smol jingyi has one of these towels and whenever he's wrapped up in his after a bath, he likes hopping to his room like a little bunny (what nielan like to affectionately call him sometimes as well) https://twitter.com/Dhurrobeh/status/1293999328588177410

he's half waddling, half hopping to his room when xichen decides to playfully chase after him and tickle his sides which makes his son shriek out and run away giggling, jingyi's lifted up into xichen's arms just as he gets into his room, his father nuzzling into his neck to +

tickle him some more, jingyi giggles loudly all day and nielan can't get enough of it, xichen dries his hair some more until it's soft to touch and just bc his son is so unbelievably adorable, he plants the biggest kisses to jingyi's cheeks

they go through jingyi's bedtime routine of moisturising, putting on his nappies and pj's, tonight he's got on his tiger ones (jingyi picks them out himself and guess who they remind him of?)

nielan like to give him hugs very often, not just in times when he needs them but whenever they can so after jingyi's dressed, xichen just holds him in his arms for a little while, softly swaying him where he's stood up on his bed and rubbing his back

he's about to pull away so that he can tuck jingyi into bed but his son doesn't let go and tries nuzzling further into his chest, hands clutching tigher where they're gripping at xichen's soft knit cardigan

they have a rocking chair in the corner of jingyi's room, bought when they had first gotten him so that they could rock him to sleep on nights that were tough for jingyi and they've kept it because it seems to be their sons favourite place to fall asleep in, so xichen +

pulls him into his arms and sits down in the rocking chair, holding him tightly to his chest and gently rocks them while he hums a lullaby his mother used to sing to him, with the lights off and the bunny lamp giving off a warm cozy feeling in the room, it doesn't take long +

for both father and son to fall asleep, mingjue comes back from cleaning up the bathtub and tidying up some stuff to check on them when he sees them sleeping, he can't help the fond smile as he quickly and quietly takes a few pictures of them before grabbing the knitted +

blanket (that huaisang had made for them when they bought jingyi home) and draping it over his husband and son and making his way to bed