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cowritten by @lux-scriptum
Sending Eden to pre-school was just as upsetting for Lev as it was for Eden. He hated he couldn’t be the one to take her, to walk her to her classroom on her first day, and promise they’d be back for her in just a few hours. It was only a half day, she was only just turned four and wouldn’t be able to go to kindergarten until next year.
And yet Eden was grey faced in her anger over being forced to go, when Cruz didn’t have to, and Lev was morose in how much he’d miss his bitty girl in the several hours she wouldn’t be home. He held Cruz in his arms, and watched Cameron and Nik drive off, Eden’s angry shrieks only slightly muffled until they were at the treeline that hid the rest of the long driveway.
“She’ll be home soon,” Lev told Cruz, who lifted silver eyes to Lev and sucked on his thumb contentedly.
