Summary: AU. When Crowley's daughter, Harley, brings home her first boyfriend, he grows too overprotective for his own good which begins to put strain on his family, especially when he manages to break up Harley and her boyfriend. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural or its characters. I only own Harley Masters.

A/N: I've published this new one because I know it probably won't be much longer than 15-20 chapters. My Pride and Prejudice shouldn't be that long and should be finished pretty quickly as I intend to write the final chapter of Keep Me Strong within the next few days.

Hope you enjoy this first chapter!

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Strained Bonds

-One-

Crowley would never forget the births of his daughters.

Meg and Ruby were twins; the oldest of his girls. His wife, Lilith had been in a lot of pain during their births, and the girls had taken thirty-six hours between them to be born. Crowley had been there the whole time though, talking her through, encouraging her, promising her she was doing an amazing job and that he loved her more than anything. Then the twins had come along and they'd been incredibly happy for the first year with their little girls. Things only got better when they found they were having a third baby, who also turned out to be a girl.

Harley's birth had been a breeze, apart from the fact that she'd come out a horrible shade of grey rather than the gorgeous pink that Meg and Ruby had been. Thankfully, as the midwife had rubbed the little girl's back she'd taken a big breath and as soon as she'd started crying, Crowley and Lilith did too with relief. Harley had been born with a duplex kidney, which meant she had an extra piece of a kidney attached to one of her other kidneys. That wasn't a huge problem. All Crowley and Lilith had to do was make sure she drank plenty of liquids, and they knew she'd probably endure a few water infections in her childhood.

Harley was beautiful, like Meg and Ruby, except she had her mother's gorgeous, thick blonde hair. She'd been blonde haired and blue eyed ever since she was a baby, and eighteen years on, she was even more beautiful than she had been as a baby. Harley had been an easy target for many things though. Violence, bullying, tormenting, teasing which often came from school, and from her own sisters at times which Crowley and Lilith couldn't stand and wouldn't put up with.

On their youngest child's first day at kindergarten, Ruby and Meg had grabbed one of her bunches each and pulled it which had caused her to scream so loudly that Crowley could hear it by the car. He'd entered the house to find Meg and Ruby stood on chairs, holding Harley in between them off the ground by her hair. While Lilith had scolded the girls and taken most of their toys away, Crowley had cuddled his little girl and promised her that everything was alright and that it would stop hurting soon. The poor thing had only been three years old at the time, and she'd almost had that gorgeous hair ripped out by her own sisters.

Since Harley had turned eighteen, Lilith had become concerned. She was concerned because Harley hadn't had a boyfriend yet, and Crowley had just reassured her that she was a late bloomer like that, that she'd find a boy in time who'd love her as much as he loved Lilith. Deep down, Crowley was a little worried too. Harley's confidence and self esteem was pretty low, what with how she'd been bullied and tormented through her life. He was worried that she'd go to her prom alone. He was worried that she'd be too shy and too afraid to be herself because of what people would think of her.

She did pretty well in school despite everything that happened to her and that was going on around her. She was a student who was getting frequent A's and B's which made her mother and father even more proud of her than they already were.

Meg and Ruby were at college, Meg with a guy called Gordon Walker, while Ruby was dating a guy called Andy Gallagher, both girls entering the fourth year of their relationships with the boys. Gordon had already asked for Meg's hand in marriage, which Crowley and Lilith had agreed to, but they both knew that Andy would ask the same for Ruby's hand pretty soon. With it just being Harley, Lilith and Crowley at home, things were a lot nicer. Things were calmer, quieter and more pleasant than they were when Meg and Ruby had been home.

Crowley was just coming through the door from work when he was met with Harley, the teenager running to him and throwing herself into his arms.

"Hi, Dad..." She said softly, Crowley holding onto her and rubbing her back gently, kissing her head softly.

"Hey, sweetheart." Crowley replied, "How was your day?"

"Sucked." Harley answered, "Yours?"

"Yeah...it was pretty bad." Crowley replied, "Boring as always."

"Same." Harley replied, "Hey, I got an A in music though. That's a bonus, I guess."

"Another A?" He asked, "Well done, darling."

"Thanks." Harley blushed, "I'm gonna go help Mom finish dinner."

She headed into the kitchen, Crowley following and being met with Lilith who pressed a deep kiss to his lips, leaving Crowley wondering what on earth he'd done to deserve it.

"Hi, sweetie." She said with a grin, hugging him tight.

"You alright, darling?" He asked, Lilith nodding in response before whispering into his ear.

"Harley's just told me she's dating a boy in her class."

Crowley grinned and Lilith continued.

"Castiel Novak. He's four months older than her...dark haired, blue eyed. He really cares about her too."

"You met him?" Crowley whispered back, Lilith nodding.

"Met him today when I picked her up from school." She whispered, "They were kissing by the gates when I picked her up. You can just tell how much he cares about her, y'know. Just by the way he looks at her."

She pulled away, a big grin plastered over her face which made Crowley smile too.

"Mom, how much pepper do I need to put in?" Harley asked as she stood over the stove.

"Just turn the pepper grinder four times. That's how I work it out." Lilith replied, Harley doing so, "You're doing great, baby."

She turned to Crowley and whispered again.

"Don't let her know that you know." She told him, "She wants to tell you herself. She's picked a keeper. He's gorgeous."

Crowley nodded and kissed Lilith again, leaning in to whisper to her.

"I told you she'd find someone." He said, Lilith swatting his arm and kissing him again, "Love you, Lil."

"Love you too, Crowley." Lilith replied, stroking his cheek and squeezing his hand before turning to Harley, "You can go and sit down for a while, baby. Thank you."

"You're welcome, Mom." Harley said sweetly, kissing Lilith's cheek before kissing her father's, "Dad, can I talk to you after dinner?"

"Alright." Crowley replied, "Is everything okay?"

"Everything's..." Harley began, a smile crossing her face, "Everything's fine. Everything's amazing."

She turned and left, Crowley raising his eyebrows and grinning. Everything's amazing. Thank God that Harley was finally happy.

-TBC-

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