Adam balanced the pizza box in one hand and knocked with the other, he could hear movement on the other side of the door, it was Deke. Deacon was just shy of seven years old, and a tiny little thing. Adam was shocked to learn the kid was seven, he would've pegged him to be younger. He was certain he had offended the kid when he called him a five year old the first night they'd met.

Adam held his hand out, "Hey, Deacon. I'm Adam." He towered over the slight boy, so he switched it up and moved to crouch down in front of him. He was almost eye level with the boy now, "How are you?"

"Okay" Deacon mumbled from behind the fingers in his mouth, "You're my mommy's brother?"

"I am." Adam smiled, "I guess that makes me your uncle, huh? Uncle Adam" he shrugged, "That's kinda cool. How old are you? Five?" He asked him. The little boy looked nothing like his mother. He had bright green eyes and sandy hair, and his smile revealed some missing teeth.

"Five? No way! I'm not a baby. I'm seven." Deacon held up the appropriate amount of fingers, "Seven. See?" He was clearly agitated, "I've even lost baby teeth." The exasperation he was feeling with his new found uncle was obvious.

Adam smiled, "Sorry man. I don't know a lot about kids or hang out with any. I'd like that to change." Adam looked up at his sister, half sister to be precise. The chick was a walking train wreck and he hadn't seen her in years. When she showed up on his doorstep a few weeks back you could've knocked him down with a feather.

Mia was a mess. She had been the product of a one night stand between his Pops and some chick who got off on fucking police officers. Adam was pretty sure it was the final nail in the coffin of his Parents marriage. Once his mother caught wind of Mia's existence all bets were off and that was it.

Adam had seen her once or twice when she was a baby, and then she was gone. His dad never mentioned her again and Adam didn't dare ask. He didn't care much at the time he was about ten years old and she was a pain in the ass three year old and even the tiniest mention of her infuriated his mother. He'd only make that mistake once, the sting of the back of her hand as it made contact with his cheek had shocked the shit out of him. His mother apologized later that night as she tucked him in to bed, her tears had surprised him.

His mother was an enigma.

When Mia showed up on his doorstep nearly six months ago he questioned her motives, but she checked out. It wasn't until a few weeks later that it all started to come together and he realized she had ulterior motives. At that point she had reeled him in, he had taken the bait and there was no going back.

Deacon.

He had been her meal ticket.

She used that little boy to get to Adam, to get him to fix things for her.

He only had himself to blame, he fell in love with his nephew and Mia took advantage of it.

He was fucked.

"Mommy!" Deacon yelled, "It's Uncle Adam! He's here. I see his truck. Hurry up" he thought his uncle hung the moon, their relationship had come together pretty quickly and Deacon had Adam in the palm of his hand.

Mia slid the gold hoop earring into her ear and adjusted her top once more before heading downstairs.

"I'm coming Sweetie, you can let Uncle Adam in. It's okay" she called down from her room, they lived in a small duplex on the outskirts of Canaryville, it wasn't much just two small bedrooms upstairs and a living room with an eat in kitchen and a ridiculously small bathroom on the ground floor.

It was a dump, but it was all she could afford on her salary, Deacon's father had split just after he was born and seemed to have fallen off the face of the earth. Leaving Mia to improvise when it came to providing for her little boy.

Adam heard the familiar sound of the chair being dragged to the door and before he knew the lock clicked and the door yanked open. He loved this kid, "Hey Deke! I brought pizza" he dipped his head to kiss his nephew.

"Pepperoni?" Deke asked his eyes big as saucers, "Extra cheese?"

"You know it, pal" Adam set the pizza on the counter, "Where's Mom?"

Deacon was already tearing into the pizza, Adam was certain he could hear the kid's stomach grumble and growl in anticipation the second he stepped foot in the house, "She's upstairs. Putting her make up on" he rambled, "she does that so she gets more money from the old guys." He shrugged his shoulders, "it's cause they're fat and ugly and girls don't like them. So mommy pretends to like them. They give her lots more then. It's gross. I won't ever like girls. Do you like girls? Mommy says you've got a big head..but I don't think so. It doesn't look big to me."

Adam laughed, "Girls are annoying" he nudged him with his elbow, "Take smaller bites, kid. You're gonna choke." He ignored the shot his sister had taken at him, she wasn't worth the energy.

Deacon grabbed the napkin Adam offered, "I'm super hungry." He ran it across his lips.

Adam could smell her before he spotted her, "Hey." He grinned, "I brought dinner." The perfume she wore was sickeningly sweet and it was as if she bathed in it.

Mia grabbed her cellphone and slipped it in her clutch, "I see that." She grabbed Deacon's head and kissed it, "be a good boy, bedtime is at nine."

"Bye" Deacon waved.

Adam followed Mia to the door, "You still working at Luckys?" It was a dive bar, it was pretty trashy and the clientele was seriously shady. It was affiliated with the Polish mafia and it had been raided a few times. Adam already bailed her out of a jam once and he hated that she still worked there. They had gotten into a pretty heated argument over it, and she had lobbed some serious shit on his Pops and Adam agreed to let it go. She was quick to use Deacon as her get out of jail free card and he was in so deep that he allowed her to do so.

He loved that kid and he'd do anything to help him.

Even break the law.

Well, surprise! I'm just as surprised, this came to me after watching the latest episode of PD. This what I'd like to see happen. Also, I'm not sure on the sister's name I had a thought that perhaps 'Mia' is his sister and not a 'one night acquaintance' as Adam described it. I know there are a few other theories going around about who Mia may be, this is just my take.

It was originally going to be just a one shot, but I think it'll be better done as a 'mini story' with no more than five chapters.