The Apartment, Cambridge, MA- Sunday morning

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Aeryn didn't have to go in to work for a few hours yet, but her relaxing morning ended about the time Talyn tried to pull himself up using the sofa and grabbed onto the pillow instead. He didn't even hit anything when he fell, but the fact that he fell at all seemed to be enough to upset him.

He didn't cry for long, especially not with Aeryn telling him simply, "You're not even hurt," but when he stopped he just decided to stay in a bad mood, fussing and dropping things to the ground whenever he could reach something.

Aeryn couldn't do much but sigh at him, muttering, "Of course you have to have an attitude about this sort of thing."


[Open for the husband, or calls, or general distractions.]

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"Having some trouble?" John asked, fresh from a shower and feeling like he could face the day now.

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"He hates the world today, apparently," Aeryn told him, watching as Talyn threw a toy down to the ground. Just because.

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"Aww, he's having a pissy day," John said, snickering at his son. "What happened?"

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"He fell. And hit carpet," she explained, kicking the toy lightly out of her way with her foot. "I think he's just upset he didn't do it right."

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"He bruised something," John said, taking a seat on the sofa. "His ego. Poor little man."

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"Well he's going to have to get used to things like falling, because he'll be walking soon. Or attempting to," she said, looking at the baby. "You hear that? You're going to fall a lot more, it's not a big deal."

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"Daddy falls sometimes and I know how to walk," John said, making faces. "Walking is a tough thing sometimes. So much coordination involved!"

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Aeryn whispered loudly to Talyn, "Your father finds a lot of things tough. Take after my side."

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"You cried at Bambi!" John accused even if it wasn't true. "You're not that tough."

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"I have never even seen that," Aeryn told him.

Though really, all things considered, she'd completely be allowed.

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"Do you think Talyn would like Disney movies?" he wondered. "Or not enough explosions?"

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"He can handle more than that," she said, because her eleven-month-old was apparently too hardcore for Disney, or something.

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"No wonder some of the cartoons bore him so much," John said, making a face at Talyn. "He wants things to go boom."

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"He's got the genes for it," said Aeryn, as Talyn reached for something on the counter. She'd let him grab it, because she knew it was going on the floor soon, and not in his mouth. "What are your plans for the day?"

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"More of this, probably," John said, scooting lower on the sofa. "Maybe do some studying."

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"This being..." she wondered. And there went the keys onto the floor.

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That answer had to wait till John stopped laughing. Poor pissy Talyn.

"Oh, just watching him pout and relaxing some," he said. "I might take him to the park or something later."

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"Yes. Please. Maybe the outdoors will put him in a better mood," said Aeryn, going to put Talyn down on the floor to crawl around. He promptly started whining again when he felt he was being let go.

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"Do you need me to do anything for you?" he asked, looking over at her. "Pick something up for dinner? Clean? Get him a haircut?"

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"Make him stop this," Aeryn said simply, standing back up straight, still holding him. "He's having a bad day."

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"C'mere," he said, getting up and wrapping an arm around Aeryn to keep Talyn between them. "What's the matter, baby boy? Not a good day, is it? We could dance?"

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"If you dance with him, I can manage to get ready for work before I actually have to leave," she pointed out, more than happy to let this happen.

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"Let me see him," he said, reaching for Talyn even as he leaned closer to Aeryn to kiss her cheek. "We'll do some dancing."

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"Thank you," she said, handing Talyn over. Love her son as she might, he had his bad days.

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"No problem," he said, taking Talyn and bouncing him even as he started swaying. "I'll see what I can do about his mood. Go get ready."

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"Thank you," she said, more emphatically, heading into the bedroom to at least get her uniform on.

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"No problem," he said again, sliding a hand around the back of Talyn's head to hold him close even as he started to sing quietly, off key and with the wrong lyrics. Didn't matter, he was trying.