Night Feeding

Writers: AL, Suzee
Date Posted: 16th April 2012

Characters: Zathris, Benani
Description: Midnight feeding
Location: Amber Hills Hold
Date: month 7, day 17 of Turn 6

Zathris

Benani

One of the babies was starting to fuss and Benani woke up. She knew
she needed to handle it fast before the one woke up his brother, so
she pushed back the covers and swung her feet over the side of the
bed. She was on her feet and over to the cradle to pick up Benaris
before he made any more noise.

"Shhh sweetheart, I've got you," she murmured to her son and crossed
to where the rocking chair sat near the fireplace. She knew it was
just a matter of time before Zathan woke too but she'd try to let her
husband sleep if it was possible.

Zathris wasn't generally a light sleeper. He could sleep through a
hurricane if it passed right through his room. At least, he could
until the babies had been born. Ever since, the least little sound
from them sent them stirring - as did the fussing. He awoke and turned
over to gaze at his wife. "Everything all right?"

"Yes," she said softly. "Benaris is just hungry." She knew he should
try and get more sleep. She even marveled that he stayed here with her
when he could have slept in his own room where at least he could have
gotten a full nights sleep.

"Bring him into bed and feed him." Zathris patted the bed to encourage
her to come back. "Then you can rest while he eats."

She smiled and stood trying not to disturb the small bundle any more
than necessary. Benani carried him to her side of the bed and sat
against the pillows. Once she slid her feet back under the covers she
slid down into a more reclining position. She couldn't help but stroke
her husband's hair in love. The boys both had only a little hair but
what they had was the color of their father.

"Hello Ben." Zathris crooned softly, his fingers lightly gliding over
the head of the babe as he fed at his mother's breast. "Growing boy
needs his food." It was dark, but he could still make out Benani's
face and he smiled before he leaned forward to kiss her gently.

Benani smiled and returned the kiss. She'd seen his worry lines melt
away after she'd delivered the twins successfully. Her pregnancy
hadn't been easy on either of them and she knew she'd had a close call
toward the end there. Neither the healers nor her husband had told her
what had happened with Benaris but she could tell from the way they
kept checking up on him that things hadn't gone as easily for him as
they had for Zathan. But now he was getting stronger and beginning to
grow. Sill she spent a little more time with the smaller of the twins.

"We're lucky to have him."

"We're lucky to have both." Zathris curled his arm protectively around
both mother and child. His thoughts were similar to his wife's though
he didn't know it, and he was grateful that Benaris was doing so well,
especially after the scare. "Let him feed while you try to get some
sleep."

"Yes we are," she smiled. Besides doing her duty, Benani was proud to
have made her husband so obviously happy. Also, it was wonderful even
with the extra work to have her babies in her arms. They were both so
sweet and her heart swelled with pride when she thought about them.

Last updated on the April 30th 2012

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