[ at some point, it just becomes easier for raleigh to move in than to keep an apartment of his own nearby that he never uses. he spends his days at naomi's house, whether or not the girls are there. yancy's got school and friends and she's quickly growing up. ( she'll be fourteen in a couple of months and he can hardly believe it. fourteen. and he already knows what he's getting her for her birthday ) naomi's got her job and sometimes that takes her around the world in eighty hours, if things really push it.
raleigh? he's technically got a job with the ppdc still. it's more of a research facility now. they're taking drift and jaeger tech and turning it into medical and consumer technology. it's pretty fascinating stuff. and sometimes they want a brain to scan, and he's more than happy to play lab rat for him when they need him.
but mostly he's a stay at home dad. he goes grocery shopping, he cleans the house, he's got a spot in naomi's garage where he can tinker and build things to his heart's content. he's a pretty decent cook and tries to have dinner on the table for his girls when they get home. it's not the life he thought he would end up with. there's no real adventure or glamour. none of the adrenaline rushes he loves and still craves a little. but it's okay. hell, it's better than okay most days. he's happy, and that's something he wasn't for a very long time.
the house is his for the night tonight. at least, it is until naomi's flight gets in and she makes her way home. normally, he'd go and pick her up at the airport. but yancy's at a sleepover and in case things go horribly wrong like he's thinking they might ( some of her middle school friends are looking like they're the type that's going to change the second they get into high school. and not for the better. ) he wants to be around with the car so he can go and pick her up. so his phone's by his head, and there's a hockey game on tv, and raleigh is... half-asleep, sprawled out over the couch, his hand still in the half-empty bowl of popcorn resting on the floor. ]
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raleigh? he's technically got a job with the ppdc still. it's more of a research facility now. they're taking drift and jaeger tech and turning it into medical and consumer technology. it's pretty fascinating stuff. and sometimes they want a brain to scan, and he's more than happy to play lab rat for him when they need him.
but mostly he's a stay at home dad. he goes grocery shopping, he cleans the house, he's got a spot in naomi's garage where he can tinker and build things to his heart's content. he's a pretty decent cook and tries to have dinner on the table for his girls when they get home. it's not the life he thought he would end up with. there's no real adventure or glamour. none of the adrenaline rushes he loves and still craves a little. but it's okay. hell, it's better than okay most days. he's happy, and that's something he wasn't for a very long time.
the house is his for the night tonight. at least, it is until naomi's flight gets in and she makes her way home. normally, he'd go and pick her up at the airport. but yancy's at a sleepover and in case things go horribly wrong like he's thinking they might ( some of her middle school friends are looking like they're the type that's going to change the second they get into high school. and not for the better. ) he wants to be around with the car so he can go and pick her up. so his phone's by his head, and there's a hockey game on tv, and raleigh is... half-asleep, sprawled out over the couch, his hand still in the half-empty bowl of popcorn resting on the floor. ]