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Liz was still not feeling a hundred percent and thought she’d give it another week before she tried to working from downstairs again, she had thought that she might have felt better and a couple of times she had but it was back to not being a good day.

She didn’t have that much to do since Prompto had been taking care of a lot of the admin side of the store for her, which she was very grateful for and she was trying to answer a few emails that had come through and check on some of the spreadsheets.

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Liz had fully intended to go downstairs for work that morning but she was still not feeling well even though it had been a few days since they had gotten back from Barbados. She wasn’t sure how much work she was actually going to be doing but she figured she could at least do some of the work in the apartment and it would be a bit more comfortable than working at the computer downstairs.

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It was Father’s day and Liz had gotten up early so that she could make breakfast for Prompto, once Noctra had been woken up and gotten ready for the day, she set about in the kitchen making a breakfast spread of eggs, bacon, hash browns and fresh toast and orange juice.

Meanwhile Noctra was happily sitting at the table and working on one of her many pictures that she had drawn for Prompto.

[for the husband]

So the good news was that Prompto made it back last night, the bad news was that it seemed Fandom weirdness had struck again and Prompto was a pony, so Liz was definitely not going to be heading downstairs to work that day.

Hopefully the pony thing was only going to last the day?

[post is open!]

It was their first Thanksgiving together as a family and even though they had considered going to the BPRD for Thanksgiving this year, they had decided to stay home and have a Thanksgiving celebration. Prompto was busy in the kitchen all morning, putting the finishing touches to their meal as Liz made sure that Noctra was entertained while this was happening - it turned out Noctra really enjoyed the Thanksgiving parade.

And of course Liz was taking plenty of photos throughout the morning as well, making sure to document as much as she could of their Thanksgiving.

[for the husband who is modded with permission!]

After everything that had happened, Liz didn’t like the idea of leaving Prompto to head downstairs to work that morning, so instead of heading down to work as she normally did on a Thursday, she decided to stay upstairs and leave the paperwork that she had to do for another day.

So she got Noctra fed and changed and settled for the morning and then she went about making breakfast in case Prompto felt up to eating breakfast. She hadn’t had to cook a lot of food, since she still had plenty of lunch and dinner meals ready thanks to Ignis and Nell, so she decided to try making something light for breakfast and see how it went.

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It had been a week since Prompto had vanished and Liz had been trying to stay focused, searching the island desperately as best she could to no avail.

The only thing that was keeping her hopeful that Prompto hadn’t ended up going back to Insomnia was that Ignis was still there and between him and Nell, she was grateful for their help with prepared meals so she had been able to focus on looking after Noctra as well as trying to do some work with the store, even though she hadn’t been able to concentrate on any work.

At the moment Noctra was sleeping, she had been fussy this morning and she had been up all night with her, before finally getting her to settle. As she waited for Noctra to wait, she repeatedly checked her phone just in case there was a message or a phone call from Prompto somehow, despite it being over a week now but she had to keep checking.

[open!]

It was getting later in the day and after she’d finished the chores she’d needed to do around the house and got Noctra settled for the afternoon, Liz couldn’t help but look at phone to see if Prompto had called or messaged and so far there was nothing.

Liz knew that Prompto had been out working on getting shots with his new camera lens and it wasn’t unusual that he would stay out late with work but he normally called beforehand that he wouldn’t be back til late.

She bit her lip and looked at the time and then her recent messages and there was still nothing.

(expecting a visitor but can be open)

Liz had not slept at all last night.

She knew it was going to be hard saying goodbye to David, she had tried to prepare herself as best she could, for letting go of her brother again but nothing could have prepared her for how much it had hurt. It felt like she was losing her brother all over again and now she just felt numb. She had spent much of the night crying on and off and had been afraid to sleep, it had been months since she had last had a nightmare and she had been scared of having another one, she was afraid of losing Prompto and Noctra.

She was so grateful for Prompto being there with her, he had not gone downstairs for his shift today and had stayed with her and Noctra, she hadn’t wanted to be alone and she had tried to do as best she could but she was tired and wished David was there.

She was curled up on the couch later that morning, Prompto had made her breakfast and she had tried to eat something but she couldn’t. She stared at one the photos she had taken of David, holding it in her hand, afraid to let it go.

[for the husband, who is modded with permission!]

Liz still couldn’t believe that her brother was here, that she had been spending the last couple of days with him and she knew this wasn’t permanent and it hurt that he wasn’t going to stay.

So she had been taken advantage of being with David while she could, she had taken lots of photos and he’d met Noctra and Rain and now she wanted to make a breakfast and spend as much time as she could with him because she had a feeling she would be saying goodbye again soon and that idea hurt but this time she could say goodbye, she hadn’t gotten the chance to the first time.

David had wanted to help and so Liz had given him the task of stiring the pancake batter, which was making a bit of a mess but David was enjoying himself and Liz couldn’t help but smile, although somewhat sadly as she stared at her brother.

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Liz was hoping that after the last few nights of restless sleep, she was hoping tonight was going to be different, she was still a little on edge from the dreams about her brother - normally they turned.

After Noctra had been fed, changed and gone to bed for the night and the kitchen had been cleaned up from dinner, Liz joined Prompto on the couch as they settled on for the evening.

“Do you think we should try and watch something?” Liz looked over at Prompto a little tiredly, “maybe it will help us fall asleep?”

She didn’t think it would work but it was worth a try.

[for the husband and eventual visitors]

It was Prompto’s first father’s day and Liz wanted to make sure that it was a special occasion and so she had gotten up early to start making breakfast for him. Noctra was still asleep but it wouldn’t be long before she would wake up for her feed so she wanted to try and get as much of a head start on breakfast as she could. In the meantime she had also fed Rain so Rain was happily by her food bowl eating while Liz started cooking.

She had decided to go with making bacon and eggs and pancakes, so she was trying to be careful about not making too much noise since Prompto and Noctra were still asleep.

[for the husband! And up early for timezones and all the sp!]

Liz had woken up much earlier than normal and couldn’t get back to sleep, so she decided to get a head start on breakfast for her and Prompto and that was when she noticed that she seemed to be wearing a Santa Hat and sure enough, just like last year, she took it off and another one reappeared.

She went and fed Rain, who spotted that Liz was carrying a Santa hat was immediately delighted that the hats were back, despite the collection she had received from last year.

Once Rain was fed and was happily playing in the corner with her new collection of hats, Liz stood in the kitchen for a bit and tried to decide what she felt like making for breakfast, she was feeling pretty hungry and so she decided to start making bacon and eggs and pancakes as well.

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Liz had woken up early as she tended to these days, only this time when she managed to get up, she thought Prompto had gotten up as well at first because she had thought the bed was empty.

It took her another moment to realise Prompto was still there only …well it seemed to be another of those weekends and for whatever reason Prompto was now a child and it had missed her completely.

She smiled softly as she carefully got out of bed, trying not to wake Prompto and once she had gone to the bathroom, she made her way to the kitchen.

She figured she could at least make some breakfast for them and once she had fed Rain that morning, she decided to start making some bacon and eggs, still trying to be careful and not make too much noise.

[for Prompto!]

Liz had gone for a walk early that morning as part of her daily exercise and while on her walk she decided to try her hand at baking, so she stopped by the store to get a few extra ingredients, plus making sure there was enough food for Gladio as well and made her way back to the apartment.

After taking a moment to drink some water and rest before she put away the groceries, Liz got everything out and began preparing to make a cake, she knew she could have bought one at the bakery but she wanted to try baking and see how it turned out.

She did decide to put on some music while she cooked, listening to the Beatles as she started mixing everything together, every now and then she would start singing along.

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Liz supposed she did need to call Dr. Lecter, especially since Rain was still living with him and she knew that Hellboy would like to see her when he came to visit for the weekend. She had managed to talk to Dr. Lecter for a while at the picnic the other day but she hadn’t had a full conversation with him about what the next part of her ongoing therapy and treatment would be. So she decided to place a call after his class on Wednesday.

After she had done that, she decided to do a bit of work in the apartment instead of heading downstairs.

She sat down on the couch, trying to get comfortable with her laptop and began to do some work, deciding to get a head start on the end of month reports that she needed to work on. She also made sure to have some fruit with her to snack on, still feeling guilty about admitting to how poorly she had been doing for a while to Prompto and Dr. Halstead.

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The last twenty four hours had been such a whirlwind - an amazing, wonderful whirlwind and Liz was still afraid that this was a dream, that she would wake up back in her room at Dr. Lecter’s and Prompto would be gone, still unaware that he was going to be a father.

After a while they found that they couldn’t stay awake and as nice as it was on the couch, the bed was much more comfortable and so they retreated to the bedroom with Prompto stopping to have a shower on the way before they both ended up in the bed. Liz had thought that she would never get to experience anything like this with Prompto again, she didn’t want to get her hopes up in case this was all just a very cruel dream.

For a long while they had just stayed there, not willing to let the other go or fall asleep but eventually Liz found herself falling asleep. She knew that it wasn’t realistic or healthy for her to stay awake, especially after the last few weeks of not sleeping properly but she was so afraid that she was dreaming this, that she wanted it so badly that she had started to dream that Prompto had returned to Fandom.

When Liz woke the next morning, she was expecting to wake up alone but then she felt Prompto move beside her, snuggled up against her and she had to stop herself from crying.

Everything was real.

She was with Prompto again.

[for Prompto who is modded with permission!]

At first Liz didn’t think there was anything different when she woke up as normal and went about her morning, feeding Rain and showering and getting dressed. She then started considering heading downstairs for a few hours since Prompto didn’t work Mondays any more and she could always get a head start on her work during the week.

She blinked, looking down at her now flat stomach, “oh my god, Prompto!” she gasped, when everything about the last few days came flooding back to her. In particular she remembered the conversation that they had had the other day and had barely recognised him and she had been dating Summer instead and …

Had Prompto left? Maybe she should try messaging him to see or at the least let him know that she was okay and was not heavily pregnant with half demon twins.

Well at least this time round she hadn’t set anything on fire and killed somebody because of it? As far as things that Fandom had thrown at her being pregnant with twins for a few days wasn’t that bad, she just felt bad for Prompto … She had missed getting to spend the weekend with him after looking forward to it since he’d left, hopefully he would understand.

[for Prompto but can be open if anyone should want to stop by]

Liz had been so tired these last few weeks that she had managed to avoid having any nightmares when she had finally started to sleep for longer than an hour at a time. She also found she hadn’t been as afraid to sleep when Prompto was there with her and knowing he was there to wake her up if she were to have a nightmare.

She should have known it was too much to hope that the nightmares would have gone away and she really shouldn’t have been at all surprised that they would come back. She had thought that with Prompto there beside here, the nightmares would stay away … her fear of accidentally hurting him if she were to have a nightmare and her powers to manifest without meaning to.

The nightmare was a familiar one - the day that she had lost control for the first time and had killed her family and all those people as a result. She began whimpering as she could hear the taunts and laughter from those bullies.

“Somebody help me!” she started crying out in her sleep when her younger self did in her nightmare, whimpering as the familiar haunting scenes played out in her mind, that fear she had felt when she had been hit with those rocks that triggered everything, starting to toss and turn as she did.

[for Prompto who is modded with permission! and that Liz woke up from a nightmare is fine for broadcast but her conversation with Prompto is NFB please!]

Yesterday Prompto had come round as they had planned for and had ended up staying for dinner, following that, that had led to an awkward invitation to stay the night. That invitation had taken a lot of stammering and blushing and the offer for Prompto to stay with her while she slept so that’s she’d be able to get some rest.

When Liz woke up Sunday morning, she blinked a lot, realising she was in bed, Prompto’s arm around her.

At first she was a bit confused but then realised she had just slept for eight hours. It was the most sleep she had gotten in ages.

She wasn’t sure whether she should move and wake him, so she lay there for a bit longer.

[Prompto modded with permission and for Prompto as well :)