Page 54 of Daddies' Little Spitfire

Oliver and Leo knew how important stuffies were and he didn't want Hedda to be without hers. Especially if it could help keep away the nightmares with its scent. Or maybe it was the blanket in there. It was heavier than normal and maybe Hedda liked that.

Leo walked up the couple steps and into her room. Lila was sitting on her bed. Would she wake up in the middle of the night and miss her stuffie? Leo didn't want that and so he quickly picked up her stuffie. Beforehe made it out of the door, he grabbed one of the stuffed horses they got for her and made his way towards Oliver.

"I'm going to place this next to Hedda real quick," Leo said.

"Take this and place it in the room," Oliver said as he held out the baby monitor.

Leo looked at it and back at Oliver. Why did he have that?

"Just place it in the room. I've got the other one downstairs in case she wakes up from a nightmare," Oliver said. "Not that we wouldn't hear her, but in case she wakes up and is scared. We can hear her and get to her."

"Why don't you just come in and place it in the room?" Leo asked.

"Too many feet. Don't want to have a chance to wake her up."

Leo grabbed the baby monitor from Oliver. He wanted to tell him to come either way, but they both knew her sleep was important. Waking her up wasn't something they wanted to do.

"I'll be back in a second," Leo said before he quickly and quietly made his way down the hall.

He hoped she was asleep by now. Would her body shut down once she got into the bed or would it take her minutes or even hours to finally fall asleep?

Gently opening the door, he peeked his head into the room and saw her laying under the covers. He carefully walked in and waited a couple of seconds to see if she would wake up or not.

She laid there silently and Leo knew he was good toplace everything down. He quietly made his way over towards her bed, placing the two stuffed animals carefully under her arms. Leo placed the baby monitor on the bedside table.

He stood there a couple of seconds and stared at Hedda. She looked so peaceful and comfortable laying in the bed. He just wished she could feel like that when she was awake. Leo didn't know what possessed her to come into this room and fall asleep, but he wasn’t complaining. He didn’t like that she wasn't getting enough sleep, but this was a step in the right direction.

He had been planning to talk to Oliver today if she still hadn’t slept any. It wasn’t healthy and at some point, the hallucinations were going to start.

Leo didn’t want to give her sleeping pills or put her under. She didn’t want that, and he didn’t want to go against her will. Still, if he could help it, he wasn’t going to let her put her health at risk anymore.

He walked out of the room and towards Oliver who was still standing on the steps.

"Everything okay?" he asked.

"Yeah," Leo responded.

Both of them walked down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"Scotch?" Oliver asked.

Leo nodded his head and sat down on one of the chairs. After everything that happened, Leo wanted a drink.

"She was so cute sleeping in the bed," Leo said. "Both times."

Oliver grunted and gave him his glass of scotch. Theydidn't drink much because neither one of them wanted to be out of control.

"I'm glad she found that room and can get some decent sleep without the nightmares," Leo said as Oliver took a seat next to him. "I don't know what it is, but I'm happy whatever the reason."

"It could be our scents surrounding her," Oliver comments. "That with the blanket. It is heavier than the one she has in her room."

That was exactly what Leo was thinking. It was the only two logical explanations for what could be helping her. There was nothing else in the room.

They sat in silence for a couple of minutes as they nursed their drink. Things were starting to look up and Leo was happy. Even though her brother threatened them, things were still better with Hedda than before. Ever so slowly she was starting to open up to them and the walls she had built around herself were starting to crumble.

"We're slowly getting somewhere with her," Leo said as he placed his empty glass on the counter. "Still need to be patient, but we're getting somewhere."

Oliver grunts in agreement. No matter how small it was, it was a step in the right direction.

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