"Me vista?" His father has already complimented his good work and Mateo is still thirsty for approval from the coolest man he knows and honestly Jyn completely understands, she is the same way when it comes to Cassian.
(They are painfully alike and Jyn cannot see it.)
"We did, love. You were so good at hiding. Luna couldn't find you at all." Jyn ducks down to kiss Mateo's salty hair, but he squirms away, creeping over to Cassian and his sister, letting go of his mother's hand once his fingers curl around Cassian's shorts and Mateo feels Safe. "Did you see me, Papa?"
Jyn feels like her heart is going to explode from love.
He'd take Mateo's hand, but he's pretty sure lifting Luna from the water would result in more wailing than any of them want to deal with. Instead he mimics Jyn and kisses the top of Mateo's head. "I watched you go under, but you were hiding so well I was not sure where you went! You fooled us both. It was very good. And you were under for so long!"
Mateo beams and ducks his head into Cassian's shorts, hiding his face just like his mama does sometimes.
Luna, however, takes advantage of how close her brother finally is and reaches out, bopping him on the head with a giggle.
"Luna!!" Mateo whines, jerking away without letting go of his father's shorts.
Cassian sighs and turns her away. "No," he says sternly and she just bleats at him.
Luna seems to think nothing of her scolding and to nip the look on Mateo's face in the bud before he can start wailing, Jyn reaches out to take her from Cassian's arm. Tucked on her Mama's hip her toes still touch the water but she is out of reach of her brother and he is out of reach of her hitty hands.
"Hands are for hugging, Luna, not for hitting. We're gentle with our friends." Gently, she smooths her fingers down the back of the baby's hand until Luna does the same thing in return. "Si, mija, gentle."
Jyn looks at her pouting son. She wants to explain that his baby sister doesn't know any better yet, but she doesn't want to erase that he got whacked by a nine-month-old either. She decides to let him bring it up if he wants, carrying on instead. "Do you want to try going under with your Papa now?"
It's natural to move towards Jyn the moment he realizes she's coming in for Luna; they've been a partnership for longer than they've been parents, they're always in tune with one another that way. Once he realizes his father's hands are free, Mateo lets go of the shorts and reaches for Cassian's hand, still pouting. With his now free hand, Cassian runs his fingers through his son's messy hair and then ducks down to be more eye level.
The water is deep to Mateo, but even kneeling it barely brushes Cassian's stomach. "I will be right here. Maybe we can break your last record. And then maybe in a few minutes, we can go out a little further?"
He'll carry him, of course. Mateo does not like not having his arms around someone's neck when his little feet can't touch the sand.
Slowly, tentatively, Mateo nods his head, still looking like a grumpy octopus. It is the exact same unhappy frown Jyn gets when she's grumpy. "But I don't wanna be Luna's partner right now. She hurt me."
"You do not have to be," Cassian says gently, still trying to head off those wails. "It is okay to be upset. Just because Luna is too little to understand what she has done is wrong, it does not mean you need to ignore that she hurt you and hurt your feelings. She is still learning all the things you have gotten so good at."
"Okay." He pauses for a long five seconds, then looks over at Jyn. "Mama, will you keep Luna over there?"
Jyn is never more in love with her future husband than she is when she watches him interact with their children, especially Mateo since he can carry on a conversation now. He's so good with the both of them!
"Yes, starshine, I will keep her over here. We'll just watch." Luna bleats an unhappy sound, kicking her legs on Jyn's hip, but Jyn doesn't move to dip her in the water again, simply rubs her back soothingly until the baby drops her head against her Mama's shoulder.
She probably needs to go down for a nap, but it's too crowded inside so she'll have to settle for sleeping in Jyn's arms.
"You're being very brave today, Mateo. Mama and Papa are so proud of you."
Mateo regards his sister suspiciously, as if even though she is still a baby, even though both of his parents have reassured him she will be kept away from him, she's still going to take a flying leap and gnaw on his skull. It's a fair concern, Luna is a biter.
He wriggles his little butt in the water like he's hyping himself up, but Jyn's note on his bravery seems to get him over the fear of his sister striking. "Mama, I want you to counts how long!"
He barely waits for her reply before he puffs in a deep breath and ducks back under the water. Cassian looks up at his future wife with a very fond smile while his son's little fingers clutch at his hand for dear life, and he is ridiculously happy. "I suppose if she falls asleep, Mateo can finish his octopus in peace."
"I'll get to that. I just wanted to say really fast before Mateo pops up that I am super turned on by you and I was unaware until this exact moment that you mediating our children was really fucking hot."
In case he was wondering how she felt about his parenting skills, the answer is that she finds them immensely attractive and is very turned on by his Good Dad Skills. What does Kristen Bell call her husband? Oh right.
Dadbeast.
"Just so fu--"
Mateo pops up again, gasping for air once more before he turns to look at his mama, blinking salty water out of his eyes. "How long was that!"
Without so much as missing a beat, Jyn decides: "Five minutes! Can you believe that, starshine! Five whole minutes. Imagine how much longer it would be if you take swimming lessons this year."
Jyn really wants him to take lessons but the first time they tried he was too scared, despite half growing up on this beach itself. Maybe it was the pool or maybe it was just an age where everything is scary, who knows. But she wants him to have proper lessons and maybe this will be what makes him agree.
He looks so utterly delighted by her admission, by how quickly and earnestly she gets it out in the rush before their son needs to breathe. He worries sometimes about how he handles parenthood, but Jyn is always there to kick the reminders that he's doing fine.
He doesn't get the chance to respond, but he does give her a very knowing sort of smirk.
Mateo, oblivious, just cheers at his new five minute record and squeezes his papa's hand. "Five minutes!" He is so pleased with himself, even as his mother's suggestion sinks in and he makes a thinky scrunchy face. "Do you really think it could be longer?"
"Much longer," Cassian agrees.
Mateo frowns with how much he's thinking about it. "Maybe," he says. "But I just wanna keep playing right now." He takes a deep breath, ready to go back under all over again. "Count again mama!"
And pop! Splash! There he goes again, under the water. Did he actually want to try again, or is this a very Erso means of avoiding the question? It's a mystery.
Cassian looks back at his future wife. "We can always do something about that later, after they are both asleep."
"Oh, we're gonna bang," Jyn agrees, not caring in the slightest that Luna is still awake in her arms. She can't even be assed to say 'mama' at Jyn's prompting, she's not going to repeat any of the swears that come out of her mother's mouth. As it is, she just whines again in Jyn's arms, stretching her hand toward the water like she wants to grab her brother.
It's the beach house, Jyn's decided, it always makes her want to throw down with Cassian in bed. The salt air or something. She's tired and worn out and socially exhausted, but she always wants to make out with her boyfriend.
Okay, maybe they should get married because they're too old to be boyfriend and girlfriend.
Mateo splutters to the surface again, whipping his hair out of his face and Jyn feels Luna relax in her arms, hand falling back against Jyn's arm, answering her son's question before he can ask. "Six minutes! Maybe we should take a break from the diving for now, I think it is making Luna nervous."
Jyn is virtually always ready to throw down, but the beach house exacerbates it. Not that Cassian is complaining, obviously. There's something about the ocean air that pulls him in, or maybe it's just the reminder of when they decided to start this new family together.
"Oh I know," he agrees. "We always do."
Mateo looks at his sister worriedly, and as though he's still remembering her very hard bop on the head, it's only reluctantly that he moves closer, just enough that she can reach out and pap him much more gently on the arm. "I guess we can go back to the sand. Isn't it Luna's nap time soon?"
He honestly doesn't have that much awareness of it. He just wants that block of time to have this parents' sole attention, and after his sister's Brutal Beating, he clearly deserves it. He will sacrifice swimming for it!!
Cassian looks at Jyn with a grin, because he knows exactly Mateo's ulterior motives here. The only reason he asks his next question is because he wants to see how pressed his son gets by the mere concept. "It might be. Do you want to join her for a nap too?"
"I'm sure Abuelito will rub you back until you fall asleep," Jyn adds, expression placid. She knows Cassian's father absolutely will -- he has, in fact, rubbed Jyn's back until she fell asleep when she was pregnant with Luna and laid up with the flu -- but it's so easy to rile up Mateo...
They're butthead parents.
Mateo bristles, straightening up to his full height, and Jyn watches his little hands ball into tiny fists. She used to not have a poker face, but that changed real quick.
He bites back a grin. They really shouldn't get so amused at riling up their son, and yet here they are. It reminds him honestly of when he tries to get a reaction out of Jyn, but he's never told her so.
"Your mother naps, and she is definitely not a baby. I seem to recall the both of you enjoying the occasional nap together with very many a blanket."
Mateo is essentially her clone.
He huffs, stomping his foot in the sand, which doesn't have much of an effect since it's under the water. "I don't wanna nap now! It's Luna's nap time! I wanna finish my octopus."
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(They are painfully alike and Jyn cannot see it.)
"We did, love. You were so good at hiding. Luna couldn't find you at all." Jyn ducks down to kiss Mateo's salty hair, but he squirms away, creeping over to Cassian and his sister, letting go of his mother's hand once his fingers curl around Cassian's shorts and Mateo feels Safe. "Did you see me, Papa?"
Jyn feels like her heart is going to explode from love.
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Mateo beams and ducks his head into Cassian's shorts, hiding his face just like his mama does sometimes.
Luna, however, takes advantage of how close her brother finally is and reaches out, bopping him on the head with a giggle.
"Luna!!" Mateo whines, jerking away without letting go of his father's shorts.
Cassian sighs and turns her away. "No," he says sternly and she just bleats at him.
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"Hands are for hugging, Luna, not for hitting. We're gentle with our friends." Gently, she smooths her fingers down the back of the baby's hand until Luna does the same thing in return. "Si, mija, gentle."
Jyn looks at her pouting son. She wants to explain that his baby sister doesn't know any better yet, but she doesn't want to erase that he got whacked by a nine-month-old either. She decides to let him bring it up if he wants, carrying on instead. "Do you want to try going under with your Papa now?"
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The water is deep to Mateo, but even kneeling it barely brushes Cassian's stomach. "I will be right here. Maybe we can break your last record. And then maybe in a few minutes, we can go out a little further?"
He'll carry him, of course. Mateo does not like not having his arms around someone's neck when his little feet can't touch the sand.
Slowly, tentatively, Mateo nods his head, still looking like a grumpy octopus. It is the exact same unhappy frown Jyn gets when she's grumpy. "But I don't wanna be Luna's partner right now. She hurt me."
"You do not have to be," Cassian says gently, still trying to head off those wails. "It is okay to be upset. Just because Luna is too little to understand what she has done is wrong, it does not mean you need to ignore that she hurt you and hurt your feelings. She is still learning all the things you have gotten so good at."
"Okay." He pauses for a long five seconds, then looks over at Jyn. "Mama, will you keep Luna over there?"
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"Yes, starshine, I will keep her over here. We'll just watch." Luna bleats an unhappy sound, kicking her legs on Jyn's hip, but Jyn doesn't move to dip her in the water again, simply rubs her back soothingly until the baby drops her head against her Mama's shoulder.
She probably needs to go down for a nap, but it's too crowded inside so she'll have to settle for sleeping in Jyn's arms.
"You're being very brave today, Mateo. Mama and Papa are so proud of you."
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He wriggles his little butt in the water like he's hyping himself up, but Jyn's note on his bravery seems to get him over the fear of his sister striking. "Mama, I want you to counts how long!"
He barely waits for her reply before he puffs in a deep breath and ducks back under the water. Cassian looks up at his future wife with a very fond smile while his son's little fingers clutch at his hand for dear life, and he is ridiculously happy. "I suppose if she falls asleep, Mateo can finish his octopus in peace."
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In case he was wondering how she felt about his parenting skills, the answer is that she finds them immensely attractive and is very turned on by his Good Dad Skills. What does Kristen Bell call her husband? Oh right.
Dadbeast.
"Just so fu--"
Mateo pops up again, gasping for air once more before he turns to look at his mama, blinking salty water out of his eyes. "How long was that!"
Without so much as missing a beat, Jyn decides: "Five minutes! Can you believe that, starshine! Five whole minutes. Imagine how much longer it would be if you take swimming lessons this year."
Jyn really wants him to take lessons but the first time they tried he was too scared, despite half growing up on this beach itself. Maybe it was the pool or maybe it was just an age where everything is scary, who knows. But she wants him to have proper lessons and maybe this will be what makes him agree.
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He doesn't get the chance to respond, but he does give her a very knowing sort of smirk.
Mateo, oblivious, just cheers at his new five minute record and squeezes his papa's hand. "Five minutes!" He is so pleased with himself, even as his mother's suggestion sinks in and he makes a thinky scrunchy face. "Do you really think it could be longer?"
"Much longer," Cassian agrees.
Mateo frowns with how much he's thinking about it. "Maybe," he says. "But I just wanna keep playing right now." He takes a deep breath, ready to go back under all over again. "Count again mama!"
And pop! Splash! There he goes again, under the water. Did he actually want to try again, or is this a very Erso means of avoiding the question? It's a mystery.
Cassian looks back at his future wife. "We can always do something about that later, after they are both asleep."
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It's the beach house, Jyn's decided, it always makes her want to throw down with Cassian in bed. The salt air or something. She's tired and worn out and socially exhausted, but she always wants to make out with her boyfriend.
Okay, maybe they should get married because they're too old to be boyfriend and girlfriend.
Mateo splutters to the surface again, whipping his hair out of his face and Jyn feels Luna relax in her arms, hand falling back against Jyn's arm, answering her son's question before he can ask. "Six minutes! Maybe we should take a break from the diving for now, I think it is making Luna nervous."
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"Oh I know," he agrees. "We always do."
Mateo looks at his sister worriedly, and as though he's still remembering her very hard bop on the head, it's only reluctantly that he moves closer, just enough that she can reach out and pap him much more gently on the arm. "I guess we can go back to the sand. Isn't it Luna's nap time soon?"
He honestly doesn't have that much awareness of it. He just wants that block of time to have this parents' sole attention, and after his sister's Brutal Beating, he clearly deserves it. He will sacrifice swimming for it!!
Cassian looks at Jyn with a grin, because he knows exactly Mateo's ulterior motives here. The only reason he asks his next question is because he wants to see how pressed his son gets by the mere concept. "It might be. Do you want to join her for a nap too?"
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They're butthead parents.
Mateo bristles, straightening up to his full height, and Jyn watches his little hands ball into tiny fists. She used to not have a poker face, but that changed real quick.
"No! I don't need a nap, I'm not a baby!"
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"Your mother naps, and she is definitely not a baby. I seem to recall the both of you enjoying the occasional nap together with very many a blanket."
Mateo is essentially her clone.
He huffs, stomping his foot in the sand, which doesn't have much of an effect since it's under the water. "I don't wanna nap now! It's Luna's nap time! I wanna finish my octopus."