<Shina>

I couldn't help how hard I laughed when I opened the door to the twins' bedroom. They had nearly buried Eli in their stuffed animals, his face and one hand the only parts still visible to my eyes. His eyes that begged for me to rescue him.

Watching as Emily happily piled more and more of her treasured stuffed panda bears and cats upon her fathers head, Matthew running up to me and begging me to help build a fort with them, I knew I couldn't break their hearts by taking their father away from them like that.

Seeing the results of Eli's refusal, I happily nodded having come up with an idea and began heading to the linen closet down the hall, ready to grab every pillow inside so I could build the biggest fort my sweet children had ever seen.

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<Elijah>

I had finally managed to remove myself from the mountain of stuffed animals, waiting until Shina had sufficiently distracted our energetic children with the idea of using the larger living room so they could attain the advantage of having access to the larger pillows of the couch and love seat within.

I almost shuddered as I thought of the large mess I would likely find within before heading quietly downstairs, trying not to laugh too hard as I heard the sounds within that signaled a pillow fight was taking place on the other side of the entry I came closer to with every step.

When I finally stepped into the living room, my jaw dropped in wonder at what they had built in such a short amount of time.

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<Leon>

Another dream, this time no images... Just the feeling of soft, warm lips pressing against mine in a lingering kiss and followed by 'her' voice saying two sentences that set my heart racing. Just the memory of it all made my breath catch for a moment before my pulse began racing once more.

"I love you, Leon. Thank you so much for being mine."