Beacon Hills Sheriff's Station
August 24th, 1999
It was a slow, hot day in Beacon Hills; and the Sheriff's Station was lagging in hustle and bustle. Sadly, that was made up in the sweltering weather and the terrible air conditioner trying to help. Deputy Ryan Reynolds sat at his desk looking over some files from a break-in the week before, his head low as he tried to concentrate and get his work done. Just as he lifted his head to check something on his computer, two individuals standing in front of his desk caught his attention. One was a woman in her late 20's with long brown hair straightened to a tee. The other was a small girl, also with brown hair, who wore a dark jean jacket, purple dress and a big smile when he looked over to her.
"Well, isn't this a surprise?" Ryan said, getting up from his desk with a large grin and walking to kneel down in front of the little girl. "How ya doing, little lady?"
"Hi daddy." She said, her smile getting bigger as he grabbed her and blew a raspberry in her neck.
"I can see that our plan worked perfectly. How's work Bro-Bro?" The lady asked. Ryan picked up his daughter and stood up to face the woman, who was his older sister Claire.
"It's going, and do you have to call me that here? I have a rep to protect."
"Yeah, I'm sure you do."
Ryan turned back to his daughter and smiled at her, "I do, I'm the coolest, right Gabbie?"
"Yeah." Gabbie said. Ryan's smile got bigger and then he sent his sister a smug look. Claire rolled her eyes and also smiled, glad to see her younger brother happy.
"Well, Gabs, why don't you hang with daddy for a little bit? Auntie Claire has to find the bathroom." Claire asked. Gabbie smiled and nodded which got Claire to give her a kiss on the side of her head before walking away. Ryan moved around his desk and took a seat in his chair, Gabbie sitting contently in his lap. He started to look at his computer at what he was doing before when his daughter started to get talkative.
"Whatcha doing dad?" Gabbie asked, tilting her head back to try and see her dad.
"Work. What are you doing, Gabs?"
"Watching you work."
Ryan smiled and looked down at the little girl in his lap who sent him a smile so wide she closed her eyes. Before he could respond, the door opened from across the hall.
John Stilinski, fellow member of the station and filling in for the Sheriff who was out of town, came out of the office and looked around the bullpen. As he scanned the room, his eyes caught on something he wasn't expecting. His friend Reynolds was sitting at his desk with a small child on his lap, both looking his way; Reynolds with shock and the little girl with confusion.
"Reynolds, is there something you want to tell me?" Stilinski asked. Gabbie looked up to her dad only to see him staring wide eyed at the man in the doorway.
"U-Um," Ryan stuttered, looking down at his daughter before picking her up and standing to move around his desk, "Stikinski, th-this is my daughter, Gabriella."
Stilinski looked at the girl in his friend's arms and as he was about to open his mouth to introduce himself to her, a voice popped out of nowhere shocking both men.
"John, quit scaring the man."
Both men and the little girl turned to see a woman in the doorway from the front desk, her long brown hair flowing over her shoulders and her hand holding the one belonging to a small boy. He was dressed casually and looked up at his other with a smile before looking at his dad with an even bigger grin. The boy then let go of the lady's hand and sprinted over to Stilinski who picked up the boy and threw him in the air before catching him in his arms.
"Claudia, you didn't tell me that you were coming to visit." Stilinski said, looking to his wife with a smile.
"You forgot your lunch dear. And Mischief missed you as always." The woman said walking closer to the group. Claudia looked to her son before turning to Ryan and Gabbie. "And who is this pretty girl?" Claudia asked.
"This is Gabbie, my daughter." Ryan said, turning to Gabbie with a smile. Gabbie was looking at the boy in his father's arms who was staring back at her.
"Gabbie, its so very nice to meet you." Claudia put her hand out, getting Gabbie's attention from Stiles. The little girl took the grown woman's hand and shook it, making the men chuckle.
"Dad, whose that?" The boy asked, pointing his finger at Gabbie, almost poking her cheek from how close they were.
"That's Gabbie. Gabbie, this is my son Stiles." Stilinski introduced the kids to each other like they were business partners, but the kids just looked at each other like they have never seen another person of their age and the opposite sex before.
"You're name is funny." Gabbie said bluntly.
Ryan adjusted Gabbie in his arms to get her attention, "Gabbie that's very rude."
"Dad, I don't like Abby."
"Gabbie." Gabbie said, enunciating her name to the boy.
"Abby."
"Gabbie."
"A-Abby."
"Gabbie!"
"This could go on for a while." Claudia said, watching her son and the small girl go back and forth, neither side ready to admit defeat.
