found Bruce sniffing to Eris hand. Mary-Jane tried to use hand signs to get Bruce back, while she kept her eyes on Eris, but Bruce was way too occupied.

Out of nowhere Eris sat up, and Mary-Jane stiffened up as if she was a computer character who had been reset. Bruce was surprised from the sudden movement and almost jumped behind Mary-Jane. Eris spoke her full first name and a soft approving sound left her. Yes, it was her. She felt how her shoulders lessened a bit in tension as Eris said it was alright. A soft hum left her to reply to Eris. No, she hadn’t been able to sleep. Artemis words had been echoing in her mind. Amy’s words too. Mary-Jane did as commanded and stepped closer. She had been raised to do as the grownups said, but somehow, as she stepped closer, she got narrower. Smaller. She was resisting a little as she felt how Eris took her hand. Her breathing got a bit shallow. She was guided to come and lie down next to Eris. She was very careful and cautious of her movements as she slowly put herself down next to Eris on her back. Her words were so soft and kind that Mary-Jane to some extend couldn’t imagine anything evil in Eris, but somehow, she couldn’t let herself go and relax completely. She felt how Eris delicately corrected a strand of hair. It almost felt like she had been allowed to breathe and she drew in a raspy breath. Before she turned to face Eris. She held her breath as she saw how her fathers hand came swinging around and pulled both girls further into the middle. She sniffled a little and could feel how her heart was racing. And then there was the little tuff and shuff from when Bruce jumped up into the footend and laid down with a sigh. Mary-Jane chuckled a little, but it was clear that her voice was hurting and she did what she could to burry her face down into Eris chest.

She had been so close to falling asleep once again, as Killian’s arm folded around them and pulled them both closer towards him. A soft smile formed on the demon’s lips, but as she was trying to fall asleep once more. She could hear the small sniffles coming from the young shifter beside her. Eris started to let a soft hum spread in her chest, as she let her arms fold around Jane. The slender fingers glided over the strawberry blond hair; it was amazing just how much she looked like her sister. “It’s okay, you’re safe here” Eris whispered, letting her hand caress Jane down the back, as she buried her face into her chest. Waiting for her to fall asleep, before Eris finally dared to let herself be taken under the warm blanket of a well-deserved sleep after a long day.


Eris was awake, but just not enough to actually move or open her eyes. The bet was so comfortably warm. She could feel how Bruce was licking himself in the foot end. The warm feeling of Mary-Jane in her arms, and the love she could feel spread in her chest. Knowing that she had Killian lying behind her. These where the times were being so small compared to him, had its benefits. A soft groan left her, clearly not wanting to wake up as something started to stir. To be fair, if she could have a say, she would stay here the rest of the day. Not move or do anything. Just cuddle.

Killian had been lying awake for a while, but he had simply just laid there, studying Eris and appreciate her being nearby. It simply just made everything so much better. He had also noticed how Bruce was by the foot end and how Mary-Jane had wrapped her arms around Eris. It was warming the old man’s heart and he simply savored the moment. But eventually he had to get up. He had to get working and he had to do something to make sure Iris was still okay by Charles. He had to make sure that Jolene hadn’t done something stupid and that his brother was interested in a meeting somewhere else, because they really had to catch up. Oh, all of the plans he had.
So, Killian slowly loosened his grip around Eris to roll out of bed. He sat by the edge and looked over his shoulder as he heard Eris groan, and then Bruce looking up from his place in the bed. He leaned over and stroke the dog lovingly before he got up and started to dress himself a little. For once, not in a shirt but a simple t-shirt, and not in nice pants, but something loose. He was going to be working from home, that was for sure. As he was dressed, he leaned over and gave Eris and then his daughter a gentle peck on their cheeks. “I’ll make sure there’s coffee,” he mumbled before he straightened back up and exited to the kitchen to do just so. While he was out there, he started to arrange mails and work for the day. One thing he had gotten better at, was parting his work out to his people.

Mary-Jane didn’t really move from her spot. No, she was quite sound asleep and wasn’t about to get up anytime soon, unless Bruce told her to.

A smile blossomed on Eris lips as she felt him press his lips against er temple. It was almost that picture perfect moment, where you could buy a frame in where there was already a taken picture in it. Always showing a happy family, that everyone knew was a lie, because no family could ever be that happy without anything happening behind the façade. But right now, this would be that moment. Even if it wasn’t her biological kid lying in her arms, didn’t mean she would ever push a grieving child away, not when they so desperately needed a parental figure in their life, that gave them that love that they clearly sought after. “You are a life safer” she whispered, opening her eyes as he walked out of the room. “Love you” she added, as she saw him all the way out of the door. Then she pulled Mary-Jane a little closer while gently caressing her hair.

After some time, she got out of bed, but not before she had told Jane that she could just stay as long as she liked. Then walked towards the kitchen. Bruce followed her, and after looking around in the kitchen she found dog food and filled his bowl. Then she started finding things she could make a decent breakfast. Maybe it had been the pull to be this person again, that made it so easy for Eris just to slip back into the role she had when being with Killian, almost five hundred years ago. She looked up when MJ joined her in the kitchen “Good morning” Eris said with a soft smile on her face “Would you like to join me for breakfast?” she asked then she turned towards the coffee maker “A cup of coffee?” she asked, and took down two cups “or would you prefer tea instead?”

“Always at service,” Killian responded and winked at her. He wouldn’t mind serving her coffee and what not for the rest of his life. He heard her call that she loved him, which made him stop for a second and smile before he turned his head back towards his room, “I love you too,” he returned and continued to the kitchen.

Mary-Jane heard that the woman Killian had invited to spend the night told her she would get up, but that she could stay as long as she would. Mary-Jane pulled the covers even closer to herself and both felt and heard how Bruce followed the woman. She tried to fall asleep again. But there was something missing and she couldn’t really figure out what it was and for a while she just laid in the bed with her eyes open and staring into the room.

Killian stood hovering over a tablet and was sorting out mails and assignments as Eris came into the kitchen. He had a cup of coffee next to his table and another cup close to the sink for her to drink. He rubbed his forehead a little while he could hear how she filled food in the bowl and started to find things to make something to eat. It was almost like Killian could think more clear and he wondered why in the world he had assigned some assignments to the wrong people yesterday. He looked up as Eris greeted Mary-Jane.

“Morning,” she replied and pulled on a short, but heartfelt smile. Mary-Jane had figured out why she couldn’t sleep. It was because she had been alone. But she wasn’t ready to come to terms with that. When the soul demon asked if Mary-Jane would join her for breakfast, she glanced towards her father who had already started working again. She looked back at the woman, “I would love that,” she replied with a low voice and approached the kitchen. “Uh, tea is fine,” she replied and tried to get a look on what Eris was making for breakfast. “Can I help with anything?” she wondered.

She turned around as Jane asked for tea, when she realized that of course Killian had installed a cocker, fancy old fart probably had never used it because he had been too busy just telling the contractor how the house should be like and then went on with his work. “Yes, maybe you could tell me where to find the tea” Eris laughed and looked around in the big kitchen, now she had poked around a lot, so she didn’t disturb Killian in his work. She took the cup towards the sink, turned the nob around and piping hot water came out of the faucet instead of you having to wait for it to boil in a kettle. It was rather ingenious if she should say so herself. “Is there something special you would like for breakfast? I was mostly just thinking of making pancakes since I haven’t been able to eat that in ages” Eris spoke with a soft voice “even though I saw that there were some backed beans, and beans on toast was always my favorite way back” she mumbled, when England didn’t have enough food and had to ration it. Food stamps. But you got the best out of it, and even if it sounded so incredibly boring. One just couldn’t beat the simplicity of beans on a nicely toasted bread. “I know your father called me as Eris and Atarah yesterday, but I’m also known as Paisley, Oliver and Hanna’s mom” she had seen how she had reacted to the mentioning of Charles yesterday, and not wanting to push too much now that she had gotten such a beautiful smile this morning.

“Yeah, of course,” she said and walked closer to the blonde woman. Mary-Jane walked quite determined towards a smaller drawer and poked it. The drawer opened all the way. In it was glass containers with glass lids. Each container was filled to the brim with different kinds of teas. “I usually take this one. It’s with licorice root.” She said pulled out the class container, only to close the drawer afterwards. She found herself a tea bag and filled it so she could put it in the cup which had been made ready for her. She looked up at the woman as she spoke about what Mary-Jane wanted for breakfast. There was a slight pull in her lip as pancakes were mentioned. It sounded delicious, but also a little like desert. Desert wasn’t really what one needed for breakfast, was it? Eris then mentioned backed beans and toast, which made Mary-Janes shoulders fall a little. “Beans on toast sounds great,” she replied calmly. It sounded more like nourishment than pancakes. She turned her eyes back to her tea and swirled it a little around, impatient for the tea to finish. She listened while the souldemon mentioned the many names she had been called the night before. As she mentioned Oliver and Hanna, she looked up towards her, “Really?” she said blinking a little. It was rhetorical. She looked back at her tea, “So, what do you want me to call you?” She glanced up at her.
Killian got up from his seat at the table and brought his coffee and tablet with him, leaving the girls for a moment. He both wanted peace and quite for his tasks and knew that Mary-Jane had forgotten to check up on Starla and therefore believed he could do it for once.

”One bean of toast coming up as well” Eris happily answer, looking towards Killian that got up and walked out of the kitchen. She took in a deep breath, hoping she wasn’t overstepping too much. Looking towards MJ as she had asked what she wanted her to call her before Killian had left them. Eris licked her lips “Atarah, would be nice” she answered, trying to get back your birthname was a peculiar thing to do, especially when she had lived with so many different names. “I’m sorry, by the way” she said looking towards the young woman before walking towards the fridge finding some tomatoes and a ball pepper. “For just walking in like that yesterday, turning everything upside down, and I’m so grateful that you, invited me to stay” she then let out, giving her a soft smile as she started cutting the vegetables. Took a pot and poured in the beans. Toasted the bread. All the while she also took a couple of sips of the coffee Killian had made for her.

Mary-Jane pulled a short little smile as she mentioned she was going to make a toast for her. Mary-Jane didn’t put that much thought into her dad leaving the room, but paid attention to what name which was being picked. “Alright, Atarah,” she said nodding a bit and continued stirring the tea a little. She looked up at Atarah as she apologized. It made her feel slightly uncomfortable for some reason. Why was she apologizing. “It’s no problem,” Mary-Jane replied and looked down at her tea a little. “Everything was a mess before you arrived, you didn’t do anything really,” she exhaled while thinking of the things that had happened. “I’m sorry that I was so cross yesterday,” she mumbled, “I was just really mad at my dad,” she sighed. “We’re not that good at talking about things and when you arrived, we actually got to talk about things,” she explained. She took up the spoon and tried to taste the tea, scrunching her nose a little. “You made Artemis show her true colors,” she said with an expression which seemed to get heavier and sadder. Mary-Jane had honestly thought that Artemis had meant everything and that it wasn’t just to get closer to her dad. She folded an arm around her self as she started stirring the tea again.

Eris was quick to shake her head as it now was Mary-Jane that apologized to her. It was clear that the soul demon didn’t think that she had anything to apologize for. “You weren’t cross, you were hurt and understandably so” she said quite honest and gave her a small smile. Knowing that Jane wasn’t really the type to offer or take physical contact, Eris didn’t try to put a hand on her shoulder. Knowing that it might push the boundaries of what she was allowed, at least in invading the younger girl’s personal space. “no one ever deserves to be taken advantage of” Eris finally spoke and turned to make the rest of their breakfast, plated it as nicely as she could on plates. With the greens and the bread with beans on top. She turned the last of the pancakes and was more or less ready. Starting to move it towards the dinner table. Making herself another cup of coffee before she sat down waiting for Mary-Jane to join her.

“You are at the academy, same as Iris, right? What kind of subjects are you taking?” Eris asked interested as she started eating carefully of the food from her plate. Drinking her coffee. Clearly very comfortable just sitting here talking with Killian’s daughter. As if she had already done it.

Mary-Jane shrugged a little as Atarah disagreed whether or not she had been cross. She believed she had been. Her eyes looked up towards Atarah as she explained that no one deserved to be taken advantage of, and for some reason it made her think whether or not her father was taking advantage of Iris and Mary-Jane. Mary-Jane looked away as soon as it didn’t seem like the two women were looking at each other. There wasn’t much attendance in setting the table as Mary-Jane had caught herself in a bubble of thoughts which ran a thousand miles per hour. Eventually she figured that Atarah had found herself a spot to sit at and Mary-Jane managed to find herself her cup and bring it and anything else missing to the table. She sat down next to Atarah and studied her food for a moment.

The gaze looked up at the blonde soul demon as she asked about the academy. The green eyes sought to the food while a cheeky smile appeared on her lips. “I only study chemistry,” she said let her fingers try and find a proper way to hold onto the toast. “Back in Scotland I attended a school for talented kids,” said and held eye contact with her toast. She licked her lips a little before she looked back at Atarah, “The academy is almost making me dumber,” she said and rolled her eyes a little.

And just as she had said that Killian walked back in with a wide smile and no phone in his hand – only his empty cup of coffee which he made sure to refill. While it refilled, he walked over and gave Eris a kiss against the temple, “It looks delicious,” he complimented her food. He would then continue and as he was about to pass Mary-Jane he made a little fist for her to fist bump.

But Mary-Jane just stared at it with a stoic face, before he eyes looked up at her father’s eyes. “Don’t leave me hanging, Jane,” she simply shook her head in response and while keeping the eye contact, she made sure to take the first bite of her toast. Killian let his fist fall down with a sigh before he walked around to get his cup of coffee. He leaned over the kitchen counter to place his elbows there and watch them from the kitchen island.

Eris couldn’t help but smile as Mary-Jane explained where she was coming from. The fact that she was only studying chemistry, and that she felt the academy was only making her dumber. “Then if it makes you dumber being at the academy, why not find something else that you are more passionate about? Do you have any hobbies you like to do?” she asked, not that Mary-Jane got a chance to answer before Killian came and complimented the food and gave her a kiss against the temple. A kiss she greatly enjoyed by closing her eyes and leaning her body a little against his. It was almost over to soon. Not that she would vocally complain about it. They had more than enough time to share moments like these. Her eyes widened a little as Killian folded his fingers into a fist and presented it towards Mary-Jane. She had to fold her lips not to start laughing by how Jane looked at him, and how he used a very modern slang trying to get her to bump it. Not that he managed.

A soft chuckle left Eris as she took another bite of her food and then looked towards Killian as he decided just to observe them. “Would you like some too?” she asked with an adoring smile, not really minding getting up making him a plate, if that meant he would share a moment with them before he probably needed to get back to work.

Mary-Jane was about to open her mouth as Killian entered. God, it was somewhat bittersweet to see them together. As soon as her father had given up on fistbumping her, she let her focus stay on her food. She took another bite while Eris asked if her father wanted some. Her blue eyes sought towards her father, who responded, “I think I’ll pas-” Mary-Jane raised her brows at her father who seemingly changed his mind. “I’d like a plate, please,” he changed his sentence looking at Eris, but could immediately notice how Mary-Jane turned her focus back to her food.
“I like reading… I got a job at the Family Diner and then I’m looking after St-” Her eyes widened and she quickly put her toast down, and was about to hurry away from her stool, when Killian interrupted her train of though and action, “I got it under control, Jane. Get some breakfast,” All of Mary-Jane’s body felt like it was shivering with the angst to go check everything, just because she knew the rhythms that made Starla feel the most comfortable. In the end, she got into her seat again. “I look after Starla and I used to go to combat lessons,” she explained and poked a little to her toast. “It’s not really hobbies,” she said and pulled on her shoulders. She was so used to spend time with Starla that she didn’t have specific hobbies. God, she would have a crisis when Starla passed away – but that wasn’t even on her mind yet. “She once danced and did gymnastics,” Killian added. Mary-Jane on the other hand rolled her eyes of it. She didn’t like the attention and stares from competitions.