AUTHORS NOTE: You have no idea how many times I have written this first chapter so I hope you enjoy it! It's obviously a fluffy chapter fanfiction about my two favourite Taggart characters – well to be fair only one belongs to Taggart – but I was discussing on twitter with Lee about letting Stuart and Ewan have their final goodbye but we decided that couldn't happen so here I am with a whole new idea

DISCLAIMER: I only own Ewan and the other OC's. Everyone else belongs to ITV/STV

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Robbie threw a balled piece of paper at Stuart's head so that he could capture his attention. Stuart clenched his teeth and turned to look at his colleague, his hands balling into fists. "What do you want?" He asked harshly knowing that was the only way to show Robbie that you were annoyed with him seeing as he took everything as one big joke. Robbie just carried on grinning.

"Do you and Ewan fancy going out with me and my date tonight?" Robbie asked sincerely and Stuart could tell that there was a reason he was asking this so he turned to look at him properly.

"What is in it for you?" He asked gently knowing that he could probably get something out of this if he tried because Robbie never asked people to accompany him on a date unless it was urgent.

"It's only a lunch date but the woman made some comment about how when you go on a lunch date it means you're a serious item because you want to spend time together instead of just in the sack!" Robbie looked so scared that Stuart couldn't help but laugh when he heard Jackie's giggle from the other side of the desk, Robbie looked over. "Don't laugh. This is serious stuff. I could have just gone and got myself married without even realising it!"

"Oh Robbie..." Stuart said through his laughter and then he nodded. "I'm sure I can convince Ewan to come so you're not getting yourself married without realising it." He teased gfently taking hold of Robbie's hand and lightly squeezing it. Robbie just glared at him before pulling his hand free. "I don't see what bringing two gays along will do though."

"Well I'd have asked Jackie but she's still single." A pencil flew through the hair and hit Robbie on the side of the head and he looked over at her with a surprised expression, "What the hell was that for! I was only speaking the truth!"

"Well they do say the truth hurts, Robbie dear." Jackie supplied as an answer before leaving the office to head out into the kitchen area to make herself a cup of coffee leaving Robbie to grumble something about she wouldn't be so grouchy if she just got laid every now and again. Stuart rolled his eyes but decided not to tell Robbie that sex didn't solve everything because he knew Robbie just wouldn't understand. Instead he moved away to phone Ewan.

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"Remind me why we're doing this again?" Ewan asked as he loosened his tie before pressing a small kiss against Stuart's lips, his hands moving under his partner's blazer to move him closer. "I could have had a lot to do today in the office." Stuart just laughed and pressed a kiss against his lips before moving away from him when he noticed Robbie moving towards them with a small brunette woman.

"We're going to pretend to bump into Robbie and his latest victim so that he'll invite us to join dinner with them so that the woman doesn't think that their relationship is special because she believes meeting for a lunchtime meal means you're serious because it can't lead to sex." Ewan was nodding his head at Stuart's explanation and then just laughed at the last part.

"This woman is dating Robbie and she doesn't think that can lead to sex? She's deluded." He chuckled and then quickly said, "Oh look, dear, isn't that Robbie?" He waved eagerly and Stuart took hold of the lapel to his blazer.

"I understand you're out of the office so you can act all eager and stuff btu please don't give Robbie ammunition to tease you for the next fifty years of our life together."

"Well I thought we were here to scare the woman away?"

"We are..." then Stuart saw what Ewan's plan was and let him continue on whatever it was he was going to do next.

"Oh munchkins, you never called me back!" Ewan pouted as he moved towards Robbie and threw his arms around him in a hug and Stuart could see that Robbie was biting back a laugh at Ewan's antics. "Oh and look at this, Stuart darling! Robbie has a new one that he hasn't introduced to us." He slapped Robbie on the arm and shook his head. "Shame on you." He held out his hand. "I'm Ewan and this is my wonderful fiancé, Stuart."

The woman's smile was uneasy and everyone could see that she wasn't comfortable around homosexuals or she might have been if Ewan would have acted normally rather than stereotypically but they also knew that Ewan wasn't going to stop now because he'd made himself a name in the business despite being homosexual and he hated it when people had opinions on them. The woman took a noticeable deep breath and took hold of Ewan's hand so that she could shake it, "My name is Sandy."

"Oh isn't that so cute!" Ewan said turning to look at Stuart, who was biting back the urge to laugh, and then towards Robbie. "You just want to take hold of her cheeks and pinch them. It's so... innocent like the character from grease at the beginning. However to be dating our Robbie you must be more like the end Sandy!" He commented and two other guy bit back laughs as they knew that was an insult meant to hurt her because of the way she'd reacted at the idea they were engaged homosexuals but she didn't seem to notice because she just laughed and nodded.

"Oh you do know Robbie so well."

"I know him well enough to know that he's probably annoyed as hell that we're eating up his time with such a beautiful woman."

"Oh no..." She called out as they started to walk away. "You said Robbie hasn't seen you for a while maybe you should join us?" She was doing this to keep in Robbie's good books because she knew that everyone had probably noticed the way she'd reacted when he'd mentioned that she was homosexual but she couldn't help but think that it was wrong. It was wrong in the eyes of their god and she wasn't going to change her opinion just because Robbie's friends were engaged.

"Oh that would be lovely!"

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The meal had gone by so slowly and even worse, it was an awkward slow. Ewan domineered most of the conversation and sure as hell knew how to push Sandy's buttons. By the end of the meal, she looked like a sour grape and sure as hell wasn't enjoying their company but Robbie was enjoying every minute of it. This sure was a test on their relationship and he could clearly see that she was failing. They paid for their meal and Ewan straightened his tie, lent into kiss his lover on the lips before standing up. "Sandy it was lovely to meet you but I have to get back to the office. I have a lot of people to sack." He winked at Robbie behind her back as he left.

"What business is Ewan in?" She asked innocently and Robbie filled her in and she gasped. "He's the McIntyre that is slowly taking over Glasgow?"

"That's correct." Stuart said standing up and smiling at Robbie. "Sandy, it's been a pleasure. Robbie, I'll see you back at the office."

"Stuart's a detective." She whispered looking over at Robbie and laughing. "Oh god, I'm such an idiot." He gently stroked her shoulder and shook his head.

"Not really, Ewan's a handful to put up with especially if you're homophobic." He added the word onto the end because he knew people reacted harshly to being labelled one of them but she didn't even react and he shook his head. How could he have decided to go out with someone so opinionated? She might be beautiful, amazing in bed but when it came to personality she was lacking. This was probably the first time he'd ever done something so good in his life. "I'm sorry Sandy but I don't think I can see you again..." He started and she nodded.

"If you hadn't ended me, I'd have left you because I can't stand to be around people who thinks that is okay." He watched as she walked away and his jaw dropped as he thought that being that homophobic should be a law. If he had the guts, he'd personally arrest her for being a bitch but he wasn't like that. He just watched her leave instead and wasn't surprised when Stuart came back in and sat across from him.

"You didn't need to do that, Robbie."

"I did. You and Ewan are more important to me than some girl I'm bedding." He said it that harshly so that he could sound detached and that made Stuart smile as he reached over and squeezed his hands.

"There are plenty more girls out there."

"I want a relationship as perfect as the one you share with Ewan."

"It'll come." Stuart stood up. "Or you never know, it could be under your nose."

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That night when Stuart walked home he was on cloud nine thanks to Robbie's comments. It meant so much to him hearing Robbie Ross saying that his relationship with Ewan was perfect because it really was. They had no secrets. They trusted each other with everything even though they were on opposite sides of the law but it had never stopped them from feeling safe with the other. Stuart loved knowing that and he doubted anything would wipe the silly grin off his face.

When he approached the house that Ewan had bought them a month previously, he stopped. There was a rundown car outside and he knew it didn't belong to any of his friends and it sure as hell wouldn't belong to one of Ewan's friends because they all drove expensive cars. Moving through the front door, he saw a young girl sat on the couch and an older woman talking to Ewan in the kitchen. The young girl looked up at Stuart with beautiful wide crystal blue eyes and he immediately felt his heart melt.

"Hello princess." Stuart said sitting down next to the girl and he immediately realised how dirty her clothes were. It broke his heart because she was so beautiful and should have parents that looked after her properly. "What are you doing here?"

"My mummy brought me to see my daddy." Stuart's jaw dropped as he turned to look over at Ewan who was still talking harshly to the woman in the kitchen. The woman looked dreadfully thin and her own clothes looked as bad as the young girls but that wasn't what was running through his mind at that moment.

Ewan was a father?