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rachelbethhines · 3 years

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Vintage Shows to Watch While You Wait for the Next Episode of WandaVision - The 60s

So the 60s is the era that Wandavision pulls most heavily from for it’s inspiration. So much so that one could make the argument that each of the first three episodes are all set in the 1960s. Episode one pulls from the early 60s with multiple Dick Van Dyke refences, episode two is very Bewitched inspired, and episode three is aesthetically very similar to The Brady Bunch which started in ‘69. As such it was hard to narrow down the list for this decade and I had to get creative in some ways.

1. The Andy Griffith Show (1960 - 1968)

The Andy Griffith Show gets kind of a bad rap now a days for being, supposedly, a conservative’s wet dream. People claiming it as such have apparently never actually seen the series. Oh yes, it’s very much set in white rural 60s America and will occasionally present the obliviously outdated joke, but the story of a widowed sheriff being the only sane man in a small town full of lovable lunatics, who prefers to solve his and others problems with negotiation and hair brained schemes as opposed to violence has far more in common with modern day Steven Universe than whatever genocidal fantasy fake rednecks have in their heads.

As the gif above shows Andy Griffith was very subtlety progressive for its time. Andy was a stanch pacifist, pro-gun control, treated drug addicts and prisoners with respect, and all the women he would date had careers, ect. and so on. It’s not a satire making any sort of grand political statements but the series had a moral center that was far more left than many realize.

But if it’s not a satire, then what type of comedy is it?

The Andy Griffith Show excels in what I like to call, ‘awkward comedy’. See everyone in Mayberry is far too nice to just come out and tell a character they’re making an ass of themselves, so therefore whoever is the idiot punching bag of the episode’s focus must slowly unravel as everyone looks on in helpless pity until said character realizes the folly of their ways and the townsfolk come together to make them feel happy and accepted once more. Wandavision takes this polite idyllic awkwardness and plays it up for horror instead of laughs.

2. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961 - 1966)

The creators of Wandavision actually met with Dick Van Dyke himself to pick his brain and learn how sitcoms were made back then. Paul Bentley also took inspiration from Van Dyke in his performance of the sitcom version of Vision, while Olsen stated Mary Tylor Moore had a heavy influence on her character of Wanda. But more than just being a point of homage, The Dick Van Dyke Show was hugely influential in modernizing the family sitcom and breaking a lot of the unspoken traditions and ‘rules’ of the 50s television era. It’s also just really, really funny.

3.The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962 - 1965)

Bit of a cheat here. Alfred Hitchcock Presents actually started in 1955 as a half hour anthology show, but in ‘62 the show got a revamp and was extended into a full hour tv series. I knew I wanted The Twilight Zone to be covered in my episode one recap, but ‘The Master of Suspense’ couldn’t be forgotten. While The Twilight Zone reveled in the surreal and supernatural, Alfred Hitchcock pioneered the thriller genre and made real life seem dangerous, horrifying, and other worldly.

4. Doctor Who (1963 - present day) vs Star Trek (1966 - present day)

Just like how westerns dominated the air waves during the 50s, science fiction was the center of the cultural zeitgeist of the 60s. From Lost in Space to My Favorite Martian, space aliens and robots were everywhere. So naturally I had to name drop the two sci-fi juggernauts that still air to this today. If you thought that the rivalry between Star Wars and Star Trek was bad then you’ve never seen a chat full of Whovians and Trekkies duking it out over who is the better monster, the Borg or the Cyberman. But which one has the more influence over Wandavision?

Well Star Trek owes it’s existence to sitcoms. As with The Twilight Zone before it, Star Trek was produced by Desilu Productions and it’s co-founder and CEO, Lucille Ball, was the series biggest supporter behind the scenes, lobbying for it when it faced early cancelation. As with all things sitcomy, everything ties back to I Love Lucy in the end. However despite that little backstory, it would seem that the series has very little to do with Wandavision itself beyond being quintessentially American.

I would argue that Wandavision owes much to Doctor Who though. Arguably more so than any show mentioned in this retrospective. Time travel, alternate realities, trouble in quite suburbia, brainwashing, people coming back from the dead, ect... just about every trope you can find in Wandavision has also appeared in Doctor Who at some point. As a series that can go anywhere and do anything, Doctor Who was a pioneer of marrying genres in new and interesting ways.

5. Bewitched (1964 - 1972) and I Dream of Jeannie (1965 - 1970)

It’s hard to pick one series over another because they’re essentially the same show. A mortal man falls in love with a magical girl who upends their lives with magic filled hijinks as they try their best not to have their secret discovered by the rest of the world. And both have their fingerprints all over the DNA of Wandavision.

There’s only two core differences; Samantha and Jeannie have completely different personalities, with Sam being confident and knowledgeable and Jeannie being naïve and oblivious, along with their relationships with their respective men, Sam and Darrin being married and in love at the start of the series and Jeannie chasing after Tony in the beginning in a will they/won’t they affair, finally only getting together in the last season.

6. The Munsters (1964 - 1966) vs The Adams Family (1964 - 1966)

Fans of these two shows are forever sadden that there never was a crossover between them. Because they’d fit perfectly together. Both shows are about a surreal and macabre family living in American suburbia and disrupting the lives of their neighbors with their otherworldly hijinks. Sound familiar?

The main difference between the two shows is the way the characters viewed their placement in the world they inhabit.

The Munsters were always oblivious to the fact that didn’t fit in. They just automatically assumed everyone had the same personal tastes as them. Whenever they encountered anyone who behaved strangely around them they would write that person off as being the odd one rather than questioning themselves. As such the main cast was structured like a stereotypical sitcom family who just happened to be classic movie monsters.

The Addams were well aware that they were abnormal and they loved it! They lived life with in their own little world and didn’t care what anyone thought of them. As such the characters were far more colorful and quirky as individuals but there was little in the way of refences to other horror franchises beyond just a general love of the twisted and strange.

7. Green Acres (1965 - 1971) and the Rual-verse (1962 - 1971)

So the MCU is not the first franchise to bring viewers an interconnected universe to the small screen. Far from it, as sitcoms had been doing this for decades, starting with the ‘rualverse’. Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres were all produced by the same company and were treated as spinoffs of each other, complete with crossovers and shared characters and sets.

Of the three, the last show, Green Acres, has the most in common with Wandavision. A well to do businessman and his lovely socialite wife settle down in small town America on a farm in order to get away from the stresses of city life, only to find new stresses in the country. Eva Gabor, herself a natural Hungarian, plays the character of Lisa as Hungarian making her one of the few non-native born Americans on tv screens during the cold war. Despite her posh nature and original protests to the move, Lisa assimilates to the rural life far easier than her husband, Oliver. Who, as the main comedic thread, can’t comprehend his new quirky neighbors’ odd and often illogical behavior.

8. Hogan’s Heroes (1965 - 1971) and Get Smart (1965 - 1969)

So as comic fans have been quick to point out, it’s looking like both A.I.M. (Hydra) and Sword (Shield) will be players in the story of Wandavision. To commemorate that here’s two shows to represent those opposing sides. Although in truth, neither series has anything else in common with each other but I need to condense things down someway.

In Hydra’s corner we got Hogan’s Heroes. A show all about taking down Nazis from within.

I love, love, love, ‘robin hood’ comedies where a group of con artists try week after to week to pull one over the establishment. The Phil Silvers Show, Mchale's Navy, and Top Cat, just to name a few examples are all childhood favorites of mine. However while those shows had a lot of morally ambiguous characters, Hogan’s Heroes has very clear cut good guys and bad guys, cause the bad guys are Nazis and the show relentless makes fun of the third reich as should we all. In fact I was watching Hogan’s Heroes while waiting for the GA run off election results. Fortunately my home state decided to kick out our own brand of Nazis this year.

For Shield, we got the ultimate spy spoof, Get Smart. Starring, Inspector Gadget himself, Don Adams, as the bumbling Maxwell Smart. Get Smart, is a hilarious send up of Cold War espionage but the real selling point of the show, imho, is Max and his co-worker 99′s relationship. You can cut the sexual tension in the air with a knife all while laughing your ass off.

9. Batman (1966 - 1968)

First was Superman and then came Batman. Yet while Superman was a serious action show, Batman was a straight up comedy. Showcasing that superheroes could indeed be funny.

Also shout out for Batman being the only show on this list to have an actual crossover with it’s competitor, The Green Hornet.

10. Julia (1968 - 1971)

Since episode two features the first appearances of Herb and Monica, let’s highlight the first black led sitcom since the cancelation of Amos ‘n Andy over a decade earlier. The show focuses on single mother and military nurse, Julia, as she tries to live her life without her recently decease husband, who was killed in Vietnam, as she tries to raise their six year old son on her own.

The series is cute. It’s more of a throw back to earlier family sitcoms where there’s no fantasy and life lessons are the name of the game. It’s the fact that the main character is a single black woman is what made the show so subversive and important at the time.

Runner Ups

There’s much good stuff in the 60s, so here’s some others that didn’t make the cut but I would recommend anyways.

Car 54, Where Are You? (1961 - 1963)

I call this the Brooklynn 99 of the 1960s. Bumbling but well meaning Officer Toody longs to do good in the world and help anyone in need, but often screws things up with his ill thought out schemes. He often drags his best friend and partner, the competent but anxiety riddled, Muldoon into his escapades.

Mr. Ed (1961 - 1966)

The grandfather of the sarcastic talking pet trope.

The Jetsons (1962 - 1963 and 1985 - 1987)

Hanna-Barbera often took popular sitcoms and just repackaged them as cartoons with a fantasy theme to them. The Jetsons has no singular show that it rips-off but is rather more a grab bag of sitcom tropes that feature, robots, computers, and flying cars.

The Outer Limits (1963 - 1965)

The Outer Limits was The Twilight Zone’s biggest competitor in terms of being a sic-fi/horror anthology series.

Gillian’s Island (1964 - 1967)

The only comparison to WandaVision I could think of was that this is a sitcom about people being trapped in one place. But by that point I was running out of room on the list. Still it’s one of the funniest shows on here.

So yeah, this took longer than expected cause there’s a lot, here. Hopefully the 70s will be easier. Which I’ll post on Friday.

#wandavision #sitcoms #1960s #dick van dyke #bewitched

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queseraone · 7 years

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Maybe One Day - Part 5

The world is a scary place right now. Sending love and hugs and peace to you all. ❤️❤️❤️

A collection of one-shots of Jay Halstead as a dad. Because we all need that in our lives. Co-written with @halsteadpd

When canon gives you lemons, you make fluff…

Catch up here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Erin’s cell phone buzzed on her desk and she quickly grabbed for it, not wanting to distract her colleagues. But the noise still caught Jay’s attention. As she checked the message, he watched as her face fell, then shot her a questioning look. She nodded her head in the direction of the break room; they’d never needed words to communicate, even less so since they got married. Erin and Jay could read each other like a book.

Jay followed his wife into the break room, quickly closing the door behind them and glancing back through the window at the rest of the team. “What’s wrong?”

Erin leaned against the counter and sighed before answering. “The sitter cancelled for tonight. She has the flu.” They had had a date night planned for weeks. It was just dinner and a movie, but with three kids running around—not to mention their heavy caseload—it was often difficult to find time to spend just the two of them.

“What? Are you serious?” Words weren’t necessary, the pained look on her face was answer enough. Jay covered his face with his hands, running them up and through his hair in frustration. “No no no, this can’t be happening. We need this babe.”

“I know, I know, I’ve been looking forward to this all week.”

Jay moved closer to Erin, his arms grasping hold of the counter on either side of her, essentially trapping her there. He leaned in close, pressing his lips against her neck, kissing the sensitive spot below her ear. “I swear, having three kids is the world’s best birth control.”

Erin shivered at the feel of his hot breath as he whispered against her neck. “I know, it’s been forever. But the kids...”

“Can’t we find someone else to watch them?” Jay continued to pepper kisses along her neck.

Erin pulled back quickly, stepping out of his embrace. “I can’t… ugh I can’t think when you’re doing that.” Jay shot her a smug smile. “Someone must be able to do it. We just need to ask around.”

“Honestly, I’ll beg at this point,” Jay admitted with a grin.

While Erin started calling everyone they knew, Jay headed back into the bullpen, scanning the room for possible babysitters. Antonio was out of town visiting Eva in Portland, and he knew Voight and Olinsky had commitments at the club on Friday nights.

“Hey Ruzek!” Adam’s head snapped up when he heard Jay calling his name. “We need you and Kim to watch the kids tonight.”

“You want us to watch five kids?! Three of whom are Halsteads?! Sorry man, the last time we watched your little devils Kim wouldn’t have sex with me for a month!”

“Please man? Erin and I need this date night like you can’t even imagine.” Jay pleaded.

“You need to get laid that bad, huh?” Jay just shot Adam a look. “Seriously we couldn’t even if we wanted to, I’m coaching Em’s hockey game and Kim has to take Lucy to ballet.”

“Kev? How about you?” Jay asked desperately, glancing over at Atwater.

“Sorry Halstead, I would if I could, but I’m hoping to get laid tonight too.”

Jay ran his hand down the back of his neck, as he made his way back into the break room in a huff. He hoped that Erin had had better luck than he did—the look on her face told him she hadn’t.

“I tried Will and Natalie, Gabby, Platt, Herrmann, anyone and everyone I could think of. I’m so sorry babe, but I think we’re going to have to reschedule this.”

“No!” Jay practically shouted, desperation was evident in his voice. “There has to be someone else. I need this Erin.”

She ran her hands through her hair as she racked her brain one more time. “I know!” She exclaimed suddenly, pulling her phone from her back pocket and quickly typing out a text.

“Wait, who is it? Who are you asking?”

“Just a second.” The ping of her phone alerted them to the quick text back. “Perfect. Kelly can do it.”

“Wait Kelly?! As in Kelly Severide?!” Jay’s eyes grew wide as he exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s the only Kelly I know.”

“Your ex-boyfriend Kelly Severide?!”

“Jay, that was a lifetime ago.”

“It’s still kind of weird,” Jay countered, before huffing in exasperation. “Fine, fine. You’re just lucky I need sex so damn badly. I hope this is worth it.”

“I mean we could still reschedule—” Erin didn’t get to finish her sentence as Jay approached her and brought his arms around her, pulling her close. His lips found her neck again as he pressed himself against her. Erin’s breath hitched in her throat; his closeness and the thoughts of what they would do later was enough to distract her. “Tonight it is.”

The doorbell rang just before six o’clock. One person Jay thought he would never see on his doorstep—let alone to babysit his kids—was Kelly Severide. They quickly shook hands in greeting before Jay led him through to the open kitchen and dining room.

Erin had just finished serving up the kids’ plates so Kelly would only have to go through the hassle of feeding them. She smiled when she saw him enter the room and walked over to give him a hug. “Kelly, thank you so much for doing this. Jay and I really appreciate it.”

“No worries Erin, it’s no trouble at all.”

“So you remember Ben, Zach and Maddie, right?” Erin waved toward the table where the kids had just started eating their dinner.

“Kelly!” Ben exclaimed when he noticed his presence in the room. He slipped out of his seat and ran to give him a hug. While Maddie quickly followed suit (she was at the age that she wanted to do everything just like her big brother), Zach stayed behind in his chair. The seven-year-old was shy and hesitant to approach his parent’s friend.

“Hey Zach, remember—Kelly’s a firefighter! Isn’t that cool buddy?” Jay tried his best to pique the little boy’s interest; he wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving if he knew Zach would be nervous the whole time. They all watched as the shy little boy slowly nodded his head before approaching the group. He didn’t hug Kelly like Ben and Maddie did, instead pressing his back up against Jay’s leg, quietly observing.

Jay and Erin waited around for a few more minutes until it seemed like Zach’s nerves had dissipated a bit. Once they saw the kids settle back down at the table with Kelly, they kissed them all goodnight and threw on their coats.

“Call if you need us,” Jay said, clapping his hand against Kelly’s shoulder. “And remember, bedtime is nine o’clock!”

“And no junk food or you’ll never get them to sleep!” Erin shouted as they made their way out the door.

“Can we have candy after dinner?” Four-year-old Maddie asked from her seat at the table, mere moments after Jay and Erin had left the house.

“And maybe watch a movie?” Zach added quietly, his voice barely above a whisper.

“You heard your mom, she just said no junk food.” Kelly reminded gently.

“Yeah but if you give us candy, we’ll be extra good.” Ben added mischievously—the eight-year-old was definitely Erin Lindsay’s son. “If not, we’ll be extra bad.”

Kelly sighed as he weighed his options. He could give them sweets and have three perfectly happy and well-behaved kids, or deal with three little devils rebelling every step of the way. “Okay fine. First finish your dinner. Once you’re all ready for bed we can have some candy and watch a movie. But we’ll keep this our little secret, deal?”

“DEAL!” All three kids shouted in unison.

The three Halstead children quickly finished their meal. While Kelly cleaned up in the kitchen, the kids got themselves washed up and in their pajamas. “Okay everyone ready?” Kelly looked over to the three kids settled on the couch, ready for a movie. So far everything had gone smoothly. The kids didn’t protest brushing their teeth or doing anything else he asked of them so he got the TV ready for a movie. “Which movie would you like to watch? Shrek? Or maybe Aladdin?” He pulled the Netflix home page up on the screen.

Ben snatched the remote from Kelly’s hand and started scrolling through the options. “This one!” He pressed play before Kelly could even see what the little boy had selected. As the intro to the movie played, the music was instantly recognized by Kelly, followed by the images inside of a boy’s bedroom.

“Are you sure this is age appropriate?” Kelly asked. He had seen the movie a couple of times and knowing the number of jump scares, he was sure the kids would never fall asleep.

“A kid at school told me about it. He said he watched it with his Dad. There’s Insidious, Insidious Chapter 2 and 3, and then Insidious: The Last Key!” Ben explained as if it was the most obvious thing ever.

“Insisdus?” Maddie asked, not being able to pronounce the word.

“Insidious, Mads.” Ben corrected her. Zach sat in between his siblings, watching the screen. The ominous music and sight of a ghostly looking woman had already scared him, and he jumped when the title popped onto the screen and the music grew louder. He looked at his big brother and saw how excited he was; Zach wanted to be just like him, so he would try to be brave and face the movie as well.

As the movie began playing, his heart started beating erratically. Zach wished more than ever that his daddy was there to hold him through the scary parts. He looked over toward Kelly who was slouched on the couch next to Maddie. She was resting her head against him, her eyelids drooping. It was way past her bedtime; the little girl would be fast asleep any second. He got up off the couch and walked over to Kelly before pulling himself into Kelly’s lap. He felt safer when he had the firefighter’s arms around him and got comfortable to watch the movie.

Meanwhile, Jay and Erin had enjoyed a leisurely dinner at Au Cheval. It was one of their favourite spots—they had the best burgers in the city. They sipped their drinks and talked about recent cases and the kids’ upcoming events before heading to the movie theatre. Jay glanced at his watch and smiled knowing that his kids would all be sleeping peacefully by now.

After they bought their tickets and settled in their seats at the back, Jay and Erin played along with the on-screen trivia quizzes. It wasn’t long before the theatre had filled up and the movie started playing. But neither Jay nor Erin could focus on the screen; they only had eyes for each other. Their hands were roaming and eventually it just became too much.

Jay grabbed Erin’s hand, yanked her up from her seat, and pulled her along behind him to the parking lot. He couldn’t even wait to get her into the car; Jay pressed her between himself and the passenger door. As he ravaged her neck, his hands ran down along her curve and he tried to sneak them under her dress.

“Jay, we’re in public!” Erin hissed in his ear.

“It’s been too long Er,”Jay groaned against her neck as he quickly glanced around the parking lot. “Come on, no one can see.”

Whatever resolve Erin had left vanished when Jay managed to push himself even closer against her. She pushed him off of her and opened the back door with a wink, letting Jay help her up into the backseat.

They were lucky the parking lot was dark.

It was closing in on midnight when Jay and Erin finally crossed the threshold of their house, faces flushed and clothes disheveled. They were surprised at the sight before them—their children were in tears as credits rolled on the TV screen. Maddie was the first to notice them, quickly removing herself from Kelly’s arms and running towards her dad, arms reaching up for him. Jay crouched down to her height instead and let her little body crash against him.

“What happened?” Erin asked as she looked at each of her distressed children.

“We were just watching a movie and—”

“A movie? Kelly it’s almost midnight.” Erin said defeated as she went to check on her boys who were still sitting on the couch.

“What movie were you even watching?” Jay asked as he picked Maddie up and rubbed her back soothingly. Her cries had quieted a little bit but she still sniffled against his shoulder.

“Ummm… Insidious…” Kelly supplied, running his hand along his neck, suddenly nervous.

“Kelly, you’ve got to be kidding me. It’s a PG-13 movie!” Erin exclaimed from her perch on the couch where she sat rocking a terrified Zach in her lap.

“Ben said a kid from his class watched it so I thought it would be fine.” Ben had made his way over to where Jay stood holding Maddie and wrapped his arms around his father’s legs. The little boy was shaking and Jay tried his best to comfort both children simultaneously.

“M-Maybe we can h-have more candy and-and f-feel better?” Zach hiccuped from Erin’s lap.

“More candy? I don’t think so sweetheart, it’s time for you to get to bed.” Erin replied looking down and wiping the tears from her son’s face.

“Daddy can we sleep with you tonight?” Maddie asked hopefully.

Jay sighed and shot Erin a look of defeat before pressing a kiss against the top of his daughter’s head. “Yes, of course you can baby.”

“Okay guys, go with Daddy, I’ll be there in a minute, okay?” Erin gave Zach a kiss before handing him off to her husband. Jay was quite the sight as he walked toward the staircase carrying Ben on his back and holding Zach and Maddie in each of his arms.

“You guys are getting heavy.” Jay chuckled as he made his way up the stairs.

Kelly spoke again after Jay had left with the kids. “Look Erin, I’m really sorry. But your kids are so damn persuasive!”

Erin had to chuckle at that. “Yeah, they’re certainly their father’s children.” She couldn’t hide the redness that flooded her cheeks as she remembered just how Jay had persuaded her earlier. “Well it was great seeing you Kelly, thanks again for helping us out here, you have no idea how much we appreciate this.” She walked Kelly to the door and gave him a quick hug before locking up and turning off all of the lights around the house.

When she had finally made her way upstairs to the bedroom, Erin was met by the sight of all three kids cuddled with Jay as he read them a story. He hoped it would distract them from the scary images they saw earlier and help them to fall asleep. Erin smiled, quickly changed into her pajamas and made her way into bed, settling under the covers with her family.

After Jay had finished reading, the kids insisted that Jay’s bedside light stay on to scare away any monsters as the whole family settled down in the king-size bed. The kids were spread out in between their parents: Zach’s head was resting on Jay’s shoulder; Ben was laying flush against Erin, and Maddie was stretched horizontally across the bed, touching both of her parents. It wasn’t long before all three were sound asleep.

Jay and Erin locked eyes over their kids’ heads, smiling as Erin’s gaze directed Jay toward the bathroom. Quickly and quietly, they got out of bed and surrounded the kids with pillows before sneaking into the bathroom, closing the door behind them.

“You sure they’re gonna be okay?” Jay said as he stripped down.

“Yeah, they won’t even notice that we’re gone.” Erin said. She peppered Jay’s lips with kisses as she reached to turn on the water and pull him into the shower behind her. Steam soon covered the mirror and the shower door.

Back in the bedroom, Zach woke suddenly, opening his eyes and quickly noticing his parents’ absence. He sat up and looked over at his brother and sister who were still fast asleep. When he heard a noise, Zach got out of bed and made his way over to the bathroom door, turning the handle and pushing it open. “Daddy?” He looked around the bathroom but didn’t see anything. The steam was thick but he could make out Jay’s silhouette in the shower. “Daddy!” He called out louder.

Jay cursed from inside the shower. At the sound of his father’s voice, Zach smiled and released a breath of relief.

“Yeah bud?” Jay popped his head out of the shower, grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist. Water trickled down his toned body as he made his way over to his little boy. “What’s wrong little man?”

“I woke up and you and Mommy were gone.” Concern was evident in the little boy’s voice.

“I’m sorry bud, I… uh… I just needed to take a shower.”

“Where’s Mommy?”

Erin stood in the shower attempting to relax—the image of Jay’s wet body wasn’t helping her at all. She subconsciously licked her lips thinking about him. As she peeked through the steamy glass, she watched as he went into ‘Daddy mode.’ That didn’t exactly help either.

“Mommy’s just uh… washing her hair, buddy. She’ll be out in a minute,” Jay answered slowly, running his hand along his hairline, willing all thoughts of his naked wife from his mind.

“Why were you in there together?”

“I was um… I was helping Mommy with, um… something.”

“With what?”

“Hey uh, how about we go back to bed, it’s late.” Jay let Zach grab his hand and pull him back out toward the bed. As Jay followed, he turned and shot a desperate look back at Erin as she too stepped out of the shower. Jay settled Zach back into bed before he grabbed a pair of boxers. As he was drying off the remaining drops of water, Erin walked into the bedroom, a smile on her face.

They both moved to their respective sides of the bed, making sure that there was at least one light on—Zach had already fallen back to sleep. Jay grabbed his water bottle from his bedside table, taking a sip—he needed to rehydrate—as he heard his wife’s voice: “Hey babe, remember what you were saying earlier? About kids being the greatest cockblocks?” Erin mumbled sarcastically.

“Mom, what’s a cockblock?” Ben asked sleepily opening his eyes a little as he rolled over.

Jay choked on his water as Erin bit her lip in an attempt to hide her laughter.

“Go back to sleep Ben.”

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