What if Frank had, as Sandy had suggested, rung the front door, to talk and meet his son, what if his illness was not the one thing that he had lied about and what if he might not have changed as much as he makes people believe.
What if Frank's coming back, messes Ryan's life up more? But he is so desperate in need for his own family, that he doesn't seem to notice?
Another take 'on the my two dads' with a focus on Frank/Ryan.
RyanTaylor!!
First story + Sorry for the grammatical or spelling mistakes, English is my second language (or more my third )
Disclaimer: All characters of the OC do not belong to me, I just like messing around with them.
1.
"Is Ryan home?" Frank asked, as a kid had answered the door, but after looking at him for a few seconds, was pretty convinced that this was not Ryan. He wasn't sure if he'd even recognise his own kid, it had been a pretty long time, but he knew still, that his son with his blond hair and piercing blue eyes, was not the kid standing in front of him.
"Yeah, sure he's in the pool house. I'll go get him." Seth said, before letting the man come in and turning on his heels, stepping one step and turning back, maybe it was best if he could put a name on the man that was here. "And who are you exactly?" He asked, he was curious that was to say the least, he didn't know the man, and he knew practically everything about Ryan, so why would this guy need Ryan, not Sandy or Kirsten.
"I'm Frank……. Perry." He said, and just as Seth was to turn back around to get Ryan, he suddenly recognised that name.
"Hey, I know you, aren't you like working for my mom?" He asked, now trying to search for a reason why a guy working for his mother, would be here to see Ryan.
"That I am." Frank replied, but while Seth expected something more to come out of his mouth, he didn't say anything else. Seth, deciding that it was for Ryan to figure out why Frank was here to see him, turned this time completely around, walking through towards the pool house.
"Hey, Ryan." He called, out knocking on his door, but entering before Ryan said something.
"Yeah." Ryan replied, appearing with only his trousers on, while he was using a towel to dry his hair a bit. "What's up?" He asked, while he grabbed the shirt laying on his bed.
"Frank's here to see you." Seth replied. "And if this is something about secret messages coming from my mom through Frank, I can only say that I'm so on to you two." Seth added, while Ryan gave him a confused look, pulling the t-shirt over his head. "You really don't know why he's here?"
"No, I've never seen nor talked to him before." Ryan answered as they left the pool house.
"Well, he's here to see you, so." Seth said, not finishing his sentence as they had just entered the house, and he noticed that Frank had not exactly remained standing in the hall.
"Ryan." Frank said, and as Seth sensed by how he said it that he would surely know Ryan, Ryan put two steps back, not sure what to suspect about this, all he knew one thing, this man looked awfully a lot like his dad, and if there was one person on the planet that he had intended on never seeing again, well then that had seemed to fail.
"Are you okay?" Seth asked his brother, as he seemed quiet stricken, confused, and a slight glimpse of fear was seen too, whoever this man was, Ryan had been wrong to say that he hadn't seen him before.
"You're not Frank Perry, are you?" Ryan stated out the obvious to him, which got Seth confused but Frank just nodded.
"You're right, I'm not" He answered as Seth's gaze went from one to another, declining the idea to joke around, considering this all seemed pretty serious, he would have left them alone, if not that he was afraid what would happen if he did.
"I guess I deserve such a cold reunion." Frank said, as things were starting to get clearer in Seth's head, and he now even knew better that he was not letting those two here alone.
"What are you doing here?" Ryan asked, while a sudden movement from Frank to come closer to him, caused him to put another step back, something that did not go unnoticed by both Frank and Seth.
"I just wanted to know how my son's doing, is that such a bad thing?" Frank said, a small hinge of frustration and anger sneaking inside his voice, and for Seth to have his fear confirmed, Ryan was right to state that his name wasn't Frank Perry, Mr. Atwood, had decided to suddenly make contact with his son again, now Ryan's life had finally seemed to have stabilized again.