for Will

[notsocommon]

Helen had taken a day to process everything she'd seen before going to talk to Will about it. She felt like she'd been neglecting Gregory somewhat in the process, so she took a day off from clinic work and her classes and just about everything to take care of her son. He seemed grateful enough for the attention, so much as a small baby could, and since Will wasn't around, she took her time giving him a bath and singing to him.

She had a terrible singing voice, true, but her father had always sung her little lullabies growing up and Helen wanted to pass that along to Gregory. She always wanted him to associate his Mummy with someone safe and kind. She always wanted him to know that being in her arms meant that nothing could ever harm him or frighten him.

"I'm sorry I've not been around, little one. Mummy's just had so many things to think about this week. It's nothing to do with you, I promise."

Maybe she could get him soothed and down for a nap before Will came in and then they could talk.

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[notsocommon]

"No, it isn't," Helen agreed. She squeezed his hand lightly, hoping that this helped smooth over the last of their hurt feelings. She and Will didn't fight terribly often and Helen was glad of it. While her relationships with Nikola and John had always been fraught with argument and fun, in some ways, she had never particularly cared for how raw and empty she felt after fighting with Will.

"I should go check on him. It's been a while."

[inabmovie]

Will squeezes her hand, too. "I'll come with you," he says, and stands, but doesn't let go of her hand. He hasn't seen the little guy all day and just wants a peek.

[notsocommon]

"I am aware, now, that the timing of our son's conception aligns with when you found those reels," Helen said evenly. She didn't want to fight any longer but it would just consume her if she didn't discuss it.

"I know that it was an accident but I'm grateful that it happened. I love him and you very much."

[inabmovie]

"It was an accident that was totally my fault," Will says, and he hopes she realizes that they caused him enough upset--enough that he wasn't thinking straight--and that he didn't want Magnus to have to go through the same thing. "But it doesn't make me love him any less."

[notsocommon]

"Of course it doesn't," Helen said, scoffing at even the suggestion that he might.

Gregory was still quiet but had opened his eyes to look around a bit. Helen knew if she left him in the crib he would likely fall back asleep but she was torn between holding her son and letting him be for a little while.

"I think he'll go back to sleep if we leave him be but I sort of want to lay down with him myself. I haven't spent much time with him this week."

[inabmovie]

"Then we should do that," Will murmurs. He doesn't feel like things are resolved between them but they're not actively fighting and he wants to make a little peace, even if it's temporary. Greg's eyes are drooping again but Will thinks if they're careful, they can all settle on the bed together and Greg can go back to sleep.