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lipstickmarks · 3 days ago

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I'm so hungry

—Xaden Riorson x Violet Sorrengail

Summary: the Riorgail children try the “i’m so hungry” trend on their parents - Modern AU

Word Count: 1.8k

Warnings: mentions of smut but no actual smut ☹️

Author’s note: I originally intended smut but I got sleepy😭 inspired by hangyreads tiktok

I miss flying by dragon, I told Tairn through the bond.

A deep chuckle sounded through my mind.

“This is your fault for procreating. I will not carry you, the wingleader, and two offspring. I am not an amusement park ride.”

I rolled my eyes. It was just after 9:00 am and we were on the fourth hour of our family road trip to the isles. Waking up at five in the morning to run with Imogen? No problem. Waking up at five in the morning because there’s a war on the horizon? Easy money. Waking up at five in the morning to wrangle two cranky preteen into a car for a long drive with no entertainment? Fucking kill me.

My joints are starting to ache from spending so long in the car but I practically had to shove Xaden into the passenger seat when we stopped for gas two hours ago because he was starting to fall asleep. And a sleep-deprived Xaden is a Xaden I want nothing to do with.

I glance over at him, his head leaning against the window, his eyes nearly closed but not quite. My heart gives a soft flutter. He works so hard, carries so much. That’s why we make time to visit the isles so frequently. It’s where he feels most at peace. We bought a vacation home there when we first found out I was pregnant. A gorgeous beachfront home with floor to ceiling windows and more bedrooms than we know what to do with. When it was time to deliver, I had both our babies there.

Doing my best not to disturb his slow descent into sleep, I reach over and run a hand over his shoulder. I send comforting feelings down the bond.

��Almost there, my love. We’re almost home.”

Xaden takes a deep, steadying breath in and I watch his features soften as he enters a blissful slumber.

“Mom?” Fenna says from the backseat.

I glance at her in the rearview mirror and I swear, everytime I see her, with her hazel eyes and inky black hair, a perfect mesh of Xaden and I, it takes my breath away.

“Yes, sweetheart?”

Fenna tries to smash a smile between her lips, shaking shoulders holding back a laugh. She’s the embodiment of barely contained glee. Whatever’s on her mind, it’s got her giddy. I hope she’s just as excited for the trip as we are. She’s so pensive and serious, just like Xaden and I worry that she doesn’t talk through whatever burdens her, just lets it pile up until it hurts. But right now, her smile is so bright, her words so bubbly that it eases my apprehension.

“I’m so hungry.”

My spirit deflates. Tairn grumbles something about insatiable human children and I slam my shields closed.

“There’s some snacks in my purse.” I gesture at the backseat where I’ve left my purse with a whole bunch of granola, trail mix, beef jerky, and a bag of chips.

“No, Mom, I'm so hungry.” Fenna whines, running a hand over her stomach.

I try to hold back a swell of frustration. We stopped for breakfast not too long ago and if we stop again, we’ll be stuck on the road during traffic and won’t get to the beach house until way later than we expected.

Next to her, her brother murmurs something I can’t quite hear but it sounds like “bad idea, Fenna”.

Fenna giggles through her words, as she states loud and proud for the whole car to hear.

“I’m so hungry, I could eat Halden Tauri!”

Everything that happens next happens in a slow blur of motion. Me slamming on the breaks after we encounter the shortest yellow light ever. Xaden’s head whipping up and Liam’s sigh from the backseat.

“Told you.”

I turn around to face her at the same time as Xaden and it’s not lost on me that the car suddenly gets a lot darker despite the morning sun outside.

“How do you know that name?” He asks, eyes wide.

Fenna shrugs, her lips wobbling with a restrained laugh.

“I dunno. I’m just saying I’m so hungry, I could eat Halden Tauri.”

Xaden’s lip curls and I have to turn my attention back to the road when a car behind us honks. So much for relaxed, vacation Xaden. And so much for my chances of post-road trip “yay we finally got to our destination” sex.

“What– what is this?” Xaden asks, his voice pitching higher.

“Fenna, where did you even hear that name?” I ask her.

I hear Xaden’s dulcet voice in my head.

“I bet you she saw his name when you took Liam to the bookstore last week. You know that fucker released an autobiography? Like, who the fuck cares? You wrote 300 pages of “I’m a prince and I’m rich and the fact that I dated Violet Sorrengail is the only interesting thing about me.”?

Fenna cackles while Liam sits next to her and continues to write in his journal, unperturbed by his sister’s antics.

“Dad! I’m literally so hungry, I could eat Halden Tauri.” Fenna says, her cheeks pink with laughter. She laughs through every single word.

“You say literally too much.” Liam chimes in, eyes never leaving his book.

“Are you aware that was your mother’s first boyfriend?”

I place my hand on Xaden’s thigh, anchoring him to the present. I send loving thoughts through the bond.

“Still so jealous after all these years.” I tell him mind-to-mind, stroking at that wall of pure onyx.

Fenna lifts her hands up to feign innocence.

“I’m so hungry, I could eat him.”

Xaden’s face twists into disgust.

“Stop saying that, it’s cannibalism for one thing. And even if you were going to become a cannibal, the last person you should eat is Halden fucking Tauri.”

“Xaden!” I snap my head to his. “Little ears. Take a beat.”

Xaden catches my gaze and then takes a steadying breath. He looks back at Fenna, who’s laughing into her hands and I can see the moment his perspective shifts. His daughter is playing a prank on him. This is what our children plan to do with their days. They don’t fret about wars or death or rebellion. They think of silly things to say to provoke a reaction out of us without an ounce of fear for retribution.

“She’s not afraid of me.” He says into my mind, awe and reverence lacing his words.

“You’ve never given her any reason to be.” I tell him, tangling our fingers together.

Xaden looks back at Fenna, who is still a mess of giggles.

“If you’re hungry enough to eat a whole person, maybe we should stop for breakfast.” He leans forward, cupping Fenna’s cheek lovingly. Then, he looks back at Liam. “How about you, buddy? You hungry?”

Liam nods, bookmarking his spot and closing the book gently before placing it on the seat in between him and Fenna.

“Yeah, I’m hungry.”

Screw it. My kids are hungry and they’re going to eat. Who the fuck cares if we don’t make it to the beach by noon? We’ll be there for a whole week, what difference does a few hours make?

“There’s a brunch place near here I think.” I mutter, looking for the sign that signals the exit I need to take. I find it in the nick of time and start to change lanes.

Liam pipes up again from the back.

“So hungry I could eat Catriona Cordella!”

I slam on the brakes. Xaden would have gone flying toward the windshield if he wasn’t pure muscle.

“What?!”

Xaden blinks at Liam in astonishment. Tairn laughs in my head.

“How– how do you even know about that?” Since Drake and Mira got married, our children have only ever known Cat as “Aunt Cat” since we are now technically family. A fact that, everytime I point it out to Cat, makes her face twist up in a cringe, yet she always gets me the nicest things for Christmas. How would they have known about Xaden and Cat? As a matter of fact, how did they know about me and Halden?

Liam and Fenna share a conspiratory look before saying in unison,

“Uncle Ridoc!”

—-

We ate brunch at a cute little diner and admittedly, chocolate chip pancakes and a few fries off Xaden’s plate did significantly improve my mood.

Our little detour only took up an hour of our trip max and we made it to the beach in no time. Sadly though, we were met with some unseasonable rain when we got to the house. The kids didn’t mind much, since there was a huge TV in the living room. They put on a movie and were asleep on the living room floor within minutes.

Xaden gently laid blankets over both of them and pressed soft kisses to their heads. The sight made my heart swell. I’ve seen him as a wingleader, a lieutenant, a duke, and a professor. But watching him become a father is truly the best role I’ve ever had the pleasure of witnessing him in.

Not to mention the hottest.

Taking his hand, I lead him up the stairs to our room. A happy sigh leaves me, remembering all the good times we’ve had here. Christmases, summer vacations, family dinners, the birth of our own children.

I open the door to our room and breathe in the familiar smell. Our bed is huge, cushy, and perfect for the nap I’m about to have. That’s the benefit of my babies getting older. If they wake up hungry, they know how to make mac and cheese and don’t have to wake either of us up for it.

I start to strip, removing my tank top and shorts when all of a sudden, I feel a familiar heated gaze lingering on me from behind.

Turning around, I face Xaden. His large arms are crossed over his large chest and maybe it’s the sleep deprivation and the driving exhaustion but all my brain can do is repeat largelargelargelargelarge.

And now I’m thinking about another large part of him. A large, hard part I’d like inside of me post haste.

“You know,” Xaden runs his fingers down my arms and it makes me shiver. He licks his lips and leans down so we share breath. “I’m so hungry, I could eat Violet Sorrengail.”

I laugh as Xaden lifts me into his arms, hands resting just under my ass.

“I don’t think that’s how the game works, love.” Looping my arms around his neck, I grin down at him.

He carries me to the bad and lays me down reverently, like I’m a treasure. Tantalizingly slowly, he starts to strip, first his black shirt, then his pants, until he’s only got on black boxers that can’t hide his cock straining against them.

“It’s how mine does.”