Carlisle-Alice, after Whitlocks-Cullens.

[ofthefamily]

It's been...an adjustment, but an easier one than Carlisle had been expecting. The way Edward and Alice in particular have nearly instantaneously joined at the hip makes Carlisle smile every time he thinks of it -- things had bettered when Rosalie found Emmett, but that time was still difficult.

For the moment, Carlisle has taken some time off from the hospital to stay at home with his family, now larger than planned but not unwelcome. He is flipping through a book errantly from his seat behind his office desk, listening to the quiet hum of everyone moving through the house on this sunny of days.

Comments

[ofthefamily]

"Just when I was starting to be of use. Damn it all."

[betagainstme]

"You won't ever fall out of use, Carlisle." Alice steps back toward the door. "I can See that."

[ofthefamily]

In about thirty years, he will think that the retort most applicable here has something to do with credit cards or being the last willing mannequin in the house.

For now, Carlisle moves back to his seat behind his desk, removing his bookmark with a flourish before picking up where he left off.