Chapter 6: Snuggles and Struggles

"Babies, it's time to get up. Let's get you dressed so we can go watch a movie." Jaskier said lightly and gently rubbed their ankles. Lambert stood and rocked back and forth on his feet. He was really happy, he would be happier if he had some pants or underwear, but he was happy. He was nice and warm and daddy was here taking care of him and his towel was so big and fluffy and nice.

Geralt and Eskel both slowly woke up. Geralt sat up causing his towel to fall and pool between his knees. He looked like a wreck, his hair was everywhere and he had drool on his face. Eskel sat up more gracefully and held his towel up around his waist. Eskel's hair was starting to fluff up from being dry and he smiled a big derpy smile and wagged a bit.

"Hey pretty boys. Get up we're gonna go get dressed and then go watch a mo-" Jaskier was cut off by Geralt pouting and whining incontinently. Jaskier cocked his head and raised an eyebrow at the babe for him to say something.

"I don't want clothes! I just wanna stay like this, please." Geralt said and looked into his daddy's pretty blue eyes. Geralt had a pout on his face and looked like a complete manipulative brat. It was damn working too.

Jaskier sighed and nodded his head and stood up from where he was crouched.

"Okay. Okay darling, but let me put sheets down and then you can stay naked. You little nudist." Jaskier said and planned out how he was going to cover the couch and floor with some big sheets. Geralt 'yay'ed and hurried and got up, pulling his older brother up with him.

Jaskier opened the door and the steam from the bath flowed out into the cooler house. Geralt walked out first but held back for a moment looking shocked. Jaskier knew it's because it was a bit cool in the house, a lot cooler than the bathroom. Jaskier walked to Geralt's room and pulled out three fuzzy blankets and tossed one over him and the pup automatically wrapped around himself. He made a big happy noise and snuggled into the soft fabric, it felt so amazing on his bath warmed skin.

Jaskier tossed the other two blankets onto the floor near the stairs. He then went and got a few extra pillows from Eskel and Lambert. He tossed those onto the pile.

While he was gathering supplies, Lambert went and pulled on a pair of green boxer briefs that felt so nice on his legs and a pair of plain grey sweatpants. Once he walked out and joined his blanket covered brothers Jaskier went and got a few of his quilts.

"We're going to have a proper pillow fort, or at least a lovely cuddle nest. Let me go get my sheets." Jaskier said and held up his hand in a 'stay' gesture. Jaskier walked toward his bedroom until he realized if the babes are going to live here they better know all the rooms. Jaskier opened the door and did a bit of a decency scan and nodded to himself.

"Come here. This is my room. When the door's unlocked you are always welcome to come in here. You can come on in if you get scared or bothered in the night or if you want some kisses. I really only lock it when I need to be alone for a moment. Even then you can just knock." Jaskier explained to the three big babies. They all just walked in and stood by the door but looked around at the awards and guitars and the messy bed and the desk and computer. Just taking it in.

"What… what happens if you… if you get angry?" Lambert said from the safety of being behind Eskel. He looked so timid with his tail tucked between his legs and his ears rotated down. Geralt looked at him like he just burnt down the house. Eskel didn't say anything but he seemed to be purposefully being stoic even though his tail looked fluffed up from shock.

Jaskier smiled lightly and looked over at the witchers. They must've been through so much. Jaskier would be the best owner and daddy ever.

"If I get angry I come to my room and calm down my breathing or maybe call my friend Yennefer. If I get angry at you? I'm probably not angry, I'm probably just frustrated. If you do something bad? Well we can figure out something later. Maybe you have to go stand in the corner or you don't get dessert. I don't know yet. I promise, I'll never ever make you do anything painful as a… correction. You will not be punished. Your behavior will be corrected. And I will never ever not in a million years ever hit you or hurt you when I am mad or otherwise." Jaskier promised and grabbed a few of his larger sheets, all grey because he once bought the wrong size, and carried them out to the pile.

While Jaskier made his promise the witchers watched him carefully. They could usually tell when a human was lying. And they could tell he wasn't. None of them said anything as they followed their daddy back out to the stairs.

"How about you big strong boys help me carry these. Be careful and try not to fall, okay? Once I get the sheets down you can get all snuggly and I'll flip on a movie. I'll be right over in the kitchen so you can still see me. You can eat dinner in the living room." Jaskier said smiling and handed each boy a fuzzy blanket, a quilt, a sheet, and a pillow. They easily managed carrying it all and didn't have any trouble carrying him once the two blanket covered boys hiked up their blankies.

"We're helping!" Geralt whispered happily as he walked down the stairs behind his two brothers. Jaskier could hear him and it made his heart melt. Eskel was next to speak.

"I bet we get to help daddy all the time! Maybe we can make a good nest for him! He'll really love it if we make him a good nest!" Eskel said and Jaskier could hear the hums of agreement.

Jaskier thought about what their charts had said. How could these happy, wonderful, perfect babies ever be… mean or bad.

Geralt: Severe self deprecation, minor anorexia, complete resistant to any form of restraint, selectively mute.

Eskel: Severe aggression, protective over any other mutated pet, binge eating disorder.

Lambert: Sex repulsed, Depression, PTSD due to past abuse, sensory processing issues, aggression toward humans, selectively mute.

And that was just the 'behavioral issues'. Jaskier though about how many doctors and therapists must've… touched, groomed, pushed them to their fucking limit just to find out- Jaskier took a deep breath. It'll all be okay. It'll all be okay because Jaskier swears to himself to always be there for them when they want him and to always try and find accommodations when they need or want them.

Once they were in the living room Geralt was wiggling a bit because he was wagging under his blanket. Eskel was happily nuzzling into Lambert's fluffy hair and Lambert was purring. Jaskier took all of the bedding and put it on the large grey couch and then flicked open and spread out the sheets across the couch and floor below. He turned around and smiled at the nice clean witchers.

"Have at it babies! I'll go start dinner. We're going to have breakfast for dinner. So eggs, bacon, waffles, and maybe some jelly toast later. You go ahead and get all comfy wherever, that includes the couch and the floor, and I'll bring the food over when it's done. You can explore down here too if you want." Jaskier told them and then watched them start spreading out the quilts and pillows before turning and starting on dinner.

Jaskier took a few seconds every couple of minutes to watch the babes. He watched them all work and put together a lovely nest on the floor. He had hollered out to them when they started to pile pillows on the floor that "The couch cushions can go on the floor too! If you think that would be something you wanna do". That had sparked them to shove the couch back some and make a nice wall of cushions for the back of the nest and then make a big circle with the pillows.

At one point Eskel had come over and looked quite shy, with his ears flat down and twiddling of his toes.

"Yes Wolfie? Do you want to ask for something?" Jaskier asked and got the scrambled eggs out of the pan. Eskel nodded. "Go ahead and ask." Jaskier reassured him. Eskel looked down at his toes and asked quietly.

"Can me and Bear go get some more pillows an' stuff from our room? We really wanna make you a good nest… Please! Please can we go get the stuff…" Eskel said and looked over at Geralt who was watching from behind the couch. Jaskier smiled down at him and kissed Eskel's forehead.

"Of course. Be careful not to fall on the stairs, but yes. You can absolutely." Jask answered and watched Eskel smile widely, ears flipped up and start wagging strongly. He also heard Geralt come running and then slowed down to walk up the stairs. What good boys .

Soon Geralt and Eskel had blankets and blankets and pillows galore. Jaskier was glad they were using all those blankets. That's what they're for. But Lambert seemed to disappear. He was probably out exploring the house by himself a bit.

Well that's what Jaskier thought until he walked over to put away the package of bacon and he found Lambert sitting near the fridge watching him. Lambert was just sat crisscross and staring at him. Jaskier opened the fridge and put away the eggs and bacon.

"Hey Lammy." Is all Jask said as he started to whisk together the waffle batter and leaned against the counter looking down at the baby. Lambert had his bottom lip in his mouth chewing on it absentmindedly. Lambert just waved at him and kept watching. Jaskier waved back at him.

"You feeling okay there Kitty? Are you hungry?" Jaskier asked and kept mixing the sweet batter together. Lambert just sat and chewed his lip. He kinda shrugged a little but that was basically it. His tail slithered back and forth slightly and ears twitched once.

"Okay, sweetheart. Do you wanna help me?" Jaskier asked again and stopped mixing the batter and just watched the baby. When Lambert shook his head Jaskier nodded.

"Alright Lammy. You just sit where you want. I love you, baby." Jaskier said and walked over to the now hot waffle iron. He glanced back at the now humongous disaster area that was his living room once he poured that batter. His heart was fluttering and he almost felt a tear creep to the edge of his eye. His babies worked so hard and did such a good job! Jaskier smiled and waited until the sweet cake was finished cooking.

Jaskier worked on making four nice waffles and Eskel and Geralt finished the nest and Lambert just sat and watched Jaskier. He sure is chewing on that lip. I should bring him a chewy. Maybe that green crystal shaped one on the necklace…

Soon he had two plates in his hands and two left on the counter. He brought them over to the two older boys.

"Dinner time! I'll be right back with Lambert. Eat up! I put forks there for a reason, it's hot." Jaskier said and pointed at Eskel who was eating his waffle folded up like a pizza. Geralt used his fork to pick up pieces of egg and wagged, which caused loud thumping to sound out across the room. Eskel was no better but his tail was wrapped in a blanket.

Jaskier walked back to the kitchen and crouched down in front of Lambert who was now laying on his side biting his thumb.

"Hey sugarcane, how about we go eat with bubbas, huh. I'm going to eat over there. You want me to feed you?" Jaskier said and brushed Lambert's hair back from his forehead. Lambert watched and listened intently. His eats moved a bit and he sat up and nodded. Jaskier pulled him up and carried both of their plates to the nest where Wolfie and Bear left enough room for them both in the middle.

Jaskier sat down with his legs straight out in front of him with the warm plates on his thighs. He patted the spot next to him and Lambert soon filled it. Lambert sat sideways with his back to Eskel who leaned on him.

"Okay eat eat eat… We are going to watch…. How about we watch Frozen? There's music and pretty colors. What do you babies think?" Jaskier asked as he queued up the movie. Geralt made an agreeing noise and Eskel nodded. Lambert was so lost in his own perfect little head that he just picked at the seam on Jaskier's pants.

Jaskier pressed play and got some egg on a fork and brought it up to Lambert's mouth. Lambert happily ate, a big grin spread across his face and a soft fuzz to his gaze. Jaskier ate his bites between Lambert's. Eskel finished first and crawled over to sit with Geralt who had really only eaten about half. Eskel watched Jaskier feed his baby brother and decided maybe that would work so he started to mimic what Jaskier was doing. Get some food on the fork, touch it to his lip to make sure it wasn't too hot, put it to Lamber's mouth. So Eskel got a piece of bacon, touched it to his lip, and put it near Geralt's mouth. Geralt just smiled at his brother. Esky was always so nice to him. Esky is the bestest brother ever. Geralt smiled and ate each piece his brother fed him and soon his plate was empty.

Jaskier smiled as he watched Eskel feed Geralt. It was so cute! He just collected the plates and put them on the coffee table in front of their nest. Lambert cozied in one corner covering himself with blankets while his two naked brothers decided to sandwich Jaskier in and nuzzle both sides on his neck. Geralt threw his leg over Jaskier's and wrapped his arms around his waist. Jaskier put his arm around to rest on the top of the cushion he was leaning against and pet and pull slightly on Geralt's tail when it flicked into his grasp. Geralt made a happy noise and watched the movie. Eske snuggled up right next to Jaskier and lay his head on his shoulder and nuzzled his neck. Jaskier happily rubbed at Eskel's thigh and knee, those being the only places he could reach because he was being squished. Jaskier enjoyed it very much.

About thirty minutes into the movie after they ate all three babies were asleep. Jaskier was almost there. He pulled a blanket up and around them and listened to Lambert's cute little sleep sounds. Soon Jaskier was awake.

Occasionally he would feel someone shift or move or someone get up to go potty. Geralt drooled down his shoulder and Eskel moved into a mirrored position as Geralt and Jaskier couldn't feel his legs or arms. Jaskier did note that- he really didn't mind it. He didn't mind getting slobbered all over and he didn't mind having the horrible needly sensation when one of them moved. And he really didn't mind when Lambert came over and flopped down by his feet. Jaskier really loved it though, he loved feeding them, he loved feeling their furnace like body heat, he loved seeing them soft and vulnerable, he loved everything.

Jaskier laid there, in that pillow and blankie nest, that this is what he needed. He didn't need a bunny or a cat or a 160lb pup. No, what he needed was 600lbs of warm hard muscles and fluffy hair. He needed wide sharp fangs and battle scars. He needed needy little savages.

This is the life.