It didn't happen the morning after the first time. It didn't even happen in the first annual they were together.
Actually, Cain had no idea when it had happened, perhaps it had been there all along but he was so used to the hollow resonance of himself that he never thought to listen.
One morning, long after the eclipse, Wyatt Cain woke to the sound of a heartbeat. Sometime during the night, he had shifted and curled himself in a tangled mess with Glitch. Glitch, for once, was sleeping on his back but Cain's arm was tucked under the mass of dark hair to keep the pull of the zipper from pushing into Glitch's head. Cain was pressed all along Glitch's side, his head resting on a warm, slightly damp patch of bare skin in the middle of Glitch's chest.
His ear was squished just in the right place, where he could hear the clear, steady beating of Glitch's heart. It wasn't the first time he had heard that soothing sound, but this time there was an echo.
With his ear sealed against skin, he could hear his own heart beating as well. The two beats did not match; Glitch's was slightly faster.
Once, Glitch had told him to 'have a heart.' Once he'd told Glitch that 'heart's got nothing to do with it.'
Finding his son had reminded him how important it was to have a heart. Cain hadn't considered that his had finally woken up from its long sleep.
"What're you doing?" Glitch mumbled sleepily, his hand coming up to pet Cain's short, pale hair.
"Just listening," Cain replied in a voice filled with awe.
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Actually, Cain had no idea when it had happened, perhaps it had been there all along but he was so used to the hollow resonance of himself that he never thought to listen.
One morning, long after the eclipse, Wyatt Cain woke to the sound of a heartbeat. Sometime during the night, he had shifted and curled himself in a tangled mess with Glitch. Glitch, for once, was sleeping on his back but Cain's arm was tucked under the mass of dark hair to keep the pull of the zipper from pushing into Glitch's head. Cain was pressed all along Glitch's side, his head resting on a warm, slightly damp patch of bare skin in the middle of Glitch's chest.
His ear was squished just in the right place, where he could hear the clear, steady beating of Glitch's heart. It wasn't the first time he had heard that soothing sound, but this time there was an echo.
With his ear sealed against skin, he could hear his own heart beating as well. The two beats did not match; Glitch's was slightly faster.
Once, Glitch had told him to 'have a heart.' Once he'd told Glitch that 'heart's got nothing to do with it.'
Finding his son had reminded him how important it was to have a heart. Cain hadn't considered that his had finally woken up from its long sleep.
"What're you doing?" Glitch mumbled sleepily, his hand coming up to pet Cain's short, pale hair.
"Just listening," Cain replied in a voice filled with awe.