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act three — the time apart
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"thea, what did you want to ask me before?" lando asked the mother of his children as their guests started to begin to leave, the only ones staying behind for a little bit longer being their family's, mason and ben.

"oh yeah, i was wondering if you wanted to stay over tonight?" her question made his eyes widen in shock, he didn't know if he'd ever hear that come out of her mouth again but he was so glad that it did.

"are you being serious?" before thea got to reassure him that she was, they had to say goodbye to a couple of their guests, this time it being george and carmen.

"yeah, louis misses you and..." she paused, wondering whether she should carry on her sentence or not, finally choosing to when she saw the hopeful look on his face. "and so do i."

it didn't take very long for the trio to return home, louis falling asleep ten minutes before leaving the venue in bens arms, the little boy not waking up once on the way home or even whilst thea was getting him changed; soft snores escaping his mouth, making a smile grow on her face as she watched over him for a moment.

"can i ask you a massive favour?" thea looked over at lando with the best puppy dog eyes that she could do as they sat on the large grey couch, one of the friday night dinner episodes playing in the background, the sight of her making lando cave in. if there was one thing that was identical between louis and thea, it was their puppy dog eyes, the pair of them always getting what they wanted from lando. "will you shave my legs for me please?"

"do you remember when you asked me to do this with louis?" lando chuckled at the memory, thea joining in with him as more and more positive memories ran through her mind.

"i remember it like it was yesterday."

nostalgic. if there was one word to describe the emotions that lando and thea were feeling during that moment, it would be nostalgic.

however, this very situation made them question. question what could have happened if lando never cheated, if thea never had the miscarriage and if they never had their first major argument that night. but as thea told herself, everything happens for a reason, we just need to find that very reason.

"there's some extra pillows and blankets in the cupboard if you want them." "and i've sorted out the bathroom for you." although the former couple had had an enjoyable night, the young mother wanted to avoid any uncomfortable questions that lando may have sprung upon her so she left him alone as quickly as she physically could.

however, trying to fall asleep in the bed where they both used to lay seemed impossible for thea, she had absolutely no luck on falling asleep and she knew why. knowing that lando was in the room facing hers was slowly killing her and after a few minutes of contemplating with herself, she decided to take a risk, just like he had done at the gender reveal.

slowly rising from her uncomfortable position in the king sized bed, the mattress indented from where she was lay, she began to waddle towards the facing room, her hand cradling her growing bump. knocking softly on the white panelled door and getting no response, thea could only assume that he was sleeping, at least one of them were. opening the door ever so slightly, she poked her head in to find him cuddling one of the spare pillows that she was sure that he had gotten from the cupboard.

the first time that thea had washed the spare bedrooms pillows with her signature scent, lando immediately became obsessed with it. so it definitely didn't surprise her that he chose the pillow to cuddle, her scent filling his noise as a way to soothe him off to sleep, just like a baby with a comfort blanket.

"thea-" feeling the bed sink underneath him and a body join his presence, lando groggily spoke up as he felt the oh so familiar hands settle on his chest, thea's arms wrapped under his own, nuzzling her cheek against his back.

"i know, lando." she whispered to him, automatically knowing what he was going to say as she softly scratched his bare skin, the touch making a smile grow on his face.

"daddy!" if lando and thea weren't already awake enough, louis' loud voice would have definitely woken them up even more, his little excited voice being heard as the nearly three year old ran into the kitchen.

"hi, little man, i've missed you." lando scooped louis into his arms just in time, settling his son on the hip and kissing his cheeks, making the little boy laugh and try to push him away.

"i saw you yesterday." louis told him in an obvious tone, wrapping his small arms around lando's shoulders.

"that's still too long."

"did you have a sleepover last night?" louis asked slightly confused on why his dad was wearing his pyjamas instead of normal clothes whilst he was over.

"i did, yeah." lando's words making louis clap his haves as best as he could, turning back to look at the a for some more confirmation, receiving a small nod in return. "i came to say night to you but you was fast asleep."

"i had the best dream ever."

"what was your dream, my love?" thea spoke up softly, attracting her son's attention, louis eager to tell them a description of his dream from the look on his face.

"me and uncle ben were fighting dragons and then daddy came and stabbed him." louis told them, thea's eyebrows raising slightly as lando chuckled at his son's wild imagination.

"the dragon or uncle ben?" thea giggled, resting a hand on her hip as she leant against the kitchen counter.

"the dragon, mummy, you're silly." louis told her like it was the most obvious explanation in the world, lando playing along by jokingly shaking her head.

"mummy's very silly, isn't she?" he turned his head back to louis, reaching to tickle his belly before putting him back on the floor, louis running into the living room once he was back on solid ground; lando now focusing his full attention back onto thea as he asked her a little question. "fancy going on a coffee date?"

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"hiya mase, you alright?" thea spoke gently down the phone as she put the call on speaker, she couldn't remember the last time that she didn't put her phone on speaker, unless she was in a crowded public place. "you're on speaker and i'm with lando, is he alright to hear this?"

"yeah that's fine." she knew that mason would be questioning the situation right now about lando being at her home but this wasn't the best time to ask anything when something a lot more important had happened. "you both need to hear this, have you been on instagram recently?"

"not since i've posted, why what's up?" thea was beginning to get worried by this point, lando noticing this so he placed a hand on her knee, softly rubbing his thumb against her skin as a tactic to slowly calm her down.

"thea, i've just sent you something and i really think you need to look at it."

"you're worrying me, mason, what's going on?"

"please just look at the message." ending the call, thea navigated her way to her messages, an unread one from mason sitting at the top. clicking it to find a screenshot of a post by a formula one news instagram, the edited photo catching her attention first before diverting her focus onto the long caption.

"motherfuckers!" she huffed out angrily once she had finished reading the caption of the instagram post, aggressively throwing her phone down on the kitchen counter in lando's direction so that he could read it too, her hands rubbing over her face and over her hair as she quickly grew frustrated.

lando was next to react and luckily louis was in the living room watching spiderman, so he wasn't able to hear any of the profanities that came out of his parents mouths. "what the actual fuck."