Darker London-Uncover what is underneath...

Joe now went to work with all the enthusiasm of a man being led to his death. He was still good at the job, but he did his best to avoid speaking with people as much as he could, only leaving his office when he had to, and keeping the door shut at all times.

( Amends )

Joe was headed to his office when he heard the familiar sounds of his son singing in his bedroom. Joe smiled softly to himself, and he crossed the hallway where he could see Julian through the doorway. Julian was dancing around above Aislinn's crib, singing a Cher song in a voice that was convincingly authentic, though Cher's voice wasn't hard to reproduce when you were male, oddly enough.

( Cher-ing )

Joe was doing a rather fine job at not panicking outwardly, or so he would say himself. Inside, he felt as if one false move might rip his soul right out and he didn't know if he would be able to get it back in there again. In the past year he had panicked about his son more times than he could count. He had been terrified of losing Julian for more days out of the year than he had known he wouldn't, and that was a harsh reality. He hadn't worried about losing Jordan. He had known she was always there. They had been married twenty years. She was always there. Her constant affection and support made it hard to believe that the day might come when she might not be there. Jordan was Joe's wife. His love. His partner. His everything.

( Oh, Littletons! )

The baby hadn't been born yet even though it had been well over 12 hours now. It was nearly time for Julian to show up as he'd made plans to stop by after school. And they were certainly nowhere near baby time yet. Jordan kept saying that the baby wanted to take her time and that they should be patient. But Joe could see that his wife's energy was fraying around the edges already. The contractions were painful and she'd been up since midnight and there didn't seem to be an end in sight anywhere on the horizon at all.

( No one waits like the Littletons wait )