Amelia still can't believe it and she wants to run away; she wants to go back home but she knew she can't now. She has so many questions and Grandma Sammy and Adira promise her that they will tell her everything, or whatever they find.She saw how Sebestian keep glancing her and she is trying hard to avoid his grace, she really doesn't want to look towards the Alpha. She is doing this for her children's, nothing else. She is not going to take back the Alpha. Thier is nothing between her and him.Nothing.Sebestian on the other hand kept glancing at Ethan who had been playing with the food on his plate for about ten minutes."You don't like Macaroni? Your grandma makes the best.""It's fine, thank you."Alec sighed heavily."Are you still being a baby, Ethan?"Alec's question sounded innocent enough, but Ethan was barely holding it together as it was. He didn't need to be called a baby."He didn't want to come here. He doesn't like you very much, Dad. No one knows why. He was crying ab
Amelia was just seventeen years old and scared of what would happen to her if she hadn't done as her father had asked. She was still a human being- well partially- with feelings yet she just lives for her pup's. But she had no choice, everyone abandoned her. Her mother had been a beta, and she was the strongest woman she had ever known in past. So, Amelia tries to become like her mother. Despite all the hardships she had endured, she picked herself up and continued on unscathed. But she still so week, she is still trying hard to survive."Alec already seems incredibly attached to you so it would be awful of me to prevent my son from building a relationship with you."It didn't go unnoticed to Sebestian how Amelia always referred to the children as her and not theirs. Sebestian couldn't blame the woman. They are indeed her children- she raised them on her own without any help from anyone for almost eight years.Eight seven years.He had missed everything- first words, first steps. He d
"Your kids?" The woman asked, as she painted what felt like a swirl across Sebestian's eyebrows, and his heart fluttered.His kids.God, he really was a father."Yes," He confirmed, a smile on his lips.The woman nodded and smiled in return. "Your boys already got you wrapped around her finger, huh?"If only you knew. Alec had already upper hand to him but Ethan. The boy is trying hard to still maintained distance. "You could say that."The women chuckled, wiped her hands in her apron and went into her tiny tent to retrieve a mirror."How is it looking, Ethan?"Ethan turned to face his father. He still wasn't the most comfortable around him, that much was obvious, but he at least tried to play nice and that was all Sebestian could hope for.Baby steps.Ethan's eyes lit up, a grin stretching at his tiny lips and Sebestian swore that was the happiest he had ever seen his little boy. He'd get his face painted every day if it meant he would smile like that."It looks awesome, Daddy!"Seb
Sebestian's anger dissipated as Amelia folded into herself. Briefly, he saw that scared Omega he had met the hotel room or the same omega who work for him or the same omega whom he hit one time, who kept his head down and avoided eye contact with everyone."I struggled with raising two babies on my own. After my aunt kick, I had to resort to so many methods."Sebestian froze.NoAmelia wouldn't."You are the not first one whom treat me like shit Sebestian Will. Some are even worse."Sebestian didn't even want to think about Amelia doing something like that- selling her soul her dignity to provide for Sebestian's children. He couldn't stomach it, not when he had money he could've given freely. Even though his dad is really strict person, his bank account was still his own."Amelia," Sebestian's voice was barely a whisper as he moved towards Amelia but Amelia stepped back."Don't pity me. The poot omega isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be," the lie flew easily from her lips."Da
Soft snores fill the room as Amelia and Sebestian shut the door gently behind him."I'm sorry about today. I have no idea how my aunt even know that I am here.""It's okay. I'm fine, the kids are fine. You're fine too.""You marked me-""I didn't mean to-""When you grabbed my wrist."Sebestian sighed. He honestly didn't notice. He was just trying to apologies. It felt like all he'd been doing since they reconnected- apologizing to Amelia, to the kids."Then you called me your Omega."Spur of moment."I hope you understand that we can never go back to that. Co-parenting might prove to be a bit of a challenge since neither of us are used to that, but we'll get it done. You're amazing with them and Ethan seems to be warming up to you a bit. I trust that you'll be the father our children deserve. Don't mess this up, Mr. Will. Don't break their hearts too."And with that, Amelia retired to his bedroom, leaving Sebestian alone in the hallway, soaking up Amelia's words.He promised to do hi
It was quiet for a while. Alec quietly playing with the bubbles and Sebestian lost in his own mind. Images of a smiling Amelia floated through his head. It had been long since he had seen Amelia smile, he never saw her laugh for any matter. Sure, he had seen her smile and laugh with their children but to actually have it aimed at him was a bit overwhelming and caused his heart to thump a little harder in his chest. It hardly mattered that Amelia was laughing at him and not with him.He just wants Amelia laugh."I'm clean," Alec announced, jerking Sebestian from his reverie. Sebestian smiled and helped his son out of bathtub, wrapping his green towel around his waist. Alec made an attempt to leave the bathroom when Sebestian remembered that Alec wasn't thoroughly cleaned just yet."You need to brush your teeth, little dude."Alec pouted, stomped back over to the sink and proceeded to brush his teeth, which Sebestian honestly should've made him do before he took a bath because now, he w
"I ran into your brother, Alexander, last week and he didn't mention the minor detail of children in the Will's family."Sebestian smiled sheepishly. "Well, I only found out this week."Lisa's brow quirked, and Sebestian sent her a look that said I'll explain later.Lisa nodded, pleased and turned to Amelia who had just been watching the exchange silently. She had known all about Lisa. Keven spoke quite highly of her once upon a time."You must be their other mother. Hello, I'm Lisa. H.""Amelia, just Amelia. I know who you are. Keven had all lovely things to say about you."Amelia smirked and glanced at her childhood friend."Did he now?"Sebestian rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath at which both Amelia and Lisa chuckled.Alec made an impatient noise and tugged at his father's hand. Sebestian grinned down at the boy; black eyes sparkled with all the love his heart held for his son. Lisa watched on silently, her lips curved into a small smile.She had always known Sebestian
Black eyes fluttered open as the chorus of his song came to an end, calloused fingers strumming the strings of the worn guitar.Sebestian inhaled noisily; his eyes felt moist with tears but this time— in front of everyone he has been trying to convince that he was fine— he refused to let the traitorous tears fall.Instead, he plasters a smile, he just knows everyone around him knows is bullshit, but he does not care. "Here Seb," the bartender, Clary, reads on the smooth metal badge clipped to his crisp shirt."Sounds like you need it." He accepts the beer with a nod, his and Clary's fingers brush as he retrieves the beer. Clary was painfully Omega and Sebestian— well Sebestian was lonely and lonely.Clary's British accent was a much-welcomed distraction. "How long have you been working here?" Sebestian asks conversationally, tipping his head back and downing his beer in ridiculously large gulps. He could feel Clary's eyes on him, on his throat as he swallowed down the beverage. "
Ady was the one that actually tried to cheer him up with something else than kind words and chocolate."So. Heard you tried to dispatch Ci with fish knife?" he asked conversationally. "Want another go at it? Somewhere more... private shall we say?"Ethan would have been lying if he said he didn't consider it. But it wouldn't do shit for the real problem. Him."I'll let you the pleasure. Didn't you and Simon were keeping her around for a special occasion anyway?""Ah yes... Well Jen said, "only crazy, homicidal maniac keep people around to kill them later". He's such a buzzkill sometimes." Ad corrected, a fond expression on his pale face. Ethan had speculated about Ad and Jen for a while, until Alec had announced that he and the young Omega were dating more seriously now, around a year ago."Well, he's not wrong," Ethan mused, "though if you did kill her, your position would be finally secured.""Appealing to me through politics Wil? So, you do want her dead!""Everyone wants her dead.
"Ethan? Are you okay?" Matthew asked, tearing Ethan from his thoughts.Damn you burgundy Gucci shirt."Yup, just admiring you," he spoke, trying to smother the deep want that was growing in his belly. Ethan wasn't the best orator, but confronted to that shirt, he was usually back to his old incoherent self, stammering half sentences around (that was why he elected to let his body do the talking for him).Matthew batted his eyelashes, accepting the compliment easily."You're wearing a new suit, darling," he commented when Ethan had sat down, eyes riveted to Ethan's chest, "without me having to cajole you in it. Recall me to send something nice to whoever dressed you. Even if truth be told, I'm a bit jealous.""I never got your obsession with dressing rooms Matt," Ethan joked. Opening his menu, he saw that Luigi had put a small note in it Everything is going right on schedule it said. He smiled."Well you're usually half naked in those, I don't see what's not to like. At that point the
All told, Ethan had tried to propose to Matthew in six different occasions since his lunch with Cammy. It was not that Ethan was bad at it, per say. It was just that Matthew was just too good at distracting him. That, and the rest of the world didn't stop trying to kill him.The first time he gathered enough courage to propose, Matthew had mistaken Ethan going down to his knee for something else entirely and made a dirty, dirty remark and Ethan's proposal metaphorically went out the window. Cammy didn't see any of that, thank God, but the flush Cammy had sported when he reported to her his failure was enough. Sammy cackled (when did Ethan lost his ability to glare at her and mean it damn it) and justified himself for going with Matthew assumption by saying:"What, you want me to ask him after a blow job? I actually want him to give me an answer when he's capable of thoughts, Cammy."She had stared at him then, probably because she never had heard Ethan talk so easily about sex before,
After all, the man had already lived hard life. Alpha, beta, and omega tended to gain marks over the years, for each person they loved or trusted enough to share their soul with. Someone like Matthew, with his warmth and smiles and beauty, should have had dozens of lines littering his skin. A bond would have explained it all.But then, of course, Ethan's gaze flicked towards Matthew other wrist, and his eyes widened at the two lines that adorned it. Two only; one black, the sign of a broken bond, and one golden, shining as brightly as Ethan's. A single active bond."I'm surprised you accepted my offer," Matthew said a few minutes later, swirling his glass and staring at Ethan coyly. "You've been particularly hard to catch, Ethan.""Ah, yes," Ethan grimaced. "I've been... busy. You know how it is, being a Alpha. Or maybe not, but well, you know...""Yes darling, I understand," Matthew chuckled. "I'm just happy to have you here.""Happy- happy to be here," Ethan stuttered, his right fin
The change was instantaneous; Sam pursed his lips thoughtfully and looked away from Matthew. His pencil stopped moving, and his grip tightened so much that his knuckles turned white."It would make Ethan happy," he finally said. The answer was a lot more diplomatic than what Matthew had expected, especially since this was clearly something that troubled Sam. "He's a lot happier with you than he's ever been before, even with us, and I think he'd be even happier if he got to live with you.""I hope so," Matthew smiled. "But that's not what I asked, Sam. Look, I can tell that you don't really hate me, regardless of the little show you put on earlier, so why don't you talk to me about what's really bothering you? Is this about me spending too much time with Ethan?""No," Sam mumbled. "Not really. It's just... His last boyfriend used to spend a lot of time here as well, and he even told me that he was going to move in once, even though it didn't happen, and he didn't like it when I was aro
"Matthew, what is it?""Cammy!" Matthew exclaimed a tad too enthusiastically. "I've got a bit of a problem, and I think that you're the perfect person to help!""Flattery will get you nowhere, Matthew," his friend in all but blood snorted. "But go ahead, tell me about this problem. I'll see what I can do.""Right, so you know Ethan?" he started. "My delightful boyfriend whom I love very much and for whom I would do just about anything. Well, he needed someone to look after his little brother today, and I jumped in to help. But now I'm faced with an eight-year-old who doesn't want anything to do with me and seems to think that I'm worse than the devil. He doesn't believe I'm good enough for Ethan, refuses to be 'used as a way to get to him' and also slammed the door to his bedroom in a clear 'i-don't-want-to-talk-to-you' way. Any ideas?""Well, first of all, you shouldn't have accepted a job that you're too inexperienced to handle," Cammy pointed out uselessly. "But have you tried sugg
Ethan was already in their bedroom when Matthew got back to the hotel. The younger vampire grinned at him happily and Matthew felt another pang of regret at his earlier behaviors. He could have been with his boyfriend hours ago, but instead he had acted like a jealous fool and wasted time on stupid insecurities that he should have gotten over weeks before."I missed you today," Ethan sighed, leaning over to peck him on the lips. "Alec said that you stopped by the wok and went looking for me after the council meeting, but I didn't see you. Did something come up?""Yeah," Matthew lied, wincing at how wrong the word sounded. Ethan was right, he couldn't just ignore his issues and keep Ethan in the dark. It wasn't fair to either of them. "Actually no, not really. I went to the training room to find you, but you were with Ady and I... I don't know, Ethan, I guess I overreacted a little bit. I went to Cammy for a while instead.""What do you mean, you overreacted?" Ethan frowned."I just...
"Sorry I'm late!"Matthew looked up at his boyfriend dryly, refusing to show how affected he had been by Ethan's absence. The two of them had been planning this date for weeks, but the younger man hadn't even managed to show up on time. Of course, Matthew understood that Ethan had a lot on his mind, but he had hoped that for once he could be his boyfriend's priority."Advin kept me late again," Ethan continued with a sheepish grin. Matthew steadfastly ignored the wave of jealousy that hit him at those words. "You know how he gets when we train. I tried to remind him that we had something planned for the night, but he refused to let me go until I beat him, which only happens like... One out of twenty times. Are we still going to that star-gazing thing at the observatory?""Of course we are," Matthew rolled his eyes. The younger Alpha had been talking about the event for over a month, which was why they had chosen this night for their date in the first place. "We should get going if we
(How Ethan and Matthew got together)"You have a choice to make. I will not ask again."The words hurt to say, but Matthew couldn't let this Alpha take over his heart, no matter how pretty he was. If Ethan refused to put an end to this sham of a promise he was planning, Matthew wouldn't chase him any longer.He breathed in deeply and ignored the pain that flooded his chest as Ethan remained silent. He lifted a hand, ready to go away at a second's notice, but then the gorgeous Alpha in front of him turned around and all thoughts of disappearing faded away.He should have left, should have given Ethan space and time to think about his offer, but one look at those sorrowful eyes was enough to stop him in his tracks. He was falling too fast for this Alpha, was putting himself through things he had refused to deal with for year's, and he didn't know how to put an end to it.(Didn't know if he wanted to put an end to it.)Matthew stayed silent, waiting for Ethan to speak up, to deny his fee