Ala sat on the couch of the cave humming softly and playing with Surion in her lap, she wasn't sure when the other men were due back but she was glad Torvil was back.

Torvil smiled and headed over, having packed away the meat and sitting down next to his wife looked over at his son. "He's so adorable..."

"Yes, and to think we'll get to enjoy that adorableness longer. He's just as adorable as you can be" she smiled

Torvil smiled and leaned over and kissed Ala's cheek. "He gets it from you..." He smirked.

Ala chuckled "Hard to say who he gets what from, his personality seems so much different then the twins' "

Torvil chuckled softly. "I know... But then... The twins were learing out of the cradle..."

Ala laughed "Yeah, oh well they are all grown up now, and I think they turned out well. Now to raise this little sweetie"

Surion stared up at both of them gumming the tail of a stuffie dragon

Torvil smiled and waved to his youngest. "Yeah... Our babies are having babies..." He grinned and purred at his son. "Lil Sur likes his Draggies doesn't he? Yes he does! Yes he does!"

"Nyahnyahnyan" came Surion's reply along with a small smile

Torvil laughed softly and smiled. "Uh Ala... Can I um... hold him?" He looked up at her for a moment.

"Course love, he is your son" she said letting go of one side of her son ready to let go the other once he had him

Torvil slowly took hold of Surion. "But you did all the work..." he murmured.

"It doesn't matter who did all the work of growing him and birthing him, you are his father... period" she said letting go of him

Torvil nodded and held Surion in his arms. "He's so fragile..." he murmured. "So different it's like the first time..." He said. "But more difficult..."

Ala smiled resting her hands in her lap "Very different yet similar at the same time... " she said softly

Surion let go of the dragon with one hand and reached for his father's face

Torvil smiled and leaned his head down so his son could touch his face. "I love you Surion, just as much as I love your mom and your brothers and sisters..."

"Nyanyanyanya" he babbled batting at his dad's face playfully

Torvil smiled and kissed his little hands as they batted at him. "My Lil Surion... Lil Sur... Surion Asmodeus Rakamash..." He purred.

Ala smiled watching them together, she was glad he was her mate, he was such a wonderful father. she chuckled softly watching her son kick his little legs happily and then grasped his father's white hair in his little fist pulling

Torvil cringed a little and smiled. "Like pulling hair huh?" He chuckled softly and leaned in closer to his son, kissing his forehead softly. "Mommies is better... Trust me..." He purred.

Ala laughed "It' why I try to keep it out of his reach though I often fail"

Torvil chuckled and nuzzled his son lightly, inhaling the scent of him, and smiling. "Now I will always be able to find you..." he purred.

Surion pulled the dragon from his mouth as his father nuzzled him and blew wet messy bubbles most of which wound up on Torvil

Torvil laughed and smiled, wiping them off a little. "Hehe... Surion drool..." He kissed his son's forehead.

Ala chuckled and got up disappearing from the room into the bathroom leaving Surion to play with his dad

Torvil bounced Surion for a little, not knowing Dia's mishap with that motion.

Surion babbled then burped and spit up on his father and himself

Torvil started laughing. "Well then... that's on the list of things not to do..." He chuckled and carried Surion to change and clean him up.

Surion whimpered and his little nose scrunched up as he was taken to be changed

Torvil chuckled. "It's okay Sur we'll get you cleaned up..." he lay him down and started to do so.

Ala wandered back out of the bathroom and looked around having not seen Torvil where she had left them and then smiled wandering up behind him where he was near the pallet

"One should not bounce our son..." He chuckled, having changed Surion out and wrapped him in his blanket, and was now changing his shirt.

Ala laughed "You got christened too did you"

Torvil chuckled. "Yeah..." He changed into a new shirt.

"Dia did that back at the hospital in Kazeha" she said still chuckling

Torvil smirked. "Did she now?" He chuckled.

Ala nodded "Yup, cept she danced with him too"

Torvil chuckled and nodded, picking up the clean Surion again.

Surion babbled now gumming the corner of his blanket

Torvil smiled and brushed his son's head with his finger. "I love you Lil sur..."

"So what do you think of what happened at the temple while you were away?" she asked

"Interesting..." he smiled. "What happened to the priest?"

"Lessee, broken leg, broken nose, I think a broken arm too, confined to his cave, watched for by the boys and had his right to preach taken away" She rattled off as much as she could recall

Torvil chuckled. "Deserved worse but at least they didn't kill him..." He chuckled.

Ala nodded "Yeah, I think services will be quite different now"

Torvil smiled. "Good." He grinned and started to rain kisses down on Surion.

Surion cooed softly blowing bubbles often

Torvil smirked. "He likes bubbles doesn't he..."

Ala laughed "Yes he does"

Torvil chuckled and rocked Surion. "Uh... You want more time with him?" His martyr-ness was starting to crop up again.

Ala didn't move to take him "Torvil, you can play with him, you need time with him too"

Torvil blushed. "You sure..." He asked softly looking down at his son. "I mean... You are his mother after all... The most important person in his life..." he murmured. He loved Surion, and he loved Ala... He loved all his family. But he couldn't shake the feeling that he didn't really deserve to have Surion all that much... He'd not helped Ala much during the pregnancy... And... and... He'd done none of the hard stuff... He felt guilty he supposed.

"You are just as important Torvil, he IS half you, regardless what I may have done" she said firmly

Torvil nodded slowly. "Still can't shake the fact that I did squat..." he muttered rocking Surion. "I wish I could have been more help..." Now why was he suddenly depressed... Was he the one getting the post partum depression?

"You did plenty love, you think I coulda done all that by myself? you better forget that nonsense cause I KNOW I couldn't have" she said

Torvil looked up at her with red runnels on his face. "But... But..." He looked back a Surion then at her, and then hugged the child to him softly, crying silently. He held Surion so the child could still see, but not see him crying.

Ala sighed

Surion babbled and gummed the blanket not knowing the difference

Torvil looked up a little later. "What's wrong with me..." He muttered weakly, slowly moving to rock Surion.

Ala shook her head "I don't know love, perhaps it's the not being used to a child quite like Surion"

Torvil shook his head. "No..." He sniffled. "It's like when you were having your swings... Only... I'm always sad..."

Ala sighed "I don't know love, I don't know"

Torvil sniffled. "Hug?" Those always helped him, and he was hugging Surion.

Ala nodded and sat down beside him hugging him and their son

Torvil sniffled. "I don't know what's going on..." He sighed. "I feel like I'm happy but at the same time I'm depressed..." He smiled down at Surion and kissed him.

"Don't ask me love, just something you have to work through I guess" she said softly

Surion yawned softly and closed his eyes resting his little head against his father's chest sucking both the corner of the blanket and his thumb at the same time

Torvil smiled, and chuckled weakly. "I love him so much... And You too..." He looked up at her.

"I love you too Love, and I'm sure Surion does too" she said softly

Torvil nodded and put Surion in his lap, hugging Ala closer.

Ala hugged him and kissed his forehead right on the gem softly

Torvil shivered softly, a bit of the depression leaking out into her.

Ala pulled away looking at him softly "Love you Torvil" she said softly

Torvil smiled. "Love you too love... Ala love..." He nuzzled her softly. "Shall we lay Surion down?

Ala nodded "I think it's about naps time considering he fell asleep in your arms"

Torvil smiled and got up, slowly walking the sleeping babe to the playpen.

Ala watched him walk, he really was a very good father, she thought to herself

Torvil lay Surion down slowly in the pen with a smile, and kissed his little head softly.

Ala smiled softly and purred taking a seat on the couch

Torvil went to join her, cuddling up against her.

Ala purred softly pulling him close to herself

Torvil nuzzled the side of her head softly, kissing her ear. "Mmm..."

Ala purred happily as he nuzzled her

Torvil nipped at her ear before sitting back up.

Ala pouted playfully as he pulled away

*Some time later*

Surion squawked wanting attention and a change

Torvil chuckled. "we timed that just about right..." he purred.

"I suppose" she mumbled softly and sat up looking at him for a time

Torvil got up and headed off to deal with Surion.

Ala relaxed for a moment following her mate yawning audibly

Torvil smiled. "You go get some sleep, I'll handle him and wake you if he wants to eat..."

Ala nodded "Ok love" she said and crawled past the two of them into bed pulling the soft blanket over herself

Torvil changed Surion and brushed his finger against his son's cheek for a root check.

Ala listened to them for a few then nodded off

Surion blew happy bubbles

Torvil smiled and sat up with his son, rocking him and humming softly.